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GHSA-GF32-CMJH-8M9V

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-22 15:31 – Updated: 2026-09-09 16:33

Summary

Duplicate Advisory: NLTK: Missing Post-Download Integrity Verification Allows Malicious Package Injection

Details

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-5wp5-5229-5g6q. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

NLTK before 3.9.3 fails to verify file integrity after downloading packages and before extraction in the downloader module. Attackers can perform man-in-the-middle attacks or DNS poisoning to inject malicious package contents that are extracted without validation.

Severity

7.1 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

9.3 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "nltk"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "3.9.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-63310"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-494"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-09-09T16:33:54Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-08-22T15:16:19Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "## Duplicate Advisory\n\nThis advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of\u00a0GHSA-5wp5-5229-5g6q. This link is maintained to preserve external references.\n\n## Original Description\nNLTK before 3.9.3 fails to verify file integrity after downloading packages and before extraction in the downloader module. Attackers can perform man-in-the-middle attacks or DNS poisoning to inject malicious package contents that are extracted without validation.",
  "id": "GHSA-gf32-cmjh-8m9v",
  "modified": "2026-09-09T16:33:54Z",
  "published": "2026-08-22T15:31:03Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/nltk/nltk/security/advisories/GHSA-5wp5-5229-5g6q"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63310"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nltk-before-missing-post-download-integrity-verification"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Duplicate Advisory: NLTK: Missing Post-Download Integrity Verification Allows Malicious Package Injection",
  "withdrawn": "2026-09-09T16:33:54Z"
}

CVE-2026-63310 (GCVE-0-2026-63310)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-22 14:12 – Updated: 2026-08-24 19:14

Title

NLTK before 3.9.3 Missing Post-Download Integrity Verification

Summary

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

7.1 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-24 19:05 UTC

CWE

CWE-494 - Download of Code Without Integrity Check

Assigner

VulnCheck mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/nltk/nltk/security/advisories/…	vendor-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nltk-before-…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
nltk	nltk	Affected: 0 , < 3.9.3 (semver) Unaffected: 3.9.3 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:nltk:nltk::::::::

Date Public

2026-08-07 00:00

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                "timestamp": "2026-08-24T19:05:46.890115Z",
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PYSEC-2026-3729

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-08-22 15:16 - Updated: 2026-09-10 10:07

Details

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Impacted products

Name	purl
nltk	pkg:pypi/nltk

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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {},
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "nltk",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/nltk"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.9.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.8",
        "0.9",
        "0.9.3",
        "0.9.4",
        "0.9.5",
        "0.9.6",
        "0.9.7",
        "0.9.8",
        "0.9.9",
        "2.0.1",
        "2.0.1rc1",
        "2.0.1rc2-git",
        "2.0.1rc3",
        "2.0.1rc4",
        "2.0.2",
        "2.0.3",
        "2.0.4",
        "2.0.5",
        "2.0b4",
        "2.0b5",
        "2.0b6",
        "2.0b7",
        "2.0b8",
        "2.0b9",
        "3.0.0",
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        "3.2.1",
        "3.2.2",
        "3.2.3",
        "3.2.4",
        "3.2.5",
        "3.3",
        "3.4",
        "3.4.1",
        "3.4.2",
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        "3.4.4",
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        "3.5b1",
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        "3.6.3",
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    "GHSA-gf32-cmjh-8m9v"
  ],
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  "modified": "2026-09-10T10:07:34.051223Z",
  "published": "2026-08-22T15:16:19.100Z",
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    },
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    },
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  ]
}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.

Action not permitted

GHSA-GF32-CMJH-8M9V

Duplicate Advisory

Original Description

CVE-2026-63310 (GCVE-0-2026-63310)

PYSEC-2026-3729

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