CVE-2026-58198
Prior to 1.2.14, UbuntuCorpusTrainer.extract() uses a predictable home-rooted output directory (~/ubuntu_data/ubuntu_dialogs) with a check-then-create pattern followed by tar.extractall(path=self.data_path), allowing a local attacker who pre-plants a…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.12%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
ChatterBot is a machine learning, conversational dialog engine for creating chat bots. Prior to 1.2.14, UbuntuCorpusTrainer.extract() uses a predictable home-rooted output directory (~/ubuntu_data/ubuntu_dialogs) with a check-then-create pattern followed by tar.extractall(path=self.data_path), allowing a local attacker who pre-plants a symlink at the predictable path to cause archive contents to be written through the symlink to an attacker-chosen directory. This issue is fixed in version 1.2.14.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.12% probability · 2th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59, CWE-367
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/gunthercox/ChatterBot/commit/82817b5c28bfd43e682b991bcc76e6f780726dbf
- https://github.com/gunthercox/ChatterBot/pull/2445
- https://github.com/gunthercox/ChatterBot/releases/tag/1.2.14
- https://github.com/gunthercox/ChatterBot/security/advisories/GHSA-wvrh-2f4m-924v
- https://github.com/gunthercox/ChatterBot/security/advisories/GHSA-wvrh-2f4m-924v
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.