How severe is CVE-2022-23531?

CVE-2022-23531 has a CVSS 3.x base score of 5.8, rated medium severity. It is exploitable over network with high attack complexity, requires no privileges and user interaction. Impact on confidentiality is low, integrity low, and availability low.

Is CVE-2022-23531 being actively exploited?

It is not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog. Its EPSS exploit-prediction score is 1% (44th percentile), an estimate of the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What products are affected by CVE-2022-23531?

CVE-2022-23531 affects Datadoghq Guarddog. See the affected-products list for the exact vulnerable versions.

How do I fix CVE-2022-23531?

Review the linked vendor and NVD advisories for patched versions and mitigations, then upgrade or apply the recommended workaround.

When was CVE-2022-23531 published?

CVE-2022-23531 was published on 2022-12-17 and last updated on 2026-06-17.

CVE-2022-23531

CVE-2022-23531 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Datadoghq Guarddog with a CVSS 3.x base score of 5.8. It is not currently listed as actively exploited by CISA, and its EPSS exploit-prediction score is low. The underlying weakness is classified as CWE-22.

Key facts

Severity: Medium (CVSS 3.x base score 5.8)
EPSS exploit prediction: 1% (44th percentile)
Actively exploited: Not listed in CISA KEV
Weakness: CWE-22
Affected product: Datadoghq Guarddog
Published: 2022-12-17
Last modified: 2026-06-17

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.

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-23531?: 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.
How severe is CVE-2022-23531?: CVE-2022-23531 has a CVSS 3.x base score of 5.8, rated medium severity. It is exploitable over network with high attack complexity, requires no privileges and user interaction. Impact on confidentiality is low, integrity low, and availability low.
Is CVE-2022-23531 being actively exploited?: It is not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog. Its EPSS exploit-prediction score is 1% (44th percentile), an estimate of the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
What products are affected by CVE-2022-23531?: CVE-2022-23531 affects Datadoghq Guarddog. See the affected-products list for the exact vulnerable versions.
How do I fix CVE-2022-23531?: Review the linked vendor and NVD advisories for patched versions and mitigations, then upgrade or apply the recommended workaround.
When was CVE-2022-23531 published?: CVE-2022-23531 was published on 2022-12-17 and last updated on 2026-06-17.

References

Affected products (1)

cpe:2.3:a:datadoghq:guarddog:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*

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