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Echo: nltk: security update to 3.10.0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 461459

Description

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

 - NLTK versions before 3.10.0 contain a logic bug in FileSystemPathPointer.open() where the sandbox
 validation check compares a normalized path against itself, making the security check permanently inert.
 Attackers can pass file:// URLs to nltk.data.load() to read arbitrary files accessible to the process
 user, including credentials and configuration files. (CVE-2026-65915)

Solution

Update the nltk library and its related packages to version 3.10.0 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-65915

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 461459

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/3/2026

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: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-65915

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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: 7.1

Threat Score: 5.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/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: 8/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-65915