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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