{"answers":{"affected":"3 open source packages ship an affected version, including nltk. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-62385 exists.","fix":"Upgrade nltk to 3.10.0 or later.","what":"CVE-2026-62385 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in nltk, published on 22 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-62385 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-62385 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in nltk, published on 22 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-62385 exists.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- nltk (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 3.10.0\n- nltk (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 3.10.0\n- nltk (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 3.10.0\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-62385/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-62385/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-62385","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-62385/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-62385","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2026-62385","ECHO-f179-da91-9130","GHSA-568f-pv23-39p4","MINI-f2h9-p3rh-h3p4","PYSEC-2026-3728","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-62385"],"analysis":{"component_type":"library","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_read"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Python NLP library","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can read arbitrary XML files outside the corpus root in NLTK by exploiting path traversal in FrameNet and NKJP readers.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"VulnCheck","cpe":[{"product":"nltk","vendor":"nltk"}],"cvss":{"score":8.2,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"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","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-73","name":"External Control of File Name or Path"}],"description":"NLTK versions before 3.10.0 contain a path traversal vulnerability in FramenetCorpusReader and NKJPCorpusReader that allows attackers to parse XML files outside the corpus root by supplying unsafe selectors or poisoned index state. Attackers can exploit frame_by_name, doc, lu, and header methods with crafted parameters to read arbitrary XML files accessible to the application.","ecosystems":["PyPI"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"NLTK 3.9.4 Path Traversal via FrameNet and NKJP Readers","id":"CVE-2026-62385","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","product":null,"products":[],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2026"},"n_packages":3,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Grav \u003c 1.0.0-rc.16 Authentication Bypass via token URL Parameter","id":"CVE-2026-62386"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["3.10.0"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"nltk","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-568f-pv23-39p4"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["3.10.0"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"nltk","purl":"pkg:pypi/nltk","source":"GHSA-568f-pv23-39p4"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["3.10.0"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"nltk","purl":"pkg:pypi/nltk","source":"PYSEC-2026-3728"}],"prev":{"headline":"NLTK FramenetCorpusReader Symlink Sandbox Bypass before 3.10.2","id":"CVE-2026-62384"},"products":["nltk"],"published":"2026-08-22","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Arbitrary Code Execution in NLTK StanfordSegmenter via Untrusted JAR Loading","id":"CVE-2026-0848","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-03-05"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Zip Slip Vulnerability in nltk/nltk Leading to Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2025-14009","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-02-18"},{"cvss_score":9.4,"headline":"NLTK before 3.10.0 Remote Code Execution via Unsafe Pickle Deserialization","id":"CVE-2026-78683","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-25"},{"cvss_score":9.3,"headline":"NLTK before 3.10.3 Remote Code Execution via Unsafe Pickle Deserialization","id":"CVE-2026-79657","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-25"},{"cvss_score":9.3,"headline":"NLTK before 3.10.3 JVM Argument Injection via Per-Call Options","id":"CVE-2026-79675","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"NLTK 3.10.2 Path Traversal via corpus-reader constructors","id":"CVE-2026-79674","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-25"},{"cvss_score":8.7,"headline":"nltk PorterStemmer before 3.10.3 Quadratic-time DoS","id":"CVE-2026-81722","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-08-27"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"PyPA Advisory Database","prefix":"PYSEC"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-24","vendors":["nltk"]},"summary":"Attackers can read arbitrary XML files outside the corpus root in NLTK by exploiting path traversal in FrameNet and NKJP readers.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-62385/"}