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    PYSEC-2026-3728

    Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-08-22 15:16 - Updated: 2026-09-01 08:54
    VLAI
    Details

    NLTK versions before 3.10.0 contain a path traversal vulnerability in FramenetCorpusReader and NKJPCorpusReader that allows attackers to parse XML files outside the corpus root by supplying unsafe selectors or poisoned index state. Attackers can exploit frame_by_name, doc, lu, and header methods with crafted parameters to read arbitrary XML files accessible to the application.

    Impacted products
    Name purl
    nltk pkg:pypi/nltk

    {
      "affected": [
        {
          "ecosystem_specific": {},
          "package": {
            "ecosystem": "PyPI",
            "name": "nltk",
            "purl": "pkg:pypi/nltk"
          },
          "ranges": [
            {
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "3.10.0"
                }
              ],
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "0.8",
            "0.9",
            "0.9.3",
            "0.9.4",
            "0.9.5",
            "0.9.6",
            "0.9.7",
            "0.9.8",
            "0.9.9",
            "2.0.1",
            "2.0.1rc1",
            "2.0.1rc2-git",
            "2.0.1rc3",
            "2.0.1rc4",
            "2.0.2",
            "2.0.3",
            "2.0.4",
            "2.0.5",
            "2.0b4",
            "2.0b5",
            "2.0b6",
            "2.0b7",
            "2.0b8",
            "2.0b9",
            "3.0.0",
            "3.0.0b1",
            "3.0.0b2",
            "3.0.1",
            "3.0.2",
            "3.0.3",
            "3.0.4",
            "3.0.5",
            "3.1",
            "3.2",
            "3.2.1",
            "3.2.2",
            "3.2.3",
            "3.2.4",
            "3.2.5",
            "3.3",
            "3.4",
            "3.4.1",
            "3.4.2",
            "3.4.3",
            "3.4.4",
            "3.4.5",
            "3.5",
            "3.5b1",
            "3.6",
            "3.6.1",
            "3.6.2",
            "3.6.3",
            "3.6.4",
            "3.6.5",
            "3.6.6",
            "3.6.7",
            "3.7",
            "3.8",
            "3.8.1",
            "3.9",
            "3.9.1",
            "3.9.2",
            "3.9.3",
            "3.9.4",
            "3.9b1"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2026-62385",
        "GHSA-568f-pv23-39p4"
      ],
      "details": "NLTK versions before 3.10.0 contain a path traversal vulnerability in FramenetCorpusReader and NKJPCorpusReader that allows attackers to parse XML files outside the corpus root by supplying unsafe selectors or poisoned index state. Attackers can exploit frame_by_name, doc, lu, and header methods with crafted parameters to read arbitrary XML files accessible to the application.",
      "id": "PYSEC-2026-3728",
      "modified": "2026-09-01T08:54:51.495356Z",
      "published": "2026-08-22T15:16:18.833Z",
      "references": [
        {
          "type": "ADVISORY",
          "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nltk-path-traversal-via-framenet-and-nkjp-readers"
        },
        {
          "type": "EVIDENCE",
          "url": "https://github.com/nltk/nltk/security/advisories/GHSA-568f-pv23-39p4"
        }
      ],
      "severity": [
        {
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }