CVE-2024-39705
Critical
Description
NLTK through 3.8.1 allows remote code execution if untrusted packages have pickled Python code, and the integrated data package download functionality is used. This affects, for example, averaged_perceptron_tagger and punkt.
SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductNltk
PublishedJun 27, 2024
First seenJun 27, 2024
Weakness typeCWE-502Deserialization of untrusted data
How to fix
Update
- nltk3.9 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| nltkPyPI | v < 3.9 | 3.9 |
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