Advisories

NLTK 3.10.0 before 3.10.4 Symlink Escape in YCOECorpusReader

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Severity
high
Date
Affecting
  • nltk >= 3.10.0, < 3.10.4

CWE
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
CVSS
8.7
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
manus-pi, manus-use
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.

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