CVE-2026-22870 affects GuardDog, a CLI tool for identifying malicious PyPI packages, specifically versions prior to 2.7.1. The vulnerability allows attackers to cause a denial of service by exploiting a flaw in the safe_extract() function, which fails to validate decompressed file sizes in ZIP archives. This enables "zip bomb" attacks where a small compressed file can consume gigabytes of disk space. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:datadoghq:guarddog:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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