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[medium] semgrep: Service 'mailserver' is running with a writable root filesystem. This may allow malicious applications to download and run additional payloads, or modify container files. If an application inside a container has to save something temp… #54

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opened 2026-03-30 11:21:43 +00:00 by sharang · 0 comments
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Scanner: semgrep
Severity: medium
Rule: yaml.docker-compose.security.writable-filesystem-service.writable-filesystem-service

Description

Service 'mailserver' is running with a writable root filesystem. This may allow malicious applications to download and run additional payloads, or modify container files. If an application inside a container has to save something temporarily consider using a tmpfs. Add 'read_only: true' to this service to prevent this.

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File: /tmp/compliance-scanner/repos/Compliance Scanner Agent/deploy/docker-compose.mailserver.yml (line 4)

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requires login

Remediation

Add read_only: true to the mailserver service in docker-compose.yml.

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## medium Finding **Scanner:** semgrep **Severity:** medium **Rule:** yaml.docker-compose.security.writable-filesystem-service.writable-filesystem-service ### Description Service 'mailserver' is running with a writable root filesystem. This may allow malicious applications to download and run additional payloads, or modify container files. If an application inside a container has to save something temporarily consider using a tmpfs. Add 'read_only: true' to this service to prevent this. ### Location **File:** `/tmp/compliance-scanner/repos/Compliance Scanner Agent/deploy/docker-compose.mailserver.yml` (line 4) ### Code ``` requires login ``` ### Remediation Add `read_only: true` to the mailserver service in docker-compose.yml. --- *Fingerprint:* `ee24671718f2efe314a2119938f522f93fb610473700cda0404df38b9c00ff87` *Generated by compliance-scanner* **Labels:** severity:medium, scanner:semgrep, compliance-scanner
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