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CVE-2026-44972: GuardDog: Unsanitized human-readable scan output allows terminal escape injection from malicious package content

May 11, 2026 (updated June 8, 2026)

GuardDog includes attacker-controlled filenames, file locations, messages, and code snippets in its default human-readable output without escaping terminal control characters. A malicious package can therefore inject ANSI or OSC escape sequences into analyst terminals or CI logs.

  1. Create a file whose name contains \x1b[2J.
  2. Feed a semgrep-style result referencing that file into Analyzer._format_semgrep_response().
  3. Render the result with HumanReadableReporter.print_scan_results().
  4. The output string contains the raw escape bytes, which a terminal may interpret.

References

  • github.com/DataDog/guarddog/security/advisories/GHSA-m5p4-gvpx-4mvr
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-m5p4-gvpx-4mvr
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44972

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 2.6.0 up to 2.9.0

Solution

Unfortunately, there is no solution available yet.

Impact 5 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-116: Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

Source file

pypi/guarddog/CVE-2026-44972.yml

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