Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS2023-2026-1414
Advisory Released Date: 2026-02-05
Advisory Updated Date: 2026-02-05
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
wheel is a command line tool for manipulating Python wheel files, as defined in PEP 427. In versions 0.46.1 and below, 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. (CVE-2026-24049)
Affected Packages:
python3.13-wheel
Issue Correction:
Run dnf update python3.13-wheel --releasever 2023.10.20260202 or dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2026-1414 --releasever 2023.10.20260202 to update your system.
More information on how to update your system can be found on this page: Amazon Linux 2023 documentation
New Packages:
noarch:
python3.13-wheel-wheel-0.43.0-104.amzn2023.noarch
python3.13-wheel-0.43.0-104.amzn2023.noarch
src:
python3.13-wheel-0.43.0-104.amzn2023.src