GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI
GHSA-jrm4-4pcf-4763 ciguard: Container image runs as root (no USER directive)
LOW
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-44218
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Packages
- ciguard
- Severity
- Low
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
- Reviewed
- 2026-05-05
Affected packages
• PyPI ciguard: >= 0.1.0, < 0.8.2 → fixed in 0.8.2
Description
Summary
The published `ghcr.io/jo-jo98/ciguard` container image inherits the default root user because the `Dockerfile` lacks a `USER` directive. ciguard is a static analyser with no need for root privileges; running as root inside a container makes any future container-runtime escape CVE more impactful than it needs to be.
Threat scenario
Defence-in-depth gap. Without a known container-runtime CVE in the chain, this finding is not directly exploitable. Recent runc CVEs (e.g. CVE-2024-21626) provided escape primitives that depended on host UID = container UID = 0 for full impact; with this fix, any future such escape primitive lands as a non-root user on the host.
Patch
• Dockerfile adds `RUN groupadd -r ciguard && useradd -r -g ciguard -d /home/ciguard -m -s /usr/sbin/nologin ciguard && chown -R ciguard:ciguard /reports /policies-mount /app`.
• Followed by `USER ciguard` before the `CMD` directive.
• Trivy DS-0002 misconfig clears (`Tests: 20 SUCCESSES: 20 FAILURES: 0`).
Discovery
Found by Trivy filesystem scan during ciguard's first self-conducted pentest cycle, 2026-04-26.
CVSS Scoring
• CVSS v3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N` — 2.0 (Low)
• CVSS v4.0: `CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N` — 3.4 (Low) per Cycle 1 report; GitHub's calc 1.8 (Low). Both Low.
Verification
```
$ docker run --rm ghcr.io/jo-jo98/ciguard:v0.8.2 id
uid=999(ciguard) gid=999(ciguard) groups=999(ciguard)
```
References
• Fix released in v0.8.2
• CI regression gate added in v0.8.3
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44218
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-44218 ciguard is a static security auditor for CI/CD pipelines. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness