UnratedRed Hat & Ubuntu Linux
wheel vulnerability
USN-8221-1 Published Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2026-24049
Affected products & platforms
Red Hat & Ubuntu LinuxUnclassified
Summary
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. Affected Ubuntu releases: 24.04. CVEs: CVE-2026-24049.
Affected versions
- Ubuntu 24.04
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 3 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
Recommended fix / mitigation
- Apply available updates: `sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade` (a standard system update installs the fix).
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 3 hours ago·verify at source
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