CVE catalog
CVE-2026-65915
nltk: CVE-2026-65915
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.1
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/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
- 0.41% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
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 | 3.10.0 | fixed |
| PyPI | nltk | Not reported | 3.10.0 | fixed |
| Pip | nltk | Not reported | 3.10.0 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | nltk | source | sid | 3.10.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | nltk | source | forky | 3.10.0-1 | 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 | 3.10.0 | Not reported | NVD-CVE-2026-65915 | Not reported |
| PyPI | nltk | PyPI | Not reported | 3.10.0 | Not reported | PYSEC-2026-3731 | Not reported |
| Pip | nltk | pip | Not reported | 3.10.0 | Not reported | GHSA-72R2-7MFR-5XR9 | 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-72r2-7mfr-5xr9]
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-65915]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-65915]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-65915]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-65915.json]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [GitHub Advisory Database] · [National Vulnerability Database (NVD)] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]