setuptools has 4 CVEs on record between 2022 and 2026. 1 was published in the last 90 days. The median CVSS is 7.5 (high).
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- 0% vs 1% corpus
- Median CVSS
- 7.5
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CVE-2025-47273Highsetuptools has a path traversal vulnerability in PackageIndex.download that leads to Arbitrary File Write54CVE-2024-6345High· 8.8setuptools vulnerable to Command Injection via package URL49CVE-2022-40897High· 7.5pypa/setuptools vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)42CVE-2026-59890Medium· 6.1setuptools: MANIFEST.in exclusion bypass in sdist via Unicode normalization collision (NFC/NFD) on macOS APFS/HFS+34
setuptools vulnerabilities
CVEs affecting setuptools, newest first. Open any entry for full detail, references, and exploit status.
4 CVEsRSS
CVE-2026-59890Medium· 6.1setuptools: MANIFEST.in exclusion bypass in sdist via Unicode normalization collision (NFC/NFD) on macOS APFS/HFS+
setuptools: MANIFEST.in exclusion bypass in sdist via Unicode normalization collision (NFC/NFD) on macOS APFS/HFS+
▾ Sunlitsetuptools · setuptoolsEPSS 0.40%via OSV
CVE-2025-47273HighPoCsetuptools has a path traversal vulnerability in PackageIndex.download that leads to Arbitrary File Write
setuptools has a path traversal vulnerability in PackageIndex.download that leads to Arbitrary File Write
▾ Midnightsetuptools · setuptoolsEPSS 1.5%via OSV
CVE-2024-6345High· 8.8setuptools vulnerable to Command Injection via package URL
setuptools vulnerable to Command Injection via package URL
▾ Twilightsetuptools · setuptoolsEPSS 1.9%via OSV
CVE-2022-40897High· 7.5pypa/setuptools vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)
pypa/setuptools vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)
▾ Twilightsetuptools · setuptoolsEPSS 2.6%via OSV