CVE-2024-39705 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2024-06-27

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 10.8% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-cgvx-9447-vcch	ntlk unsafe deserialization vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.10792.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/nltk/nltk/issues/2522
https://github.com/nltk/nltk/issues/3266
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/rce-in-python-nltk-cve-2024-39705-39706

History

Sun, 15 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses	CWE-300	CWE-502

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/rce-in-python-nltk-cve-2024-39705-39706

Subscriptions

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-06-27T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-15T19:27:36.034Z

Reserved: 2024-06-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-39705

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-19T07:47:43.179Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-06-27T22:15:10.543

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2024-39705

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-502

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