Bug 2432109

Summary:	CVE-2026-24049 python-wheel: wheel: Privilege Escalation or Arbitrary Code Execution via malicious wheel file unpacking [fedora-43]
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Jon Moroney <jmoroney>
Component:	python-wheel	Assignee:	Miro Hrončok <mhroncok>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	43	CC:	igor.raits, mhroncok, python-packagers-sig
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Security, SecurityTracking
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Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
Whiteboard:	{"flaws": ["68c36e5e-ac35-42b4-ba4e-ef0edd5b3f06"]}
Fixed In Version:	python-wheel-0.45.1-20.fc43	Doc Type:	---
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Last Closed:	2026-02-01 00:49:57 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Blocks:	2431959

Description Jon Moroney 2026-01-22 18:11:27 UTC

Disclaimer: Community trackers are created by Red Hat Product Security team on a best effort basis. Package maintainers are required to ascertain if the flaw indeed affects their package, before starting the update process.

Comment 1 Benson Muite 2026-01-22 18:33:08 UTC

*** Bug 2432105 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2026-01-23 13:46:02 UTC

FEDORA-2026-ce64e86fd8 (python-wheel-0.45.1-20.fc43) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-ce64e86fd8

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2026-01-24 01:25:09 UTC

FEDORA-2026-ce64e86fd8 has been pushed to the Fedora 43 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-ce64e86fd8`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-ce64e86fd8

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2026-02-01 00:49:57 UTC

FEDORA-2026-ce64e86fd8 (python-wheel-0.45.1-20.fc43) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.