Missing Authorization Affecting calibre package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-CALIBRE-18674825
  • published12 Aug 2026
  • disclosed11 Aug 2026

Introduced: 11 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-73249  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:13 calibre.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream calibre package and not the calibre package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

calibre is an e-book manager. Prior to 9.12.0, the calibre Content Server endpoint POST /book-update-annotations/{library_id}/{book_id}/{fmt} in src/calibre/srv/books.py omits needs_db_write=True, causing Router.dispatch() to skip ctx.check_for_write_access() before update_annotations() passes attacker-controlled JSON to db.merge_annotations_for_book(), which allows a readonly user or an anonymous user on an unauthenticated deployment to persist unauthorized book annotation changes. This issue is fixed in version 9.12.0.