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wheel: wheel: Privilege Escalation or Arbitrary Code Execution via malicious wheel file unpacking

🗓️ 06 Mar 2026 16:36:31Reported by RedHatType 
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Path traversal in wheel unpacking changes file permissions, enabling privilege escalation.

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03 Jun 2026 19:14Current
6.3Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.3
CVSS 3.15.5 - 7.1
EPSS0.00015
SSVC
CWE-22
wheel unpackingpath traversalpermission changescritical filesprivilege escalationcode executionmalicious wheelunix
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