# setuptools (PyPI) vulnerabilities

6 known vulnerabilities (2 high, 2 medium, 1 low), with the versions each affects and the releases that fix them.

## At a glance

- Latest release: not known (cve.now hasn't read this package's releases)
- Newest unaffected release: not known without release data
- Registry: https://pypi.org/project/setuptools/

## Advisories (6)

### [GHSA-XMJ3-9GF7-H52W](https://cve.now/GHSA-XMJ3-9GF7-H52W): setuptools: Windows path escape via namespace\_packages.txt during legacy wheel installation Description

- Severity: Low
- Published: Oct 23, 2026
- Affected: from 38.2.2, fixed in 84.1.0.

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

- Severity: Medium 6.1
- Published: Jul 8, 2026
- Affected: fixed in 83.0.0.

### [CVE-2025-47273](https://cve.now/CVE-2025-47273): setuptools has a path traversal vulnerability in PackageIndex.download that leads to Arbitrary File Write

- Severity: High 7.7
- Published: May 17, 2025
- Affected: fixed in 78.1.1; fixed in 78.1.1.

### [CVE-2024-6345](https://cve.now/CVE-2024-6345): Remote Code Execution in pypa/setuptools

- Severity: High 8.8
- Published: Jul 15, 2024
- Affected: fixed in 70.0.0.

### [CVE-2022-40897](https://cve.now/CVE-2022-40897): Python Packaging Authority (PyPA) setuptools before 65.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via HTML in a crafted…

- Severity: Medium 5.9
- Published: Dec 22, 2022
- Affected: fixed in 65.5.1; fixed in 65.5.1.

### [CVE-2013-1633](https://cve.now/CVE-2013-1633): easy\_install in setuptools before 0.7 uses HTTP to retrieve packages from the PyPI repository, and does not perform integrity checks on…

- Severity: Unrated
- Published: Aug 6, 2013
- Affected: fixed in 0.7.

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