Directory Traversal Affecting setuptools package, versions <78.1.1-0.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.44% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-SETUPTOOLS-10182091
  • published18 May 2025
  • disclosed17 May 2025

Introduced: 17 May 2025

NewCVE-2025-47273  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable setuptools to version 78.1.1-0.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream setuptools package and not the setuptools package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Base Scores

version 3.1