PyPA Wheel up to 0.37.1 CLI resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in PyPA Wheel up to 0.37.1. Affected is an unknown function of the component CLI. Performing a manipulation results in resource consumption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2022-40898. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in PyPA Wheel up to 0.37.1. This affects an unknown functionality of the component CLI. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 12/23/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at pyup.io. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-40898 since 09/19/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 212043 (RHEL 9 : rhc-worker-playbook (RHSA-2024:10761)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (212043), EUVD (EUVD-2022-0364) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2023-2853). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Open Source CentOS
  • Debian Linux
  • Amazon Linux 2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Ubuntu Linux
  • SUSE Linux
  • Oracle Linux
  • Gentoo Linux
  • Red Hat OpenShift
  • Meinberg LANTIME

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 212043
Nessus Name: RHEL 9 : rhc-worker-playbook (RHSA-2024:10761)

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/19/2022 🔍
12/23/2022 +95 days 🔍
12/23/2022 +0 days 🔍
03/09/2026 +1172 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: pyup.io
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-40898 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-40898
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-216567
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CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2023-2853 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 12/23/2022 07:50
Updated: 03/09/2026 10:54
Changes: 12/23/2022 07:50 (38), 01/22/2023 15:13 (11), 12/04/2024 06:02 (17), 12/30/2025 23:56 (7), 03/09/2026 10:54 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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