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rlsa-2023:6712

Vulnerability from osv_rocky

Published

2026-06-26 18:03

Modified

2026-07-10 18:07

Summary

Moderate: python-wheel security update

Details

Wheel is the reference implementation of the Python wheel packaging standard, as defined in PEP 427.

Security Fix(es):

python-wheel: remote attackers can cause denial of service via attacker controlled input to wheel cli (CVE-2022-40898)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 9.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Credits

Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation

Red Hat

References

URL

Type

	https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:6712	ADVISORY
	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2165864	REPORT

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      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Rocky Linux:9",
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        "purl": "pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/python-wheel?distro=rocky-linux-9-x86-64\u0026epoch=1"
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  "id": "RLSA-2023:6712",
  "modified": "2026-07-10T18:07:00.884209Z",
  "published": "2026-06-26T18:03:19.195576Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:6712"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2165864"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Moderate: python-wheel security update",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2022-40898"
  ]
}

CVE-2022-40898 (GCVE-0-2022-40898)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-22 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-15 15:53

Summary

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.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

n/a
CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

Assigner

mitre

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://pypi.org/project/wheel/
https://github.com/pypa/wheel/blob/main/src/wheel…
https://pyup.io/posts/pyup-discovers-redos-vulner…

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rlsa-2023:6712

Vulnerability from osv_rocky

CVE-2022-40898 (GCVE-0-2022-40898)

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