CVE-2022-40898

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://github.com/pypa/wheel/blob/main/src/wheel/wheelfile.py#L18Third Party Advisory
https://pypi.org/project/wheel/Product, Third Party Advisory
https://pyup.io/posts/pyup-discovers-redos-vulnerabilities-in-top-python-packages/Exploit, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/pypa/wheel/blob/main/src/wheel/wheelfile.py#L18Third Party Advisory
https://pypi.org/project/wheel/Product, Third Party Advisory
https://pyup.io/posts/pyup-discovers-redos-vulnerabilities-in-top-python-packages/Exploit, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 23, 2022
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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