Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 13, 2026· Updated Mar 13, 2026
calibre has a Path Traversal Leading to Arbitrary File Write
CVE-2026-30853
Description
calibre is a cross-platform e-book manager for viewing, converting, editing, and cataloging e-books. Prior to 9.5.0, a path traversal vulnerability in the RocketBook (.rb) input plugin (src/calibre/ebooks/rb/reader.py) allows an attacker to write arbitrary files to any path writable by the calibre process when a user opens or converts a crafted .rb file. This is the same bug class fixed in CVE-2026-26065 for the PDB readers, but the fix was never applied to the RB reader. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.5.0.
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Affected products
2- Range: < 9.5.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/security/advisories/GHSA-7mp7-rfrg-542xmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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