CVE•Published 2026-08-25•Modified 2026-08-31•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-79674Nltk · Nltk
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.2
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
EPSS percentile
14
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 86% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
NLTK versions before 3.10.3 contain a path sandbox bypass vulnerability in corpus-reader constructors that allows attackers to read files outside the intended data root. Attackers can supply arbitrary corpus root paths to LinThesaurusCorpusReader and PanLexLiteCorpusReader constructors to access filesystem content and SQLite databases outside the pathsec sandbox boundary.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-25
Modified 2026-08-31
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-79674Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Nltk Nltk"All exposed Nltk Nltk instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Nltk"HTTP body or banner mentions "Nltk" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-79674Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-79674Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-79674Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-79674GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-79674" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-79674 on GitHub.