CVE-2026-79657

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

1.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 69.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.3 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-08.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-08-25 11:33Z2 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-10-08 15:25Z20 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2026-08-25

Assigning CNA

VulnCheck

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.3)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted DataBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

265066030e67bd66e6ebbbe30a19ab7cd2d5059a767c89fa150dae08d33429fe

• github.comGitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-x99w-6fgc-pmfw)https://github.com/nltk/nltk/security/advisories/GHSA-x99w-6fgc-pmfwvendor-advisory
• www.vulncheck.comVulnCheck Advisory: NLTK before 3.10.3 Remote Code Execution via Unsafe Pickle Deserializationhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nltk-before-3.10.3-remote-code-execution-via-unsafe-pickle-deserializationthird-party-advisory