High [CVE-2026-54293] Information Disclosure via Path Traversal in `nltk.data.load `
This high-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-54293.
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Summary
Information Disclosure via Path Traversal in `nltk.data.load()`. Red Hat rates this important (CVSS 7.5).
Weakness: CWE-22.
Affected versions
No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative — check it before change work.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
Fixed versions
No fixed release is recorded yet. That does not prove no patch exists — confirm against the vendor advisory.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- Update the nltk package to version 3.10.0 or later when a stable release is available. Upstream has fixed this issue in 3.10.0-rc1. Until updated builds are available, do not pass attacker-controlled resource identifiers to nltk.data.load() when using the nltk: URL scheme. Restrict NLTK data loading to trusted, application-controlled paths.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
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