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.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8cxw-cc62-q28v ciguard: discover_pipeline_files follows symlinks out of scan root
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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
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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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-12T19:37:21.704Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-44220

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Status : Received

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-44220

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Updated: 2026-05-12T22:00:22Z

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