VulnFree supplies hardened container images based on popular open-source projects, minimizing the attack surface by eliminating vulnerabilities and unnecessary components. These optimized images, available across distributions like Alpine and Debian, ensure fast deployment and reduced resource consumption for application development. The company provides cryptographically signed images with SBOMs to guarantee supply chain integrity and aid in compliance efforts.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Publicly available container images often contain numerous known vulnerabilities (CVEs) due to outdated software and unnecessary components, creating significant security risks for applications deployed using these images. Identifying and patching these vulnerabilities requires dedicated engineering resources, frequent vulnerability scans, and ongoing maintenance, adding complexity and cost to the software development lifecycle.
Solution
VulnFree provides pre-hardened container images that are free of common vulnerabilities, offering a secure and reliable foundation for application development and deployment. These images are systematically patched and optimized to minimize the attack surface, ensuring a secure, minimal, and efficient runtime environment. By using VulnFree's images, development teams can reduce their exposure to security threats, accelerate deployment times, and lower the total cost of ownership associated with container security. The platform offers a variety of pre-secured images based on popular open-source projects, including Python, Node.js, Go, Postgres, and Nginx, built on lightweight Alpine or Distroless Debian foundations.
Target Audience
VulnFree targets DevOps engineers, security teams, and software developers who want to simplify container security and reduce the risk of deploying vulnerable applications.
Features
- Hardened container images with eliminated vulnerabilities and minimized attack surface
- Images are cryptographically signed to verify integrity and prevent tampering
- Regular updates and continuous monitoring to ensure the latest security fixes are applied
- SBOMs (Software Bill of Materials) in SPDX and CycloneDX formats for transparency and compliance
- Multi-architecture support (AMD64 and ARM64) for compatibility across different environments
- Integration with CI/CD pipelines via API to track account and image version information
- FIPS compliant images available using a "sidecar" method for validated cryptographic operations
- Custom tests that undergo rigorous testing before being pushed to production