Path Traversal in Datadog Guarddog
CVE-2022-23530
GuardDog is a CLI tool to identify malicious PyPI packages. Versions prior to v0.1.8 are vulnerable to arbitrary file write when scanning a specially-crafted remote PyPI package. Extracting files using shutil.unpack_archive() from a potent…
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
EPSS: 0.008 (74.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.
Affected products
- Datadog Guarddog — versions < 0.1.8
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/security/advisories/GHSA-78m5-jpmf-ch7v (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/commit/37c7d0767ba28f4df46117d478f97652594c491c (x_refsource_MISC)
- https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/blob/a1d064ceb09d39bb28deb6972bc0a278756ea91f/guarddog/scanners/package_scanner.py#L153..158 (x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-23530?
- CVE-2022-23530 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Datadog Guarddog, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2022-12-16.
- How severe is CVE-2022-23530?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-23530 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.