Upstream information
Description
NLTK 3.9.4 through 3.10.2 contains a path traversal vulnerability in CrubadanCorpusReader. _load_lang_ngrams joins the corpus root with crubadan_code, the column-0 value read from the corpus table.txt mapping file, and opens the result with the builtin open() rather than the pathsec-validated opener, so os.path.join discards the root when that value is absolute and the read escapes the corpus directory without the containment check nltk.pathsec applies when ENFORCE is set. An attacker who controls a corpus package can disclose file contents outside the corpus root through lang_freq, limited to paths ending in -3grams.txt whose contents parse as token count lines.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently not rated by SUSE as it is not affecting the SUSE Enterprise products.
| CVSS detail | CNA (VulnCheck) | National Vulnerability Database |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 2.5 | 3.3 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Local | Local |
| Attack Complexity | High | Low |
| Privileges Required | None | None |
| User Interaction | Required | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | Low | Low |
| Integrity Impact | None | None |
| Availability Impact | None | None |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| CVSS detail | CNA (VulnCheck) |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 2 |
| Vector | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Attack Requirements | Present |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Passive |
| Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact | Low |
| Vulnerable System Integrity Impact | None |
| Vulnerable System Availability Impact | None |
| Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Subsequent System Integrity Impact | None |
| Subsequent System Availability Impact | None |
| CVSSv4 Version | 4.0 |
List of released packages
| Product(s) | Fixed package version(s) | References |
|---|---|---|
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 |
| Patchnames: openSUSE-2026-359 |
Status of this issue by product and package
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| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products under general support and receiving all security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 | python-nltk | Released |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Mon Aug 24 11:43:47 2026CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 26 17:46:24 2026