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CVE-2022-40897
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2022-12-23T00:15:13.987 · Last modified 2026-06-17T05:02:12.993

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.

Affected products

python — setuptools

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References

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