CVE-2026-44218

ciguard: Container image runs as root (no USER directive)

LOW
3
CVSS Score
Published: May 12, 2026 at 07:39 PM UTC
Updated: October 26, 2026 at 06:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCiguard

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Severity
LOW3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

ciguard is a static security auditor for CI/CD pipelines. From 0.1.0 to 0.8.1, the published ghcr.io/jo-jo98/ciguard container image inherits the default root user because the Dockerfile lacks a USER directive. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.8.2.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

0.1.0 ≤ v < 0.8.20.1.0
Affected range stops below 0.8.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

3LOWGitHub_M
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-269

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