"Almost a quarter of those surveyed said they had experienced a container-related security incident in the past year. The bottleneck is rarely in detecting vulnerabilities, but mainly in what happens next. Weeks or months can pass between the discovery of a problem and the actual implementation of a solution. During that period, applications continued to run with known risks, making organizations vulnerable, reports The Register."
"Developers point to human error as the main cause of container security problems. Patch processes also play a major role. Updates are often complex to implement, and patches can sometimes take a long time to arrive. Scanning tools do not always help, as they often generate reports that are false alarms. Combined with limited time, scarce resources, and low organizational priority, this creates a structural problem."
A BellSoft survey of 427 developers who attended Devoxx in October 2025 reveals persistent container security challenges. Almost a quarter reported a container-related security incident in the past year. The main bottleneck is remediation rather than detection, with weeks or months passing between discovery and fixes while applications continue running with known risks. Developers cite human error and complex patch processes as leading causes, with scanning tools producing false positives. Many teams use general Linux distributions and general-purpose JDK images that include unnecessary packages, increasing attack surface and complicating vulnerability triage and patching.
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