CVE-2026-22871: PYSEC-2026-1430 - GuardDog Path Traversal Vulnerability Leads to Arbitrary File Overwrite and RCE

CVE-2026-22871 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4 · Published 2026-07-07

GuardDog Path Traversal Vulnerability Leads to Arbitrary File Overwrite and RCE

Technologies: guarddog (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-22871 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-22871 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-22871?
Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 7 July 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
guarddog (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.7.1.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-22871?
Yes. guarddog (PyPI): upgrade to 2.7.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-22871?
Check whether you run guarddog (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • guarddog (PyPI): upgrade to 2.7.1 or later
    pip install "guarddog>=2.7.1"

Affected products

  • guarddog (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.7.1

Identifiers

  • CVE-2026-22871
  • GHSA-xg9w-vg3g-6m68
  • PYSEC-2026-1430

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