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CVE-2022-40898

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Date: December 21, 2022

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.

Language: Python

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Related Resources (11)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-40898
https://pyup.io/posts/pyup-discovers-redos-vulnerabilities-in-top-python-packages/
https://pyup.io/vulnerabilities/CVE-2022-40898/51499
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40898
https://pypi.org/project/wheel/
https://github.com/pypa/wheel/blob/main/src/wheel/wheelfile.py#L18
https://pyup.io/posts/pyup-discovers-redos-vulnerabilities-in-top-python-packages
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/wheel/PYSEC-2022-43017.yaml
https://pypi.org/project/wheel
https://github.com/pypa/wheel
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-40898

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Insufficient Information

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

CWE-1333

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

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