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.

INFO

Published Date :

2026-01-13T20:46:57.324Z

Last Modified :

2026-01-13T21:24:07.742Z

Source :

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AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-22871 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Datadoghq
  • Guarddog
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https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/commit/9aa6a725b2c71d537d3c18d1c15621395ebb879c cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/security/advisories/GHSA-xg9w-vg3g-6m68 cve-icon cve-icon
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