CVE-2026-79676

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.95.9—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.9 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-25. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.9; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
5.9EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.9Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

NLTK versions before 3.10.3 contain a path traversal vulnerability in corpus readers that reopen root-derived paths using built-in open() instead of nltk.pathsec.open(), allowing symlinks to escape trusted roots. Attackers who stage symlinked corpus files under a trusted data root can disclose outside-root content through normal corpus reader methods like channels(), domains(), and synonyms().

CVSS v3
5.9
EG Score
5.9(high)
EG Risk
31(Track)
EG Risk 31/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity59% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
22%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 25, 2026

Last Modified

August 28, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 25, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github.
github Patch Available🟡 PoC Available

Corpus readers follow symlinks outside trusted roots despite pathsec enforcement · Advisory · nltk/nltk · GitHub

https://github.com/nltk/nltk/security/advisories/GHSA-p4rw-rvv2-7xwr

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-79676(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 14× in last 7d / 14× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-29 20:25 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-29 20:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-28 19:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-27 20:00 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-27 20:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-26 18:43 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-26 18:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-25 16:24 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-25 15:30 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-25 15:29 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-79676?
CVE-2026-79676 is a medium vulnerability published on August 25, 2026. NLTK versions before 3.10.3 contain a path traversal vulnerability in corpus readers that reopen root-derived paths using built-in open() instead of nltk.pathsec.open(), allowing symlinks to escape trusted roots. Attackers who stage symlinked corpus files under a trusted data root can disclose…
When was CVE-2026-79676 disclosed?
CVE-2026-79676 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 25, 2026, with the most recent update on August 28, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-79676 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-79676 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 78.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-79676?
CVE-2026-79676 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-79676?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-79676, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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