Chainguard Product Summary

Overview

Chainguard is a cybersecurity platform that provides secure-by-default open source software artifacts for modern software development. The platform delivers hardened, production-ready container images, libraries, virtual machines, and OS packages designed to prevent supply chain attacks and reduce security vulnerabilities throughout the software development lifecycle.

Key Features

Wolfi OS & Minimal Container Images Chainguard provides minimal container images built from Wolfi, a Linux distribution designed for container and cloud-native environments. These images significantly reduce attack surface area compared to traditional distributions.

Zero-CVE Commitment The platform maintains a best-in-class SLA for CVE remediation, with an average remediation time of 20 hours for critical vulnerabilities. Chainguard has remediated over 106,000 CVEs and achieves a 97.6% average reduction in CVEs across its catalog.

Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) & Provenance All artifacts include verified SBOMs and provenance documentation, enabling complete transparency and traceability of software components.

Chainguard Factory An agentic software factory run by open source experts that builds artifacts from source in a SLSA L3-compliant manner, ensuring every line of code is verified, hardened, and traceable.

Comprehensive Artifact Catalog

• Containers: 520K+ minimal container images updated daily
• Libraries: Guarded catalog protecting against supply chain attacks
• VMs: Optimized virtual machine images rebuilt from source daily
• OS Packages: Secure ingredients for custom container builds
• Actions: Secure-by-default CI/CD workflows
• Agent Skills: Continuously maintained catalog of hardened AI agent skills

Compliance & Security Solutions Built-in support for FedRAMP, PCI DSS, CMMC 2.0, SOC 2, and other regulatory frameworks. Includes AI threat protection and CVE remediation capabilities.