CVE-2026-79674
NLTK versions before 3.10.3 contain a path sandbox bypass vulnerability in corpus-reader constructors that allows attackers to read files outside the intended data root. Attackers can supply arbitrary corpus root paths to LinThesaurusCorpusReader and PanLexLiteCorpusReader constructors to access filesystem content and SQLite databases outside the pathsec sandbox boundary.
Not on KEV
Not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue as of the last daily pull. Absence is not proof of safety.
0%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 13th percentile of all CVEs. A forecast; KEV outranks it.
8.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
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