CVE-2026-62385

NLTK versions before 3.10.0 contain a path traversal vulnerability in FramenetCorpusReader and NKJPCorpusReader . By supplying unsafe selectors or poisoned index state, an attacker can exploit the frame_by_name, doc, lu, and header methods to parse XML files outside the corpus root, enabling arbi...

GHSA-XH95-F55M-82FW Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK) has path traversal in FramenetCorpusReader.frame() that allows arbitrary XML file read, bypassing the nltk.pathsec sandbox (ENFORCE=True)

Summary FramenetCorpusReader.framename interpolates a caller-supplied frame name into an XML file path that is read with the builtin open, bypassing CorpusReader.open and the nltk.pathsec sandbox — including strict ENFORCE=True mode. A ../ sequence in the name escapes the corpus root, yielding an...