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CVE-2022-23530

22
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.1.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:datadoghq:guarddog:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.8MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
3.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
49.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0070 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 26,220 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: guarddogFixed in: 0.1.8

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-78m5-jpmf-ch7vlow

GuardDog vulnerable to arbitrary file write when scanning a specially-crafted remote PyPI package

Dec 5, 2022

References

github.com / DataDog/guarddog/blob/a1d064ceb09d39bb28deb6972bc0a278756ea91f/guarddog/scanners/package_scanner.py
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / DataDog/guarddog/commit/37c7d0767ba28f4df46117d478f97652594c491c
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / DataDog/guarddog/security/advisories/GHSA-78m5-jpmf-ch7v
ExploitThird Party Advisory