Centralized Vulnerability Security Scanning and Distributed Detection
Summary
Oracle International Corporation filed patent application US20260093820A1 with USPTO for a centralized vulnerability security scanning and distributed detection system. The invention enables receiving image scan results from cloud environments and comparing them against container identity data to identify vulnerable software running in deployed containers, generating GUI alerts for security teams.
What changed
Oracle has been granted a patent (Application No. 18902621, filed September 30, 2024, published April 2, 2026) for a centralized vulnerability scanning system that detects container software risks across multi-cloud environments. The system receives image scan results from a second cloud environment, compares them against container identity data from deployed containers in a first cloud environment, and generates alerts when vulnerable software is detected.
This patent represents Oracle's intellectual property in container security technology and does not impose regulatory obligations on any party. Organizations seeking to implement similar container vulnerability scanning capabilities may wish to review Oracle's patented approaches for licensing considerations or to ensure their security tools do not infringe on these claims.
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Centralized Vulnerability Security Scanning And Distributed Detection
Application US20260093820A1 Kind: A1 Apr 02, 2026
Assignee
Oracle International Corporation
Inventors
Kanishk Panwar, Yatin P. Patil, Norman Wesley Ackroyd, Chinmay Jain, Micah Will Miller
Abstract
Techniques for a centralized vulnerability security scanning and distributed detection system are disclosed. Some techniques set forth a set of operations including receiving, in a first cloud environment of a cloud system, image scan results from a second cloud environment of the cloud system, receiving container identity data from a particular deployed container of a set of deployed containers in the first cloud environment, based on a comparison between the image scan results and the container identity data, determining that the particular deployed container of the set of deployed containers is running a vulnerable software product, and generating, for presentation on a graphic user interface (GUI), information associated with the vulnerable software product. The image scan results correspond to a vulnerability scan of a plurality of software products running in the set of deployed containers.
CPC Classifications
G06F 21/577 H04L 63/205 G06F 2221/033
Filing Date
2024-09-30
Application No.
18902621
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