CVE-2022-40898

high

Description

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.

References

Advisories
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https://pypi.org/project/wheel/

https://github.com/pypa/wheel/blob/main/src/wheel/wheelfile.py#L18

https://pyup.io/posts/pyup-discovers-redos-vulnerabilities-in-top-python-packages/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-12-23

Updated: 2025-04-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H