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Echo: nltk: security update to 3.10.0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 463566

Description

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

 - NLTK versions before 3.10.0 contain a path traversal vulnerability in FramenetCorpusReader and
 NKJPCorpusReader that allows attackers to parse XML files outside the corpus root by supplying unsafe
 selectors or poisoned index state. Attackers can exploit frame_by_name, doc, lu, and header methods with
 crafted parameters to read arbitrary XML files accessible to the application. (CVE-2026-62385)

Solution

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

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-62385

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 463566

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: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-62385

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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: 8/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-62385