CVE-2026-44972

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
DataDogguarddog>= 2.6.0, <= 2.9.0affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-116: CWE-116: Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References