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CVE-2026-44971

GuardDog: Blind GitHub URL rewrite in remote project scanning causes SSRF and `GH_TOKEN` exfiltration

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
GitHub_M

Description

GuardDog is a CLI tool to identify malicious PyPI packages. From 1.0.0 to 2.9.0, the programmatic remote project scanning path rewrites attacker-controlled repository URLs using a blind string replacement and then sends the caller's GitHub credentials with the resulting request. This allows an attacker who can influence the scanned repository URL to trigger SSRF and capture the GH_TOKEN used by GuardDog. This vulnerability is fixed in .

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

DataDog guarddog

  • >= 1.0.0, <= 2.9.0affected

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