{"cve":"CVE-2022-40898","nvd":{"published":"2022-12-23T00:15:14.043","modified":"2026-06-17T05:02:13.177","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["https://github.com/pypa/wheel/blob/main/src/wheel/wheelfile.py#L18","https://pypi.org/project/wheel/","https://pyup.io/posts/pyup-discovers-redos-vulnerabilities-in-top-python-packages/","https://github.com/pypa/wheel/blob/main/src/wheel/wheelfile.py#L18","https://pypi.org/project/wheel/"],"products":["wheel_project:wheel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:37:31.370122805+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-40898","score":0.02837,"percentile":0.8665,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-qwmp-2cf2-g9g6","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-qwmp-2cf2-g9g6","summary":"pypa/wheel vulnerable to Regular Expression denial of service (ReDoS)","modified":"2024-11-19T19:22:35.244591Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"wheel","purl":"pkg:pypi/wheel","ranges":["<0.38.1"],"fixed":["0.38.1"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2022-43017","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2022-43017","summary":"","modified":"2026-06-10T17:02:50.204495025Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"wheel","purl":"pkg:pypi/wheel","ranges":["<0.38.1"],"fixed":["0.38.1"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}