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CVE-2026-12252

Untrusted JAR Code Execution in Multiple Stanford Interface Classes in nltk/nltk

CVSS 7.8 HIGHEPSS 0.2%CWE-94
Vexday Risk Score
21Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 7.8EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC Nuclei Metasploit Patch
Lifecycle
04 Jul 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
In nltk/nltk versions 3.9.3 and earlier, five Stanford interface classes (StanfordPOSTagger, StanfordNERTagger, StanfordParser, StanfordDependencyParser, and StanfordNeuralDependencyParser) are vulnerable to untrusted JAR code execution. These classes accept user-controllable JAR paths and execute them via the `java()` function, which invokes `subprocess.Popen()` without integrity verification. This vulnerability is identical to CVE-2026-0848, which was fixed for StanfordSegmenter by adding SHA256 verification. However, the fix was not applied to these additional classes, leaving them susceptible to arbitrary code execution when loading untrusted JAR files.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
nltk · nltk/nltk