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## Duplicate Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-f794-5jv7-7672.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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