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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade fence-agents-ipmilanUpgrade python39-tomlUpgrade python39-urllib3Upgrade python39-pluggyUpgrade fence-agents-computeUpgrade fence-agents-kubevirtUpgrade fence-agents-openstackUpgrade python39-pipUpgrade python39-iniconfigUpgrade python39-cryptographyUpgrade python39-cffiUpgrade fence-agents-scsiUpgrade fence-agents-vmware-soapUpgrade python39-mod_wsgiUpgrade python39Upgrade fence-agents-ibm-powervsUpgrade fence-agents-redfishUpgrade fence-agents-azure-armUpgrade python39-psutilUpgrade fence-agents-intelmodularUpgrade python39-pybind11-develUpgrade fence-agents-ilo-sshUpgrade fence-agents-aliyunUpgrade python39-setuptools-wheelUpgrade python39-requestsUpgrade fence-agents-allUpgrade python39-libsUpgrade fence-virtd-tcpUpgrade fence-virtUpgrade python3-setuptools-wheelUpgrade fence-agents-ibmbladeUpgrade fence-virtd-serialUpgrade fence-agents-ilo-mpUpgrade python39-rpm-macrosUpgrade python39-sixUpgrade fence-virtdUpgrade fence-agents-ipduUpgrade python39-pyparsingUpgrade python39-pyUpgrade fence-agents-heuristics-pingUpgrade python39-debugUpgrade fence-agents-brocadeUpgrade ha-cloud-supportUpgrade python39-setuptoolsUpgrade fence-agents-wtiUpgrade python39-idnaUpgrade fence-agents-lparUpgrade fence-virtd-multicastUpgrade python39-pysocksUpgrade python39-develUpgrade python3.11-setuptools-wheelUpgrade python39-plyUpgrade python39-pybind11Upgrade python39-tkinterUpgrade python39-pytestUpgrade fence-agents-awsUpgrade python39-wheel-wheelUpgrade python39-more-itertoolsUpgrade fence-virtd-libvirtUpgrade fence-agents-gceUpgrade python39-wheelUpgrade python39-pip-wheelUpgrade fence-agents-ibm-vpcUpgrade python39-pyyamlUpgrade python39-psycopg2Upgrade python3-setuptoolsUpgrade fence-agents-kdumpUpgrade python39-packagingUpgrade fence-agents-drac5Upgrade python39-attrsUpgrade fence-agents-sbdUpgrade fence-agents-eaton-snmpUpgrade python39-numpyUpgrade python39-PyMySQLUpgrade fence-agents-bladecenterUpgrade fence-agents-apc-snmpUpgrade fence-virtd-cpgUpgrade python39-chardetUpgrade python39-wcwidthUpgrade fence-agents-ifmibUpgrade python39-psycopg2-docUpgrade python3.11-setuptoolsUpgrade fence-agents-rsaUpgrade python39-lxmlUpgrade fence-agents-cisco-ucsUpgrade python39-CythonUpgrade python39-pycparserUpgrade platform-python-setuptoolsUpgrade fence-agents-apcUpgrade python39-idleUpgrade fence-agents-epsUpgrade fence-agents-commonUpgrade fence-agents-mpathUpgrade fence-agents-hpbladeUpgrade fence-agents-cisco-mdsUpgrade python39-numpy-docUpgrade python39-psycopg2-testsUpgrade fence-agents-ilo2Upgrade fence-agents-rhevmUpgrade fence-agents-amt-wsUpgrade python39-numpy-f2pyUpgrade python3.12-setuptools-wheelUpgrade fence-agents-virshUpgrade python39-testUpgrade fence-agents-rsbUpgrade fence-agents-ilo-moonshotUpgrade python39-scipyUpgrade fence-agents-zvmUpgrade fence-agents-vmware-restUpgrade python3.12-setuptoolsUpgrade fence-agents-emerson | Jul 9, 2025 | May 17, 2025 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade python3-setuptoolsUpgrade python-setuptools-wheelUpgrade 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 py313t-setuptools58Upgrade py311-setuptoolsUpgrade py312-setuptools58Upgrade py314-setuptools58Upgrade py312-setuptoolsUpgrade py27-setuptools44Upgrade py313-setuptools58Upgrade py313-setuptoolsUpgrade py310-setuptoolsUpgrade py310-setuptools58Upgrade py313t-setuptoolsUpgrade py311-setuptools58Upgrade py314-setuptools | 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 python39-tkinterUpgrade fence-agents-apcUpgrade fence-agents-vmware-restUpgrade fence-agents-virshUpgrade python39-psycopg2Upgrade fence-agents-mpathUpgrade fence-agents-sbdUpgrade python39-CythonUpgrade fence-agents-ibmbladeUpgrade fence-agents-rhevmUpgrade python39-libsUpgrade python3.11-setuptoolsUpgrade python39-pipUpgrade python39-setuptoolsUpgrade python39-pysocksUpgrade python39-pluggyUpgrade python39-numpyUpgrade python39-numpy-docUpgrade python39-develUpgrade fence-agents-hpbladeUpgrade python39-pip-wheelUpgrade python39-rpm-macrosUpgrade fence-agents-brocadeUpgrade python3.11-setuptools-wheelUpgrade fence-agents-eaton-snmpUpgrade fence-agents-allUpgrade fence-agents-bladecenterUpgrade python39-plyUpgrade python39-debugUpgrade fence-agents-ilo-mpUpgrade fence-agents-ipmilanUpgrade fence-agents-cisco-mdsUpgrade python39-testUpgrade fence-agents-scsiUpgrade fence-agents-kubevirtUpgrade fence-agents-vmware-soapUpgrade fence-agents-amt-wsUpgrade python39-wheel-wheelUpgrade python39-tomlUpgrade python39-psutilUpgrade python39-scipyUpgrade python39-pyparsingUpgrade fence-agents-emersonUpgrade fence-agents-ipduUpgrade python39-PyMySQLUpgrade fence-agents-intelmodularUpgrade python39-pytestUpgrade fence-agents-apc-snmpUpgrade fence-agents-heuristics-pingUpgrade python39-attrsUpgrade python39-mod_wsgiUpgrade python39-wcwidthUpgrade fence-agents-kdumpUpgrade python39-idnaUpgrade python3.12-setuptools-wheelUpgrade fence-agents-lparUpgrade python39-cffiUpgrade python39-pyUpgrade python39-numpy-f2pyUpgrade python39-more-itertoolsUpgrade python39-pybind11-develUpgrade platform-python-setuptoolsUpgrade fence-agents-drac5Upgrade python39-requestsUpgrade python39-pyyamlUpgrade python39-pycparserUpgrade python39-chardetUpgrade python39-setuptools-wheelUpgrade python39-psycopg2-docUpgrade python39-idleUpgrade python3-setuptoolsUpgrade fence-agents-ilo-moonshotUpgrade fence-agents-ifmibUpgrade fence-agents-cisco-ucsUpgrade python39-psycopg2-testsUpgrade python39-pybind11Upgrade python39-lxmlUpgrade python39-cryptographyUpgrade python3-setuptools-wheelUpgrade fence-agents-ilo2Upgrade python39-sixUpgrade fence-agents-rsbUpgrade python3.12-setuptoolsUpgrade fence-agents-ilo-sshUpgrade fence-agents-epsUpgrade fence-agents-commonUpgrade fence-agents-ibm-vpcUpgrade fence-agents-rsaUpgrade fence-agents-redfishUpgrade fence-agents-ibm-powervsUpgrade python39-urllib3Upgrade python39-packagingUpgrade python39Upgrade fence-agents-wtiUpgrade python39-wheelUpgrade python39-iniconfigUpgrade python-setuptools | Jul 9, 2025 | May 17, 2025 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade python39-psycopg2-debuginfoUpgrade fence-agents-hpbladeUpgrade python39-cffiNo solution existsUpgrade python39-numpy-docUpgrade fence-agents-ilo2Upgrade fence-agents-bladecenterUpgrade python39-testUpgrade python39-lxml-debuginfoUpgrade fence-agents-vmware-restUpgrade python39-psutilUpgrade python39-psycopg2Upgrade python39-debugUpgrade numpy-debugsourceUpgrade python39-cryptography-debuginfoUpgrade fence-agents-rsbUpgrade fence-agents-allUpgrade fence-agents-eaton-snmpUpgrade python39-mod_wsgiUpgrade python39-idleUpgrade python39-pip-wheelUpgrade python-cffi-debugsourceUpgrade python39-numpy-debuginfoUpgrade fence-agents-redfishUpgrade fence-agents-mpathUpgrade python3.12-setuptools-wheelUpgrade fence-agents-ilo-mpUpgrade python39-debugsourceUpgrade python39-debuginfoUpgrade python39-attrsUpgrade python39-scipyUpgrade PyYAML-debugsourceUpgrade fence-agents-azure-armUpgrade fence-agents-sbdUpgrade fence-agents-zvmUpgrade fence-virtd-tcpUpgrade fence-agents-ilo-moonshotUpgrade python3.11-setuptoolsUpgrade fence-agents-epsUpgrade fence-agents-rsaUpgrade python39-psycopg2-docUpgrade python39-psutil-debuginfoUpgrade python39-pyyaml-debuginfoUpgrade fence-agents-apcUpgrade python39-requestsUpgrade fence-agents-drac5Upgrade fence-agents-aliyunUpgrade fence-agents-amt-wsUpgrade fence-virtd-serial-debuginfoUpgrade python39Upgrade python39-scipy-debuginfoUpgrade python39-Cython-debuginfoUpgrade fence-agents-vmware-soapUpgrade python39-pluggyUpgrade python3-setuptoolsUpgrade fence-agents-cisco-mdsUpgrade fence-agents-commonUpgrade python39-PyMySQLUpgrade python39-wheel-wheelUpgrade python3-setuptools-wheelUpgrade python39-cffi-debuginfoUpgrade python39-wcwidthUpgrade python39-wheelUpgrade python39-libsUpgrade ha-cloud-supportUpgrade python-psutil-debugsourceUpgrade python3.12-setuptoolsUpgrade fence-virt-debuginfoUpgrade fence-agents-ibm-vpcUpgrade fence-virtd-debuginfoUpgrade fence-agents-debugsourceUpgrade fence-virtd-tcp-debuginfoUpgrade python3.11-setuptools-wheelUpgrade fence-virtd-libvirtUpgrade python39-pysocksUpgrade python39-numpyUpgrade fence-virtd-cpg-debuginfoUpgrade fence-virtdUpgrade python39-setuptools-wheelUpgrade fence-agents-kubevirtUpgrade fence-agents-computeUpgrade fence-agents-kdumpUpgrade python39-chardetUpgrade fence-virtd-libvirt-debuginfoUpgrade python39-CythonUpgrade python39-iniconfigUpgrade fence-virtd-cpgUpgrade python39-pybind11-develUpgrade python39-rpm-macrosUpgrade python39-pyUpgrade fence-virtUpgrade fence-agents-scsiUpgrade fence-agents-ipmilanUpgrade fence-virtd-multicastUpgrade fence-agents-ibmbladeUpgrade fence-agents-cisco-ucsUpgrade fence-agents-ilo-sshUpgrade scipy-debugsourceUpgrade python39-tkinterUpgrade python39-pytestUpgrade ha-cloud-support-debuginfoUpgrade fence-virtd-multicast-debuginfoUpgrade fence-agents-intelmodularUpgrade python39-tomlUpgrade fence-agents-ifmibUpgrade platform-python-setuptoolsUpgrade fence-agents-wtiUpgrade fence-agents-virshUpgrade fence-agents-openstackUpgrade python39-sixUpgrade python39-pybind11Upgrade fence-agents-apc-snmpUpgrade python-lxml-debugsourceUpgrade python39-numpy-f2pyUpgrade python39-plyUpgrade python39-pipUpgrade python39-idnaUpgrade fence-agents-heuristics-pingUpgrade python39-more-itertoolsUpgrade python39-pyyamlUpgrade python39-lxmlUpgrade python39-setuptoolsUpgrade fence-agents-brocadeUpgrade python-setuptoolsUpgrade python-psycopg2-debugsourceUpgrade python39-packagingUpgrade python-cryptography-debugsourceUpgrade fence-agents-kubevirt-debuginfoUpgrade python39-pycparserUpgrade python39-pyparsingUpgrade python39-develUpgrade fence-virtd-serialUpgrade fence-agents-gceUpgrade python39-cryptographyUpgrade fence-agents-awsUpgrade Cython-debugsourceUpgrade fence-agents-lparUpgrade python39-psycopg2-testsUpgrade fence-agents-emersonUpgrade fence-agents-ipduUpgrade fence-agents-kdump-debuginfoUpgrade fence-agents-debuginfoUpgrade fence-agents-rhevmUpgrade python39-urllib3Upgrade fence-agents-ibm-powervs | Jul 9, 2025 | May 17, 2025 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade fence-agents-computeUpgrade python39-scipyUpgrade fence-virtd-libvirtUpgrade scipy-debugsourceUpgrade python39-psycopg2-testsUpgrade fence-agents-openstackUpgrade fence-virtd-debuginfoUpgrade fence-virtdUpgrade Cython-debugsourceUpgrade fence-agents-kdump-debuginfoUpgrade python39-cryptographyUpgrade fence-agents-kdumpUpgrade python39-pybind11Upgrade python39-pyyamlUpgrade python39-develUpgrade fence-agents-kubevirtUpgrade python39-idleUpgrade fence-virt-debuginfoUpgrade fence-virtd-serialUpgrade ha-cloud-support-debuginfoUpgrade python39-cffiUpgrade python-cryptography-debugsourceUpgrade fence-agents-awsUpgrade fence-virtd-cpg-debuginfoUpgrade python39-pybind11-develUpgrade fence-virtd-libvirt-debuginfoUpgrade fence-virtUpgrade fence-virtd-multicastUpgrade python-lxml-debugsourceUpgrade python-psycopg2-debugsourceUpgrade python39Upgrade fence-virtd-tcp-debuginfoUpgrade python39-debugsourceUpgrade fence-virtd-multicast-debuginfoUpgrade python39-numpy-f2pyUpgrade python39-lxmlUpgrade fence-virtd-cpgUpgrade fence-agents-gceUpgrade fence-agents-kubevirt-debuginfoUpgrade fence-agents-redfishUpgrade PyYAML-debugsourceUpgrade python39-testUpgrade python39-lxml-debuginfoUpgrade numpy-debugsourceUpgrade fence-agents-aliyunUpgrade python39-numpy-debuginfoUpgrade python39-pyyaml-debuginfoUpgrade fence-agents-allUpgrade fence-virtd-tcpUpgrade fence-agents-zvmUpgrade python39-psycopg2-debuginfoUpgrade python39-libsUpgrade python39-CythonUpgrade python-cffi-debugsourceUpgrade ha-cloud-supportUpgrade fence-agents-azure-armUpgrade fence-virtd-serial-debuginfoUpgrade python39-cffi-debuginfoUpgrade python39-psutilUpgrade python39-debugUpgrade python39-Cython-debuginfoUpgrade python-psutil-debugsourceUpgrade python39-scipy-debuginfoUpgrade python39-psycopg2Upgrade python39-cryptography-debuginfoUpgrade python39-tkinterUpgrade python39-psycopg2-docUpgrade python39-psutil-debuginfoUpgrade python39-numpyUpgrade python39-mod_wsgiUpgrade python39-debuginfo | 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-wheelUpgrade python310-setuptoolsUpgrade python311-setuptoolsUpgrade python3-setuptools-testUpgrade python39-setuptoolsUpgrade python312-setuptoolsUpgrade python3-setuptoolsUpgrade python36-setuptoolsUpgrade python313-setuptoolsUpgrade python311-setuptools-wheelUpgrade python-setuptools | Dec 5, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade python-pip-whl (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python-pip (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python-setuptools (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3-pip (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3-setuptools (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3-setuptoolsUpgrade pypy-setuptools (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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