CVE-2026-24049

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

This medium-severity CVE scores 5.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.4% (27th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). No GitHub Security Advisory CVSS is on record for this CVE.

Triggered by: Headline CVSS from NVD CVSS v3
Sources: EPSS, NVD CVSS v3
Elevated
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • Public exploit or proof-of-concept code is available
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.4%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: Public PoCExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
41
EG Risk 41/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity55% × 45%
The EG Score, 5.5 of 10.
Exploitation40% × 40%
EchelonGraph's fixed weight for EG-KEV Tier 3 (Elevated): a constant, not a probability.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation public PoC (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.4%
EPSS %ILE
27th
KEV
Not listed

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation public PoC (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

January 22, 2026

Last Modified

September 16, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jul 3, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github, github_commit, github_release.
GitHub release Patch Available

0.46.2

Patch available: pypa/wheel 0.46.2

https://github.com/pypa/wheel/releases/tag/0.46.2
GitHub commit Patch Available

commit 7a7d2de96b22 (pypa/wheel)

Patch available: pypa/wheel 0.46.2 (contains commit 7a7d2de96b22)

https://github.com/pypa/wheel/commit/7a7d2de96b22a9adf9208afcc9547e1001569fef
GitHub advisoryMentions a patch (unverified)

Arbitrary File Permission Modification via Path Traversal in wheel unpack · Advisory · pypa/wheel · GitHub

https://github.com/pypa/wheel/security/advisories/GHSA-8rrh-rw8j-w5fx

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-24049(20)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(30)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
redhatrhceph/rhceph-8-rhel9:17875506542026-09-01redhat
redhatrhaiis/model-opt-cuda-rhel9:17877721572026-08-31redhat
redhatopenshift4/ose-ansible-rhel9-operator:17792520962026-05-29redhat
redhatopenshift4/ose-ansible-rhel9-operator:17787096982026-05-20redhat
redhatrhoai/odh-guardrails-detector-huggingface-runtime-rhel9:17782632712026-05-20redhat
redhatstf/prometheus-webhook-snmp-rhel9:17774525402026-05-06redhat
redhatansible-automation-platform-26/eda-controller-rhel9-operator:17771769892026-05-04redhat
redhatrhoai/odh-feature-server-rhel9:17763383812026-04-23redhat
redhatopenshift4/ose-ansible-rhel9-operator:17756041542026-04-16redhat
redhatopenshift4/ose-ansible-rhel9-operator:17748568892026-04-09redhat
redhatopenshift4/ose-ansible-rhel9-operator:17748518172026-04-09redhat
redhatopenshift4/ose-ansible-rhel9-operator:17748914322026-04-08redhat
redhatdevspaces/udi-rhel9:17744519542026-03-30redhat
redhatrhoai/odh-feature-server-rhel9:17722048822026-03-19redhat
redhatquay/quay-rhel8:17737719622026-03-18redhat
redhatrhtas/model-transparency-rhel9:17726146352026-03-11redhat
redhatquay/quay-rhel8:17730976212026-03-10redhat
redhatquay/quay-rhel8:17730888622026-03-10redhat
redhatansible-automation-platform-26/de-supported-rhel9:17725250692026-03-06redhat
redhatautomation-controller-0:4.7.9-1.el9ap2026-03-06redhat
redhatautomation-controller-0:4.6.26-1.el9ap2026-03-06redhat
redhatrhoai/odh-vllm-gaudi-rhel9:17709560342026-03-04redhat
redhatrhoai/odh-training-rocm62-torch25-py311-rhel9:17720933242026-03-04redhat
redhatrhaiis/vllm-cuda-rhel9:17721605932026-02-27redhat
redhatrhaiis/vllm-rocm-rhel9:17721606252026-02-27redhat
redhatpython-wheel-1:0.41.2-5.el10_0.12026-02-18redhat
redhatrhtas/segment-reporting-rhel9:17707390202026-02-18redhat
redhatnetwork-observability/network-observability-operator-bundle:17712312592026-02-18redhat
redhatpython3.12-wheel-0:0.41.2-3.el9_4.12026-02-18redhat
redhatdiscovery-cli-0:2.4.3-2.el92026-02-17redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(6 across 6 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.22(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
py3-wheel—
  • 0.40.0 up to 0.46.3-r0: fixed in 0.46.3-r0
—
Alpine:v3.23(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
py3-wheel—
  • 0.40.0 up to 0.46.3-r0: fixed in 0.46.3-r0
—
Alpine:v3.24(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
py3-wheel—
  • 0.40.0 up to 0.46.3-r0: fixed in 0.46.3-r0
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
wheel0.46.1-2, 0.46.3-1, 0.46.3-2, 0.47.0-1, 0.47.0-2
  • every version on: no fix on record
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
wheel0.46.1-2
  • every version up to 0.46.3-1: fixed in 0.46.3-1
—
PyPI(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
wheel0.40.0 ... 0.46.1 (12 versions)
  • 0.40.0 up to 0.46.2: fixed in 0.46.2
—

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(19)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 31× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 99 of 235 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 1 repeat row among the latest 100 is merged into the row it repeats. The 136 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-10-14 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
  2. 2026-10-13 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
  3. 2026-10-12 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
  4. 2026-10-12 16:20 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-11 20:02 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-11 17:15 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-11 14:47 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-11 13:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
  9. 2026-10-10 20:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
  10. 2026-10-09 20:07 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
  11. 2026-10-08 17:11 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
  12. 2026-10-07 23:47 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
  13. 2026-10-06 15:17 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 27th percentile
  14. 2026-10-06 04:45 UTCOSV refresh
  15. 2026-10-05 17:42 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 26th percentile
  16. 2026-10-04 23:21 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 26th percentile
  17. 2026-10-03 14:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 26th percentile
  18. 2026-10-01 19:49 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 26th percentile
  19. 2026-09-30 15:03 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 26th percentile
  20. 2026-09-29 15:21 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 26th percentile
  21. 2026-09-28 13:51 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 26th percentile
  22. 2026-09-27 13:47 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 26th percentile
  23. 2026-09-26 15:58 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 26th percentile
  24. 2026-09-26 00:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 26th percentile
  25. 2026-09-24 14:03 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 26th percentile
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  1. 2026-09-20 20:15 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 29th percentile
  2. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 25th percentile
  3. 2026-09-16 14:07 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 25th percentile
  4. 2026-09-16 12:22 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-16 12:22 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 25th percentile
  7. 2026-09-13 16:47 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 25th percentile
  8. 2026-09-12 15:01 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 25th percentile
  9. 2026-09-11 14:52 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 25th percentile
  10. 2026-09-10 13:23 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-09-10 12:28 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-10 12:28 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-09-10 09:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 24th percentile
  14. 2026-09-09 13:42 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-09-09 12:41 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-09 12:41 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-09-08 22:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 24th percentile
  18. 2026-09-07 16:01 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 24th percentile
  19. 2026-09-07 14:06 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-07 14:06 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 24th percentile
  22. 2026-09-04 05:06 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 24th percentile
  23. 2026-09-02 14:11 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 24th percentile
  24. 2026-09-02 13:43 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-09-02 12:39 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-09-02 12:39 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-09-01 13:53 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 24th percentile
  28. 2026-09-01 13:53 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-09-01 12:25 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-09-01 12:25 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-09-01 04:39 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 24th percentile
  32. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 24th percentile
  33. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  34. 2026-08-28 21:41 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  35. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  36. 2026-08-26 16:12 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-08-26 16:12 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  39. 2026-08-26 12:23 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-08-26 12:23 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-08-25 13:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  42. 2026-08-25 12:22 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-08-25 12:22 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-08-24 13:32 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-08-24 12:28 UTCEG score recompute
  46. 2026-08-24 12:28 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 24th percentile
  48. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 24th percentile
  49. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  50. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  51. 2026-08-19 12:28 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-08-19 12:12 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-08-19 12:12 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  55. 2026-08-18 12:23 UTCEG score recompute
  56. 2026-08-18 12:23 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  58. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  59. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  60. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  61. 2026-08-14 13:10 UTCEG score recompute
  62. 2026-08-14 13:10 UTCVendor advisory
  63. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  64. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  65. 2026-08-12 12:39 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-08-12 12:14 UTCEG score recompute
  67. 2026-08-12 12:14 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  69. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile
  70. 2026-08-10 13:22 UTCVendor advisory
  71. 2026-08-10 12:28 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-08-09 18:55 UTCEG score recompute
  73. 2026-08-09 18:55 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 23rd percentile

Public detection checks

(1 reference)

A public detection check is referenced for this CVE (1 GitHub checker repository). A GitHub repository named or described as a checker or scanner checks whether a system is affected; it is not necessarily exploit code.

  • GitHub checkerkriskimmerle/wheelaudit
    Published Feb 5, 2026

    Python Wheel File Security Scanner — scan .whl files for security issues before installation. Detects path traversal (CVE-2026-24049), RECORD tampering, command shadowing, secrets, zip bombs. Zero deps.

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-24049?
CVE-2026-24049 is a medium-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on January 22, 2026. 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…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-24049 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-24049 was published on January 22, 2026. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of September 16, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-24049 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-24049 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (27th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-24049?
CVE-2026-24049 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-24049?
A fix for CVE-2026-24049 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-24049 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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