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Echo: nltk: security update to 3.10.3

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 465389

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 sandbox bypass vulnerability in corpus-reader constructors that
 allows attackers to read files outside the intended data root. Attackers can supply arbitrary corpus root
 paths to LinThesaurusCorpusReader and PanLexLiteCorpusReader constructors to access filesystem content and
 SQLite databases outside the pathsec sandbox boundary. (CVE-2026-79674)

Solution

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

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-79674

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 465389

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: 3.5

Percentile: 51.56

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-79674

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Threat Score: 7.8

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/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-2026-79674