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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS wheel Critical RCE Risk USN-8221-1 CVE-2026-24049

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Calendar Grey April 29, 2026
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A critical issue with Ubuntu's wheel allows remote code execution from crafted files. Update immediately for security.
wheel could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical remote code execution file handling Ubuntu command line

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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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8221-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical remote code execution file handling Ubuntu command line

Package Information

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