Chainguard provides a portfolio of secure-by-default, minimal container images designed to eliminate software vulnerabilities and streamline compliance. Their catalog includes over 1,300 purpose-built images, rebuilt daily to ensure zero known CVEs, and hardened to meet demanding regulatory requirements. Chainguard’s approach focuses on reducing developer toil, improving supply chain transparency, and enabling organizations to start secure and stay secure throughout the software development lifecycle.

Key Features

Zero-CVE Container Images Container images are continuously rebuilt to eliminate known vulnerabilities, ensuring zero CVEs.

• Daily rebuilds and “nano-updates” avoid major OS upgrades.
• 97.6% reduction in CVEs compared to open source equivalents.

Industry-Leading Remediation SLA Fast response to vulnerabilities, minimizing risk exposure.

• 7-day SLA for critical CVEs, 14 days for all others.

Compliance-Ready Images Images are hardened to meet compliance frameworks like FedRAMP, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, and StateRAMP.

• 400+ FIPS images with OS-level STIG hardening.

Transparency and Provenance All images come with build-time SBOMs (Software Bill of Materials) and digitally signed attestations.

• End-to-end integrity and full provenance for open source dependencies.

Expansive and Always Up-to-Date Catalog Over 1,300 minimal, purpose-built images, rebuilt from source daily.

• Rapidly expanding to meet diverse customer needs.

Guarded Language Libraries Chainguard Libraries provide secure, curated language libraries to prevent supply chain attacks.

Benefits

Reduced Engineering Toil Less time spent on vulnerability management and patching.

• Up to 4 hours saved per developer per month.
• Enables teams to focus on innovation and product delivery.

Streamlined Compliance Critical compliance controls are met by default, reducing audit and certification overhead.

• Faster time to market for regulated industries.

Improved Security Posture Drastically reduced attack surface and risk from open source vulnerabilities.

• Trusted, transparent images with full provenance.

Operational Efficiency Fewer vulnerabilities mean less reactive work and more proactive risk management.

• Organizations report up to 90% less time spent on mitigation and patching.