CVE-2026-62383

nltk versions before 3.10.2 contain a symlink-based arbitrary file read vulnerability in IPIPANCorpusReader methods that bypass nltk.pathsec validation entirely. Attackers can place a symlink in the corpus root directory and read arbitrary files accessible to the process by calling channels(), domains(), categories(), or fileids() methods with the symlink filename.

CVSS 4.0

6.8CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 7% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-22

Published

2026-08-22

Modified

2026-10-14

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• nltk:nltk

Packages (OSV)

References

• https://github.com/nltk/nltk/security/advisories/GHSA-3hhw-38pf-pxj6
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nltk-ipipancorpusreader-symlink-arbitrary-file-read

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