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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-79674

NLTK versions before 3.10.3 contain a path sandbox bypass vulnerability in corpus-reader constructors that allows attackers to read files outside the...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

NLTK versions before 3.10.3 contain a path sandbox bypass vulnerability in corpus-reader constructors that allows attackers to read files outside the intended data root. Attackers can supply arbitrary corpus root paths to LinThesaurusCorpusReader and PanLexLiteCorpusReader constructors to access filesystem content and SQLite databases outside the pathsec sandbox boundary.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 nltk

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Debian:13 nltk

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Debian:14 nltk

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.10.3-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org