Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb
Published
2024-03-06 11:04
Modified
2025-11-06 13:25
Summary
Details

Python Packaging Authority (PyPA) setuptools before 65.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via HTML in a crafted package or custom PackageIndex page. There is a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in package_index.py.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "setuptools",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/setuptools"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "65.5.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "severity": [
        {
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-40897"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:python:setuptools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Medium"
  },
  "details": "Python Packaging Authority (PyPA) setuptools before 65.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via HTML in a crafted package or custom PackageIndex page. There is a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in package_index.py.",
  "id": "BIT-setuptools-2022-40897",
  "modified": "2025-11-06T13:25:46.476Z",
  "published": "2024-03-06T11:04:50.199Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/blob/fe8a98e696241487ba6ac9f91faa38ade939ec5d/setuptools/package_index.py#L200"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/commit/43a9c9bfa6aa626ec2a22540bea28d2ca77964be"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/compare/v65.5.0...v65.5.1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ADES3NLOE5QJKBLGNZNI2RGVOSQXA37R/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YNA2BAH2ACBZ4TVJZKFLCR7L23BG5C3H/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://pyup.io/posts/pyup-discovers-redos-vulnerabilities-in-top-python-packages/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://pyup.io/vulnerabilities/CVE-2022-40897/52495/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230214-0001/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40897"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00018.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.5.0"
}


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