CVE-2026-33236

NLTK (Natural Language Toolkit) is a suite of open source Python modules, data sets, and tutorials supporting research and development in Natural Language Processing. In versions 3.9.3 and prior, the NLTK downloader does not validate the `subdir` and `id` attributes when processing remote XML index files. Attackers can control a remote XML index server to provide malicious values containing path traversal sequences (such as `../`), which can lead to arbitrary directory creation, arbitrary file creation, and arbitrary file overwrite. Commit 89fe2ec2c6bae6e2e7a46dad65cc34231976ed8a patches the issue.
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:a:nltk:nltk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Jul 2026, 12:18

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  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42644 -

10 Jul 2026, 12:16

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  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37275 -

30 Jun 2026, 03:18

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  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10184 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19712 -
  • () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-33236 -
  • () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2449824 -
  • () https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-33236.json -

17 Jun 2026, 10:37

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Summary
  • (es) NLTK (Natural Language Toolkit) es un conjunto de módulos Python de código abierto, conjuntos de datos y tutoriales que apoyan la investigación y el desarrollo en Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural. En las versiones 3.9.3 y anteriores, el descargador de NLTK no valida los atributos 'subdir' e 'id' al procesar archivos de índice XML remotos. Los atacantes pueden controlar un servidor de índice XML remoto para proporcionar valores maliciosos que contengan secuencias de salto de ruta (como '../'), lo que puede llevar a la creación arbitraria de directorios, creación arbitraria de archivos y sobrescritura arbitraria de archivos. El commit 89fe2ec2c6bae6e2e7a46dad65cc34231976ed8a corrige el problema.

23 Mar 2026, 19:15

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CPE cpe:2.3:a:nltk:nltk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Nltk nltk
Nltk
References () https://github.com/nltk/nltk/commit/89fe2ec2c6bae6e2e7a46dad65cc34231976ed8a - () https://github.com/nltk/nltk/commit/89fe2ec2c6bae6e2e7a46dad65cc34231976ed8a - Patch
References () https://github.com/nltk/nltk/security/advisories/GHSA-469j-vmhf-r6v7 - () https://github.com/nltk/nltk/security/advisories/GHSA-469j-vmhf-r6v7 - Exploit, Vendor Advisory

20 Mar 2026, 23:16

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-03-20 23:16

Updated : 2026-07-21 12:18


NVD link : CVE-2026-33236

Mitre link : CVE-2026-33236

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-33236


JSON object : View

Products Affected

nltk

  • nltk
CWE
CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')