CVE-2026-81722

nltk PorterStemmer in versions ≤ 3.10.2 is vulnerable to an inefficient-algorithmic-complexity denial of service in PorterStemmer.stem(). The root cause is that the _is_consonant() helper walks backward over the entire run of trailing 'y' characters on every call, and _measure() invokes it for ea...

CVE-2026-81722 nltk PorterStemmer before 3.10.3 Quadratic-time DoS

nltk PorterStemmer in versions = 3.10.2 fixed in 3.10.3 contains an inefficient-algorithmic-complexity denial of service in PorterStemmer.stem. The isconsonant helper walks backward over the entire run of trailing 'y' characters on every call, and measure invokes it for each stem position, causin...