NLTK: Quadratic CPU Exhaustion in `XMLCorpusView._read_xml_fragment()`

SummaryXMLCorpusView.readxmlfragment reads a corpus file in 1 KiB blocks, appendingeach block to a growing fragment string, then calls VALIDXMLRE.matchfragmenton the full accumulated buffer every iteration. Because each iteration rescans theentire accumulated fragment, the total amount of work...

NLTK: Corpus Reader Sandbox Bypass

Summary NLTK corpus-reader constructors can still reach outside-root file and database reads before the nltk.pathsec sandbox boundary is enforced. The PoC shows the safe path blocked by pathsec.open, then LinThesaurusCorpusReader and PanLexLiteCorpusReader succeeding in the same process. Affected...

EUVD-2026-65524

NLTK: Corpus Reader Sandbox Bypass...

EUVD-2026-65526

NLTK: Corpus readers follow symlinks outside trusted roots despite pathsec enforcement...

NLTK: Quadratic CPU Exhaustion in `XMLCorpusView._read_xml_fragment()`

Summary XMLCorpusView.readxmlfragment reads a corpus file in 1 KiB blocks, appending each block to a growing fragment string, then calls VALIDXMLRE.matchfragment on the full accumulated buffer every iteration. Because each iteration rescans the entire accumulated fragment, the total amount of wor...

Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

Overview nltk is a Natural Language Toolkit NLTK is a Python package for natural language processing. Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity through the XMLCorpusView.readxmlfragment function in nltk/corpus/reader/xmldocs.py. An attacker can exhaust...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-81723

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - NLTK versions before 3.10.3 contain a quadratic CPU exhaustion vulnerability in XMLCorpusView.readxmlfragment that rescans accumulated XML fragments on every 1...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-79674

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - NLTK versions before 3.10.3 contain a path sandbox bypass vulnerability in corpus-reader constructors that allows attackers to read files outside the intended...

Duplicate Advisory: NLTK: Corpus Reader Sandbox Bypass

Duplicate Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-3gq4-3j92-5w49. This link is maintained to preserve external references. Original Description NLTK versions before 3.10.3 contain a path sandbox bypass vulnerability in corpus-reader constructors that allows...

External Control of File Name or Path

Overview nltk is a Natural Language Toolkit NLTK is a Python package for natural language processing. Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to External Control of File Name or Path through the CorpusReader.init constructor and the LinThesaurusCorpusReader and PanLexLiteCorpusReader...

PYSEC-2026-3737

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...

PYSEC-2026-3737

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...

CVE-2026-79674

NLTK versions before 3.10.3 contain a path sandbox bypass vulnerability in corpus-reader constructors that allows attackers to read files outside the intended data root. Attackers can supply arbitrary corpus root paths to LinThesaurusCorpusReader and PanLexLiteCorpusReader constructors to access...

PYSEC-2026-3736

NLTK versions before 3.10.3 contain a path sandbox bypass vulnerability in corpus-reader constructors that allows attackers to read files outside the intended data root. Attackers can supply arbitrary corpus root paths to LinThesaurusCorpusReader and PanLexLiteCorpusReader constructors to access...

CVE-2026-79676 NLTK before 3.10.3 Path Traversal via Symlink Bypass

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...

CVE-2026-79674

NLTK (Natural Language Toolkit) versions before 3.10.3 contain a path sandbox bypass vulnerability in corpus-reader constructors. Attackers can supply arbitrary corpus root paths to LinThesaurusCorpusReader and PanLexLiteCorpusReader , allowing them to read filesystem content and SQLite databases...

CVE-2026-79674 NLTK 3.10.2 Path Traversal via corpus-reader constructors

NLTK versions before 3.10.3 contain a path sandbox bypass vulnerability in corpus-reader constructors that allows attackers to read files outside the intended data root. Attackers can supply arbitrary corpus root paths to LinThesaurusCorpusReader and PanLexLiteCorpusReader constructors to access...

CVE-2026-79674 NLTK 3.10.2 Path Traversal via corpus-reader constructors

NLTK versions before 3.10.3 contain a path sandbox bypass vulnerability in corpus-reader constructors that allows attackers to read files outside the intended data root. Attackers can supply arbitrary corpus root paths to LinThesaurusCorpusReader and PanLexLiteCorpusReader constructors to access...

CVE-2026-79674

NLTK versions before 3.10.3 contain a path sandbox bypass vulnerability in corpus-reader constructors that allows attackers to read files outside the intended data root. Attackers can supply arbitrary corpus root paths to LinThesaurusCorpusReader and PanLexLiteCorpusReader constructors to access...

CVE-2026-79674: External Control of File Name or Path

NLTK versions before 3.10.3 contain a path sandbox bypass vulnerability in corpus-reader constructors that allows attackers to read files outside the intended data root. Attackers can supply arbitrary corpus root paths to LinThesaurusCorpusReader and PanLexLiteCorpusReader constructors to access...