7.1
High
CVE-2026-24049 wheel is a command line tool for manipulating Python wheel files, as defined in PEP 427
Description
wheel is a command line tool for manipulating Python wheel files, as defined in PEP 427. In versions 0.40.0 through 0.46.1, the unpack function is vulnerable to file permission modification through mishandling of file permissions after extraction. The logic blindly trusts the filename from the archive header for the chmod operation, even though the extraction process itself might have sanitized the path. Attackers can craft a malicious wheel file that, when unpacked, changes the permissions of critical system files (e.g., /etc/passwd, SSH keys, config files), allowing for Privilege Escalation or arbitrary code execution by modifying now-writable scripts. This issue has been fixed in version 0.46.2.
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| wheel 0.40 | 0.40.0 → < 0.46.2 | 0.46.2 |
| Discovery 2 for RHEL 10 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 | Versions not published | |
| Discovery 2 for RHEL 8 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 | Versions not published | |
| Discovery 2 for RHEL 9 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4) | Versions not published |
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| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6) | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v. 10.0) | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.4) | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.6) | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) | Versions not published | |
| Network Observability (NETOBSERV) 1.11.2 1771231259 | earliest → < 1771231259 | 1771231259 |
| Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.2 1787772157 | earliest → < 1787772157 | 1787772157 |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 1772525069 | earliest → < 1772525069 | 1772525069 |
| Red Hat Developer Hub 1.8 1770656494 | earliest → < 1770656494 | 1770656494 |
| Red Hat Discovery 2 1770913597 | earliest → < 1770913597 | 1770913597 |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25 1772093324 | earliest → < 1772093324 | 1772093324 |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3 1770956034 | earliest → < 1770956034 | 1770956034 |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.4 1772204882 | earliest → < 1772204882 | 1772204882 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 1779252096 | earliest → < 1779252096 | 1779252096 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 1778709698 | earliest → < 1778709698 | 1778709698 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 1774856889 | earliest → < 1774856889 | 1774856889 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19 1775604154 | earliest → < 1775604154 | 1775604154 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.20 1774851817 | earliest → < 1774851817 | 1774851817 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.21 1774891432 | earliest → < 1774891432 | 1774891432 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces 3.27 1774451954 | earliest → < 1774451954 | 1774451954 |
| Red Hat OpenStack 1.5 1777452540 | earliest → < 1777452540 | 1777452540 |
| Red Hat Quay 3.12 1773771962 | earliest → < 1773771962 | 1773771962 |
| Red Hat Quay 3.13 1773088862 | earliest → < 1773088862 | 1773088862 |
| Red Hat Quay 3.14 1773097621 | earliest → < 1773097621 | 1773097621 |
| Red Hat Quay 3.15 1770146565 | earliest → < 1770146565 | 1770146565 |
| Red Hat Quay 3.16 1770836901 | earliest → < 1770836901 | 1770836901 |
| Red Hat Quay 3.1 1770249183 | earliest → < 1770249183 | 1770249183 |
| Red Hat Quay 3.9 1770856103 | earliest → < 1770856103 | 1770856103 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6.18 1769520238 | earliest → < 1769520238 | 1769520238 |
| Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer 1.2 1770739020 | earliest → < 1770739020 | 1770739020 |
| Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer 1.3 1772614635 | earliest → < 1772614635 | 1772614635 |
| Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift | Versions not published | |
| Migration Toolkit for Virtualization | Versions not published | |
| OpenShift Lightspeed | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat AI Inference Server | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 10 | Versions not published | |
| Fence Agents Remediation Operator | Versions not published | |
| Multicluster Engine for Kubernetes | Versions not published | |
| OpenShift Service Mesh 2 | Versions not published | |
| OpenShift Service Mesh 3 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Ansible Core 2 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Quay 3 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | Versions not published | |
| Service Telemetry Framework 1.5 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Quay 3.10 1770249183 | earliest → < 1770249183 | 1770249183 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.2 1774851817 | earliest → < 1774851817 | 1774851817 |
| Network Observability (NETOBSERV) 1.11.1 1771231259 | earliest → < 1771231259 | 1771231259 |
| Network Observability (NETOBSERV) 1.11.0 1771231259 | earliest → < 1771231259 | 1771231259 |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 8.1 1787550654 | earliest → < 1787550654 | 1787550654 |
References
- github.com github.com
- github.com github.com
- github.com github.com
Timeline
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