# RHSA-2025:9940: python-setuptools security update

RHSA-2025:9940, released May 17, 2025, fixes 1 CVE in python-setuptools (version 69.0.3-12.el10_0). None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rhsa-2025-9940
- Platform: Linux
- Released: May 17, 2025
- Priority: High (Closes CVE-2025-47273, high severity)
- CVEs: 1, exploited: 0, on CISA KEV: 0
- Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9940

## Applies to

| Product | Release | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| [python-setuptools](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/python-setuptools.md) | RHEL 10 | 69.0.3-12.el10_0 |

## CVEs this fix closes

| CVE | Priority | Title | CVSS | EPSS | Exploitation |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---|
| [CVE-2025-47273](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2025-47273.md) | High | setuptools has a path traversal vulnerability in PackageIndex.download that leads to Arbitrary File Write | 8.8 | 0.0159 |  |

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