CVE-2026-59890

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.16.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 6.1 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.3%, top 79% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
Elevated
6.1
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 6.1Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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.

CVSS v3
6.1
EG Score
6.1(medium)
EG Risk
—
EPSS
21.2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 8, 2026

Last Modified

July 13, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jul 8, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github_commit, github_release, github.
github Patch Available🟡 PoC Available

MANIFEST.in exclusion bypass in sdist via Unicode normalization collision (NFC/NFD) on macOS APFS/HFS+ · Advisory · pypa/setuptools · GitHub

https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/security/advisories/GHSA-h35f-9h28-mq5c
github_release Patch Available

v83.0.0

Patch available: pypa/setuptools v83.0.0

https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/releases/tag/v83.0.0
github_commit Patch Available

commit dd9f436a3648 (pypa/setuptools)

Patch available: pypa/setuptools v83.0.0 (contains commit dd9f436a3648)

https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/commit/dd9f436a36486b4cb8a4c70a2321548b0be09b8f

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-59890(3)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatpython-setuptools-main-83.0.0-4.hum12026-07-10redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
PyPI(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
setuptools0.6b1 ... 9.1 (623 versions)83.0.0—

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 26× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-21 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-21 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-19 02:29 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-16 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-16 09:21 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-15 10:15 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-14 11:07 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-07-13 22:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-07-08 16:25 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-07-08 16:24 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-59890?
CVE-2026-59890 is a medium vulnerability published on July 8, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-59890 disclosed?
CVE-2026-59890 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 8, 2026, with the most recent update on July 13, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-59890 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-59890 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 21.2% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-59890?
CVE-2026-59890 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-59890?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-59890, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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