Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in PyPA Setuptools

Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in PyPA Setuptools

CVE-2022-40897 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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.

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