RLSA-2023:6712

Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:6712
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2023:6712.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2023:6712
Upstream
Published
2026-06-26T18:03:19.195576Z
Modified
2026-06-26T18:24:31.267293405Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Moderate: python-wheel security update
Details

Wheel is the reference implementation of the Python wheel packaging standard, as defined in PEP 427.

Security Fix(es):

  • python-wheel: remote attackers can cause denial of service via attacker controlled input to wheel cli (CVE-2022-40898)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 9.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.

References
Credits
    • Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
    • Red Hat

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:9 / python-wheel

Package

Name
python-wheel
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/python-wheel?distro=rocky-linux-9-x86-64&epoch=1

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:0.36.2-8.el9
Database specific
{
    "yum_repository": "CRB"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2023:6712.json"