setuptools is a package that allows users to download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages. A path traversal vulnerability in `PackageIndex` is present in setuptools prior to version 78.1.1. An attacker would be allowed to write files to arbitrary locations on the filesystem with the permissions of the process running the Python code, which could escalate to remote code execution depending on the context. Version 78.1.1 fixes the issue.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 4.0 Base Score: 7.7 (HIGH)
- CVSS 4.0 Vector: (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X)
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
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| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade fence-agents-cisco-mdsUpgrade python39-numpy-docUpgrade fence-agents-cisco-ucsUpgrade fence-agents-hpbladeUpgrade fence-agents-sbdUpgrade python39-wcwidthUpgrade fence-agents-ibm-vpcUpgrade python39-psycopg2-docUpgrade platform-python-setuptoolsUpgrade fence-agents-rsaUpgrade fence-agents-mpathUpgrade fence-agents-vmware-restUpgrade fence-agents-ilo-moonshotUpgrade fence-agents-emersonUpgrade fence-agents-virshUpgrade python39-CythonUpgrade python39-wheelUpgrade python3.12-setuptoolsUpgrade python39-numpy-f2pyUpgrade python3.11-setuptoolsUpgrade python39-pycparserUpgrade fence-virtd-cpgUpgrade python39-chardetUpgrade fence-agents-apcUpgrade python39-psycopg2Upgrade fence-agents-commonUpgrade fence-agents-kdumpUpgrade fence-agents-drac5Upgrade fence-agents-rsbUpgrade fence-agents-amt-wsUpgrade python39-psycopg2-testsUpgrade fence-agents-epsUpgrade python39-pyyamlUpgrade python39-idleUpgrade fence-agents-bladecenterUpgrade fence-agents-ifmibUpgrade python39-PyMySQLUpgrade python39-pip-wheelUpgrade python39-numpyUpgrade python39-attrsUpgrade fence-agents-ilo2Upgrade python3-setuptoolsUpgrade python39-packagingUpgrade fence-agents-eaton-snmpUpgrade python39-scipyUpgrade python39-lxmlUpgrade fence-agents-apc-snmpUpgrade fence-agents-rhevmUpgrade python3.12-setuptools-wheelUpgrade fence-agents-zvmUpgrade python39-testUpgrade python39Upgrade python39-cryptographyUpgrade fence-agents-ibmbladeUpgrade python39-sixUpgrade python39-pysocksUpgrade python39-urllib3Upgrade python39-pluggyUpgrade fence-agents-computeUpgrade fence-agents-kubevirtUpgrade python39-libsUpgrade fence-agents-allUpgrade python39-tomlUpgrade python39-pyUpgrade python39-setuptools-wheelUpgrade python39-rpm-macrosUpgrade python39-pyparsingUpgrade python39-pybind11-develUpgrade fence-agents-intelmodularUpgrade fence-agents-brocadeUpgrade ha-cloud-supportUpgrade fence-agents-awsUpgrade fence-agents-openstackUpgrade python39-idnaUpgrade python39-pybind11Upgrade fence-virtd-libvirtUpgrade fence-agents-gceUpgrade fence-agents-vmware-soapUpgrade fence-agents-azure-armUpgrade python39-pipUpgrade fence-agents-ipmilanUpgrade fence-agents-redfishUpgrade fence-virtd-serialUpgrade fence-agents-heuristics-pingUpgrade python39-tkinterUpgrade fence-agents-ilo-mpUpgrade fence-virtdUpgrade fence-agents-wtiUpgrade fence-agents-ibm-powervsUpgrade fence-virtd-tcpUpgrade python39-setuptoolsUpgrade fence-virtd-multicastUpgrade fence-agents-lparUpgrade python39-plyUpgrade python39-develUpgrade python39-pytestUpgrade python39-wheel-wheelUpgrade python3.11-setuptools-wheelUpgrade fence-agents-aliyunUpgrade python39-more-itertoolsUpgrade python39-debugUpgrade fence-agents-ipduUpgrade fence-agents-scsiUpgrade python39-mod_wsgiUpgrade python39-cffiUpgrade python39-psutilUpgrade python39-requestsUpgrade python3-setuptools-wheelUpgrade fence-agents-ilo-sshUpgrade python39-iniconfigUpgrade fence-virt | Jul 9, 2025 | May 17, 2025 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade python-setuptools-wheelUpgrade python3-setuptoolsUpgrade python2-setuptools | Jun 13, 2025 | May 17, 2025 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade setuptools | May 20, 2025 | May 17, 2025 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2025429 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Dec 3, 2025 | Dec 2, 2025 |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2026039 | — | Upgrade Dell PowerStoreOS to the latest version | Jan 13, 2026 | Jan 6, 2026 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade py313-setuptoolsUpgrade py312-setuptoolsUpgrade py27-setuptools44Upgrade py311-setuptoolsUpgrade py312-setuptools58Upgrade py313-setuptools58Upgrade py314-setuptools58Upgrade py310-setuptoolsUpgrade py313t-setuptools58Upgrade py314-setuptoolsUpgrade py313t-setuptoolsUpgrade py310-setuptools58Upgrade py311-setuptools58 | May 21, 2026 | May 14, 2026 |
| Ibm Aix | — | Apply the fix or workaround for python_advisory16 | Sep 25, 2025 | Aug 20, 2025 |
| Nutanix Ahv | — | Upgrade Nutanix AHV to the latest version | Jun 5, 2026 | Oct 10, 2025 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade fence-agents-scsiUpgrade fence-agents-vmware-soapUpgrade python39-libsUpgrade fence-agents-eaton-snmpUpgrade fence-agents-ibmbladeUpgrade python39-testUpgrade python3.11-setuptools-wheelUpgrade python39-debugUpgrade fence-agents-hpbladeUpgrade python39-pipUpgrade python39-pyparsingUpgrade python39-setuptoolsUpgrade python39-mod_wsgiUpgrade python3.11-setuptoolsUpgrade python39-psycopg2Upgrade fence-agents-vmware-restUpgrade python39-pysocksUpgrade fence-agents-mpathUpgrade fence-agents-rhevmUpgrade fence-agents-sbdUpgrade fence-agents-ipmilanUpgrade fence-agents-intelmodularUpgrade python39-PyMySQLUpgrade python39-wheel-wheelUpgrade python39-pytestUpgrade fence-agents-kubevirtUpgrade fence-agents-ipduUpgrade python39-attrsUpgrade python39-scipyUpgrade fence-agents-amt-wsUpgrade fence-agents-apc-snmpUpgrade python39-tomlUpgrade fence-agents-emersonUpgrade fence-agents-heuristics-pingUpgrade python39-plyUpgrade fence-agents-virshUpgrade python39-tkinterUpgrade fence-agents-apcUpgrade python39-CythonUpgrade fence-agents-bladecenterUpgrade fence-agents-cisco-mdsUpgrade python39-pluggyUpgrade fence-agents-allUpgrade fence-agents-ilo-mpUpgrade python39-psutilUpgrade python39-rpm-macrosUpgrade fence-agents-brocadeUpgrade python39-develUpgrade python39-numpyUpgrade python39-numpy-docUpgrade python39-pip-wheelUpgrade python39-lxmlUpgrade fence-agents-ilo2Upgrade python39-sixUpgrade fence-agents-redfishUpgrade fence-agents-commonUpgrade python39-pyUpgrade python39-numpy-f2pyUpgrade python39-more-itertoolsUpgrade python39-packagingUpgrade python39-wcwidthUpgrade fence-agents-kdumpUpgrade python39-idleUpgrade python3-setuptoolsUpgrade fence-agents-ilo-moonshotUpgrade fence-agents-ifmibUpgrade fence-agents-cisco-ucsUpgrade python39-iniconfigUpgrade python39-idnaUpgrade python-setuptoolsUpgrade fence-agents-lparUpgrade python39-wheelUpgrade python39-requestsUpgrade python39-pyyamlUpgrade python39-pycparserUpgrade python39-pybind11-develUpgrade platform-python-setuptoolsUpgrade fence-agents-drac5Upgrade python39-psycopg2-docUpgrade fence-agents-rsbUpgrade python39-setuptools-wheelUpgrade python3.12-setuptoolsUpgrade python39-chardetUpgrade python39-cryptographyUpgrade python39-pybind11Upgrade python39-psycopg2-testsUpgrade python3-setuptools-wheelUpgrade python39-cffiUpgrade fence-agents-ilo-sshUpgrade python3.12-setuptools-wheelUpgrade fence-agents-epsUpgrade python39-urllib3Upgrade python39Upgrade fence-agents-wtiUpgrade fence-agents-rsaUpgrade fence-agents-ibm-powervsUpgrade fence-agents-ibm-vpc | Jul 9, 2025 | May 17, 2025 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade ha-cloud-supportUpgrade python39-debugsourceUpgrade fence-agents-eaton-snmpUpgrade python3.12-setuptools-wheelUpgrade python39-mod_wsgiUpgrade python39-psycopg2-debuginfoUpgrade python3.12-setuptoolsUpgrade fence-agents-allUpgrade python39-lxml-debuginfoUpgrade fence-agents-commonUpgrade python39-numpy-debuginfoUpgrade fence-agents-rsbUpgrade python39-idleUpgrade python39-libsUpgrade python39-Cython-debuginfoUpgrade fence-agents-vmware-soapUpgrade python39Upgrade fence-agents-mpathUpgrade python39-wheelUpgrade PyYAML-debugsourceUpgrade fence-agents-amt-wsUpgrade fence-agents-cisco-mdsUpgrade fence-virtd-serial-debuginfoUpgrade fence-agents-ilo-mpUpgrade python-psutil-debugsourceUpgrade python39-wheel-wheelUpgrade python39-requestsUpgrade fence-agents-apcUpgrade fence-agents-aliyunUpgrade fence-agents-hpbladeUpgrade numpy-debugsourceUpgrade python39-debuginfoUpgrade python39-scipy-debuginfoUpgrade python39-attrsUpgrade fence-agents-vmware-restUpgrade python39-cffi-debuginfoUpgrade python3-setuptools-wheelUpgrade python39-wcwidthUpgrade python39-PyMySQLUpgrade python39-cryptography-debuginfoUpgrade python39-pluggyUpgrade python39-numpy-docUpgrade fence-agents-bladecenterUpgrade python39-cffiUpgrade fence-agents-ilo2Upgrade python39-testUpgrade python39-debugUpgrade python39-psycopg2Upgrade python39-psutilNo solution existsUpgrade fence-agents-epsUpgrade fence-agents-ilo-moonshotUpgrade fence-agents-azure-armUpgrade fence-agents-rsaUpgrade fence-agents-sbdUpgrade fence-agents-zvmUpgrade python-cffi-debugsourceUpgrade python39-scipyUpgrade fence-agents-drac5Upgrade fence-agents-redfishUpgrade python3-setuptoolsUpgrade python39-psutil-debuginfoUpgrade fence-virtd-tcpUpgrade python3.11-setuptoolsUpgrade python39-psycopg2-docUpgrade python39-pip-wheelUpgrade python39-pyyaml-debuginfoUpgrade fence-agents-ibm-powervsUpgrade fence-agents-ipduUpgrade platform-python-setuptoolsUpgrade fence-virtd-tcp-debuginfoUpgrade fence-agents-emersonUpgrade fence-agents-kdump-debuginfoUpgrade fence-agents-debuginfoUpgrade Cython-debugsourceUpgrade fence-agents-kubevirt-debuginfoUpgrade python39-pycparserUpgrade python39-CythonUpgrade python39-pyUpgrade fence-virtd-libvirt-debuginfoUpgrade fence-agents-gceUpgrade python39-cryptographyUpgrade fence-agents-lparUpgrade python39-develUpgrade python39-setuptoolsUpgrade python39-plyUpgrade python39-idnaUpgrade python39-pipUpgrade fence-agents-heuristics-pingUpgrade fence-agents-brocadeUpgrade python39-pyparsingUpgrade python39-tomlUpgrade python39-pybind11-develUpgrade fence-agents-ibm-vpcUpgrade fence-virtd-libvirtUpgrade fence-virt-debuginfoUpgrade fence-agents-openstackUpgrade python39-sixUpgrade python-lxml-debugsourceUpgrade python39-pybind11Upgrade python39-lxmlUpgrade python-setuptoolsUpgrade python39-numpyUpgrade fence-agents-virshUpgrade fence-agents-intelmodularUpgrade python3.11-setuptools-wheelUpgrade fence-virtd-debuginfoUpgrade python39-urllib3Upgrade python39-pysocksUpgrade fence-virtd-cpg-debuginfoUpgrade fence-virtdUpgrade fence-agents-kubevirtUpgrade fence-agents-debugsourceUpgrade fence-agents-ifmibUpgrade fence-agents-wtiUpgrade fence-agents-apc-snmpUpgrade fence-agents-computeUpgrade python-psycopg2-debugsourceUpgrade python39-chardetUpgrade python39-setuptools-wheelUpgrade python39-numpy-f2pyUpgrade python39-pyyamlUpgrade python39-more-itertoolsUpgrade python39-iniconfigUpgrade python39-packagingUpgrade fence-agents-rhevmUpgrade fence-virtUpgrade fence-agents-ipmilanUpgrade fence-agents-scsiUpgrade fence-virtd-multicastUpgrade fence-agents-cisco-ucsUpgrade fence-agents-ibmbladeUpgrade fence-agents-ilo-sshUpgrade python39-psycopg2-testsUpgrade scipy-debugsourceUpgrade python39-rpm-macrosUpgrade python39-pytestUpgrade python39-tkinterUpgrade fence-virtd-cpgUpgrade ha-cloud-support-debuginfoUpgrade fence-agents-kdumpUpgrade python-cryptography-debugsourceUpgrade fence-virtd-serialUpgrade fence-virtd-multicast-debuginfoUpgrade fence-agents-aws | Jul 9, 2025 | May 17, 2025 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade fence-agents-aliyunUpgrade python39-psycopg2-docUpgrade fence-agents-redfishUpgrade python39-cryptography-debuginfoUpgrade python39-numpy-debuginfoUpgrade numpy-debugsourceUpgrade python39-mod_wsgiUpgrade python39-lxml-debuginfoUpgrade python39-testUpgrade python39-debuginfoUpgrade python39-numpyUpgrade python39-psutil-debuginfoUpgrade PyYAML-debugsourceUpgrade python39-tkinterUpgrade python39-scipy-debuginfoUpgrade python39-CythonUpgrade python-cffi-debugsourceUpgrade python39-libsUpgrade fence-agents-zvmUpgrade fence-virtd-tcpUpgrade python39-psycopg2-debuginfoUpgrade fence-virtd-serial-debuginfoUpgrade python39-Cython-debuginfoUpgrade python39-debugUpgrade python-psutil-debugsourceUpgrade python39-cffi-debuginfoUpgrade ha-cloud-supportUpgrade python39-psycopg2Upgrade fence-agents-azure-armUpgrade fence-agents-allUpgrade python39-pyyaml-debuginfoUpgrade python39-psutilUpgrade python39-pyyamlUpgrade python-cryptography-debugsourceUpgrade python39Upgrade fence-agents-kubevirt-debuginfoUpgrade fence-agents-gceUpgrade fence-virtd-multicast-debuginfoUpgrade fence-agents-kdumpUpgrade python39-pybind11Upgrade python39-numpy-f2pyUpgrade python39-scipyUpgrade scipy-debugsourceUpgrade python39-pybind11-develUpgrade fence-virtd-libvirtUpgrade fence-virtd-debuginfoUpgrade fence-virt-debuginfoUpgrade fence-agents-kubevirtUpgrade fence-agents-openstackUpgrade Cython-debugsourceUpgrade python39-psycopg2-testsUpgrade python39-cryptographyUpgrade fence-virtdUpgrade python39-develUpgrade python-lxml-debugsourceUpgrade fence-agents-computeUpgrade python39-lxmlUpgrade fence-agents-kdump-debuginfoUpgrade fence-virtd-tcp-debuginfoUpgrade fence-virtd-cpgUpgrade python39-debugsourceUpgrade python-psycopg2-debugsourceUpgrade python39-cffiUpgrade ha-cloud-support-debuginfoUpgrade fence-virtd-serialUpgrade fence-virtd-multicastUpgrade fence-virtd-libvirt-debuginfoUpgrade fence-virtd-cpg-debuginfoUpgrade fence-agents-awsUpgrade python39-idleUpgrade fence-virt | Feb 5, 2026 | Oct 3, 2025 |
| Splunk | — | Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 9.2.10Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 9.4.6Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 9.3.8Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 10.0.2 | Dec 4, 2025 | May 17, 2025 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade python3-setuptools-testUpgrade python310-setuptoolsUpgrade python3-setuptools-wheelUpgrade python39-setuptoolsUpgrade python311-setuptoolsUpgrade python312-setuptoolsUpgrade python3-setuptoolsUpgrade python311-setuptools-wheelUpgrade python-setuptoolsUpgrade python313-setuptoolsUpgrade python36-setuptools | Dec 5, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade python3-setuptools (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3-setuptoolsUpgrade python3-pip (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade pypy-setuptools (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python-setuptools (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python-pip-whl (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python-pip (Ubuntu Pro) | May 29, 2025 | May 17, 2025 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jul 2, 2025 | May 17, 2025 |
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