CVE-2026-79674
NLTK 3.10.2 Path Traversal via corpus-reader constructors
HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.4%
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
- nltk
- CVSS v4.0 VULNCHECK
- 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 v4.0 GitHub
- 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 - CVSS v3.1 VULNCHECK
- 8.2 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - EPSS
- 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 31st percentile
- Published
- 2026-08-25
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
Security advisories
- nltk/nltk/security/advisories/GHSA-3gq4-3j92-5w49
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nltk-path-traversal-via-corpus-reader-constructors