# CVE-2026-44971: GuardDog: Blind GitHub URL rewrite in remote project scanning causes SSRF and `GH_TOKEN` exfiltration

> CVE-2026-44971: GuardDog: Blind GitHub URL rewrite in remote project scanning causes SSRF and `GH_TOKEN` exfiltration. CVSS 8.2 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-44971
Last updated: 2026-06-17T10:51:32Z

- Published: 2026-05-27 14:43 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-17 10:51 UTC · Assigner: GitHub\_M
- CVSS: 8.2 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- EPSS: 0.20%, 9th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-918

## 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 .

## Affected vendors and products

- DataDog: guarddog

## Tracked companies

- [Datadog](https://rewindex.com/company/datadog.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44971)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44971)
- [https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/security/advisories/GHSA-587r-mc96-6f2p](https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/security/advisories/GHSA-587r-mc96-6f2p)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-44971 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-44971.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2026-44971 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:13:19.207Z