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CVE-2026-81723— NLTK before 3.10.3 Quadratic CPU Exhaustion via XMLCorpusView

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nltk nltk
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Natural Language Toolkit是Natural Language Toolkit组织开源的一个自然语言处理工具包。 Natural Language Toolkit 3.10.3之前版本存在资源管理错误漏洞，该漏洞源于XMLCorpusView._read_xml_fragment()函数在每次读取1 KiB块时重新扫描累积的XML片段，可能导致攻击者通过提供特制的XML语料文件造成严重CPU消耗和拒绝服务。

CVSS 3.7 · Low EPSS 0.28% · P19

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1005 · Data from Local System

Affected Version Matrix 2

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
nltk nltk < 3.10.3 affected
3.10.3 unaffected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-81723

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Vulnerability Title
NLTK before 3.10.3 Quadratic CPU Exhaustion via XMLCorpusView
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
NLTK versions before 3.10.3 contain a quadratic CPU exhaustion vulnerability in XMLCorpusView._read_xml_fragment() that rescans accumulated XML fragments on every 1 KiB block read. Attackers can provide malformed XML corpus files to cause severe CPU consumption and denial of service through affected readers like BNCCorpusReader.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
未加控制的资源消耗(资源穷尽)
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Natural Language Toolkit 资源管理错误漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Natural Language Toolkit是Natural Language Toolkit组织开源的一个自然语言处理工具包。 Natural Language Toolkit 3.10.3之前版本存在资源管理错误漏洞，该漏洞源于XMLCorpusView._read_xml_fragment()函数在每次读取1 KiB块时重新扫描累积的XML片段，可能导致攻击者通过提供特制的XML语料文件造成严重CPU消耗和拒绝服务。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
nltk nltk 0 ~ 3.10.3 -

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Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-81723 (2)

Same Patch Batch · nltk · 2026-08-27 · 6 CVEs total

CVE-2026-81722 7.5 HIGH nltk PorterStemmer before 3.10.3 Quadratic-time DoS
CVE-2026-81727 7.1 HIGH NLTK before 3.10.3 Hardlink File Overwrite via downloader
CVE-2026-81726 7.0 HIGH NLTK through 3.10.3 Path Traversal via Model-Artifact APIs
CVE-2026-81724 5.3 MEDIUM NLTK before 3.10.3 Denial of Service via Uncontrolled Recursion
CVE-2026-81725 3.7 LOW NLTK before 3.10.3 Regular Expression Denial of Service via Pl196xCorpusReader

IV. Related Vulnerabilities

Same product: nltk
Same vendor: nltk
Same weakness: CWE-400

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