Bug 2523216 (CVE-2026-78683) - CVE-2026-78683 nltk: NLTK before 3.10.0 Remote Code Execution via Unsafe Pickle Deserialization
Summary: CVE-2026-78683 nltk: NLTK before 3.10.0 Remote Code Execution via Unsafe Pick...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-78683
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2542499 2542500
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-08-25 01:53 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-01 13:42 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-25 01:53:53 UTC
NLTK before 3.10.0 (affected versions <=3.9.4) contains an unsafe pickle deserialization vulnerability in the TransitionParser.parse() method (nltk/parse/transitionparser.py). The method calls pickle_load() with the default restricted=False, routing deserialization through WarningUnpickler, which does not override find_class() and therefore permits arbitrary class resolution. When an application loads an attacker-crafted model file, embedded pickle gadget chains execute arbitrary Python code with the privileges of the user running the application. NLTK provides a RestrictedUnpickler for safe deserialization, but it is not used by production code paths. Fixed in 3.10.0.


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