Is CVE-2022-40898 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-40898 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-40898?

CVE-2022-40898 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-40898?

CVE-2022-40898 has an EPSS score of 2.66% (84th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-40898?

Upgrade wheel on debian 12 to 0.38.0-1 or later. Fixes are available for 56 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-40898

HIGHEPSS 84th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-20Improper Input Validation

How to fix

Remediation Available

wheelDebian

Fixed in:0.38.0-1CVE-2022-40898

python-wheelRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:0.36.2-8.el9RHSA-2023:6712

python-wheelRocky

Fixed in:1:0.36.2-8.el9RHSA-2023:6712

python3-wheelRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:0.36.2-8.el9RHSA-2023:6712

python3-wheelRocky

Fixed in:1:0.36.2-8.el9RHSA-2023:6712

python3-wheel-wheelRocky

Fixed in:1:0.36.2-8.el9RHSA-2023:6712

python3-wheel-wheelRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:0.36.2-8.el9RHSA-2023:6712

rh-python38-pythonRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.8.18-2.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-pythonRocky

Fixed in:0:3.8.18-2.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-cryptographyRocky

Fixed in:0:2.8-6.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-cryptographyRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.8-6.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-cryptography-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:2.8-6.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-cryptography-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.8-6.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-debugRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.8.18-2.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-debugRocky

Fixed in:0:3.8.18-2.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.8.18-2.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:3.8.18-2.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-develRocky

Fixed in:0:3.8.18-2.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-develRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.8.18-2.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-idleRocky

Fixed in:0:3.8.18-2.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-idleRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.8.18-2.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-libsRocky

Fixed in:0:3.8.18-2.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-libsRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.8.18-2.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-pipRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:19.3.1-4.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-pipRocky

Fixed in:0:19.3.1-4.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-pip-wheelRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:19.3.1-4.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-pip-wheelRocky

Fixed in:0:19.3.1-4.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-requestsRocky

Fixed in:0:2.22.0-11.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-requestsRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.22.0-11.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-rpm-macrosRocky

Fixed in:0:3.8.18-2.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-rpm-macrosRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.8.18-2.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-setuptoolsRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:41.6.0-8.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-setuptoolsRocky

Fixed in:0:41.6.0-8.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-setuptools-wheelRocky

Fixed in:0:41.6.0-8.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-setuptools-wheelRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:41.6.0-8.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-srpm-macrosRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.8.18-2.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-srpm-macrosRocky

Fixed in:0:3.8.18-2.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-testRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.8.18-2.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-testRocky

Fixed in:0:3.8.18-2.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-tkinterRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.8.18-2.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-tkinterRocky

Fixed in:0:3.8.18-2.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-wheelRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:0.33.6-9.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-wheelRocky

Fixed in:0:0.33.6-9.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-wheel-wheelRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:0.33.6-9.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rh-python38-python-wheel-wheelRocky

Fixed in:0:0.33.6-9.el7RHSA-2023:6793

rhc-worker-playbookRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:0.1.10-1.el9_5RHSA-2024:10761

rhc-worker-playbookRocky

Fixed in:0:0.1.10-1.el9_5RHSA-2024:10761

rhc-worker-playbook-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:0.1.10-1.el9_5RHSA-2024:10761

rhc-worker-playbook-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:0.1.10-1.el9_5RHSA-2024:10761

python-pipUbuntu

Fixed in:1.5.4-1ubuntu4+esm3USN-5821-3

Fixed in:8.1.1-2ubuntu0.6+esm4USN-5821-3

Fixed in:9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.7USN-5821-3

Fixed in:20.0.2-5ubuntu1.8USN-5821-3

Fixed in:22.0.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2USN-5821-3

Fixed in:22.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2USN-5821-3

python-pip-whlUbuntu

Fixed in:1.5.4-1ubuntu4+esm3USN-5821-3

Fixed in:8.1.1-2ubuntu0.6+esm4USN-5821-3

Fixed in:9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.7USN-5821-3

Fixed in:20.0.2-5ubuntu1.8USN-5821-3

python-wheelUbuntu

Fixed in:0.24.0-1~ubuntu1.1+esm1USN-5821-1

Fixed in:0.29.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5821-2

Fixed in:0.30.0-0.2ubuntu0.1USN-5821-1

python3-pipUbuntu

Fixed in:1.5.4-1ubuntu4+esm3USN-5821-3

Fixed in:8.1.1-2ubuntu0.6+esm4USN-5821-3

Fixed in:9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.7USN-5821-3

Fixed in:20.0.2-5ubuntu1.8USN-5821-3

Fixed in:22.0.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2USN-5821-3

Fixed in:22.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2USN-5821-3

python3-pip-whlUbuntu

Fixed in:22.0.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2USN-5821-3

Fixed in:22.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2USN-5821-3

python3-wheelUbuntu

Fixed in:0.24.0-1~ubuntu1.1+esm1USN-5821-1

Fixed in:0.29.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5821-2

Fixed in:0.30.0-0.2ubuntu0.1USN-5821-1

Fixed in:0.34.2-1ubuntu0.1USN-5821-1

Fixed in:0.37.1-2ubuntu0.22.04.1USN-5821-1

Fixed in:0.37.1-2ubuntu0.22.10.1USN-5821-1

wheelUbuntu

Fixed in:0.24.0-1~ubuntu1.1+esm1USN-5821-1

Fixed in:0.29.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-5821-2

Fixed in:0.30.0-0.2ubuntu0.1USN-5821-1

Fixed in:0.34.2-1ubuntu0.1USN-5821-1

Fixed in:0.37.1-2ubuntu0.22.04.1USN-5821-1

Fixed in:0.37.1-2ubuntu0.22.10.1USN-5821-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.66%probability of exploitation in 30 days

84thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 84% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

pyup.io

Third-Party Advisory2

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CVE-2021-45105	Medium	5.9	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-44228	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
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