CVE-2026-65915EPSS p33.0%

CVE-2026-65915CVE-2026-65915

nltk / nltk

Description

NLTK versions before 3.10.0 contain a logic bug in FileSystemPathPointer.open() where the sandbox validation check compares a normalized path against itself, making the security check permanently inert. Attackers can pass file:// URLs to nltk.data.load() to read arbitrary files accessible to the process user, including credentials and configuration files.

Scoring

CVSS 6.5 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS0.41% probability of exploitation · percentile 33.0% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z
Last modified2026-08-31
Sourced from NVD + FIRST.org EPSS. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.