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Details of issue NIXPKGS-2026-0327

NIXPKGS-2026-0327
published on 26 Feb 2026
updated 1 week, 2 days ago by @LeSuisse Activity log
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  • @LeSuisse removed package calibre-web
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calibre: Path Traversal can Lead to Arbitrary File Write and Potential Code Execution

calibre is a cross-platform e-book manager for viewing, converting, editing, and cataloging e-books. Versions 9.2.1 and below are vulnerable to Path Traversal through PDB readers (both 132-byte and 202-byte header variants) that allow arbitrary file writes with arbitrary extension and arbitrary content anywhere the user has write permissions. Files are written in 'wb' mode, silently overwriting existing files. This can lead to potential code execution and Denial of Service through file corruption. This issue has been fixed in version 9.3.0.

Affected products

calibre
  • ==< 9.3.0

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Package maintainers

Upstream advisory: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/security/advisories/GHSA-vmfh-7mr7-pp2w
Upstream patch: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/commit/b6da1c3878c06eb1356cb0ec1106cb66e0e9bfb8