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CVE-2026-0848

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
10.0
EPSS
0.00809
Risk score
40.28
CISA KEV
No
PoC
No
Published
2026-03-05
Modified
2026-03-06
First seen
2026-08-07
Aliases
EUVD-2026-9875, GHSA-V2W2-XCG6-53WJ, PYSEC-2026-99
Products
nltk:nltk/nltk unspecified ≤latest
Sources
euvd EUVD-2026-9875

Description

NLTK versions <=3.9.2 are vulnerable to arbitrary code execution due to improper input validation in the StanfordSegmenter module. The module dynamically loads external Java .jar files without verification or sandboxing. An attacker can supply or replace the JAR file, enabling the execution of arbitrary Java bytecode at import time. This vulnerability can be exploited through methods such as model poisoning, MITM attacks, or dependency poisoning, leading to remote code execution. The issue arises from the direct execution of the JAR file via subprocess with unvalidated classpath input, allowing malicious classes to execute when loaded by the JVM.

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