PT-2026-79561 · Pypi · Nltk
CVSS v4.0
9.3
Critical
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
NLTK versions prior to 3.9.3
Description
The downloader module fails to verify file integrity after downloading packages and before extraction. This allows attackers to use man-in-the-middle attacks or DNS poisoning to inject malicious package contents, which are then extracted without validation.
Recommendations
Update to version 3.9.3 or later.
Exploit
Fix
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Weakness Enumeration
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Affected Products
Nltk