CVSS 3.1
7.5 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCVE-2022-40898
High (7.5) in wheel project wheel. EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in wheel 0.38.1.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 86% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-20
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- wheel_project:wheel
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-qwmp-2cf2-g9g6 | PyPI | wheel | <0.38.1 | 0.38.1 |
| PYSEC-2022-43017 | PyPI | wheel | <0.38.1 | 0.38.1 |