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SCA: security update for wheel (GHSA-qwmp-2cf2-g9g6)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 418372

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2022-40898)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qwmp-2cf2-g9g6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 418372

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-40898

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/23/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/22/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-40898