mediumCVSS 7.1Vulnerability

GHSA-4xw3-jf9x-x7mf

## Duplicate Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-f794-5jv7-7672. This link is maintained to preserve external references. ## Original Description NLTK versions before 3.10.3 contain a filesystem containment bypass vulnerability in the Downloader.download and Downloader.incr_download methods that allows attackers to overwrite files outside the install root through pre-existing hardlinks. Attackers with write access to a shared downloader directory can create hardlinks pointing to outside-root files that are then overwritten during normal package extraction, mutating files outside the intended install tree.

Properties

ghsa_id
GHSA-4xw3-jf9x-x7mf
severity
medium
summary
Duplicate Advisory: Downloader.download follows hardlinks and overwrites outside-root files
cvss_score
7.1
cve_id
GHSA-4xw3-jf9x-x7mf
cvss_vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
is_ghsa_only
true
ghsa_published
2026-08-27T18:32:30Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4xw3-jf9x-x7mf
ghsa_updated
2026-09-02T14:35:28Z

Related Entities (4)

VULNERABLE_TO (1)

[Software]pip/nltk

AFFECTS (1)

[Software]pip/nltk

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

REPORTED_BY (1)

[Source]GitHub Advisory Database

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