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Fedora 42 mingw-python-wheel Critical Privilege Escalation 2026-78d626bfca

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Calendar Grey February 1, 2026
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora 42 updates mingw-python-wheel to 0.46.3 fixing critical privilege escalation vulnerabilities.
Update to 0.46.3, fixes CVE-2026-24049.

Summary

MinGW Windows Python wheel library.

Update Information:

Update to 0.46.3, fixes CVE-2026-24049.

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security advisory fedora critical privilege escalation arbitrary code execution mingw-python-wheel

Change Log

* Thu Jan 22 2026 Sandro Mani - 0.46.3-1 - Update to 0.46.3 * Thu Jan 22 2026 Sandro Mani - 0.46.2-1 - Update to 0.46.2 * Fri Jan 16 2026 Fedora Release Engineering - 0.46.1-3 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_44_Mass_Rebuild * Thu Jul 24 2025 Fedora Release Engineering - 0.46.1-2 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild * Tue Apr 15 2025 Sandro Mani - 0.46.1-1 - Update to 0.46.1 * Fri Apr 4 2025 Sandro Mani - 0.46.0-1 - Update to 0.46.0

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2432096 - CVE-2026-24049 mingw-python-wheel: wheel: Privilege Escalation or Arbitrary Code Execution via malicious wheel file unpacking [fedora-42] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2432096 [ 2 ] Bug #2432106 - CVE-2026-24049 mingw-python-wheel: wheel: Privilege Escalation or Arbitrary Code Execution via malicious wheel file unpacking [fedora-43] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2432106

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-78d626bfca' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: mingw-python-wheel
Product: Fedora 42
Version: 0.46.3
Release: 1.fc42
URL: https://pypi.org/project/wheel/
Summary: MinGW Windows Python wheel library

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora critical privilege escalation arbitrary code execution mingw-python-wheel

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