CVE-2022-40898 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Python Packaging Authority (PyPA) Wheel versions 0.37.1 and earlier, where remote attackers can trigger a DoS via malicious input to the wheel command-line interface. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction or privileges, and leading to a complete loss of availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.38.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wheel_project:wheel:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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