DEBIAN-CVE-2026-54293
- Source
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-54293
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-54293.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-54293
- Upstream
- Published
- 2026-06-22T19:17:20Z
- Modified
- 2026-09-10T08:47:23Z
- Severity
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- 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
- [none]
- Details
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NLTK (Natural Language Toolkit) is a suite of open source Python modules, data sets, and tutorials supporting research and development in Natural Language Processing. Prior to 3.10.0-rc1, nltk.data.load() in NLTK is vulnerable to path traversal via URL-encoded path separators and traversal segments when using the nltk: URL scheme. The unsafe-path regex check is performed before url2pathname() decodes the %xx sequences (a classic decode-after-check / TOCTOU-style flaw), allowing an attacker to bypass the protection documented in NLTK's SECURITY.md and read arbitrary files from the filesystem. While literal traversal strings such as ../../../etc/passwd are correctly blocked, encoded variants such as %2fetc%2fpasswd, %2e%2e%2f..., and ..%2f..%2f slip past the regex and are subsequently decoded into a real filesystem path. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.10.0-rc1.
- References
Affected packages
Debian:12 / nltk
Package
- Name
- nltk
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/nltk?arch=source&distro=bookworm
Debian:13 / nltk
Package
- Name
- nltk
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/nltk?arch=source&distro=trixie
Debian:14 / nltk
Package
- Name
- nltk
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/nltk?arch=source&distro=forky