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.
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| 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. | |
| Title | GuardDog Path Traversal Vulnerability Leads to Arbitrary File Overwrite and RCE | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-22 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2026-01-13T20:46:57.324Z
Updated: 2026-01-13T21:24:07.742Z
Reserved: 2026-01-12T16:20:16.747Z
Link: CVE-2026-22871
Updated: 2026-01-13T21:24:03.402Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-01-13T21:15:55.210
Modified: 2026-01-14T16:25:40.430
Link: CVE-2026-22871
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