CVE-2026-0846: Absolute Path Traversal

A vulnerability in the filestring function of the nltk.util module in nltk version 3.9.2 allows arbitrary file read due to improper validation of input paths. The function directly opens files specified by user input without sanitization, enabling attackers to access sensitive system files by...

Arbitrary File Read via Absolute Path Input in nltk.util.filestring() enabling Local & Remote File Disclosure

Description The function filestring in nltk.util treats a given string as a filesystem path and directly opens it without validation or sandboxing: def filestringf: if hasattrf, "read": return f.read elif isinstancef, str: with openf as infile: ← Direct unsanitized file access return infile.read...