Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
NLTK versions before 3.10.0 let the FrameNet and NKJP corpus readers parse XML files outside the corpus root. An application that passes attacker-influenced frame names, LU ids, NKJP file identifiers, or corpus index data to these readers can have outside-root XML content returned. Upgrade to NLTK 3.10.0.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.2 | High | 4.0 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | CNA (VulnCheck) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0042, the 36th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:38 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:38 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-568f-pv23-39p4
- OSV: GHSA-568f-pv23-39p4
- github.com/nltk/nltk/security/advisories/GHSA-568f-pv23-39p4
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-62385
- github.com/nltk/nltk/pull/3579
- github.com/nltk/nltk/pull/3581
- github.com/nltk/nltk/commit/7d1389d0789c1eca56bd0ed444089e0a3972e3ed
- github.com/nltk/nltk/commit/bf3bf32786791394a1008258b4917a7f2d4dbcda
- github.com/nltk/nltk
- github.com/nltk/nltk/releases/tag/v3.10.0
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nltk/PYSEC-2026-3728.yaml
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nltk-path-traversal-via-framenet-and-nkjp-readers