ghsa-qwmp-2cf2-g9g6
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-12-23 00:30
Modified
2024-11-19 19:04
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
pypa/wheel vulnerable to Regular Expression denial of service (ReDoS)
Details

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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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "wheel"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.38.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-40898"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-1333"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2022-12-26T19:42:25Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-12-23T00:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-qwmp-2cf2-g9g6",
  "modified": "2024-11-19T19:04:07Z",
  "published": "2022-12-23T00:30:23Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40898"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/wheel/PYSEC-2022-43017.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/wheel"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/wheel/blob/main/src/wheel/wheelfile.py#L18"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/wheel"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://pyup.io/posts/pyup-discovers-redos-vulnerabilities-in-top-python-packages"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://pyup.io/vulnerabilities/CVE-2022-40898/51499"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "pypa/wheel vulnerable to Regular Expression denial of service (ReDoS)"
}


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