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.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade nltk | May 15, 2025 | Jun 27, 2024 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade python3-nltk | Jul 29, 2024 | Jun 27, 2024 |
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