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archivevulnerability · 08 Sep 2026 · 16:57 UTC

GHSA-3gq4-3j92-5w49: NLTK: Corpus Reader Sandbox Bypass

VULNCVE-2026-79674source · GTH
HIGHHigh-risk vulnerability

last 60 dispatches · spectrum

## Summary NLTK corpus-reader constructors can still reach outside-root file and database reads before the `nltk.pathsec` sandbox boundary is enforced. The PoC shows the safe path blocked by `pathsec.open`, then `LinThesaurusCorpusReader` and `PanLexLiteCorpusReader` succeeding in the same process. …

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