Execution Context
This integration function executes real-time vulnerability scanning on container registry images within the CI/CD pipeline. It integrates with vulnerability databases to identify known CVEs, generates detailed risk reports, and enforces blocking policies for non-compliant images. The process ensures that only hardened, verified containers proceed to deployment stages, maintaining strict security posture across microservices architectures.
The system triggers image scanning immediately after a container build completes but before any artifact is tagged or pushed to the registry.
Vulnerability data is fetched from trusted sources and cross-referenced against the specific software versions present in the scanned image layers.
Results are categorized by severity, with critical and high-risk findings automatically halting the pipeline execution.
Operating Checklist
Initiate scan job upon successful container image build completion.
Extract software inventory and layer metadata from the container image.
Query vulnerability databases to match detected packages against known CVEs.
Generate compliance report and execute pipeline block if critical vulnerabilities found.
Integration Surfaces
Build Agent
Executes the scanning agent within the container environment to perform low-level image analysis.
Vulnerability Database API
Provides real-time access to CVE and threat intelligence data for accurate matching.
Pipeline Orchestrator
Receives scan results and enforces go/no-go decisions based on configured risk thresholds.
