Overview

Chainguard Secure Software Supply Chain

Chainguard secures the software supply chain by providing minimal, verified, near-zero vulnerability container images for modern DevOps environments.

Secure software supply chain visual

Core Capabilities

Secure-by-Design Images

Minimal Secure Images

Provides lightweight container images with only essential components to reduce attack surface.

Near-Zero Vulnerabilities

Delivers container images with significantly fewer known CVEs compared to standard images.

Continuous Updates

Automatically rebuilds and updates images to include the latest security patches.

Built-in SBOMs

Includes complete Software Bill of Materials for full transparency and audit readiness.

DevOps Native

Integrates easily with existing CI/CD pipelines and Kubernetes environments.

Secure-by-Design

Prevents vulnerabilities at the source instead of fixing them after deployment.

Problem Statement

Traditional Open Source Is an Insecure Foundation

Persistent Risks

  • Invisible vulnerabilities beneath the surface
  • Hidden dependencies increasing attack exposure
  • Unverified sources and lack of trust in artifacts
  • Endless cycle of detection → patch → repeat
  • Rising operational and compliance risk
Security iceberg visual

Transformation Model

Doom Loop vs Future State

Today’s State

  1. 1Engineers pull images from public registries
  2. 2Scan images for CVEs
  3. 3Hundreds of vulnerabilities detected (many false positives)
  4. 4Time spent on triaging issues
  5. 5Cycle repeats continuously

Future State (With Chainguard)

  1. 1Engineers pull hardened images from Chainguard
  2. 2Scan images
  3. 3Output shows near-zero CVEs
  4. 4Developers build faster and more securely

Use Cases

Use Cases & Impact

Helped 35+ organizations adopt DevOps practices leading to streamlined workflows, enhanced efficiency, and fortified security across Infrastructure, Applications, and Deployments.

Use Case 1

  • Secures open-source supply chain
  • Delivers hardened container images
  • Automates secure build workflows

Use Case 2

  • Replaces vulnerable base images
  • Continuously rebuilds secure images
  • Signed images with SBOM

Use Case 3

  • Built-in SBOM generation
  • Compliance-ready container images
  • Verifiable, reproducible builds

Benefits

Security and Velocity Gains

Up to 60%

CVE reduction

Lower

Patching effort

Improved

Release velocity

Stronger

Compliance posture

Catalog Overview

Chainguard Containers Catalog

Image Types

  • Base Images
  • Runtime languages and frameworks: Python, Java, Go, Node.js
  • Application Images: Grafana, Kubernetes, servers, dev tools, databases
  • FIPS Images: OpenSSL, Bouncy Castle, OS-level STIGs
  • AI Images: PyTorch, Kafka, OpenAI, Spark

Platform Capabilities

  • 1,850+ containers (all upstream versions)
  • 40+ first-party Helm charts
  • Rebuilt daily, consumed on demand
  • Extensible and customizable package access
  • Multi-layered images with intelligent rebuilds
  • SBOMs, code signing, and attestation
  • FIPS validation and OS-level STIGs

Faster SLA

Critical CVEs
5 days

Days for critical CVEs.

High / Medium / Low
14 days

Days for high / medium / low.

Customers & Trust

Trusted Open Source Foundation

Customers trust Chainguard as a safe source for open source. Customers build software efficiently and securely from the start.

Built by the team behind

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Industries Served

Software Health & Bio Security FinServ Public Sector Defense & Safety Data & AI F500

Business Impact

Customer Outcomes

ADP
  • Reduced CVEs per image significantly
  • 15% of environment migrated to Chainguard
  • Eliminated thousands of CVEs
  • Saved engineering time
Humana
  • Reduced 10,000+ CVEs across core systems
  • Reduced remediation cycles from 60 days to under 30 days
  • Ensured HIPAA compliance
Capital One
  • Achieved 98.5% reduction in CVEs
  • Saved 60,000 engineering hours annually
  • Improved compliance to PCI-DSS and internal SLAs
Coupang
  • Rolled out 60 Chainguard images in 4 months
  • Reduced CVEs from 16 million to under 5 million
  • Improved existential risk posture

Case Study

Finfare

Challenge

  • Operates in highly regulated environment (PCI, SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001)
  • Security team overwhelmed with ~1,000 vulnerabilities
  • Limited engineering bandwidth to fix issues

Solution

  • 96% reduction in vulnerabilities (983 → 36 in under a week)
  • Reduced attack surface
  • Streamlined compliance audits
  • Enabled shift-left security without impacting developer productivity

Key Capabilities

Capabilities & Features

Unlimited image pulls

No metering.

Continuous CVE patching

Always-on security refresh.

CVE SLA

Guaranteed timelines.

Chainguard Factory

Custom assembly and variants.

EOL grace period

Up to 6 months.

Private APK repositories

Private catalog variants.

New image/package requests

Supported.

FIPS & STIG compliance

Built in.

SBOM & Attestation

Full transparency with signed and verifiable software components.

Final Summary

Bottom Line Outcomes

  • Stronger cloud security posture
  • Lower remediation effort
  • Simplified compliance reporting
  • Lower cloud costs
  • Reduced supply chain risk
  • Improved release velocity
  • Stronger compliance posture

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