HIGH 8.7 NVD
CVE-2026-66393
NLTK versions before 3.9.4 contain an unbounded recursion vulnerability in JSONTaggedDecoder.decode_obj() that allows attackers to cause denial of service by su
NLTK versions before 3.9.4 contain an unbounded recursion vulnerability in JSONTaggedDecoder.decode_obj() that allows attackers to cause denial of service by supplying deeply nested JSON structures. Attackers can craft JSON payloads exceeding the recursion limit to trigger an unhandled RecursionError that crashes the Python process.
References
- https://github.com/nltk/nltk/security/advisories/GHSA-rf74-v2fm-23pw
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nltk-before-denial-of-service-via-jsontaggeddecoder
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.7 was published on 2026-08-22 via NVD.
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