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[USN-8221-1] wheel vulnerability

Posted on 29 April 2026
Ubuntu Security

==========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8221-1
April 29, 2026

wheel vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Summary:

wheel could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a
specially crafted file.

Software Description:
- wheel: Command line tool for manipulating Python wheel files

Details:

It was discovered that wheel did not correctly handle certain file paths.
If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
python-wheel-common 0.42.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
python3-wheel 0.42.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
python3-wheel-whl 0.42.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8221-1
CVE-2026-24049

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