Description


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.

Related CPE's


Weaknesses



CWE-22

CVSS impact metrics


CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

9.8 · Critical

Information


Source identifier

[email protected]

Vulnerability status

Analyzed

Published

2026-01-13T21:15:55.210Z

1 month ago

Last modified

2026-01-21T18:46:57.057Z

4 weeks ago