CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-79674
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-08-25
- Last modified
- 2026-08-31
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-73
Description
NLTK versions before 3.10.3 contain a path sandbox bypass vulnerability in corpus-reader constructors that allows attackers to read files outside the intended data root. Attackers can supply arbitrary corpus root paths to LinThesaurusCorpusReader and PanLexLiteCorpusReader constructors to access filesystem content and SQLite databases outside the pathsec sandbox boundary.
Affected configurations
• nltk nltk (< 3.10.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path weakness
References
- https://github.com/nltk/nltk/security/advisories/GHSA-3gq4-3j92-5w49 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nltk-path-traversal-via-corpus-reader-constructors Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/nltk/nltk/security/advisories/GHSA-3gq4-3j92-5w49 Exploit, Vendor Advisory