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 credentials with the resulting request. This allows an attacker who can influence the scanned repository URL to trigger SSRF and capture the GH_TOKEN used by GuardDog. This vulnerability is fixed in .
Published:May 27, 2026
Last Modified:May 30, 2026
EPS:May 27, 2026
EPSS Score:0.0003
CVSS Score:8.2
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Datadoghq
Product
Guarddog
Datadoghq
Guarddog
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
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Local
Physical
Privileges Required
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User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
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Changed
Confidentiality
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Integrity
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Availability
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High
