ghsa-cgvx-9447-vcch
Vulnerability from github
Published
2024-06-28 00:33
Modified
2025-01-21 18:28
Summary
ntlk unsafe deserialization vulnerability
Details

NLTK through 3.8.1 allows remote code execution if untrusted packages have pickled Python code, and the integrated data package download functionality is used. This affects, for example, averaged_perceptron_tagger and punkt.

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "nltk"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.9"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-39705"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-300",
      "CWE-502"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-06-28T21:11:25Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-06-27T22:15:10Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "NLTK through 3.8.1 allows remote code execution if untrusted packages have pickled Python code, and the integrated data package download functionality is used. This affects, for example, averaged_perceptron_tagger and punkt.",
  "id": "GHSA-cgvx-9447-vcch",
  "modified": "2025-01-21T18:28:57Z",
  "published": "2024-06-28T00:33:31Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39705"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/nltk/nltk/issues/2522"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/nltk/nltk/issues/3266"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/nltk/nltk/commit/441aecb7d33014bd08672232c6c8bb69c2ceaba2"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/nltk/nltk"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nltk/PYSEC-2024-167.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/rce-in-python-nltk-cve-2024-39705-39706"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "ntlk unsafe deserialization vulnerability"
}


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