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Incorrectly flagging "Outdated base images found"

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
docker, php
Domain
cli, security

Research direction

Start by reproducing the Docker Scout policy at Policies / No outdated base images / Results - QUICK FIX with the PHP image and digest shown. Compare the reported old and new values, then verify that identical tag and SHA256 values are no longer flagged or offered as a quick fix.

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Description

Docker Scout incorrectly assessed base image for PHP as outdated. Additionally Docker Scout's quick fix identifies same old image and new image. As you can see, both the "old" and "new" images are exactly the same (same tag and same SHA256 hash).

old image
php:8.4.6-cli-alpine@sha256:0c005fbcdecc04fe63d21220b0fdb7aba9f14b8bc92646a363a019fd65ca12fc
New image
php:8.4.6-cli-alpine@sha256:0c005fbcdecc04fe63d21220b0fdb7aba9f14b8bc92646a363a019fd65ca12fc
Here is a screenshot of Policies / No outdated base images / Results - QUICK FIX section

Image

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454
Forks
134
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