CVE-2026-44971: GuardDog: Blind GitHub URL rewrite in remote project scanning causes SSRF and `GH_TOKEN` exfiltration
DataDog · guarddog
Affected: DataDog guarddog · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
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Higher than 15% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
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 products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- DataDog · guarddog>= 1.0.0, <= 2.9.0
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Weakness
- Server-Side Request Forgery
- Vendor
- DataDog
- Published
- May 2026
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