What is CVE-2026-44218?

CVE-2026-44218 is a low-severity vulnerability in Jo-jo98 Ciguard, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 3.0/10. Published 2026-05-12.

How severe is CVE-2026-44218?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.0 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Jo-jo98 Ciguard

CVE-2026-44218

ciguard is a static security auditor for CI/CD pipelines. From 0.1.0 to 0.8.1, the published ghcr.io/jo-jo98/ciguard container image inherits the default root user because the Dockerfile lacks a USER directive. This vulnerability is fixed…

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.000 (0.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.0 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Jo-jo98 Ciguard — versions >= 0.1.0, < 0.8.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-44218?: CVE-2026-44218 is a low-severity vulnerability in Jo-jo98 Ciguard, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 3.0/10. Published 2026-05-12.
How severe is CVE-2026-44218?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.0 out of 10.