CVE-2026-12243

A flaw was found in NLTK. An attacker can exploit a path traversal vulnerability by providing specially crafted input to nltk.data.load or nltk.data.find. This allows the attacker to read arbitrary files accessible to the Python process, leading to information disclosure. The vulnerability arises...

EUVD-2026-38333

NLTK Natural Language Toolkit is a suite of open source Python modules, data sets, and tutorials supporting research and development in Natural Language Processing. Prior to 3.10.0-rc1, nltk.data.load in NLTK is vulnerable to path traversal via URL-encoded path separators and traversal segments...

CVE-2026-54293 NLTK: URL-Encoded Path Traversal in nltk.data.load() Allows Arbitrary Local File Read

NLTK Natural Language Toolkit is a suite of open source Python modules, data sets, and tutorials supporting research and development in Natural Language Processing. Prior to 3.10.0-rc1, nltk.data.load in NLTK is vulnerable to path traversal via URL-encoded path separators and traversal segments...

Security update for python-nltk (important)

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for python-nltk Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:0211-1 Rating: important References: 1268526 Cross-References: CVE-2026-54293 Affected Products: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7 An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: This...

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

Summary nltk.data.load in NLTK is vulnerable to path traversal via URL-encoded path separators and traversal segments when using the nltk: URL scheme. The unsafe-path regex check is performed before url2pathname decodes the %xx sequences a classic decode-after-check / TOCTOU-style flaw, allowing ...