Wednesday, April 29, 2026

[USN-8221-1] wheel vulnerability

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8221-1 April 29, 2026 wheel vulnerability ========================================================================== 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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