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Vulnerability details: VCID-6d6h-j39n-23gt
Vulnerability ID VCID-6d6h-j39n-23gt
Aliases CVE-2026-22871
GHSA-xg9w-vg3g-6m68
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00174 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-22871
epss 0.00227 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-22871
epss 0.00227 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-22871
epss 0.00227 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-22871
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xg9w-vg3g-6m68
cvssv4 8.7 https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog
cvssv4 8.7 https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/commit/9aa6a725b2c71d537d3c18d1c15621395ebb879c
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/commit/9aa6a725b2c71d537d3c18d1c15621395ebb879c
ssvc Track https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/commit/9aa6a725b2c71d537d3c18d1c15621395ebb879c
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/security/advisories/GHSA-xg9w-vg3g-6m68
cvssv4 8.7 https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/security/advisories/GHSA-xg9w-vg3g-6m68
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/security/advisories/GHSA-xg9w-vg3g-6m68
ssvc Track https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/security/advisories/GHSA-xg9w-vg3g-6m68
cvssv4 8.7 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22871
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22871
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-22871
https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog
9aa6a725b2c71d537d3c18d1c15621395ebb879c https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/commit/9aa6a725b2c71d537d3c18d1c15621395ebb879c
CVE-2026-22871 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22871
GHSA-xg9w-vg3g-6m68 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xg9w-vg3g-6m68
GHSA-xg9w-vg3g-6m68 https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/security/advisories/GHSA-xg9w-vg3g-6m68
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/commit/9aa6a725b2c71d537d3c18d1c15621395ebb879c
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-01-13T21:23:35Z/ Found at https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/commit/9aa6a725b2c71d537d3c18d1c15621395ebb879c
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/security/advisories/GHSA-xg9w-vg3g-6m68
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-01-13T21:23:35Z/ Found at https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/security/advisories/GHSA-xg9w-vg3g-6m68
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22871
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.38678
EPSS Score 0.00174
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T16:53:01.554988+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2026/22xxx/CVE-2026-22871.json 38.6.0