# Announcing Chainguard VMs: Minimal, Zero-CVE Container Host Images

DevFeed: [Announcing Chainguard VMs: Minimal, Zero-CVE Container Host Images](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/announcing-chainguard-vms-minimal-zero-cve-container-host-images-12882.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/announcing-chainguard-vms-minimal-zero-cve-container-host-images>)

Published: 2025-03-25T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Chainguard: Unchained](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chainguard-unchained.md>)

Topics: [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-infrastructure.md>), [Containers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/containers.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [supply-chain-security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/supply-chain-security.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>)

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## AI overview

Chainguard VMs has entered Early Access as a catalog of guarded, minimal, zero-CVE container host images for ephemeral cloud workloads. The images are built from source, include only required container-host components, and are designed to reduce attack surface and simplify vulnerability remediation.

## Source excerpt

Chainguard VMs is a catalog of guarded, minimal, zero-CVE container host images that is now in Early Access.