Trimming unneeded components from container images to reduce vulnerabilities
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Standard container images often include operating-system packages, development tools, debugging utilities and libraries the application does not need. The article cites an NGINX image that contained 274 categorised vulnerabilities straight from download, and argues that scanning reveals these findings but does not by itself reduce risk.
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What to do
- Review container images and remove operating-system packages, tools and libraries that the application does not use.
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