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Echo: nltk: security update to 3.10.3

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 457875

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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(). (CVE-2026-79676)

Solution

Update the nltk library and its related packages to version 3.10.3 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-79676

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 457875

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.61

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-79676

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Threat Score: 6.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/9/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-79676