Setuptools vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.
Setuptools is made by Python. We track 3 published vulnerabilities in it, across 511 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. If you run Setuptools, keep it on a version the vendor still supports.
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- 2.5%CVE-2022-40897Medium
Python Packaging Authority (PyPA) setuptools before 65.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via HTML in a crafted package or custom PackageIndex page.
- 2.0%CVE-2013-1633Medium
easy_install in setuptools before 0.7 uses HTTP to retrieve packages from the PyPI repository, and does not perform integrity checks on package contents, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary...
- 1.6%CVE-2025-47273High
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Python Packaging Authority (PyPA) setuptools before 65.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via HTML in a crafted package or custom PackageIndex page. There is a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in package_index.py.
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We track 3 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Setuptools, across 511 versions.
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