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    PYSEC-2026-3722

    Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-08-22 15:16 - Updated: 2026-08-27 23:45
    VLAI
    Details

    NLTK versions before 3.10.0 default to ENFORCE=False in pathsec.py, causing all security validation functions to emit warnings instead of raising exceptions. Attackers can bypass path traversal and pickle deserialization protections by exploiting the disabled security controls that are only active when manually 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": "3.10.0"
                }
              ],
              "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-2026-62388",
        "GHSA-p3m8-78j2-g5p3"
      ],
      "details": "NLTK versions before 3.10.0 default to ENFORCE=False in pathsec.py, causing all security validation functions to emit warnings instead of raising exceptions. Attackers can bypass path traversal and pickle deserialization protections by exploiting the disabled security controls that are only active when manually enabled.",
      "id": "PYSEC-2026-3722",
      "modified": "2026-08-27T23:45:34.112638Z",
      "published": "2026-08-22T15:16:18.967Z",
      "references": [
        {
          "type": "ADVISORY",
          "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nltk-before-insecure-default-configuration-pathsec"
        },
        {
          "type": "EVIDENCE",
          "url": "https://github.com/nltk/nltk/security/advisories/GHSA-p3m8-78j2-g5p3"
        }
      ],
      "severity": [
        {
          "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/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"
        }
      ]
    }