#1150904 nltk: CVE-2026-109956

Package:
src:nltk
Source:
src:nltk
Submitter:
Moritz Mühlenhoff
Date:
2026-10-14 14:55:05 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1150904#5
Date:
2026-10-14 14:27:23 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for nltk.

CVE-2026-109956[0]:
| NLTK through 3.10.3 contains a path traversal vulnerability in
| WekaClassifier that allows attackers to bypass nltk.pathsec
| containment by supplying unvalidated model paths. Attackers
| controlling the model_filename or model argument can make the weka
| JVM write files via -d or probe files via -l outside allowed data
| roots.

https://github.com/nltk/nltk/security/advisories/GHSA-j456-xh4h-cpf2
https://github.com/nltk/nltk/pull/3863
https://github.com/nltk/nltk/commit/6a17606293fe9d3ea1006f99dd3fed2e2b25d519


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-109956
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-109956

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.