CVE-2026-62384High· 7.5▾ TwilightNLTK versions before 3.10.2 contain a symlink-based sandbox bypass in FramenetCorpusReader that allows attackers to read arbitrary XML files outside the corpus root. Attackers can place symlinks with names containing no path separators i…
▾ Twilight zone — High severity, or a signal on a lesser flaw
impact 41.3 · likelihood 0.1 · exploitation 0
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NLTK versions before 3.10.2 contain a symlink-based sandbox bypass in FramenetCorpusReader that allows attackers to read arbitrary XML files outside the corpus root. Attackers can place symlinks with names containing no path separators inside the corpus subdirectory, which pass the path validation guard and are resolved to files outside the intended corpus root when accessed via frame_by_name(), _lu_file(), or doc() methods.
nltk >= 3.10.0, < 3.10.2Upgrade past the affected range:
nltk 3.10.2Affected packages:
nltk >= 3.10.0, < 3.10.2Patched in:
nltk 3.10.2Source: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f833-7jw8-xwrv
Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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