{"id":"CVE-2022-40898","aliases":["GHSA-qwmp-2cf2-g9g6","PYSEC-2022-43017"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2022-40898","summary":"pypa/wheel vulnerable to Regular Expression denial of service (ReDoS)","details":"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":"2022-12-22T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-07-15T01:49:07.793341423Z","cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":1,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"wheel","fixedVersion":"0.38.1"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/pypa/wheel/blob/main/src/wheel/wheelfile.py#L18"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://pyup.io/posts/pyup-discovers-redos-vulnerabilities-in-top-python-packages/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/40xxx/CVE-2022-40898.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40898"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://pypi.org/project/wheel/"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-07-15T01:49:07.793341423Z"}}