CVE-2026-44971
HIGH EPSS 9.7%
Published May 27, 20261mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
8.2 CVSS 3.1
Published May 27, 2026 1mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago
Description
GuardDog is a CLI tool to identify malicious PyPI packages. From 1.0.0 to 2.9.0, the programmatic remote project scanning path rewrites attacker-controlled repository URLs using a blind string replacement and then sends the caller's GitHub credentials with the resulting request. This allows an attacker who can influence the scanned repository URL to trigger SSRF and capture the GH_TOKEN used by GuardDog. This vulnerability is fixed in .
CVSS Details
Base Score
Exploitability
Impact
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Low
Availability None
Threat Intelligence
EPSS Exploit Probability
9.7% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available
Weaknesses 1
CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Validation
References 1
- github.com https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/security/advisories/GHSA-587r-mc96-6f2p
Remediation
No remediation data recorded yet
Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.