diff --git a/src/python/install.sh b/src/python/install.sh
index e6eefd055..c022eb509 100755
--- a/src/python/install.sh
+++ b/src/python/install.sh
@@ -454,6 +454,18 @@ if [[ "${INSTALL_PYTHON_TOOLS}" = "true" ]] && [[ $(python --version) != "" ]];
             echo "${util} already installed. Skipping."
         fi
     done
+    
+    # Temporary: Removes “setup tools” metadata directory due to https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r9hx-vwmv-q579
+
+    VULNERABLE_VERSIONS=("3.10" "3.11")
+
+    for vv in "${VULNERABLE_VERSIONS[@]}"; do
+
+        if [ "${PYTHON_VERSION}" == "${vv}" ]; then
+            rm -rf  ${PIPX_HOME}/shared/lib/"python${vv}"/site-packages/setuptools-65.5.0.dist-info
+        fi
+    done
+
     rm -rf /tmp/pip-tmp
 
     updaterc "export PIPX_HOME=\"${PIPX_HOME}\""
diff --git a/test/python/install_python_setuptools_vulnerability.sh b/test/python/install_python_setuptools_vulnerability.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cbc3ad090
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/python/install_python_setuptools_vulnerability.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+# Optional: Import test library
+source dev-container-features-test-lib
+
+#check "setuptools version 65.5.0 not installed"  bash -c  "ls -lrt /usr/local/py-utils/shared/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools-65.5.0.dist-info"
+#checkPythonPackageVersion "setuptools" "65.5.1"
+
+# Check that tools can execute - make sure something didn't get messed up in this scenario
+check "autopep8" autopep8 --version
+check "black" black --version
+check "yapf" yapf --version
+check "bandit" bandit --version
+check "flake8" flake8 --version
+check "mypy" mypy --version
+check "pycodestyle" pycodestyle --version
+check "pydocstyle" pydocstyle --version
+check "pylint" pylint --version
+check "pytest" pytest --version
+check "setuptools" pip list | grep setuptools
+
+# Check paths in settings
+check "current symlink is correct" bash -c "which python | grep /usr/local/python/current/bin/python"
+check "current symlink works" /usr/local/python/current/bin/python --version
+check "which autopep8" bash -c "which autopep8 | grep /usr/local/py-utils/bin/autopep8"
+check "which black" bash -c "which black | grep /usr/local/py-utils/bin/black"
+check "which yapf" bash -c "which yapf | grep /usr/local/py-utils/bin/yapf"
+check "which bandit" bash -c "which bandit | grep /usr/local/py-utils/bin/bandit"
+check "which flake8" bash -c "which flake8 | grep /usr/local/py-utils/bin/flake8"
+check "which mypy" bash -c "which mypy | grep /usr/local/py-utils/bin/mypy"
+check "which pycodestyle" bash -c "which pycodestyle | grep /usr/local/py-utils/bin/pycodestyle"
+check "which pydocstyle" bash -c "which pydocstyle | grep /usr/local/py-utils/bin/pydocstyle"
+check "which pylint" bash -c "which pylint | grep /usr/local/py-utils/bin/pylint"
+check "which pytest" bash -c "which pytest | grep /usr/local/py-utils/bin/pytest"
+
+echoStderr()
+{
+    echo "$@" 1>&2
+}
+
+checkVulnerableDir() 
+{
+    DIRECTORY=$1
+    VERSION=$2
+    
+    if [ "${VERSION}" == "3.10" ] && [ -d $DIRECTORY ] ; then
+        echoStderr "❌ check for vulnerable setuptools version failed for python3.10."
+        return 1
+    elif [ "${VERSION}" == "3.11" ] && [ -d $DIRECTORY ]; then
+        echoStderr "❌ check for vulnerable setuptools version failed for python3.11."
+        return 1
+    else
+        echo "✅ Passed! Either the container does not have vulnerable version or vulnerable version specific directory got removed."
+        return 0
+    fi
+}
+
+# only for 3.10
+checkVulnerableDir "/usr/local/py-utils/shared/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools-65.5.0.dist-info" "3.10"
+checkVulnerableDir "/usr/local/python/3.10.13/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools-65.5.0.dist-info" "3.10"
+# only for 3.11
+checkVulnerableDir "/usr/local/py-utils/shared/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools-65.5.0.dist-info" "3.11"
+checkVulnerableDir "/usr/local/python/3.11.7/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools-65.5.0.dist-info" "3.11"
+
+# Report result
+reportResults
diff --git a/test/python/scenarios.json b/test/python/scenarios.json
index 23b6cfc92..3dbc5080c 100644
--- a/test/python/scenarios.json
+++ b/test/python/scenarios.json
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 {
+    "install_python_setuptools_vulnerability": {
+        "image": "debian:bookworm",
+        "features": {
+            "python": {
+                "version": "3.10",
+                "installTools": true
+            }
+        }
+    },
     "install_additional_python": {
         "image": "ubuntu:focal",
         "features": {