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Supply Chain Attack - Lock Files In nltk

Description

NLTK before 3.9.3 fails to verify file integrity after downloading packages and before extraction in the downloader module. Attackers can perform man-in-the-middle attacks or DNS poisoning to inject malicious package contents that are extracted without validation.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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