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Status published
High
CVE-2021-3828
Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in nltk/nltk
Vulnerability Description
nltk is vulnerable to Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Srikanth Prathi (@srikanthprathi)
- Tom Aarsen (@tomaarsen)
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
nltk/nltk
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 27th, 2021
Last Modified:
August 3rd, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H