CVE-2026-44972
GuardDog: Unsanitized human-readable scan output allows terminal escape injection from malicious package content
CVSS Score
5.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| CWE | CWE-116 |
| Vendor | datadog |
| Product | guarddog |
| Published | May 27, 2026 |
| Last Updated | May 27, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Affected Versions
DataDog / guarddog
>= 2.6.0, <= 2.9.0