Low severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 16, 2022· Updated Apr 17, 2025
Arbitrary file write when scanning a specially-crafted local PyPI package
CVE-2022-23531
Description
GuardDog is a CLI tool to identify malicious PyPI packages. Versions prior to 0.1.5 are vulnerable to Relative Path Traversal when scanning a specially-crafted local PyPI package. Running GuardDog against a specially-crafted package can allow an attacker to write an arbitrary file on the machine where GuardDog is executed due to a path traversal vulnerability when extracting the .tar.gz file of the package being scanned, which exists by design in the tarfile.TarFile.extractall function. This issue is patched in version 0.1.5.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
guarddogPyPI | < 0.1.5 | 0.1.5 |
Affected products
2Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- github.com/advisories/GHSA-rp2v-v467-q9vqghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23531ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/DataDog/guarddog/commit/98af5c8c1e9c15fa888c900252e76116b0ec25d1ghsaWEB
- github.com/DataDog/guarddog/pull/89ghsaWEB
- github.com/DataDog/guarddog/pull/89/commits/a56aff58264cb6b7855d71b00dc10c39a5dbd306mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/DataDog/guarddog/releases/tag/v0.1.5ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/DataDog/guarddog/security/advisories/GHSA-rp2v-v467-q9vqghsax_refsource_CONFIRMWEB
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/guarddog/PYSEC-2022-42994.yamlghsaWEB
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