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UBUNTU-CVE-2026-62383
nltk versions before 3.10.2 contain a symlink-based arbitrary file read vulnerability in IPIPANCorpusReader methods that bypass nltk.pathsec validatio...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
nltk versions before 3.10.2 contain a symlink-based arbitrary file read vulnerability in IPIPANCorpusReader methods that bypass nltk.pathsec validation entirely. Attackers can place a symlink in the corpus root directory and read arbitrary files accessible to the process by calling channels(), domains(), categories(), or fileids() methods with the symlink filename.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
nltk
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
nltk
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
nltk
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
nltk
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS
nltk
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS
nltk
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.10
nltk
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:26.04:LTS
nltk
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
References
- report ubuntu.com
- report cve.org
- report github.com
- report security-tracker.debian.org
- report github.com
- report nvd.nist.gov
- report vulncheck.com