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.
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This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.2%, top 63% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
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.
December 23, 2022
April 15, 2025
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | python3-wheel-whl (0.37.1-2ubuntu0.22.04.1) @ jammy | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | python3-wheel (0.29.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1) @ xenial | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | python3-pip (1.5.4-1ubuntu4+esm3) @ trusty | 2026-05-25 | ubuntu |
| redhat | rhc-worker-playbook-0:0.1.10-1.el9_5 | 2024-12-03 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-python38-python-wheel-0:0.33.6-9.el7 | 2023-11-08 | redhat |
| redhat | python-wheel-1:0.36.2-8.el9 | 2023-11-07 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| wheel | 0.1 ... 0.9.7 (64 versions) | 0.38.1 | — |
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
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.
RHSA-2023:6712 — Moderate
RHSA-2023:6793 — Moderate
wheel vulnerability
wheel vulnerability
pip regression
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