7.5

CVE-2022-40898: wheel_project wheel Improper Input Validation

Modified
AliasesMGASA-2023-0218SUSE-SU-2023:0088-1SUSE-SU-2023:0088-2
Published 22-12-2022Last modified 15-04-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-40898 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in wheel_project wheel. EPSS estimates a 2.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Prioritisepublic exploit

Public exploit (reference, Date unknown)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
2.84%
0%100%
Low · +0.10 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
RHSA-2023:6793RHSA-2024:10761

Timeline

  1. 22-12-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 6 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.84%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.10 pp

From 2.73% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (pyup.io)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse20 products
  • python-wheel&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 6< 0.32.3-150100.6.5.1
  • python-wheel&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 7< 0.32.3-150100.6.5.1
  • python-wheel&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1< 0.32.3-150100.6.5.1
  • python-wheel&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS< 0.32.3-150100.6.5.1
  • python-wheel&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS< 0.32.3-150100.6.5.1
Redhat3 products
  • python-wheel< 1:0.36.2-8.el9
  • python3-wheel< 1:0.36.2-8.el9
  • python3-wheel-wheel< 1:0.36.2-8.el9
Opensuse2 products
  • python-ciscoconfparse&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 1.7.7-1.1
  • python-wheel&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.4< 0.32.3-150100.6.5.1
Ubuntu2 products
  • python-pip< 1.5.4-1ubuntu4+esm3 | < 8.1.1-2ubuntu0.6+esm4 | < 9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.7 | < 20.0.2-5ubuntu1.8 | < 22.0.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2
  • wheel< 0.24.0-1~ubuntu1.1+esm1 | < 0.30.0-0.2ubuntu0.1 | < 0.34.2-1ubuntu0.1 | < 0.37.1-2ubuntu0.22.04.1 | < 0.29.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Debian1 product
  • wheel< 0.38.0-1
Mageia1 product
  • python-wheel< 0.35.1-2.1.mga8
PyPI1 product
  • wheel< 0.38.1
Wheel_project1 product

8 vendors · 31 products

References

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