MEDIUMVulnerability
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.
Properties
- severity
- MEDIUM
- score
- 6.5
- cve_id
- CVE-2026-65915
- vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- published_at
- 2026-08-22T15:16:19.500
- last_modified
- 2026-08-31T18:39:00.647
Related Entities (3)
AFFECTS_PRODUCT (1)
→[Product]
DESCRIBED_BY (1)
→[Source]NVD
HAS_WEAKNESS (1)
→[Weakness]Improper Access Control
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