CVE-2026-44971: GuardDog: Blind GitHub URL rewrite in remote project scanning causes SSRF and `GH_TOKEN` exfiltration
High · CVSS 8.2 (CVSS 3.1)EPSS 0.20%, 9th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: GitHub_M
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 .
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N · CWE-918
Tracked companies
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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/security/advisories/GHSA-587r-mc96-6f2p (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)