{"id":"USN-8221-1","summary":"wheel vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that wheel did not correctly handle certain file paths.\nIf a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted\nfile, an attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.","modified":"2026-04-29T11:29:17.997549828Z","published":"2026-04-29T00:11:38Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2026-24049"],"upstream":["CVE-2026-24049","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-24049"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8221-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-24049"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"wheel","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/wheel@0.42.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/noble"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.42.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["0.41.0-2","0.41.2-1","0.42.0-1","0.42.0-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.42.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1","binary_name":"python-wheel-common"},{"binary_version":"0.42.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1","binary_name":"python3-wheel"},{"binary_version":"0.42.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1","binary_name":"python3-wheel-whl"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2026-24049"}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8221-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}