Calibre SQL Injection
Priority MEDIUM 64CWE-89Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- SQL injection
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.
Summary
Unsanitized user-input in Calibre <= 7.15.0 allow users with permissions to perform full-text searches to achieve SQL injection on the SQLite database.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.13922 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-7009
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mc4x-r58f-6h93
References
More Calibre vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-06284 Calibre Arbitrary File Read CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-24918 link_to_local_path in ebooks/conversion/plugins/html_input.py in calibre before 6.19.0… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-25627 calibre has a path traversal vulnerability CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
- TI-2026-23682 calibre has a Path Traversal Leading to Arbitrary File Write CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
- TI-2026-20799 Calibre Affected by Arbitrary Code Execution via Server-Side Template Injection in Calibre HTML Export CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2026-22163 calibre Vulnerable to HTTP Response Header Injection CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
Sources
- CVE-2024-7009 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-7009 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mc4x-r58f-6h93 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-7009 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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