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Chainguard: multiple py3-nltk packages: security update to 3.10.4-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 476611

Description

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

 - NLTK through 3.10.3 contains a path traversal vulnerability in WekaClassifier that allows attackers to
 bypass nltk.pathsec containment by supplying unvalidated model paths. Attackers controlling the
 model_filename or model argument can make the weka JVM write files via -d or probe files via -l outside
 allowed data roots. (CVE-2026-109956)

Solution

Update the py3-nltk library and its related packages to version 3.10.4-r0 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 476611

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/22/2026

Updated: 10/22/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.9

Percentile: 52.46

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-109956

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Threat Score: 4.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-109956