Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition Affecting chatterbot package, versions [,1.2.14)
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- published29 Jun 2026
- disclosed19 Jun 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 19 Jun 2026
CVE-2026-58198 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade ChatterBot to version 1.2.14 or higher.
Overview
ChatterBot is a ChatterBot is a machine learning, conversational dialog engine
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition via the extract function. An attacker can cause arbitrary files to be written to a directory of their choice by pre-planting a symlink at a predictable output path, which is then followed during archive extraction. This allows the attacker to control the destination of extracted files and potentially overwrite sensitive files or place malicious content.