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TI-2023-01981 Aliases CVE-2023-2106GHSA-mhmp-m6g7-7c24

Weak Password Requirements in janeczku/calibre-web

Priority HIGH 82CWE-521Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-521.

Summary

Weak Password Requirements in GitHub repository janeczku/calibre-web prior to 0.6.20.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00748 55th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed janeczku/calibre-web (janeczku): 0.6.20calibreweb (PyPI): 0.6.20

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
janeczkujaneczku/calibre-webbefore 0.6.200.6.20Patch availableCNA
—calibreweb (PyPI)before 0.6.200.6.20Patch availableGHSA-mhmp-m6g7-7c24
  • janeczku/calibre-web Vendorjaneczku Affected before 0.6.20 Fixed in 0.6.20 Patch available CNA
  • calibreweb (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 0.6.20 Fixed in 0.6.20 Patch available GHSA-mhmp-m6g7-7c24

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:janeczku:calibre-web:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.6.20Vulnerablejaneczku
  • cpe:2.3:a:janeczku:calibre-web:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.6.20 Vulnerable ·janeczku

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA janeczku/calibre-web (janeczku) Fixed in 0.6.20
  • Fix · GHSA-mhmp-m6g7-7c24 calibreweb (PyPI) Fixed in 0.6.20 Advisory →

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    janeczku/calibre-web 0.6.20

    2 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 2 HIGH

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2022-02333 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in janeczku/calibre-webPriority HIGH 82
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-2106
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mhmp-m6g7-7c24

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2022-02333 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in janeczku/calibre-web CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-07971 Calibre-web - Admin Account Takeover via Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2025-06745 Calibre Web 0.6.24 & Autocaliweb 0.7.0 - Blind C CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.9
  • TI-2021-02885 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in janeczku/calibre-web CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2024-26178 In janeczku Calibre-Web 0.6.0 to 0.6.21, the edit_book_comments function is vulnerable to… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
  • TI-2021-07970 Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Calibre-web via Description Field in Metadata CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
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Sources

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