CVE-2024-39705

nltk: NLTK through 3.8.1 allows remote code execution if untrusted packages have pickled Python code, and the integrated da...

CVE-2024-39705 is fixed in 2 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2024-39705, released June 27, 2024. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Urgent.

Urgent
CVSS
9.8
critical
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0135
71st percentile

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.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
nltk · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 3.9.1-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2024-39705 Jun 27, 2024
nltk · Debian 14 3.9.1-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2024-39705 Jun 27, 2024
python-nltk · opensuse-leap 15.6 3.7-bp156.4.3.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2024:0221-1 Jul 26, 2024

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