Container security scanning pipeline visualization

Container Image Scanning with Trivy in Your CI Pipeline

You can’t secure what you don’t understand. And with container images, understanding means knowing exactly what’s inside — every package, every library, every potential vulnerability. Most teams treat their container images as black boxes. They pull a base image, add their code, and push it to production. But that base image? It contains hundreds of packages you didn’t explicitly choose. Any of them could have known vulnerabilities. Trivy makes the invisible visible. It’s an open-source vulnerability scanner that tells you exactly what’s in your images and what risks they carry. ...

June 8, 2025 · 7 min read · Tom Meurs