ubuntu-cve-2022-40898
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2022-12-23 00:15
Modified
2025-07-16 05:01
Summary
Details
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
7.5 (High)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
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"aliases": [],
"details": "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.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40898",
"modified": "2025-07-16T05:01:38Z",
"published": "2022-12-23T00:15:00Z",
"references": [
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"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-40898"
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"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://pypi.org/project/wheel/"
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"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/wheel/blob/main/src/wheel/wheelfile.py#L18"
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{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://pyup.io/posts/pyup-discovers-redos-vulnerabilities-in-top-python-packages/"
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"USN-5821-2",
"USN-5821-3"
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"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"upstream": [
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}
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