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CVE-2022-40898

pypa/wheel vulnerable to Regular Expression denial of service (ReDoS)

Python Packaging Authority (PyPA) Wheel is a reference implementation of the Python wheel packaging standard. Wheel 0.37.1 and earlier are vulnerable to a Regular Expression denial of service via attacker controlled input to the wheel cli. The vulnerable regex is used to verify the validity of Wheel file names. This has been patched in version 0.38.1.

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Vulnerability Details
Score
7.5
Score Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Versions
wheel < 0.38.1
Severity
High
Ecosystem
Python
Publish Date
December 22, 2022
Modified Date
November 19, 2024