CVE-2026-44220

ciguard: discover_pipeline_files follows symlinks out of scan root

LOW
3.2
CVSS Score
Published: May 12, 2026 at 07:37 PM UTC
Updated: October 26, 2026 at 06:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCiguard

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Severity
LOW3.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
PoC

Description

ciguard is a static security auditor for CI/CD pipelines. From 0.8.0 to 0.8.1 , the discover_pipeline_files() function in src/ciguard/discovery.py walks a directory tree following symlinks, with cycle protection via tracking visited resolved paths. An attacker who can plant a symlink in a directory the user (or AI agent) scans can cause discovery to walk into the symlink target and return paths to pipeline-shaped files outside the requested root. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.8.2.

Affected

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

0.8.0 ≤ v < 0.8.20.8.0
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)

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CVSS

3.2LOWGitHub_M
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-59

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