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 .
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| 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 . | |
| Title | GuardDog: Blind GitHub URL rewrite in remote project scanning causes SSRF and `GH_TOKEN` exfiltration | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-918 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-27T16:09:24.880Z
Reserved: 2026-05-08T16:23:33.263Z
Link: CVE-2026-44971
Updated: 2026-05-27T16:08:46.435Z
Status : Received
Published: 2026-05-27T15:16:29.547
Modified: 2026-05-27T17:16:39.983
Link: CVE-2026-44971
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