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Container Registry Security: Vulnerability Scanning
December 10, 2024
11 min
Ahmet Yılmaz
How do you use vulnerability scanning to detect security vulnerabilities in your Docker images?
Why Image Scanning?
Container images may contain libraries with known security vulnerabilities. Regular scanning ensures these vulnerabilities are detected before they reach production.
Integration into the Pipeline
Add a scanning step to your CI/CD to automatically inspect images on every build. When a critical vulnerability is found, stop the pipeline to prevent risky deployments.
Continuous Monitoring
New vulnerabilities are published every day; periodically rescan existing images in the registry and keep base images up to date.