dhi.io/falco
Falco
Falco is a CNCF-graduated cloud-native runtime security tool that uses a modern eBPF probe to monitor syscalls and detect anomalous application and container behavior in real time.
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Build Level 3
Tamper-evident proof of how and from what sources this image was built. Build Level 3 is the highest the SLSA build track defines.
CycloneDX SBOM + SPDX SBOM
A software bill of materials in both CycloneDX and SPDX formats so it drops straight into your existing tooling. Audit exactly what you're shipping.
A Vulnerability Exploitability exchange document, Docker's assessment of which CVEs actually affect this image and which don't apply, so you can focus on real risk instead of chasing false positives.
Available
A link to everything used to build the image, package source code, Git repos, and build files, so you can audit or reproduce the build and stay compliant with open source licenses.
Every known vulnerability in this image, shown in full rather than hidden. The VEX data flags which ones actually apply, so you can tell real exposure from noise before you ship.
Exactly what changed in this build, down to the package bumps and fixes behind the version you're pulling.
Verifies no keys, tokens, or credentials were accidentally baked into the image.
The image layers were scanned for known malware signatures before publishing.
About Falco
Falco is a CNCF-graduated cloud-native runtime security tool. It monitors syscalls and container/Kubernetes events in real time, evaluating them against a library of rules to detect anomalous behavior — such as unexpected shell spawns, sensitive file reads, or privilege escalation attempts inside a running container or host.
This image builds Falco from source using its modern eBPF (CO-RE) driver only. Modern eBPF is bundled directly into
the falco binary and requires no separate driver-loader, no DKMS, and no kernel headers on the host — only a Linux
kernel 5.8+ with BTF support. The legacy kernel-module and legacy-eBPF drivers are out of scope for this image.
Falco loads its eBPF probe into the kernel and therefore runs as root with elevated capabilities — this is inherent to how Falco captures syscalls, not something added by hardening.
This image builds the container plugin (container metadata enrichment) from source rather than using upstream's
pre-built binary — Falco's default bundled rules file declares a hard requirement on this plugin and will not load or
start without it.
About Docker Hardened Images
Docker Hardened Images are built to meet the highest security and compliance standards. They provide a trusted foundation for containerized workloads by incorporating security best practices from the start.
Why use Docker Hardened Images?
These images are published with near-zero known CVEs, include signed provenance, and come with a complete Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) and VEX metadata. They're designed to secure your software supply chain while fitting seamlessly into existing Docker workflows.
Trademarks
Falco® and the Falco logo are trademarks of The Linux Foundation, used under the Cloud Native Computing Foundation's Falco brand guidelines. Any use by Docker is for referential purposes only and does not indicate sponsorship, endorsement, or affiliation.