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TI-2022-07588 Aliases CVE-2022-23531GHSA-rp2v-v467-q9vq

Arbitrary file write when scanning a specially-crafted local PyPI package

Priority LOW 35CWE-23Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

GuardDog is a CLI tool to identify malicious PyPI packages. Versions prior to 0.1.5 are vulnerable to Relative Path Traversal when scanning a specially-crafted local PyPI package. Running GuardDog against a specially-crafted package can allow an attacker to write an arbitrary file on the machine where GuardDog is executed due to a path traversal vulnerability when extracting the .tar.gz file of the package being scanned, which exists by design in the tarfile.TarFile.extractall function. This issue is patched in version 0.1.5.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00734 54th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed guarddog (DataDog): 0.1.5guarddog (PyPI): 0.1.5

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
DataDogguarddogbefore 0.1.50.1.5Patch availableCNA
—guarddog (PyPI)before 0.1.50.1.5Patch availableGHSA-rp2v-v467-q9vq
  • guarddog VendorDataDog Affected before 0.1.5 Fixed in 0.1.5 Patch available CNA
  • guarddog (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 0.1.5 Fixed in 0.1.5 Patch available GHSA-rp2v-v467-q9vq

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:datadoghq:guarddog:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*before 0.1.5VulnerableDatadoghq
  • cpe:2.3:a:datadoghq:guarddog:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:* Versions before 0.1.5 Vulnerable ·Datadoghq

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA guarddog (DataDog) Fixed in 0.1.5
  • Fix · GHSA-rp2v-v467-q9vq guarddog (PyPI) Fixed in 0.1.5 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-23531
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rp2v-v467-q9vq

References

Patch 1

Advisory 3

Other 4

  • TI-2026-32833 GuardDog: Blind GitHub URL rewrite in remote project scanning causes SSRF and `GH_TOKEN` exfiltration CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2022-07587 GuardDog vulnerable to arbitrary file write when scanning a specially-crafted remote PyPI package CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2026-26107 dd-trace-java: Unsafe deserialization in RMI instrumentation may lead to remote code execution CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2026-81528 ReDoS in dd-trace URL query string obfuscation CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-80927 ReDoS in Datadog dd-trace-py URL query string obfuscation CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2023-20052 import-in-the-middle allows unsanitized user controlled input in module generation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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