CVE-2026-22871

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 v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:datadoghq:guarddog:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*

History

21 Jan 2026, 18:46

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Datadoghq Datadoghq guarddog
References	~~() https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/commit/9aa6a725b2c71d537d3c18d1c15621395ebb879c -~~	() https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/commit/9aa6a725b2c71d537d3c18d1c15621395ebb879c - Patch
References	~~() https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/security/advisories/GHSA-xg9w-vg3g-6m68 -~~	() https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/security/advisories/GHSA-xg9w-vg3g-6m68 - Third Party Advisory
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 9.8
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:datadoghq:guarddog::::::python::*

13 Jan 2026, 21:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-01-13 21:15

Updated : 2026-01-21 18:46

NVD link : CVE-2026-22871

Mitre link : CVE-2026-22871

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-22871

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Products Affected

datadoghq

guarddog

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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