# CVE-2024-7009: Calibre SQL Injection

> Attackers with search permissions can inject SQL into the SQLite database via unsanitized input in Calibre.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2024-7009, GHSA-mc4x-r58f-6h93, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-7009

## What is CVE-2024-7009?

CVE-2024-7009 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Calibre, published on 6 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7009?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Calibre-Ebook Calibre.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7009?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-7009 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-7009 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Calibre

- [CVE-2011-4124](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-4124/): Command injection in Calibre (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2011-4125](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-4125/): Privilege escalation in Calibre (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-26064](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-26064/): calibre: Path Traversal Vulnerability Enables Arbitrary File Write and Remote Code Execution (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2026-26065](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-26065/): calibre: Path Traversal can Lead to Arbitrary File Write and Potential Code Execution (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2026-25635](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-25635/): calibre has a Path Traversal Leading to Arbitrary File Write and Potential Code Execution (high 8.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7009 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7009 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Calibre, published on 6 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-7009 exists.

Affected product: Calibre. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7009/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7009/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7009
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7009
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7009

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7009/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.