{
  "threat_severity" : "Important",
  "public_date" : "2026-02-18T17:45:17Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "nltk: Zip Slip Vulnerability in nltk Leading to Code Execution",
    "id" : "2440724",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2440724"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "8.8",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-94",
  "details" : [ "A critical vulnerability exists in the NLTK downloader component of nltk/nltk, affecting all versions. The _unzip_iter function in nltk/downloader.py uses zipfile.extractall() without performing path validation or security checks. This allows attackers to craft malicious zip packages that, when downloaded and extracted by NLTK, can execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability arises because NLTK assumes all downloaded packages are trusted and extracts them without validation. If a malicious package contains Python files, such as __init__.py, these files are executed automatically upon import, leading to remote code execution. This issue can result in full system compromise, including file system access, network access, and potential persistence mechanisms.", "A code execution vector has been discovered in the python NTLK library. The _unzip_iter function in nltk/downloader.py uses zipfile.extractall() without performing path validation or security checks. This allows attackers to craft malicious zip packages that, when downloaded and extracted by NLTK, can execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability arises because NLTK assumes all downloaded packages are trusted and extracts them without validation. If a malicious package contains Python files, such as __init__.py, these files are executed automatically upon import, leading to code execution." ],
  "statement" : "The risk of this flaw to Red Hat products is mitigated by the default requirement that users authenticate before interacting with a system. This reduces the impact to Important. Red Hat products utilizing NLTK are only affected if they are configured to process untrustsed zip archives.",
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25",
    "release_date" : "2026-04-23T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:10184",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_ai:2.25::el9",
    "package" : "rhoai/odh-llama-stack-core-rhel9:1775144403"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25",
    "release_date" : "2026-04-23T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:10184",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_ai:2.25::el9",
    "package" : "rhoai/odh-ta-lmes-job-rhel9:1776271296"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "OpenShift Lightspeed",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "openshift-lightspeed/lightspeed-ocp-rag-rhel9",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_lightspeed"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "OpenShift Lightspeed",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "openshift-lightspeed/lightspeed-service-api-rhel9",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_lightspeed"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "OpenShift Lightspeed",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "openshift-lightspeed-tech-preview/lightspeed-rag-tool-rhel9",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_lightspeed"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "rhoai/odh-pipeline-runtime-pytorch-llmcompressor-cuda-py312-rhel9",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_ai"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "rhoai/odh-workbench-jupyter-pytorch-llmcompressor-cuda-py312-rhel9",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_ai"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14009\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14009\nhttps://github.com/nltk/nltk/pull/3468\nhttps://huntr.com/bounties/49ecbc02-054e-4470-b2e0-b267936cc4e4" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2025-14009",
  "mitigation" : {
    "value" : "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.",
    "lang" : "en:us"
  },
  "csaw" : false
}