CVE-2026-22870

HIGH

7.5

Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.5

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published1/13/2026

Last Modified1/21/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

datadoghq:guarddog

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-409

References

https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/commit/c3fb07b4838945f42497e78b7a02bcfb1e63969b(security-advisories@github.com)

https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/security/advisories/GHSA-ffj4-jq7m-9g6v(security-advisories@github.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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