# Mitigating software supply chain risks through faster vulnerability response and verified software images

DevFeed: [Mitigating software supply chain risks through faster vulnerability response and verified software images](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/if-xz-s-backdoors-are-inevitable-how-do-we-stay-secure-the-answer-is-move-faster-13100.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/if-xzs-backdoors-are-inevitable-how-do-we-stay-secure-the-answer-is-move-faster>)

Published: 2024-04-16T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [supply-chain-security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/supply-chain-security.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [open-source-security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source-security.md>), [chainguard images](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard-images.md>), [supply chain attacks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/supply-chain-attacks.md>)

Tags: [auditability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/auditability.md>), [chainguard-images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-images.md>), [cve-2024-3094](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cve-2024-3094.md>), [golang](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/golang.md>), [liblzma](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/liblzma.md>), [sbom](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sbom.md>), [software-bill-of-materials](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-bill-of-materials.md>), [software-supply-chain](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-supply-chain.md>), [supply-chain-attacks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/supply-chain-attacks.md>), [supply-chain-integrity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/supply-chain-integrity.md>), [supply-chain-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/supply-chain-security.md>), [vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerabilities.md>), [xz](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/xz.md>), [xz-backdoor](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/xz-backdoor.md>), [zero-trust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/zero-trust.md>)

## AI overview

The article discusses the xz vulnerability, the risk of future software supply chain attacks, and the importance of rapid patch propagation and software inventory auditability. It presents Chainguard Images as a continuously verified and auditable approach to mitigating these risks.

## Source excerpt

Software backdoors are a threat. Learn how to mitigate supply chain security risks by responding faster to vulnerabilities like the xz flaw.