NLTK from 3.10.0 before 3.10.4 contains a symlink escape vulnerability in YCOECorpusReader that allows attackers to read files outside the corpus root by planting psd or pos directory symlinks. Attackers controlling a YCOE corpus can make parsed_sents() and tagged_words() return file content from other corpora or temporary files within the NLTK data sandbox.
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| Description | NLTK from 3.10.0 before 3.10.4 contains a symlink escape vulnerability in YCOECorpusReader that allows attackers to read files outside the corpus root by planting psd or pos directory symlinks. Attackers controlling a YCOE corpus can make parsed_sents() and tagged_words() return file content from other corpora or temporary files within the NLTK data sandbox. | |
| Title | NLTK 3.10.0 before 3.10.4 Symlink Escape in YCOECorpusReader | |
| First Time appeared |
Nltk
Nltk nltk |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-59 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:nltk:nltk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Nltk
Nltk nltk |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-11-13T09:36:23.105Z
Reserved: 2026-11-10T20:16:44.443Z
Link: CVE-2026-126304
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-11-13T10:17:35.637
Modified: 2026-11-13T10:17:35.760
Link: CVE-2026-126304
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