The vulnerability of the nltk.corpus.reader component in the NLTK library for symbolic and statistical processing of natural language allows a hacker to gain unauthorized access to protected information.
🗓️ 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00Reported by FSTEC of Russia — Information Security Threat DatabaseType 
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | CVE-2026-79674 | 1 Sep 202611:07 | – | circl |
 | CVE-2026-79674 | 25 Aug 202615:16 | – | cve |
 | CVE-2026-79674 NLTK 3.10.2 Path Traversal via corpus-reader constructors | 25 Aug 202615:16 | – | cvelist |
 | CVE-2026-79674 | 25 Aug 202615:16 | – | debiancve |
 | EUVD-2026-65524 | 8 Sep 202616:57 | – | euvd |
 | NLTK: Corpus Reader Sandbox Bypass | 8 Sep 202616:57 | – | github |
| Duplicate Advisory: NLTK: Corpus Reader Sandbox Bypass | 25 Aug 202618:31 | – | github |
 | Updated python-nltk packages fix security vulnerabilities | 29 Aug 202615:47 | – | mageia |
 | CVE-2026-79674 | 25 Aug 202616:17 | – | nvd |
 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-79674 | 25 Aug 202616:17 | – | osv |
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28 Aug 2026 00:00Current
5.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.8
CVSS 38.2
CVSS 28.5
EPSS0.00226