Bug 2498155 (CVE-2026-59890)

Summary: CVE-2026-59890 setuptools: setuptools: MANIFEST.in exclusion bypass in sdist via Unicode normalization collision (NFC/NFD)
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A flaw was found in setuptools, a Python package management tool. The FileList component, responsible for handling file exclusions, did not properly normalize Unicode file names when applying exclusion rules. This oversight could allow a specially crafted file name, using a different Unicode normalization form (NFD) on macOS APFS or HFS+ file systems, to bypass an intended exclusion rule (NFC). As a result, sensitive files that should have been excluded could be inadvertently included in a source distribution, leading to information disclosure.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-08 17:02:27 UTC
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.