CVE-2026-54293

HIGHPre-NVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-06-16. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

NLTK (Natural Language Toolkit) is a suite of open source Python modules, data sets, and tutorials supporting research and development in Natural Language Processing. Prior to 3.10.0-rc1, nltk.data.load() in NLTK is vulnerable to path traversal via URL-encoded path separators and traversal segments when using the nltk: URL scheme. The unsafe-path regex check is performed before url2pathname() decodes the %xx sequences (a classic decode-after-check / TOCTOU-style flaw), allowing an attacker to bypass the protection documented in NLTK's SECURITY.md and read arbitrary files from the filesystem. While literal traversal strings such as ../../../etc/passwd are correctly blocked, encoded variants such as %2fetc%2fpasswd, %2e%2e%2f..., and ..%2f..%2f slip past the regex and are subsequently decoded into a real filesystem path. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.10.0-rc1.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(medium)
EG Risk
65(Attend)
EG Risk 65/100SSVC: Attend

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
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
49%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 16, 2026

Last Modified

September 9, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jun 22, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github_pr, github.
github Patch Available🟡 PoC Available

URL-Encoded Path Traversal in nltk.data.load() Allows Arbitrary Local File Read · Advisory · nltk/nltk · GitHub

https://github.com/nltk/nltk/security/advisories/GHSA-p4gq-832x-fm9v
github_pr Patch Available

fix(security): block URL-encoded path traversal in nltk: resource URLs

Patch available: nltk/nltk v3.10.0-rc1 (PR #3575 merged 2026-06-06)

https://github.com/nltk/nltk/pull/3575

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-54293(4)

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

Patch Availability(4)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatrhoai/odh-ta-lmes-job-rhel9:17873309032026-09-08redhat
redhatrhoai/odh-trustyai-nemo-guardrails-server-rhel9:17873305852026-08-27redhat
redhatrhoai/odh-llama-stack-core-rhel9:17837015982026-07-21redhat
pipnltk—ghsa

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(5 across 5 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
nltk3.10.0-1 ... 3.9.3-1 (12 versions)——
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
nltk3.10.0-1 ... 3.9.3-1 (9 versions)——
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
nltk3.10.0-1 ... 3.9.3-1 (6 versions)——
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
nltk3.9.1-2, 3.9.2-1, 3.9.3-13.10.0-1—
PyPI(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
nltk0.8 ... 3.9b1 (65 versions)3.10.0—

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 47× in last 30d)

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-54293?
CVE-2026-54293 is a high vulnerability published on June 16, 2026. NLTK (Natural Language Toolkit) is a suite of open source Python modules, data sets, and tutorials supporting research and development in Natural Language Processing. Prior to 3.10.0-rc1, nltk.data.load() in NLTK is vulnerable to path traversal via URL-encoded path separators and traversal segments…
When was CVE-2026-54293 disclosed?
CVE-2026-54293 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 16, 2026, with the most recent update on September 9, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-54293 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-54293 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 51.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-54293?
CVE-2026-54293 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-54293?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-54293, 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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