Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output Affecting guarddog package, versions [2.6.0,)
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- published18 May 2026
- disclosed11 May 2026
- creditbg0d-glitch
Introduced: 11 May 2026
NewCVE-2026-44972 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for guarddog.
Overview
guarddog is a GuardDog is a CLI tool to Identify malicious PyPI packages
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output via the process that renders human-readable scan results, which includes attacker-controlled values such as filenames, file locations, messages, and code snippets without escaping terminal control characters. An attacker can manipulate terminal output, inject misleading or spoofed log content, or trigger unintended terminal behaviors by supplying specially crafted package content containing escape sequences.