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CVE-2026-81723

Опубликовано: 27 авг. 2026
Источник: redhat
CVSS3: 5.9

Описание

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.

A flaw was found in NLTK. This vulnerability, specifically in the XMLCorpusView._read_xml_fragment() function, allows a remote attacker to cause severe CPU consumption and a denial of service (DoS) by providing specially crafted, malformed XML corpus files. The flaw occurs because the system repeatedly rescans accumulated XML fragments, leading to quadratic CPU exhaustion.

Отчет

This vulnerability in NLTK arises from a quadratic CPU exhaustion when processing specially crafted XML corpus files. While the flaw can lead to a denial of service, its impact is limited to scenarios where NLTK-based applications in Red Hat products, such as those within OpenShift AI and Lightspeed Core, are configured to process untrusted XML data.

Меры по смягчению последствий

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.

Затронутые пакеты

ПлатформаПакетСостояниеРекомендацияРелиз
Exploit Intelligenceexploit-intelligence-tech-preview/vulnerability-analysis-rhel9Out of support scope
Lightspeed Corelightspeed-core/lightspeed-stack-rhel9Fix deferred
Lightspeed Corelightspeed-core/rag-tool-cpu-rhel9Fix deferred
Lightspeed Corelightspeed-core/rag-tool-cuda-12.9-rhel9Fix deferred
OpenShift Lightspeedopenshift-lightspeed/lightspeed-ocp-rag-rhel9Fix deferred
OpenShift Lightspeedopenshift-lightspeed/lightspeed-service-api-rhel9Fix deferred
OpenShift Lightspeedopenshift-lightspeed-tech-preview/lightspeed-rag-tool-rhel9Fix deferred
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2ansible-automation-platform-25/lightspeed-chatbot-rhel8Out of support scope
Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)rhoai/odh-llama-stack-core-rhel9Fix deferred
Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)rhoai/odh-ogx-core-rhel9Fix deferred

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Дополнительная информация

Статус:

Moderate
Дефект:
CWE-776
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2525090nltk: NLTK: Denial of Service via malformed XML corpus files

5.9 Medium

CVSS3

Связанные уязвимости

CVSS3: 3.7
ubuntu
20 дней назад

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.

CVSS3: 3.7
nvd
20 дней назад

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.

CVSS3: 3.7
debian
20 дней назад

NLTK versions before 3.10.3 contain a quadratic CPU exhaustion vulnera ...

CVSS3: 3.7
github
14 дней назад

NLTK: Quadratic CPU Exhaustion in `XMLCorpusView._read_xml_fragment()`

5.9 Medium

CVSS3