CVE-2026-58198

ChatterBot (Python) vulnerability CVE-2026-58198: UbuntuCorpusTrainer.extract() uses a predictable home path (~/.ubuntu_data/ubuntu_dialogs) with a check-then-create pattern, then tar.extractall(path=self.data_path). An attacker who pre-places a symlink at that path can cause archived contents to...

CVE-2026-58198

ChatterBot is a machine learning, conversational dialog engine for creating chat bots. Prior to 1.2.14, UbuntuCorpusTrainer.extract uses a predictable home-rooted output directory /ubuntudata/ubuntudialogs with a check-then-create pattern followed by tar.extractallpath=self.datapath, allowing a...

CVE-2026-58198 ChatterBot: Symlink-Following Arbitrary Write via UbuntuCorpusTrainer

ChatterBot is a machine learning, conversational dialog engine for creating chat bots. Prior to 1.2.14, UbuntuCorpusTrainer.extract uses a predictable home-rooted output directory /ubuntudata/ubuntudialogs with a check-then-create pattern followed by tar.extractallpath=self.datapath, allowing a...

CVE-2026-58198 ChatterBot: Symlink-Following Arbitrary Write via UbuntuCorpusTrainer

ChatterBot is a machine learning, conversational dialog engine for creating chat bots. Prior to 1.2.14, UbuntuCorpusTrainer.extract uses a predictable home-rooted output directory /ubuntudata/ubuntudialogs with a check-then-create pattern followed by tar.extractallpath=self.datapath, allowing a...

CVE-2026-58198 ChatterBot: Symlink-Following Arbitrary Write via UbuntuCorpusTrainer

ChatterBot is a machine learning, conversational dialog engine for creating chat bots. Prior to 1.2.14, UbuntuCorpusTrainer.extract uses a predictable home-rooted output directory /ubuntudata/ubuntudialogs with a check-then-create pattern followed by tar.extractallpath=self.datapath, allowing a...

PT-2026-56905

ChatterBot is a machine learning, conversational dialog engine for creating chat bots. Prior to 1.2.14, UbuntuCorpusTrainer.extract uses a predictable home-rooted output directory /ubuntu data/ubuntu dialogs with a check-then-create pattern followed by tar.extractallpath=self.data path, allowing ...