Upstream information
Description
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.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Pending
This issue is currently rated as having important severity.
| CVSS detail | CNA (GitHub) | SUSE |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.1 | 7.7 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low | Low |
| Privileges Required | None | High |
| User Interaction | Required | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged | Changed |
| Confidentiality Impact | None | High |
| Integrity Impact | High | High |
| Availability Impact | High | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| CVSS detail | SUSE |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.2 |
| Vector | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Attack Requirements | None |
| Privileges Required | High |
| User Interaction | Passive |
| Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Vulnerable System Integrity Impact | High |
| Vulnerable System Availability Impact | High |
| Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact | High |
| Subsequent System Integrity Impact | High |
| Subsequent System Availability Impact | High |
| CVSSv4 Version | 4.0 |
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products under general support and receiving all security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 | python313-wheel | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 | python313-wheel | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP7 | python-wheel | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP7 | python313-wheel | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | python313-wheel | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 | python-wheel | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | python313-wheel | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 | python-wheel | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | python-wheel | Affected |
| Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 | python-wheel | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4 | python-wheel | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP4 | python-wheel | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP5 | python-wheel | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | python-wheel | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | python-wheel | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 | python-wheel | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | python-wheel | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP1 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP2 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP3 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP4 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP1 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP6 | python-wheel | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP1 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | python-wheel | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.0 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.1 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.2 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.3 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | python-wheel | Not affected |
| Container Status | ||
| bci/python | python313-wheel | Affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Thu Jan 22 08:00:18 2026CVE page last modified: Thu Jan 22 20:42:18 2026