Security Advisories

Minimus publishes security advisories for vulnerabilities affecting Minimus images and their dependencies. The information complements the vulnerability report provided for every image version. Select Advisories from the left menu to visit the list of advisories published for Minimus images (or use the direct link).

New Advisories Table — Minimus advisories showing affected images and packages, severity, status, etc.

Affected images only refer to production images. Development image variants (for example, an image tagged latest-dev) are excluded by default.Refer to version-specific vulnerability reports for information about vulnerabilities affecting development images. Learn more

Overview

Before you dive into the details, examine the metrics in the top section:

Total number of new vulnerabilities detected in the past 7 days in Minimus packages
Total number of vulnerabilities detected over the past year in Minimus packages that are currently known as active exploits (i.e. they are on the CISA KEV list)
Total number of vulnerabilities detected over the past year in Minimus images that are currently labeled as likely exploits (i.e. they have a high EPSS probability score and are likely targets for exploitation).
Total number of critical severity vulnerabilities detected over the past year in Minimus images.

Advisories table

The advisories table lists all affected packages. Some vulnerabilities affect multiple packages, so you will notice the same vulnerability listed on a separate line for each impacted package. When the affected package is mapped to a Minimus image, the image information and fixed version will appear as well. The advisories table shows the following:

Column	Description
Vulnerability ID	Either a CVE ID or a GHSA (GitHub Security Advisory) ID
Origin package	The top-level APK build package that produced the affected package. Learn more
Package	Package version directly affected by the vulnerability
Affected images	Only showing production images. Dev images are excluded.
Severity	CVSS score listed by NVD from registered CNAs, CISA ADP, or NIST. Where there are multiple severity analyses with different scores, Minimus favors the most recent CVSS vector and the most reputable vendor. Learn more about competing CVSS severity scores
Exploitability	As determined by Minimus based on CISA KEV or EPSS predictions
Status	See the advisory statuses listed below
Date published	Note that an image may be fixed before the advisory was published
Last update	When the advisory was last updated. Note the difference between package fix date, image build date, and the advisory fix notification

The detection timestamp indicating when the scanner first flagged the vulnerability is shown in the advisory drill down window. The detection date may be after the package was already fixed, as in a silent fix.

Filtering, searching, and sorting advisories

Filtering options You can filter the advisories list by affected images, severity, exploitability, status, detection date and last update. The filters are friendly UI elements, and do not require complex syntax. The Affected Images filter has the following options:
1. My images (Default)
2. Any
3. Specific images (Searchable list of images)
4. Remove this filter to include also advisories for packages that are not mapped to any image.
Search options You can search the advisories by a full or partial vulnerability ID and/or a package and image name. You can combine search terms with filtering criteria.
Sorting options You may sort the advisories by their severity and last update.

Advisories are not mapped to affected images if their status is under review or unaffected.

Drill down on an advisory

Click on an advisory in the table to view its detailed listing. When drilling down from the advisories table, two filters are applied by default for the origin package and specific affected package.

Expand the card to view the full advisory details with detailed information listing all affected images, the current status, fixed package and image version information (if available), and the status history. Learn more

Advisory status

Status	Description
Under review	Minimus is following up on the vulnerability report to confirm the report and determine if the vulnerable code affects the package.
Affected	The vulnerability was confirmed by the Minimus team to be affecting the package.
Unaffected	The vulnerability was determined to be a false-positive by Minimus. Reasoning is provided in a note.
Pending upstream fix	Minimus is waiting for the source repo to publish a fix for the package. The image will be patched as soon as the fix becomes available.
Fixed	A patch was applied to remediate the vulnerability.
Fix not planned	Usually a fix is not planned for package versions that have reached their end of life (EOL). Reasoning is provided in a note.

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Filtering, searching, and sorting advisories

Drill down on an advisory

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