DataDog guarddog up to 2.7.0 safe_extract path traversal

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in DataDog guarddog up to 2.7.0. Impacted is the function safe_extract. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-22871. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in DataDog guarddog up to 2.7.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function safe_extract. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-22871 since 01/12/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

Upgrading to version 2.7.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 9aa6a725b2c71d537d3c18d1c15621395ebb879c is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-2012). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Network Management Software

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• DataDog

Name

• guarddog

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7.0

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• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/

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