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CVE-2026-59890 (GCVE-0-2026-59890)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-08 16:02 – Updated: 2026-07-08 16:44
VLAI
Title
setuptools: MANIFEST.in exclusion bypass in sdist via Unicode normalization collision (NFC/NFD) on macOS APFS/HFS+
Summary
setuptools is a package that allows users to download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages. Prior to 83.0.0, FileList applied MANIFEST.in exclude, global-exclude, recursive-exclude, and prune directives by matching compiled glob patterns against on-disk file names without Unicode normalization, so on macOS APFS or HFS+ an NFD file name could bypass an NFC exclusion rule and be packed into a source distribution. This issue is fixed in version 83.0.0.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-08 16:44 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-176 - Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding
  • CWE-697 - Incorrect Comparison
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
pypa setuptools Affected: < 83.0.0
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