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CVE-2026-71514

NLTK 3.9.4 through 3.10.2 contains a path traversal vulnerability in CrubadanCorpusReader.

Published Aug 22, 2026 · updated Oct 14, 2026 · nltk nltk

NLTK 3.9.4 through 3.10.2 contains a path traversal vulnerability in CrubadanCorpusReader. _load_lang_ngrams joins the corpus root with crubadan_code, the column-0 value read from the corpus table.txt mapping file, and opens the result with the builtin open() rather than the pathsec-validated opener, so os.path.join discards the root when that value is absolute and the read escapes the corpus directory without the containment check nltk.pathsec applies when ENFORCE is set. An attacker who controls a corpus package can disclose file contents outside the corpus root through lang_freq, limited to paths ending in -3grams.txt whose contents parse as token count lines.

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  1. Aug 22, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    NLTK 3.9.4 through 3.10.2 contains a path traversal vulnerability in CrubadanCorpusReader. _load_lang_ngrams joins the corpus root with crubadan_code, the column-0 value read from the corpus table.txt mapping file, and opens the result with the builtin open() rather than the pathsec-validated opener, so os.path.join discards the root when that value is absolute and the read escapes the corpus dire

  2. Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    NLTK 3.9.4 through 3.10.2 contains a path traversal vulnerability in CrubadanCorpusReader. _load_lang_ngrams joins the corpus root with crubadan_code, the column-0 value read from the corpus table.txt mapping file, and opens the result with the builtin open() rather than the pathsec-validated opener, so os.path.join discards the root when that value is absolute and the read escapes the corpus dire

Affected

  • cpe nltk/nltkversion unspecified

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-71514

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-71514

    30-day exploitation probability 0.2%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-71514

    NLTK 3.9.4 through 3.10.2 contains a path traversal vulnerability in CrubadanCorpusReader. _load_lang_ngrams joins the corpus root with crubadan_code, the column-0 value read from the corpus table.txt mapping file, and opens the result with the builtin open() rather than the path

    nvd.nist.gov

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