CVE-2022-40898

Exp

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.

Published: 2022-12-23 Last update: 2025-04-15 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-40898 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.66%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.50% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-40898

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-40898

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.16% 2.66% +2.50%
2 2026-03-04 0.10% 0.16% +0.07%
3 2026-03-01 — 0.10% —

Full EPSS history (38 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-40898

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-40898

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-40898

GHSA-qwmp-2cf2-g9g6 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — pypa/wheel vulnerable to Regular Expression denial of service (ReDoS)

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-40898

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2022-40898 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (wheel), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-40898
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-40898
suse medium CVE-2022-40898 severity moderate: SUSE including 247 source package names (2.5.3-61.1:python3-wheel-0.32.3-150100.6.5.1, 3.6.15-2.3:python3-wheel-0.32.3-150100.6.5.1, …), 293 product×package rows across 56 product lines (Container bci/python, Container suse/389-ds, … (56 product lines)): Known Affected 231, Fixed 62. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-40898/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-40898 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (python-pip, wheel), 14 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 13, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-40898

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-40898

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
wheel_project wheel < 0.38.1 cpe:2.3:a:wheel_project:wheel:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*

References for CVE-2022-40898

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