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archivevulnerability · 08 Sep 2026 · 16:41 UTC

GHSA-rhp5-r9x4-f5g2: NLTK: Unsafe Pickle Deserialization in TransitionParser Allows Remote Code Execution

VULNCVE-2026-78683source · GTH
HIGHCritical vulnerability
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  • Critical severity — schedule an urgent patch.

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## Summary The NLTK library's `TransitionParser.parse()` method deserializes model files using `pickle_load()` with the default `restricted=False` parameter, allowing arbitrary Python code execution when loading a malicious model file. The library provides a `RestrictedUnpickler` class for safe deserialization, but it is never used by production code paths, leaving the vulnerability unpatched. …

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