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CVE-2026-62385

NVD MEDIUM 5.9 · published 2026-08-22 · 1 on the wire

NLTK versions before 3.10.0 contain a path traversal vulnerability in FramenetCorpusReader and NKJPCorpusReader that allows attackers to parse XML files outside the corpus root by supplying unsafe selectors or poisoned index state. Attackers can exploit frame_by_name, doc, lu, and header methods with crafted parameters to read arbitrary XML files accessible to the application.

Exploited in the wild

Not on KEV

Not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue as of the last daily pull. Absence is not proof of safety.

EPSS · 30-day forecast

0%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 30th percentile of all CVEs. A forecast; KEV outranks it.

CVSS · NVD

5.9

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

Internet exposure

No exposure census on this CVE's dispatches.

On the wire1
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