CVE-2022-40897 (GCVE-0-2022-40897)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-22 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-04 16:09
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Python Packaging Authority (PyPA) setuptools before 65.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via HTML in a crafted package or custom PackageIndex page. There is a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in package_index.py.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-16 17:14 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-1333 - Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
Assigner
References
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"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YNA2BAH2ACBZ4TVJZKFLCR7L23BG5C3H/"
},
{
"name": "FEDORA-2023-60e2b22be0",
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"vendor-advisory"
],
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},
{
"url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006/"
}
]
}
},
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"cveId": "CVE-2022-40897",
"datePublished": "2022-12-22T00:00:00.000Z",
"dateReserved": "2022-09-19T00:00:00.000Z",
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},
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}
}
}
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Nomenclature
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vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
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