CVE-2022-40898

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.028 · 87 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.84% (87th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

29 products

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Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

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.

remediations

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

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedpython-wheel-1:0.36.2-8.el9.src as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)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-2023:6712
Fixedpython3-wheel-1:0.36.2-8.el9.noarch as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)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-2023:6712
Fixedpython3-wheel-wheel-1:0.36.2-8.el9.noarch as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)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-2023:6712

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 · ENISA EU

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

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

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-1333USCWE-20USCWE-400USCWE-400US

affected products (29)

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:-
Gentoo Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:gentoo:linux:-
IBM Security Verify Access <10.0.9.1all versionscert_bundDE
Meinberg LANTIME <7.08.007all versionscert_bundDE
NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Manager VMware vSphereall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:vmware_vsphere
Open Source CentOSall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:centos:centos:-
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 7all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation <4.12.10all versionscert_bundDE
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
IBM Security Verify Access< 10.0.9.1cert_bundDE
Meinberg LANTIME< 7.08.007cert_bundDE
Red Hat OpenShift≤ Data Foundation <4.12.10cert_bundDE
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU

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advisories (5)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2023:6712Red Hat Security Advisory: python-wheel security update2023-11-07csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for python-wheel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. 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-2023-1424Xerox FreeFlow Print Server für Solaris: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-06-12csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Xerox FreeFlow Print Server ausnutzen, um die Vertraulichkeit, Verfügbarkeit und Integrität des Systems zu gefährden.
WID-SEC-W-2023-2853Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-11-07csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ausnutzen, um einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, seine Privilegien zu erweitern, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen oder beliebigen Code auszuführen.
GHSA-qwmp-2cf2-g9g6pypa/wheel vulnerable to Regular Expression denial of service (ReDoS)2022-12-23ghsa · osvUS
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.
PYSEC-2022-430172022-12-23vendor · osvUS
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.

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu osv cert_bund redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-12-23modified 2026-06-17

references (14)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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