CVE-2026-44972

MEDIUMNVD 5.05.0—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.0 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-11. NVD baseline CVSS 5.0; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.0
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.0Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

GuardDog is a CLI tool to identify malicious PyPI packages. From 2.6.0 to 2.9.0, GuardDog includes attacker-controlled filenames, file locations, messages, and code snippets in its default human-readable output without escaping terminal control characters. A malicious package can therefore inject ANSI or OSC escape sequences into analyst terminals or CI logs.

CVSS v3
5.0
EG Score
5.0(medium)
EG Risk
23(Track)
EG Risk 23/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity50% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
1.7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 27, 2026

Last Modified

May 29, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jun 14, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github.
github Patch Available

Unsanitized human-readable scan output allows terminal escape injection from malicious package content · Advisory · DataDog/guarddog · GitHub

https://github.com/DataDog/guarddog/security/advisories/GHSA-m5p4-gvpx-4mvr

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-44972(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
pipguarddog—ghsa

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
PyPI(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
guarddog2.6.0, 2.7.0, 2.7.1, 2.8.4, 2.9.0——

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 31× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-23 03:15 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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  6. 2026-06-23 21:33 UTCEPSS rescore
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  14. 2026-06-17 15:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  24. 2026-06-12 15:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  31. 2026-06-09 18:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  38. 2026-06-06 20:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  42. 2026-06-05 21:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  63. 2026-05-27 16:36 UTCEG score recompute
  64. 2026-05-27 16:36 UTCGHSA enrichment

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-44972?
CVE-2026-44972 is a medium vulnerability published on May 27, 2026. GuardDog is a CLI tool to identify malicious PyPI packages. From 2.6.0 to 2.9.0, GuardDog includes attacker-controlled filenames, file locations, messages, and code snippets in its default human-readable output without escaping terminal control characters. A malicious package can therefore inject…
When was CVE-2026-44972 disclosed?
CVE-2026-44972 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 27, 2026, with the most recent update on May 29, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-44972 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-44972 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-44972?
CVE-2026-44972 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.0 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-44972?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-44972, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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