Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
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{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/67652?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-rkn6-perp-wkf6", "summary": "GuardDog is a CLI tool to identify malicious PyPI packages. From 2.6.0 to 2.9.0, GuardDog includes attacker-controlled filenames, file locations, messages, and code snippets in its default human-readable output without escaping terminal control characters. A malicious package can therefore inject ANSI or OSC escape sequences into analyst terminals or CI logs.", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2026-44972" }, { "alias": "GHSA-m5p4-gvpx-4mvr" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/1067832?format=api", "purl": "pkg:pypi/guarddog@2.10.0", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:pypi/guarddog@2.10.0" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/912485?format=api", "purl": "pkg:pypi/guarddog@2.6.0", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-6d6h-j39n-23gt" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-pbvs-jzwd-nfd6" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-rkn6-perp-wkf6" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-rzy2-bwm9-n3hw" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:pypi/guarddog@2.6.0" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/912486?format=api", "purl": "pkg:pypi/guarddog@2.7.0", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-6d6h-j39n-23gt" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-pbvs-jzwd-nfd6" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-rkn6-perp-wkf6" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-rzy2-bwm9-n3hw" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:pypi/guarddog@2.7.0" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/37737?format=api", "purl": "pkg:pypi/guarddog@2.7.1", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-pbvs-jzwd-nfd6" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-rkn6-perp-wkf6" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:pypi/guarddog@2.7.1" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/1067830?format=api", "purl": "pkg:pypi/guarddog@2.8.4", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-pbvs-jzwd-nfd6" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-rkn6-perp-wkf6" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:pypi/guarddog@2.8.4" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/1067831?format=api", "purl": "pkg:pypi/guarddog@2.9.0", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-pbvs-jzwd-nfd6" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-rkn6-perp-wkf6" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:pypi/guarddog@2.9.0" } ], "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-44972", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.00013", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.02101", "published_at": "2026-06-12T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00013", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.02098", "published_at": "2026-06-11T12:55:00Z" } ], "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-44972" }, { "reference_url": "https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "5.0", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N" }, { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44972", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "5.0", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N" }, { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44972" }, { "reference_url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m5p4-gvpx-4mvr", "reference_id": "GHSA-m5p4-gvpx-4mvr", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1_qr", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m5p4-gvpx-4mvr" }, { "reference_url": "https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/security/advisories/GHSA-m5p4-gvpx-4mvr", "reference_id": "GHSA-m5p4-gvpx-4mvr", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "5", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N" }, { "value": "5.0", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N" }, { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1_qr", "scoring_elements": "" }, { "value": "MODERATE", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" }, { "value": "Track", "scoring_system": "ssvc", "scoring_elements": "SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-05-27T15:34:24Z/" } ], "url": "https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/security/advisories/GHSA-m5p4-gvpx-4mvr" } ], "weaknesses": [ { "cwe_id": 116, "name": "Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output", "description": "The product prepares a structured message for communication with another component, but encoding or escaping of the data is either missing or done incorrectly. As a result, the intended structure of the message is not preserved." }, { "cwe_id": 937, "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities", "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2013." }, { "cwe_id": 1035, "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities", "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2017." } ], "exploits": [], "severity_range_score": "4.0 - 6.9", "exploitability": "0.5", "weighted_severity": "6.2", "risk_score": 3.1, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-rkn6-perp-wkf6" }