What is CVE-2026-44971?

CVE-2026-44971 is a high-severity vulnerability in Datadog Guarddog, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2026-05-27.

How severe is CVE-2026-44971?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.

SSRF in Datadog Guarddog

CVE-2026-44971

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…

Vulnerability class: SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.000 (12.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Datadog Guarddog — versions >= 1.0.0, <= 2.9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-44971?: CVE-2026-44971 is a high-severity vulnerability in Datadog Guarddog, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2026-05-27.
How severe is CVE-2026-44971?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.