CVE-2026-22871: GuardDog Path Traversal Vulnerability Leads to Arbitrary File Overwrite and RCE
Critical · CVSS 9.8 (CVSS 3.1)EPSS 1.1%, 64th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: GitHub_M
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.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · CWE-22
Tracked companies
Mapped from the CVE’s affected-product data, NVD CPE matches, vendor advisories or package feeds. A mapping means the vendor’s software is named, not that its hosted service was exposed.
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
DataDog: guarddog
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- github.com/DataDog/guarddog/commit/9aa6a725b2c71d537d3c18d1c15621395ebb879c (opens in new tab)
- github.com/DataDog/guarddog/security/advisories/GHSA-xg9w-vg3g-6m68 (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)