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Google: dev-python/setuptools: security update to 18244.382.43

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 451095

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2025-47273)

Solution

Update the dev-python/setuptools library and its related packages to version 18244.382.43 or later.

See Also

https://storage.googleapis.com/cos-oval-vulnerability-feed/cos-113.oval.xml.tar.gz

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 451095

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.83

Vendor

Vendor Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-47273

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-47273