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 in 0.8.2.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published · last modified .

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (1.5th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 2nd percentile — 1.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-44218: held from 0.001 to 0.001.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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.