# CVE-2026-59890: setuptools: MANIFEST.in exclusion bypass in sdist via Unicode normalization collision (NFC/NFD) on macOS APFS/HFS+

- Also known as: GHSA-H35F-9H28-MQ5C, BIT-SETUPTOOLS-2026-59890, PYSEC-2026-3447
- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 83.0.0
- Published: 2026-07-08 · Updated: 2026-07-08

## Affected

- pypa setuptools: fixed in 83.0.0
- setuptools (PyPI): fixed in 83.0.0

## Description

setuptools is a package that allows users to download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages. Prior to 83.0.0, FileList applied MANIFEST.in exclude, global-exclude, recursive-exclude, and prune directives by matching compiled glob patterns against on-disk file names without Unicode normalization, so on macOS APFS or HFS+ an NFD file name could bypass an NFC exclusion rule and be packed into a source distribution. This issue is fixed in version 83.0.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on pypa setuptools, setuptools, upgrade to a fixed version (83.0.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/security/advisories/GHSA-h35f-9h28-mq5c
- https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/commit/dd9f436a36486b4cb8a4c70a2321548b0be09b8f
- https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/releases/tag/v83.0.0

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