CVE-2022-23530 is an arbitrary file write vulnerability affecting GuardDog, a CLI tool for identifying malicious PyPI packages, in versions prior to v0.1.8. An attacker can exploit this by crafting a malicious remote PyPI package, which, when scanned, causes files outside the intended directory to be overwritten due to improper validation during archive extraction. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited over a network with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to high integrity impact (data modification) but no confidentiality or availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.1.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:datadoghq:guarddog:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
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