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    PYSEC-2026-3740

    Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-08-27 17:21 - Updated: 2026-09-01 08:54
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    NLTK through 3.10.3 contains a path traversal vulnerability in model-artifact APIs that bypass pathsec enforcement by using raw file operations on caller-controlled paths. Attackers can read or write files outside allowed sandbox roots through TransitionParser, AveragedPerceptron, PerceptronTagger, and maxent parameter APIs when pathsec is enabled.

    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": "3.10.3"
                }
              ],
              "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",
            "3.10.0",
            "3.10.1",
            "3.10.2",
            "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-2026-81726",
        "GHSA-8mgp-746c-j5xp"
      ],
      "details": "NLTK through 3.10.3 contains a path traversal vulnerability in model-artifact APIs that bypass pathsec enforcement by using raw file operations on caller-controlled paths. Attackers can read or write files outside allowed sandbox roots through TransitionParser, AveragedPerceptron, PerceptronTagger, and maxent parameter APIs when pathsec is enabled.",
      "id": "PYSEC-2026-3740",
      "modified": "2026-09-01T08:54:52.465758Z",
      "published": "2026-08-27T17:21:03.387Z",
      "references": [
        {
          "type": "ADVISORY",
          "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nltk-through-3.10.3-path-traversal-via-model-artifact-apis"
        },
        {
          "type": "EVIDENCE",
          "url": "https://github.com/nltk/nltk/security/advisories/GHSA-8mgp-746c-j5xp"
        }
      ],
      "severity": [
        {
          "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
          "type": "CVSS_V4"
        }
      ]
    }