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.
Published: 2026-05-12
Score: 3.2 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8cxw-cc62-q28v ciguard: discover_pipeline_files follows symlinks out of scan root
History

Wed, 13 May 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 13 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Jo-jo98
Jo-jo98 ciguard
Vendors & Products Jo-jo98
Jo-jo98 ciguard

Tue, 12 May 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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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.
Title ciguard: discover_pipeline_files follows symlinks out of scan root
Weaknesses CWE-59
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-13T15:37:35.696Z

Reserved: 2026-05-05T15:42:40.517Z

Link: CVE-2026-44220

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-13T14:58:29.496Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-12T20:16:42.893

Modified: 2026-05-13T17:02:28.447

Link: CVE-2026-44220

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-13T10:36:19Z

Weaknesses