A scan of 4 Million Docker images reveals 51% have critical flaws

From securityaffairs.co

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Security experts analyzed 4 million public Docker container images hosted on Docker Hub and found half of them was having critical flaws.

Container security firm Prevasio has analyzed 4 million public Docker container images hosted on Docker Hub and discovered that the majority of them had critical vulnerabilities.

The cybersecurity firm used its Prevasio Analyzer service that ran for one month on 800 machines.

51% of the 4 million images were including packages or app dependencies with at least one critical flaw and 13% had high-severity vulnerabilities.

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