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Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting nltk package, versions [,3.8.1)

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-NLTK-5926697
  • published 1 Oct 2023
  • disclosed 1 Oct 2023
  • credit tomaarsen
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Introduced: 1 Oct 2023

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How to fix?

Upgrade nltk to version 3.8.1 or higher.

Overview

nltk is a Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK) is a Python package for natural language processing.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) in the local WordNet browser. When a user opens a malicious link while the WordNet browser is active, it can result in the exploitation of this vulnerability on their system.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
8.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High