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CVE-2026-79676

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9 EPSS 0.31% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS · Published 2026-08-25 · Last synced 2026-09-18

CyberRota Analysis

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NLTK versions prior to 3.10.3 are susceptible to a path traversal vulnerability in corpus readers, which allows attackers to exploit symlinked corpus files to access content outside of trusted data roots. This can lead to unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information through standard corpus reader methods. Organizations using affected NLTK versions should prioritize updating to mitigate potential data exposure risks.

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CVE
CVE-2026-79676
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.9
EPSS
0.31%

Original NVD Description

NLTK versions before 3.10.3 contain a path traversal vulnerability in corpus readers that reopen root-derived paths using built-in open() instead of nltk.pathsec.open(), allowing symlinks to escape trusted roots. Attackers who stage symlinked corpus files under a trusted data root can disclose outside-root content through normal corpus reader methods like channels(), domains(), and synonyms().

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