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CVE-2026-22870GHSA-FFJ4-JQ7M-9G6VPYSEC-2026-1429

GuardDog Zip Bomb Vulnerability in safe_extract() Allows DoS

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 2.7.1
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

GuardDog is a CLI tool to identify malicious PyPI packages. Prior to 2.7.1, GuardDog's safe_extract() function does not validate decompressed file sizes when extracting ZIP archives (wheels, eggs), allowing attackers to cause denial of service through zip bombs. A malicious package can consume gigabytes of disk space from a few megabytes of compressed data. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.7.1.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • DataDog guarddog

    fixed in 2.7.1

  • guarddogPyPI

    fixed in 2.7.1

References 2

GitHub · DataDog/guarddog