Chainguard Containers

Chainguard Containers provide minimal, hardened container images purpose-built to eliminate unnecessary packages and dramatically shrink the attack surface across production Kubernetes environments. Built on a stripped-down Linux base, each container image ships without package managers, shells, or legacy utilities, achieving zero or near-zero known CVEs from day one. Engineering organizations utilize Chainguard Containers to replace bloated standard base images across development pipelines, container registries, and production clusters. Every image is built directly from source with cryptographic signatures, software bill of materials (SBOM) generation, and SLSA Level 3 attestations via Sigstore Cosign. By removing extraneous libraries and binaries, operations and security teams eliminate alert fatigue caused by vulnerability scanners flagging non-exploitable operating system flaws. The solution seamlessly integrates into Dockerfiles, OCI-compliant container registries, and CI/CD pipelines including GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and ArgoCD. Automated daily builds and strict vulnerability SLAs guarantee that newly discovered upstream vulnerabilities receive rapid vendor patches, allowing organizations running sensitive cloud workloads to maintain continuous compliance with federal mandates and modern supply chain security benchmarks without breaking developer velocity.