CVE-2022-40898 – wheel

Package

Manager: pip
Name: wheel
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <0.38.1

Severity

Level: High

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

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00196 pctl0.41761

Details

pypa/wheel vulnerable to Regular Expression denial of service (ReDoS) Python Packaging Authority (PyPA) Wheel is a reference implementation of the Python wheel packaging standard. Wheel 0.37.1 and earlier are vulnerable to a Regular Expression denial of service via attacker controlled input to the wheel cli. The vulnerable regex is used to verify the validity of Wheel file names. This has been patched in version 0.38.1.

Metadata

Created: 2022-12-23T00:30:23Z
Modified: 2024-11-19T19:04:07Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/12/GHSA-qwmp-2cf2-g9g6/GHSA-qwmp-2cf2-g9g6.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-1333"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-qwmp-2cf2-g9g6
Finding: F211
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