CVE-2026-22871

HIGH EPSS 56.6%
Published Jan 13, 20265mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
8.7 CVSS 4.0
High
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Published Jan 13, 2026 5mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

GuardDog is a CLI tool to identify malicious PyPI packages. Prior to 2.7.1, there is a path traversal vulnerability exists in GuardDog's safe_extract() function that allows malicious PyPI packages to write arbitrary files outside the intended extraction directory, leading to Arbitrary File Overwrite and Remote Code Execution on systems running GuardDog. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.7.1.

CVSS Details

Base Score
8.7
Exploitability
—
Impact
—
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction P
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
56.6% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-22 Path Traversal Resource Mgmt

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
datadoghqguarddog* <2.7.1

References 2

  • github.com https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/commit/9aa6a725b2c71d537d3c18d1c15621395ebb879c
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/security/advisories/GHSA-xg9w-vg3g-6m68
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/commit/9aa6a725b2c71d537d3c18d1c15621395ebb879c
    Patch