CVE-2026-79676EPSS p36.7%
CVE-2026-79676CVE-2026-79676
nltk / nltk
Description
NLTK versions before 3.10.3 contain a path traversal vulnerability in corpus readers that reopen root-derived paths using built-in open() instead of nltk.pathsec.open(), allowing symlinks to escape trusted roots. Attackers who stage symlinked corpus files under a trusted data root can disclose outside-root content through normal corpus reader methods like channels(), domains(), and synonyms().
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.9 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 0.45% probability of exploitation · percentile 36.7% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z |
| Last modified | 2026-08-31 |