CVE-2026-0847

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-0847
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-0847.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-0847
Aliases
Downstream
Related
Published
2026-03-04T18:25:30.240Z
Modified
2026-07-16T03:31:03.428473260Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Path Traversal in nltk/nltk
Details

A vulnerability in NLTK versions up to and including 3.9.2 allows arbitrary file read via path traversal in multiple CorpusReader classes, including WordListCorpusReader, TaggedCorpusReader, and BracketParseCorpusReader. These classes fail to properly sanitize or validate file paths, enabling attackers to traverse directories and access sensitive files on the server. This issue is particularly critical in scenarios where user-controlled file inputs are processed, such as in machine learning APIs, chatbots, or NLP pipelines. Exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive files, including system files, SSH private keys, and API tokens, and may potentially escalate to remote code execution when combined with other vulnerabilities.

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-22"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/0xxx/CVE-2026-0847.json",
    "cna_assigner": "@huntr_ai"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/nltk/nltk

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/nltk/nltk
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
4e17ea390c526ec9cb9e5ef5eb3733ac118dbb8d
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:nltk:nltk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "3.9.2"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
}

Affected versions

2.*
2.0.1rc1
2.0.1rc2
2.0.1rc3
2.0.1rc4
3.*
3.0.0b1
3.0.2
3.0.3
3.0.4
3.0.5
3.0a4
3.1
3.2
3.2.1
3.2.2
3.2.3
3.2.4
3.2.5
3.3
3.4
3.4.1
3.4.3
3.4.4
3.5
3.5b1
3.6
3.6.1
3.6.2
3.6.5
3.6.6
3.6.7
3.7
3.8
3.8.1
3.8.2
3.9
3.9.1
3.9.2
v3.*
v3.9.2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-0847.json"