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[uk-ai-resilience] Prioritize burn-down of container CVE backlog (67 Critical / 438 High across 10 scanned images) #52322

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UK AI Open Code Risk & Resilience Governance — Remediation Item

Tier: C — Restricted Pending Review
SLA Urgency: Critical

Risk-Scoring Breakdown

Dimension Score
Exposure amplification High (supply-chain, multiple production/build images)
Patchability Medium (upstream-dependent)
Detectability High (grype tracked, per-image issues filed)
Operational fragility Medium
Ownership confidence High (dedicated issue per image already exists)

Finding

The [static-analysis] Report - 2026-08-12 (#52235) shows grype found 1325 total CVEs across 10 scanned container images: 67 Critical, 438 High, 776 Medium, 44 Unknown. Six images each have a dedicated open [container-image-scan] tracking issue (node:lts-alpine, ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-mcpg:v0.4.8, ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/api-proxy:0.27.44, ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server:v1.8.0, ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/squid:0.27.44, ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/cli-proxy:0.27.44, ghcr.io/github/gh-aw-firewall/agent:0.27.44), but the aggregate Critical/High volume is large relative to observed remediation velocity.

Positively, this week showed active remediation behavior (container/dependency replacements landing same-week as findings), but the Critical/High backlog volume still warrants a consolidated, prioritized burn-down effort rather than per-image issue handling alone.

Remediation Action

  • Triage the 67 Critical findings first across all 10 images; confirm exploitability/reachability given the images' runtime roles (agent execution, firewall proxy, MCP gateway).
  • Establish or confirm an SLA-driven image update cadence (e.g., weekly base-image bump + rebuild) to keep pace with new CVE disclosures.
  • Consolidate tracking across the six open per-image issues to avoid duplicated triage effort; link this issue as the parent tracking item.

Reference

Full governance analysis: see the linked discussion report "UK AI Open Code Risk & Resilience Governance Report — 2026-08-12 (github/gh-aw)" created in this same workflow run. Source data: issue #52235.

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