🔒 [IBM OSPO Security Notification] — IBM/algorithm-nexus
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Newbie friendliness
- 67/100
Research direction
Read the linked Security Issue Guide, then locate where setuptools is declared in the repository and check its current constraint. Update it to 83.0.0 or later and verify that the CVE-2026-59890 Dependabot alert is resolved.
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Description
🔒 [IBM OSPO Security Notification] — IBM/algorithm-nexus
Action required: Remediate the alerts listed below before their SLA deadline.
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Attention: @AlessandroPomponio @christian-pinto @michael-johnston @DRL-NextGen
Dependabot Alerts
| Severity | CVE/GHSA | Package | Affected | Patched | Deadline | Fix PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🟡 medium | CVE-2026-59890 | setuptools | < 83.0.0 | 83.0.0 | 2026-12-17 | — |
Code Scanning Alerts
No open code scanning alerts.
Secret Scanning Alerts
No open secret scanning alerts.
- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 4
- Forks
- 7
- Avg merge
- 19h 13m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 20
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