========================================================================== 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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