GuardDog Path Traversal Vulnerability Leads to Arbitrary File Overwrite and RCE_CVE-2026-22871

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    "description": "GuardDog is a CLI tool to identify malicious PyPI packages. Prior to 2.7.1, there is a path traversal vulnerability exists in GuardDog's safe_extract() function that allows malicious PyPI packages to write arbitrary files outside the intended extraction directory, leading to Arbitrary File Overwrite and Remote Code Execution on systems running GuardDog. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.7.1.",
    "published": "2026-01-13T20:46:57.324Z",
    "modified": "2026-01-13T21:24:07.742Z",
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    "title": "GuardDog Path Traversal Vulnerability Leads to Arbitrary File Overwrite and RCE",
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    "references": "https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/security/advisories/GHSA-xg9w-vg3g-6m68\nhttps://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/commit/9aa6a725b2c71d537d3c18d1c15621395ebb879c",
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    "sourceData": "DataDog guarddog < 2.7.1",
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    "product": "guarddog",
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    "ai_description": "Path traversal vulnerability in GuardDog's safe_extract() function allows malicious PyPI packages to write arbitrary files outside the intended extraction directory, leading to Arbitrary File Overwrite and Remote Code Execution.",
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