All findings are false positives from regex matches on escape sequences, docstrings, and comments inside vendored copies of tarfile, jaraco.text, more-itertools and packaging. No malicious behavior (exfil, C2, eval of attacker data, etc.) exists in the supplied source. This is the legitimate setuptools package.
AI breakdown
Plain-English summary of what this package does and how it behaves.
setuptools is a Python build backend for packaging projects with support for C/C++ extension modules.
Capabilities
- Provides distutils compatibility layer
- Supports building extension modules
Data access
- None observed
Network
- Hardcoded public IP in network code (multiple instances flagged by static findings)
Static findings report obfuscated files and hardcoded IPs that may require code review; otherwise this is the standard benign packaging tool with no scripts or dependencies declared.
Dependency & execution chain
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Obfuscated / hidden code
Encoded payloads decoded statically (without executing them) so you can see what they resolve to.
Multiple obfuscation patterns in setuptools/_vendor/packaging/metadata.py
Multiple obfuscation patterns in setuptools-84.2.1/setuptools/_vendor/packaging/metadata.py
Security findings (16)
Static analysis rule matches, with the exact code that triggered them.
Multiple obfuscation patterns in setuptools/_vendor/backports/tarfile/__init__.py
Multiple obfuscation patterns in setuptools-84.2.1/setuptools/_vendor/backports/tarfile/__init__.py
Multiple obfuscation patterns in setuptools/_vendor/jaraco/text/__init__.py
Multiple obfuscation patterns in setuptools-84.2.1/setuptools/_vendor/jaraco/text/__init__.py
Multiple obfuscation patterns in setuptools/_vendor/more_itertools/recipes.py
Multiple obfuscation patterns in setuptools-84.2.1/setuptools/_vendor/more_itertools/recipes.py
Multiple obfuscation patterns in setuptools/_vendor/packaging/metadata.py
Multiple obfuscation patterns in setuptools-84.2.1/setuptools/_vendor/packaging/metadata.py
File setuptools/_distutils/compilers/C/tests/test_cygwin.py contains a hardcoded public IP (16:42:21) used in network code — review for hidden exfiltration or C2 endpoints.
File setuptools-84.2.1/setuptools/_distutils/compilers/C/tests/test_cygwin.py contains a hardcoded public IP (16:42:21) used in network code — review for hidden exfiltration or C2 endpoints.
File setuptools/_vendor/backports/tarfile/__init__.py contains a hardcoded public IP (1::2) used in network code — review for hidden exfiltration or C2 endpoints.
File setuptools-84.2.1/setuptools/_vendor/backports/tarfile/__init__.py contains a hardcoded public IP (1::2) used in network code — review for hidden exfiltration or C2 endpoints.
File setuptools/_vendor/more_itertools/more.py contains a hardcoded public IP (7.2.1.1) used in network code — review for hidden exfiltration or C2 endpoints.
File setuptools-84.2.1/setuptools/_vendor/more_itertools/more.py contains a hardcoded public IP (7.2.1.1) used in network code — review for hidden exfiltration or C2 endpoints.
File setuptools/_vendor/wheel/wheelfile.py contains a hardcoded public IP (00:00:00) used in network code — review for hidden exfiltration or C2 endpoints.
File setuptools-84.2.1/setuptools/_vendor/wheel/wheelfile.py contains a hardcoded public IP (00:00:00) used in network code — review for hidden exfiltration or C2 endpoints.
Package metadata
Most extensible Python build backend with support for C/C++ extension modules
Files in package (500)
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