Path Traversal in Datadog Guarddog
CVE-2026-22871
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 inten…
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
EPSS: 0.009 (57.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Datadog Guarddog — versions < 2.7.1
- Datadoghq Guarddog
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-22871?
- CVE-2026-22871 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Datadog Guarddog, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-01-13.
- How severe is CVE-2026-22871?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.