P4Verified

CVE-2026-78680: nltk 0 to before 3.10.3

CVE-2026-78680. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Vendor/CNA). EPSS 0.00177 (percentile 0.06672), scored 11-Oct-2026.

Affected technology

nltk · 0 to before 3.10.3
nltk

Description’s affected range: versions before 3.10.3 fail to use validated absolute paths when invoking the Graphviz dot binary in dependencygraph.dot2img and AlignedSent._repr_svg_

Component: Not specified by the source

Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 4.0): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required

What an attacker can do

The source reports that an attacker could run attacker-chosen code under the conditions described by the source. Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 4.0 assessment (base score 8.5/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high.

Published 13-Oct-2026 01:49 UTC

CWE: CWE-426
CCR priority: 31.2 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Vendor/CNA
EPSS: 0.00177 · percentile 0.06673 · 2026-10-12
KEV: no

Provenance

FIRST EPSS daily exploit-probability · Source record · observed 2026-10-13 01:52:16.607887+00:00 UTC
NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-13 01:49:08.152775+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-78680.html