ActiveState Platform - November 2025

Released: Nov 12, 2025

Updates in November 2025

Features

  • Introduced a Public Image Catalog, offering secure, minimal container images with low-to-no CVEs. This catalog is designed for development, deployment, and popular open-source applications. It enhances the experience for both current and prospective users, allowing them to easily browse, evaluate, and pull the latest free container images.
    • The Catalog will include a summary of each container, including:
      • Latest published date.
      • Image size.
      • Image architecture (x86).
      • README.
      • CVE count by severity.
      • VEX information.
      • Pull commands.
      • Links to documentation.
      • SBOM data.
      • Showcase past versions.
    • Component information will be included for each container, including:
      • Name.
      • Version(s).
      • License(s).
      • Total count of packages in image.
      • Security comparison against community version of the image (vuln count, size, SLA).
  • Image Customization
    • All images can be customized to meet your needs. Customization may include:
      • Add packages, configurations, or secure language libraries.
      • Access specific tags and image variants.
      • Meet compliance requirements (FIPS, STIG, and more).