CVE-2022-40898 — Improper Input Validation in Project Wheel

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCWE-1333 — Regex Denial of Service10 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 62.95%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
9
Wheel Project WheelDebian WheelMsrc Azl3 Mozjs 102.15.1-1 ON Azure Linux 3.0+6 more
Timeline
PublishedDec 23
Latest updateFeb 28

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 vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages11 packages

▶debiandebian/wheel< wheel 0.38.0-1 (bookworm)
▶NVDwheel_project/wheel< 0.38.1
▶PyPIwheel_project/wheel< 0.38.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
pypa/wheel vulnerable to Regular Expression denial of service (ReDoS)↗2022-12-23
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OSV
CVE-2022-40898: An issue discovered in Python Packaging Authority (PyPA) Wheel 0↗2022-12-23
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GHSA
pypa/wheel vulnerable to Regular Expression denial of service (ReDoS)↗2022-12-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

6
Ubuntu
pip regression↗2023-02-28
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Ubuntu
wheel vulnerability↗2023-01-24
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Ubuntu
wheel vulnerability↗2023-01-24
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Red Hat
python-wheel: remote attackers can cause denial of service via attacker controlled input to wheel cli↗2022-12-21
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Microsoft
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.↗2022-12-13
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