VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-40898

CVSS score7.5 HIGH

EPSS probability2.84%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2022-12-23

Last modified2026-06-17

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

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.

Weakness classification

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-20

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org — Product, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Product, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Vendor Advisory