CVE-2026-44972GuardDog: Unsanitized human-readable scan output allows terminal escape injection from malicious package content
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GuardDog is a CLI tool to identify malicious PyPI packages. From 2.6.0 to 2.9.0, GuardDog includes attacker-controlled filenames, file locations, messages, and code snippets in its default human-readable output without escaping terminal control characters. A malicious package can therefore inject ANSI or OSC escape sequences into analyst terminals or CI logs.
- CVSS
- 5.0 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-116
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- May 27, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
DataDog guarddog datadog:guarddog (from the name) | from 2.6.0, <= 2.9.0 | CNA record |
References
- https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/security/advisories/GHSA-m5p4-gvpx-4mvrx-refsource-confirm
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