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Fedora 43 mingw-python-wheel Important Privilege Escalation CVE-2026-24049

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Calendar Grey February 1, 2026
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora 43 updates mingw-python-wheel to version 0.46.3 addressing critical security flaws.
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 privilege escalation arbitrary code execution important 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

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-2026-3d31544140' 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 43
Version: 0.46.3
Release: 1.fc43
URL: https://pypi.org/project/wheel/
Summary: MinGW Windows Python wheel library

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Topics Covered

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

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