CVE-2022-40898
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
Moderate: python-wheel security update
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0.38.0-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 0.38.0-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 0.38.0-1 |
| bullseye | Affected | — |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0.38.0-1 |
Red Hat Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | — |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | wheel | <0.38.1 | 0.38.1 |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6712
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10761
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40898
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/wheel/PYSEC-2022-43017.yaml
- https://github.com/pypa/wheel
- 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://pyup.io/vulnerabilities/CVE-2022-40898/51499
- https://pypi.org/project/wheel/
- https://pyup.io/posts/pyup-discovers-redos-vulnerabilities-in-top-python-packages/
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-40898.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-40898
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2165864
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-6712.html
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