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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-47273

setuptools is a package that allows users to download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages.

Published May 17, 2025 · catalog updated May 28, 2025 · setuptools is a package

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-47273. EPSS is 1.59%. Act only if a listed version of setuptools is a package is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (setuptools is a package).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High7.7
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
1.59%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor pypa setuptools < 78.1.1

setuptools is a package that allows users to download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages. A path traversal vulnerability in 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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

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  • vendor pypa setuptools < 78.1.1< 78.1.1

How to fix CVE-2025-47273

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-47273. EPSS is 1.59%. Act only if a listed version of setuptools is a package is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with pypa setuptools < 78.1.1 < 78.1.1. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 1.59%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 17, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    setuptools is a package that allows users to download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages. A path traversal vulnerability in 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

  2. May 28, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    setuptools is a package that allows users to download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages. A path traversal vulnerability in 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

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-47273

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-15591

    setuptools is a package that allows users to download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages. A path traversal vulnerability in is present in setuptools prior to version 78.1.1. An attacker would be allowed to write files to arbitrary locations on the filesystem

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog May 28, 2025. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.