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CVE-2026-24049
Assigner-GitHub, Inc.
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Assigner-GitHub, Inc.
CVSS Score-7.1||HIGH
EPSS-0.02% / 6.12%
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7 Day CHG~0.00%
Published-22 Jan, 2026 | 04:02
Updated-27 Jan, 2026 | 14:58
Rejected-Not Available
Known To Be Used In Ransomware Campaigns?-Not Available
KEV Added-Not Available
KEV Action Due Date-Not Available
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 blindly trusts the filename from the archive header for the chmod operation, even though the extraction process itself might have sanitized the path. Attackers can craft a malicious wheel file that, when unpacked, changes the permissions of critical system files (e.g., /etc/passwd, SSH keys, config files), allowing for Privilege Escalation or arbitrary code execution by modifying now-writable scripts. This issue has been fixed in version 0.46.2.

Action-Not Available
Vendor-pypa
Product-wheel
CWE ID-CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE ID-CWE-732
Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
CVE-2022-40898
Assigner-MITRE Corporation
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Assigner-MITRE Corporation
CVSS Score-7.5||HIGH
EPSS-0.16% / 37.09%
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7 Day CHG~0.00%
Published-22 Dec, 2022 | 00:00
Updated-15 Apr, 2025 | 16:15
Rejected-Not Available
Known To Be Used In Ransomware Campaigns?-Not Available
KEV Added-Not Available
KEV Action Due Date-Not Available

An issue discovered in Python Packaging Authority (PyPA) Wheel 0.37.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via attacker controlled input to wheel cli.

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Vendor-wheel_projectn/a
Product-wheeln/a
CWE ID-CWE-20
Improper Input Validation