CVE-2026-63310

NameCVE-2026-63310
DescriptionNLTK 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
nltk (PTS)bullseye3.5-1vulnerable
bookworm3.8-1vulnerable
trixie3.9.1-2vulnerable
forky, sid3.10.3-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
nltksource(unstable)3.9.3-1

Notes

[trixie] - nltk <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/nltk/nltk/security/advisories/GHSA-5wp5-5229-5g6q

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