What is CVE-2026-54293?

CVE-2026-54293 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nltk, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-06-22.

How severe is CVE-2026-54293?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Nltk

CVE-2026-54293

NLTK (Natural Language Toolkit) is a suite of open source Python modules, data sets, and tutorials supporting research and development in Natural Language Processing. Prior to 3.10.0-rc1, nltk.data.load() in NLTK is vulnerable to path trav…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Nltk — versions < 3.10.0-rc1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-54293?: CVE-2026-54293 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nltk, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-06-22.
How severe is CVE-2026-54293?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.