GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI
GHSA-7ww3-xvf5-cxwm ciguard: Web UI is missing HTTP defence-in-depth headers
LOW
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- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Packages
- ciguard
- Severity
- Low
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-693
- Reviewed
- 2026-05-05
Affected packages
• PyPI ciguard: >= 0.1.0, < 0.8.2 → fixed in 0.8.2
Description
Summary
ciguard's FastAPI Web UI (`src/ciguard/web/app.py`) does not set HTTP defence-in-depth headers. OWASP ZAP baseline scan flagged 11 alerts: missing Content-Security-Policy (Medium), X-Frame-Options (Medium), Sub-Resource-Integrity on `/api/docs` (Medium), COOP / COEP / CORP (Low), Permissions-Policy (Low), X-Content-Type-Options (Low).
Threat scenario
For local-only deployment (current intent): minimal — there's no untrusted browser context, no third-party hosting, no auth surface to protect.
For public hosting (PRD Slice 9 GitHub App or hosted dashboard, future): each missing header reduces a defence layer:
• Missing CSP → injected XSS would have no second-line defence (first-line Jinja autoescape remains intact)
• Missing X-Frame-Options → clickjacking against any UI button would be possible
• Missing SRI on jsdelivr-hosted Swagger UI → if jsdelivr were compromised, attacker JS would run in the docs page context
Patch
• New `SecurityHeadersMiddleware` at `src/ciguard/web/security_headers.py` injecting: X-Content-Type-Options nosniff, X-Frame-Options DENY, Referrer-Policy no-referrer, Permissions-Policy `interest-cohort=()`, Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy same-origin, Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy same-origin, plus per-path CSP with `/api/docs` + `/api/redoc` carve-out for cdn.jsdelivr.net (Swagger UI / ReDoc dependency).
• COEP intentionally NOT set: would break Swagger UI's cross-origin assets, and ciguard makes no SharedArrayBuffer use that would benefit.
• Registered via `app.add_middleware(SecurityHeadersMiddleware)`.
• 6 regression tests in `tests/test_web.py::TestSecurityHeaders`.
Discovery
Found by OWASP ZAP baseline scan during ciguard's first self-conducted pentest cycle, 2026-04-26.
CVSS Scoring
• CVSS v3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N` — 4.3 (Medium per v3.1 thresholds)
• CVSS v4.0: `CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N` — first.org calc 4.3 (Low); GitHub's calc 2.1 (Low). All consistent at Low/borderline.
Verification
```
$ curl -sI http://127.0.0.1:8080/ | grep -E '^(X-Frame|X-Content|Referrer|Permissions|Cross-Origin|Content-Security):'
Pre-fix: empty
Post-fix: 7 headers present
```
Resources
• Fix released in v0.8.2
• CI regression gate added in v0.8.3
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure weakness