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Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK): URL-Encoded Path Traversal in nltk.data.load() Allows Arbitrary Local File Read

🗓️ 16 Jun 2026 14:34:15Reported by GitHub Advisory DatabaseType 
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NLTK data.load is vulnerable to URL-encoded path traversal bypassing the unsafe-path regex and reading files.

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16 Jun 2026 14:34Current
5.5Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.5
CVSS 3.17.5
EPSS0.00378
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