CVE 4.8 MEDIUM

calibre has Server-Side Request Forgery in ebook viewer backend_CVE-2026-33205

4.8 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Description

calibre is a cross-platform e-book manager for viewing, converting, editing, and cataloging e-books. Prior to version 9.6.0, a Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerability in the background-image endpoint of calibre e-book reader's web view allows an attacker to perform blind GET requests to arbitrary URLs and exfiltrate information out from the ebook sandbox. Version 9.6.0 patches the issue.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-33205
Source GitHub_M
Published Mar 27, 2026 at 13:52
Modified Mar 27, 2026 at 19:58

Affected Product

Vendor kovidgoyal
Product calibre
Version < 9.6.0
Affected Versions kovidgoyal calibre < 9.6.0

CWE Classification

References

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