CVE-2026-79675

criticalCVSS 9.8covered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2026-08-25

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.

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criticalCVE-2026-79675: NLTK before 3.10.3 fails to validate JVM options passed through the per-call options parameter…nvd · 2026-08-25

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