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High · 7.1 CVE-2026-81727 EUVD-2026-67077GHSA-4xw3-jf9x-x7mfGHSA-f794-5jv7-7672PYSEC-2026-3741

NLTK before 3.10.3 Hardlink File Overwrite via downloader

Published Aug 27, 2026 · Updated Aug 27, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

NLTK versions before 3.10.3 contain a filesystem containment bypass vulnerability in the Downloader.download and Downloader.incr_download methods that allows attackers to overwrite files outside the install root through pre-existing hardlinks. Attackers with write access to a shared downloader directory can create hardlinks pointing to outside-root files that are then overwritten during normal package extraction, mutating files outside the intended install tree.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
nltk nltk < 3.10.3 3.10.3

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 nltk 3.10.3-1 —
Debian 13 nltk No fix yet —
Debian 12 nltk No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS nltk No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS nltk No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS nltk No fix yet —
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS nltk No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS nltk No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS nltk No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS nltk No fix yet —

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling open-webui 0.11.3-r1 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI nltk < 3.10.3 3.10.3 GHSA-f794-5jv7-7672

References