A vulnerability was identified in janeczku Calibre-Web up to 0.6.26. The impacted element is the function generate_auth_token of the file cps/kobo_auth.py of the component Endpoint. Such manipulation of the argument user_id leads to improper authorization. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

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Description A vulnerability was identified in janeczku Calibre-Web up to 0.6.26. The impacted element is the function generate_auth_token of the file cps/kobo_auth.py of the component Endpoint. Such manipulation of the argument user_id leads to improper authorization. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Title janeczku Calibre-Web Endpoint kobo_auth.py generate_auth_token improper authorization
First Time appeared Janeczku
Janeczku calibre-web
Weaknesses CWE-266
CWE-285
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:janeczku:calibre-web:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Janeczku
Janeczku calibre-web
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-03T23:00:16.240Z

Reserved: 2026-05-03T07:35:23.631Z

Link: CVE-2026-7709

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-03T23:16:42.383

Modified: 2026-05-03T23:16:42.383

Link: CVE-2026-7709

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-04T00:30:32Z

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