Threat Entry Updated 2026-01-21

CVE-2026-22871 - Guarddog Plugin

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.

PLUGIN Guarddog

CVE-2026-22871

HIGH CVSS 8.7 2026-01-13

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Threat Entry Updated 2026-01-21

CVE-2026-22870 - Guarddog Plugin

GuardDog is a CLI tool to identify malicious PyPI packages. Prior to 2.7.1, GuardDog's safe_extract() function does not validate decompressed file sizes when extracting ZIP archives (wheels, eggs), allowing attackers to cause denial of service through zip bombs. A malicious package can consume gigabytes of disk space from a few megabytes of compressed data. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.7.1.

PLUGIN Guarddog

CVE-2026-22870

HIGH CVSS 7.1 2026-01-13

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