High ELSA-2026-1902 1 CVE

Important: python-wheel security update (Oracle Linux 10)

Published Feb 5, 2026 · Updated Feb 5, 2026

Ecosystem: Oracle Linux

Summary

[1:0.41.2-5.1]
- Security fix for CVE-2026-24049
Resolves: RHEL-143630

Fixed packages 2

Release	Package	Fixed in
Oracle Linux · 10	python3-wheel	1:0.41.2-5.el10_1.1
Oracle Linux · 10	python3-wheel-wheel	1:0.41.2-5.el10_1.1

Vulnerabilities 1

High 7.1

CVE-2026-24049 Public exploit

wheel Allows Arbitrary File Permission Modification via Path Traversal

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 b…

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