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HIGHCVE-2026-33236Published Modified CNA GitHub_M

CVE-2026-33236: NLTK has a Downloader Path Traversal Vulnerability (AFO) - Arbitrary File Overwrite

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.

Metrics

CVSS v3.1
8.1
Severity
HIGH
Fixed in
Affected Products
1
Affected packages
  • nltk / nltk
    <= 3.9.3
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVE-2026-33236: NLTK has a Downloader Path Traversal Vulnerability (AFO) - Arbitrary File Overwrite | HarborGuard CVE