MEDIUMCVSS v3.1 5.3Vulnerability

CVE-2026-126301

NLTK from 3.6 before 3.10.4 contains an algorithmic complexity vulnerability in LegalitySyllableTokenizer.tokenize that allows remote attackers to exhaust CPU by supplying long all-vowel tokens. Attackers can submit a token such as a long run of vowels, causing the unguarded onset reversal loop to perform quadratic work and deny service to syllabification components.

Properties

Severity
MEDIUM
Nvd fetched at
2026-11-14T00:40:25.638091+00:00
Epss score
0.00509
Cvss severity
MEDIUM
Cvss score
5.3
Retrieved at
2026-11-14T00:51:03+00:00
Last source
FIRST EPSS
Score
5.3
Cvss version
3.1
Cve id
CVE-2026-126301
Cvss vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
First seen by Signal
2026-11-13T17:31:47+00:00
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Published at
2026-11-13T10:17:35.090
Last modified
2026-11-13T10:17:35.220
Epss percentile
0.44011

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