CVSS 3.0
7.5 highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NCVE-2019-14751
NLTK Downloader before 3.4.5 is vulnerable to a directory traversal, allowing attackers to write arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in an NLTK package (ZIP archive) that is mishandled during extraction.
Severity
- EPSS
- 5.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 92% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-22
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- nltk:nltk
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-mr7p-25v2-35wr | PyPI | nltk | <3.4.5 | 3.4.5 |
| PYSEC-2019-106 | PyPI | nltk | <3.4.5 | 3.4.5 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00054.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00001.html
- https://github.com/mssalvatore/CVE-2019-14751_PoC
- https://github.com/nltk/nltk/blob/3.4.5/ChangeLog
- https://github.com/nltk/nltk/commit/f59d7ed8df2e0e957f7f247fe218032abdbe9a10