# chainctl images advisories list

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Last Modified: April 28, 2026
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 chainctl images advisories list List security advisories for packages in an image.
Synopsis List security advisories for APK packages in a container image.
This command fetches the SBOM attestation from the image registry, extracts the list of APK packages, and queries the Chainguard advisory database for each package.
The image reference can be any valid OCI image reference that has SBOM attestations attached.
chainctl images advisories list {IMAGE_REF} [--platform=PLATFORM] [--status=STATUS,...] Examples # List advisories for a Chainguard image chainctl images advisories list cgr.dev/chainguard/nginx:latest # List advisories for a specific platform chainctl images advisories list cgr.dev/chainguard/python:latest --platform=linux/arm64 # Filter by status (e.g., only show detected vulnerabilities) chainctl images advisories list cgr.dev/chainguard/go:latest --status=detected # Filter by multiple statuses (comma-separated or multiple flags) chainctl images advisories list cgr.dev/chainguard/go:latest --status=detected,pending-upstream chainctl images advisories list cgr.dev/chainguard/go:latest --status=detected --status=pending-upstream # Output as JSON chainctl images advisories list cgr.dev/chainguard/go:latest -o json Options --platform string Platform to fetch SBOM for (e.g., linux/amd64, linux/arm64) (default "linux/amd64") --status strings Filter advisories by status; can be specified multiple times or comma-separated (e.g., --status=detected,pending-upstream) Options inherited from parent commands --api string The url of the Chainguard platform API. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev") --audience string The Chainguard token audience to request. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev") --config string A specific chainctl config file. Uses CHAINCTL_CONFIG environment variable if a file is not passed explicitly. --console string The url of the Chainguard platform Console. (default "https://console.chainguard.dev") --force-color Force color output even when stdout is not a TTY. -h, --help Help for chainctl --issuer string The url of the Chainguard STS endpoint. (default "https://issuer.enforce.dev") --log-level string Set the log level (debug, info) (default "ERROR") -o, --output string Output format. One of: [csv, env, go-template, id, json, markdown, none, table, terse, tree, wide] -v, --v int Set the log verbosity level. SEE ALSO chainctl images advisories	- Security advisory commands for images.