ciguard: Container image runs as root (no USER directive)
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 ciguardbefore theCMDdirective. - 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
Software afectado
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| Plataforma | Paquete | Versiones vulnerables | Corregida en |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python (PyPI) | ciguard | >= 0.1.0, < 0.8.2 | 0.8.2 |
Referencias
- https://github.com/Jo-Jo98/ciguard/security/advisories/GHSA-jrm4-4pcf-4763
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44218
- https://github.com/Jo-Jo98/ciguard
- https://github.com/Jo-Jo98/ciguard/releases/tag/v0.8.2
- https://github.com/Jo-Jo98/ciguard/releases/tag/v0.8.3
- https://pypi.org/project/ciguard
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jrm4-4pcf-4763
- Vector CVSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N- Debilidad (CWE)
CWE-269- Plataforma
- Python (PyPI)
- Paquete
ciguard- Publicada
- 05.05.2026
- Actualizado
- 11.10.2026 14:17
Fuentes y licencias
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2026-2409 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-jrm4-4pcf-4763 - CC BY 4.0
Historial de vulnerabilidades: ciguard
Todas las vulnerabilidades publicadas de este paquete (Python (PyPI)), de la más reciente a la más antigua. Muestra si es un fallo aislado o un paquete que hay que vigilar.
- Entradas en total
- 4
- Primera → última
- 05.2026 05.2026
- Sin corrección
- 0
- Explotada en ataques
- 0
Distribución por gravedad
- Media 1
- Baja 3
Divulgaciones por año
- 2026: 4
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