The import hook in CPython that handles legacy *.pyc files (SourcelessFileLoader) is incorrectly handled in FileLoader (a base class) and so does not use io.open_code() to read the .pyc files. sys.audit handlers for this audit event therefore do not fire.
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Via RHSA-2026:10950 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10950
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Via RHSA-2026:19019 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19019
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Via RHSA-2026:19064 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19064
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Via RHSA-2026:19176 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19176
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Via RHSA-2026:19177 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19177