CVE-2022-40898

Aliases:GHSA-qwmp-2cf2-g9g6PYSEC-2022-43017
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 13
Modified
Published: 22 Dec 2022, 00:00
Last modified:15 Apr 2025, 15:53

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
40/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.18% LOW
0% probability +0.02%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

22 Dec 2022, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
15 Apr 2025, 15:53
Last Modified
Vulnerability 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

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.18%• Percentile: 40%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-20•Improper Input Validation

    The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Affected Systems

  • PyPI•wheel

    < 0.38.1

  • wheel_project•wheel

    < 0.38.1

References (9)