External Control of File Name or Path Affecting nltk package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-NLTK-19233179
  • published23 Aug 2026
  • disclosed22 Aug 2026

Introduced: 22 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-62385  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-73  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:13 nltk.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nltk package and not the nltk package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

NLTK versions before 3.10.0 contain a path traversal vulnerability in FramenetCorpusReader and NKJPCorpusReader that allows attackers to parse XML files outside the corpus root by supplying unsafe selectors or poisoned index state. Attackers can exploit frame_by_name, doc, lu, and header methods with crafted parameters to read arbitrary XML files accessible to the application.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1