CVE catalog
CVE-2026-62384
nltk: CVE-2026-62384
- Severity
- High · CVSS 8.7
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/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 - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.65% · Oct 25, 2026
NLTK versions before 3.10.2 contain a symlink-based sandbox bypass in FramenetCorpusReader that allows attackers to read arbitrary XML files outside the corpus root. Attackers can place symlinks with names containing no path separators inside the corpus subdirectory, which pass the path validation guard and are resolved to files outside the intended corpus root when accessed via frame_by_name(), _lu_file(), or doc() methods.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | nltk | sid | 3.10.3-1 | fixed |
| Debian | nltk | forky | 3.10.3-1 | fixed |
| Debian | nltk | trixie | 3.9.1-2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | nltk | bookworm | 3.8-1 | vulnerable |
| Cpe | nltk | Not reported | 3.10.2 | fixed |
| PyPI | nltk | Not reported | 3.10.2 | fixed |
| Pip | nltk | Not reported | 3.10.2 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | nltk | source | sid | 3.10.3-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | nltk | source | forky | 3.10.3-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | nltk | source | trixie | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | nltk | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Cpe | nltk | cpe | Not reported | 3.10.2 | Not reported | NVD-CVE-2026-62384 | Not reported |
| PyPI | nltk | PyPI | Not reported | 3.10.2 | Not reported | PYSEC-2026-3789 | Not reported |
| Pip | nltk | pip | Not reported | 3.10.2 | Not reported | GHSA-F833-7JW8-XWRV | Not reported |
Notes
[trixie] nltk: Minor issue [bookworm] nltk: Minor issue
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [python3-nltk]Affected
Source package: [nltk]
Details (2)
3.8-1· all · bookwormAffected
dsa · nltk · debian · bookworm
3.8-1· all · bookwormAffected
dsa · nltk · debian · bookworm
Observed:
References
- [https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f833-7jw8-xwrv]
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-62384]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-62384]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-62384]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-62384.json]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [GitHub Advisory Database] · [National Vulnerability Database (NVD)] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]