Description
NLTK before 3.10.4 contains a quadratic-time denial of service vulnerability in ConllCorpusReader._get_srl_instances that allows remote attackers to exhaust CPU through nested span rescans. Attackers can supply a crafted CoNLL SRL corpus with many predicates and span columns, placing the head span last, to pin a core for minutes.
Published: 2026-11-13
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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History

Fri, 13 Nov 2026 09:45:00 +0000

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Description NLTK before 3.10.4 contains a quadratic-time denial of service vulnerability in ConllCorpusReader._get_srl_instances that allows remote attackers to exhaust CPU through nested span rescans. Attackers can supply a crafted CoNLL SRL corpus with many predicates and span columns, placing the head span last, to pin a core for minutes.
Title NLTK before 3.10.4 CPU Denial of Service via ConllCorpusReader srl_instances
First Time appeared Nltk
Nltk nltk
Weaknesses CWE-400
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:nltk:nltk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Nltk
Nltk nltk
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-13T09:36:27.884Z

Reserved: 2026-11-10T20:15:54.612Z

Link: CVE-2026-126297

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-11-13T10:17:34.420

Modified: 2026-11-13T10:17:34.547

Link: CVE-2026-126297

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Updated: 2026-11-13T17:15:21Z

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