What is CVE-2026-44972?

CVE-2026-44972 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Datadog Guarddog, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2026-05-27.

How severe is CVE-2026-44972?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Datadog Guarddog

CVE-2026-44972

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 co…

EPSS: 0.000 (2.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Datadog Guarddog — versions >= 2.6.0, <= 2.9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-116 — Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-44972?: CVE-2026-44972 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Datadog Guarddog, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2026-05-27.
How severe is CVE-2026-44972?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.