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SUSE-SU-2026:0425-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2026-02-11 08:30 - Updated: 2026-02-11 08:30

Summary

Security update for python313-wheel

Notes

Title of the patch

Security update for python313-wheel

Description of the patch

This update for python313-wheel fixes the following issues: - CVE-2026-24049: Fixed absent path sanitization can cause arbitrary file permission modification (bsc#1257100).

Patchnames

SUSE-2026-425,SUSE-SLE-Module-Python3-15-SP7-2026-425

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CVE-2026-24049 (GCVE-0-2026-24049)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-22 04:02 – Updated: 2026-01-27 14:58

Title

wheel Allows Arbitrary File Permission Modification via Path Traversal

Summary

wheel is a command line tool for manipulating Python wheel files, as defined in PEP 427. In versions 0.40.0 through 0.46.1, the unpack function is vulnerable to file permission modification through mishandling of file permissions after extraction. The logic blindly trusts the filename from the archive header for the chmod operation, even though the extraction process itself might have sanitized the path. Attackers can craft a malicious wheel file that, when unpacked, changes the permissions of critical system files (e.g., /etc/passwd, SSH keys, config files), allowing for Privilege Escalation or arbitrary code execution by modifying now-writable scripts. This issue has been fixed in version 0.46.2.

Severity ?

7.1 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/pypa/wheel/security/advisories…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://github.com/pypa/wheel/commit/7a7d2de96b22…	x_refsource_MISC
	https://github.com/pypa/wheel/releases/tag/0.46.2	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	pypa	wheel	Affected: >= 0.40.0, < 0.46.2

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Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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SUSE-SU-2026:0425-1

CVE-2026-24049 (GCVE-0-2026-24049)

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