CVE-2022-40023

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.022 · 82 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.17% (82nd) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

28 products

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Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Sqlalchemy mako before 1.2.2 is vulnerable to Regular expression Denial of Service when using the Lexer class to parse. This also affects babelplugin and linguaplugin.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedpython-mako-0:1.0.6-14.el8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2893
Fixedpython3-mako-0:1.0.6-14.el8.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2893

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.5

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-1333USprimaryCWE-1333USCWE-1333USCWE-185US

affected products (28)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Fedora Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:-
Gentoo Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:gentoo:linux:-
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
RESF Rocky Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:resf:rocky_linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform <4.14.0all versionscert_bundDE
Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:openshift:data_foundation_4
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
SUSE openSUSEall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:opensuse:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
Red Hat OpenShift≤ Container Platform <4.14.0cert_bundDE
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Python Software Foundation mako≤ 1.2.2fstec_bduRU
АО «ИВК» АЛЬТ СП 10all versionsfstec_bduRU
АО «НППКТ» ОСОН ОСнова Оnyx≤ 2.6fstec_bduRU
ООО «Ред Софт» РЕД ОС≤ 7.3fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Common Edition≤ 1.6 «Смоленск»fstec_bduRU

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advisories (8)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2023:2893Red Hat Security Advisory: python-mako security update2023-05-16csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for python-mako is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
WID-SEC-W-2023-1185Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-05-09csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand auszulösen, seine Privilegien zu erweitern und Daten zu manipulieren.
WID-SEC-W-2023-1350Splunk Splunk Enterprise: Mehrere Schwachstellen in Komponenten von DrittanbieternDeutsch2023-06-01csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Splunk Splunk Enterprise in diversen Komponenten von Drittanbietern ausnutzen, um einen nicht näher spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen.
WID-SEC-W-2023-1542Red Hat OpenShift: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-06-22csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat OpenShift ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen, Informationen offenzulegen, Dateien zu manipulieren oder Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.
WID-SEC-W-2023-2229Splunk Splunk Enterprise: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-08-30csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentifizierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Splunk Splunk Enterprise ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, einen 'Denial of Service'-Zustand zu verursachen, seine Privilegien zu erweitern und weitere, nicht spezifizierte Auswirkungen zu verursachen.
WID-SEC-W-2024-3377Dell PowerProtect Data Domain: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-11-07csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Dell PowerProtect Data Domain ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, Informationen offenzulegen und um nicht näher beschriebene Auswirkungen zu erzielen.
GHSA-v973-fxgf-6xhpmako is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service2022-09-16ghsa · osvUS
Sqlalchemy mako before 1.2.2 is vulnerable to Regular expression Denial of Service when using the Lexer class to parse. This also affects babelplugin and linguaplugin.
PYSEC-2022-2602022-09-07vendor · osvUS
Sqlalchemy mako before 1.2.2 is vulnerable to Regular expression Denial of Service when using the Lexer class to parse. This also affects babelplugin and linguaplugin.

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cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu osv cert_bund redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-09-07modified 2026-06-17

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references (30)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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