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CVE-2026-79674

NLTK

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.

CVSS 8.2EPSS 0.22999999999999998%Risk 0.84
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Published
2026-08-25 16:17:27
Affected versions
<3.10.3
Type
Library
Last modified
2026-08-25 18:18:06
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N