GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-9r6g-266r-89x4 NLTK Stanford wrapper classes execute untrusted JAR files without verification

HIGH Published 2026-07-04 Modified 2026-10-02 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-12252
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
nltk
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-94
Reviewed
2026-10-02

Affected packages

• PyPI nltk: < 3.9.4 → fixed in 3.9.4

Description

In nltk/nltk versions 3.9.3 and earlier, five Stanford interface classes (StanfordPOSTagger, StanfordNERTagger, StanfordParser, StanfordDependencyParser, and StanfordNeuralDependencyParser) are vulnerable to untrusted JAR code execution. These classes accept user-controllable JAR paths and execute them via the `java()` function, which invokes `subprocess.Popen()` without integrity verification. This vulnerability is identical to CVE-2026-0848, which was fixed for StanfordSegmenter by adding SHA256 verification. However, the fix was not applied to these additional classes, leaving them susceptible to arbitrary code execution when loading untrusted JAR files.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-12252 In nltk/nltk versions 3.9.3 and earlier, five Stanford interface classes (StanfordPOSTagger, StanfordNERTagger, StanfordParser,… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness

References