6.5Medium

Nltk Nltk

CVE-2026-65915

NLTK versions before 3.10.0 contain a logic bug in FileSystemPathPointer.open() where the sandbox validation check compares a normalized path against itself, making the security check permanently inert. Attackers can pass file:// URLs to nltk.data.load() to read arbitrary files accessible to the process user, including credentials and configuration files.

What this means for your business

  • It affects Nltk. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
  • Code showing how to exploit it has been published, but real attacks have not been confirmed.
  • An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, with an ordinary user login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
  • FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.4% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 29% of all known flaws.

What to do

  1. 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Nltk, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
  2. 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.

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Scoring

CVSS
6.5 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4
7.1
Weakness
CWE-284
Assigned by
disclosure@vulncheck.com

Dates

Published
2026-08-22
Last modified
2026-08-31
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Nltk Nltk- 3.10.0

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

References