VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-79675

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability0.78%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-08-25
Last modified2026-09-01
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

NLTK before 3.10.3 fails to validate JVM options passed through the per-call options parameter in the java() function, allowing attackers to inject dangerous JVM flags. Attackers can supply malicious options like -agentpath, -javaagent, or @argfile to Stanford wrapper classes to achieve arbitrary code execution.

Weakness classification

  • disclosure@vulncheck.com: CWE-88

Primary references