UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73249

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-73249
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73249.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73249
Upstream
Published
2026-08-13T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-08-13T19:30:50.681809200Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

calibre is an e-book manager. Prior to 9.12.0, the calibre Content Server endpoint POST /book-update-annotations/{libraryid}/{bookid}/{fmt} in src/calibre/srv/books.py omits needsdbwrite=True, causing Router.dispatch() to skip ctx.checkforwriteaccess() before updateannotations() passes attacker-controlled JSON to db.mergeannotationsfor_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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
calibre

Package

Name
calibre
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/calibre?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.33.0+dfsg-1build1
2.38.0+dfsg-1
2.45.0+dfsg-1
2.45.0+dfsg-1build1
2.48.0+dfsg-1
2.48.0+dfsg-1build1
2.54.0+dfsg-1
2.55.0+dfsg-1
2.55.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.55.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "calibre"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.55.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "calibre-bin"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73249.json"
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
calibre

Package

Name
calibre
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/calibre?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.7.0+dfsg-2
3.7.0+dfsg-2build1
3.12.0+dfsg-1
3.13.0+dfsg-1
3.14.0+dfsg-1
3.15.0.1+dfsg-1
3.16.0+dfsg-1
3.16.0+dfsg-1build1
3.17.0+dfsg-1
3.17.0+dfsg-2
3.18.0+dfsg-1build1
3.19.0+dfsg-1
3.20.0+dfsg-1
3.21.0+dfsg-1
3.21.0+dfsg-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.21.0+dfsg-1build1",
            "binary_name": "calibre"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.21.0+dfsg-1build1",
            "binary_name": "calibre-bin"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73249.json"
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
calibre

Package

Name
calibre
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/calibre?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.46.0+dfsg-1
4.*
4.2.0+dfsg-2
4.3.0+dfsg-1
4.3.0+dfsg-2
4.4.0+dfsg-1
4.5.0+dfsg-1
4.5.0+dfsg-2
4.5.0+dfsg-3
4.6.0+dfsg-1
4.7.0+dfsg-1
4.99.3+dfsg-2
4.99.4+dfsg-1
4.99.4+dfsg-1build1
4.99.4+dfsg+really4.10.0+py3-2
4.99.4+dfsg+really4.11.2-1
4.99.4+dfsg+really4.11.2-1build1
4.99.4+dfsg+really4.12.0-1
4.99.4+dfsg+really4.12.0-1build1
4.99.4+dfsg+really4.12.0-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.99.4+dfsg+really4.12.0-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "calibre"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.99.4+dfsg+really4.12.0-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "calibre-bin"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73249.json"
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
calibre

Package

Name
calibre
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/calibre?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*
5.25.0+dfsg-2
5.33.2+dfsg-1
5.34.0+dfsg-1
5.35.0+dfsg-1ubuntu2
5.37.0+dfsg-1
5.37.0+dfsg-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.37.0+dfsg-1build1",
            "binary_name": "calibre"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.37.0+dfsg-1build1",
            "binary_name": "calibre-bin"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73249.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
calibre

Package

Name
calibre
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/calibre?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*
6.24.0+ds-1
6.29.0+ds-1
7.*
7.0.0+ds-1
7.1.0+ds-1
7.1.0+ds-2
7.2.0+ds-1
7.2.0+ds-1build1
7.3.0+ds-1
7.4.0+ds-1
7.5.1+ds-1
7.5.1+ds-2
7.5.1+ds-3
7.6.0+ds-1
7.6.0+ds-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "7.6.0+ds-1build1",
            "binary_name": "calibre"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.6.0+ds-1build1",
            "binary_name": "calibre-bin"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73249.json"
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
calibre

Package

Name
calibre
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/calibre?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

8.*
8.8.0+ds-3build1
8.13.0+ds+~0.10.5-3
8.14.0+ds+~0.10.5-1
8.15.0+ds+~0.10.5-1
8.16.0+ds+~0.10.5-2
8.16.2+ds+~0.10.5-1
8.16.2+ds+~0.10.5-2
8.16.2+ds+~0.10.5-3
9.*
9.2.1+ds+~0.10.5-2build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "9.2.1+ds+~0.10.5-2build1",
            "binary_name": "calibre"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "9.2.1+ds+~0.10.5-2build1",
            "binary_name": "calibre-bin"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73249.json"