CVE-2022-40898

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

2.66% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 84.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2022-12-22 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-04-15 15:53Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-09-19

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
• CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

4c5b38209579402a34a77eb7355b088888bfa1a8ea0a6514960a97409317d270

• pypi.orghttps://pypi.org/project/wheel/
• github.comhttps://github.com/pypa/wheel/blob/main/src/wheel/wheelfile.py#L18
• pyup.iohttps://pyup.io/posts/pyup-discovers-redos-vulnerabilities-in-top-python-packages/