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Red Hat Clair Integration

Unify container security with Sonatype and Red Hat Clair. Sonatype Lifecycle integrates with Red Hat Clair to deliver deep, automated container scanning, giving you a single source of truth for vulnerabilities across application, runtime, and operating system (OS) layers.

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Scan Containers with Confidence Using Red Hat Clair

Sonatype’s integration with Red Hat Clair enhances container security by identifying known vulnerabilities in container images through a robust, fully automated pipeline. With Clair container scanning directly integrated into Sonatype Lifecycle, your teams can detect, track, and remediate risks across every layer, without manual effort or duplicated tooling.

By combining open source security with OS-level vulnerability detection, organizations get a comprehensive assessment of container image health, all within the Sonatype IQ Server. Whether you are scanning base images, third-party software, or proprietary code, the integration ensures that every layer is accounted for in your risk profile. This enables policy enforcement at scale, automated reporting, and a single pane of glass for all vulnerabilities.

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Red Hat Clair Integration Features

End-to-End Container Visibility

Get a full picture of container risk, from dependencies to OS vulnerabilities, with unified insights across layers.

Container Scanning Automation

Trigger Clair vulnerability scans as part of your CI/CD workflow, enabling continuous compliance without slowing down builds.

Single View of Vulnerability Risk

Combine Red Hat Clair and Sonatype Lifecycle results in one centralized dashboard for streamlined remediation and reporting.

Policy-Based Governance

Apply custom policies to block builds with known vulnerabilities based on severity, age, exploitability, and other attributes.

Third-Party Container Support

Evaluate container images from external sources using Clair’s CVE data and Sonatype’s intelligence.

Seamless DevOps Integration

Integrate with CI/CD pipelines, registries, and container orchestration platforms for scalable, automated vulnerability scanning.

Integration Resources

Secure Containers with Sonatype Lifecycle + Red Hat

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Sonatype Help Documentation for Clair Application Analysis

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Sonatype and Red Hat Partnership

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FAQs

What is Red Hat Clair and how does it enhance container security?

Red Hat Clair is an open source project for the static analysis of vulnerabilities in application containers. When integrated with Sonatype Lifecycle, it adds OS-level vulnerability scanning to the existing application-level analysis, resulting in a more complete security posture.

Does Sonatype support scanning third-party container images with Clair?

Yes, you can evaluate third-party containers, including those from public or private registries, by leveraging Clair’s CVE data along with Sonatype’s proprietary vulnerability intelligence.

Can I automate Clair container scanning in my CI/CD pipeline?

Absolutely. The integration enables automated scanning during builds and deployments, so vulnerabilities are flagged and remediated early in the SDLC.