Is guarddog affected by CVE-2026-44972?

PyPI guarddog is affected in >=2.6.0 <=2.9.0.

Is CVE-2026-44972 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.1%.

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CVE-2026-44972

Q: Is CVE-2026-44972 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.1%.

PyPI · guarddog

Summary

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

Severity: medium
EPSS: 0.1% (p2)
Also known as: GHSA-m5p4-gvpx-4mvr
Published: 2026-05-11

References

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

Related advisories

CVE-2026-44971 — high · PyPI/guarddog
CVE-2026-22871 — high · PyPI/guarddog
CVE-2026-22870 — high · PyPI/guarddog

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