The security-inspector add-on enables security inspections by scanning workload configurations across multiple dimensions. This topic describes the add-on features, usage, and release notes.
Overview
security-inspector scans workload configurations across multiple dimensions to identify application security risks in real time. The following figure shows the add-on architecture.
Usage
The security-inspector add-on provides secure configuration inspection.
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security-inspector uses Polaris to scan workload configurations in your cluster for security risks in real time.
NotePolaris is an open source tool that scans workload configurations for security risks.
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security-inspector scans workload configurations across multiple dimensions and generates inspection reports covering health checks, images, networks, resources, and security, with remediation suggestions for hardening. See Use configuration inspection to check cluster workloads.
Release notes
May 2026
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v0.16.8 |
registry-cn-hangzhou.ack.aliyuncs.com/acs/security-inspector:v0.16.8 |
May 22, 2026 |
Upgraded the Golang version to 1.25.10 for improved component stability. |
No impact on services. |
December 2025
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v0.16.7 |
registry-cn-hangzhou.ack.aliyuncs.com/acs/security-inspector:v0.16.7 |
December 3, 2025 |
Upgraded the Golang version to 1.24.11 for improved component stability. |
No impact on services. |
August 2025
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v0.16.6 |
registry-cn-hangzhou.ack.aliyuncs.com/acs/security-inspector:v0.16.6 |
August 11, 2025 |
Upgraded the Golang version to 1.24.6 for improved component stability. |
No impact on services. |
July 2025
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v0.16.5.2-gffa860c-aliyun |
registry-cn-hangzhou.ack.aliyuncs.com/acs/security-inspector:v0.16.5.2-gffa860c-aliyun |
July 9, 2025 |
Upgraded the Golang version to 1.24.4 for improved component stability. |
No impact on services. |
April 2025
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v0.16.3.3-ge515753-aliyun |
registry-cn-hangzhou.ack.aliyuncs.com/acs/security-inspector:v0.16.3.3-ge515753-aliyun |
April 16, 2025 |
Upgraded the Golang version to 1.24.2 for improved component stability. |
No impact on services. |
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v0.16.2.0-gbce6b15-aliyun |
registry-cn-hangzhou.ack.aliyuncs.com/acs/security-inspector:v0.16.2.0-gbce6b15-aliyun |
April 9, 2025 |
Fixed a crash when a dependent resource in the security-inspector namespace was deleted. The component now logs the error instead of crashing. |
No impact on services. |
March 2025
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v0.16.1.0-gea4d02f-aliyun |
registry-cn-hangzhou.ack.aliyuncs.com/acs/security-inspector:v0.16.1.0-gea4d02f-aliyun |
March 18, 2025 |
Upgraded the Golang runtime to 1.23.7 to improve component stability. |
This upgrade does not impact your workloads. |
January 2025
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v0.16.0.0-g4e93dcd-aliyun |
registry-cn-hangzhou.ack.aliyuncs.com/acs/security-inspector:v0.16.0.0-g4e93dcd-aliyun |
January 2, 2025 |
Enhanced component stability by upgrading Golang to 1.23.4. |
No service impact. |
October 2024
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v0.15.0.0-g4218661-aliyun |
registry-cn-hangzhou.ack.aliyuncs.com/acs/security-inspector:v0.15.0.0-g4218661-aliyun |
October 10, 2024 |
Added a check for plaintext AccessKeys in environment variables. |
No impact on existing workloads. |
August 2024
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v0.14.1.0-g829a93d-aliyun |
registry-cn-hangzhou.ack.aliyuncs.com/acs/security-inspector:v0.14.1.0-g829a93d-aliyun |
August 1, 2024 |
Improved version compatibility. |
No service impact. |
July 2024
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v0.14.0.0-gfc02c67-aliyun |
registry-cn-hangzhou.ack.aliyuncs.com/acs/security-inspector:v0.14.0.0-gfc02c67-aliyun |
July 26, 2024 |
The component now runs inspection tasks in the security-inspector namespace. |
This upgrade does not affect your workloads. |
March 2024
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v0.13.0.0-g88dfa8f-aliyun |
registry-cn-hangzhou.ack.aliyuncs.com/acs/security-inspector:v0.13.0.0-g88dfa8f-aliyun |
2024-03-26 |
Expanded role-based access control (RBAC) inspections to check for wildcard usage, cluster-admin role assignments, and modifications to default cluster roles such as system:basic-user, system:discovery, and system:public-info-viewer. |
This upgrade does not affect your workloads. |
February 2024
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v0.12.0.7-g6f9d47f-aliyun |
registry-cn-hangzhou.ack.aliyuncs.com/acs/security-inspector:v0.12.0.7-g6f9d47f-aliyun |
2024-02-21 |
Host network usage and the health check listening port are now configurable on the Add-ons page. |
This upgrade does not affect your workloads. |
December 2023
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v0.11.0.3-ga2fad87-aliyun |
registry-cn-hangzhou.ack.aliyuncs.com/acs/security-inspector:v0.11.0.3-ga2fad87-aliyun |
December 21, 2023 |
Custom ttlSecondsAfterFinished values for security-inspector-polaris-cronjob are now preserved during component updates. |
This update does not affect your workloads. |
June 2023
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v0.10.1.2-g13c9de7-aliyun |
registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/security-inspector:v0.10.1.2-g13c9de7-aliyun |
2023-06-02 |
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This upgrade has no impact on your workloads. |
April 2023
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v0.10.0.3-g15b35c4-aliyun |
registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/security-inspector:v0.10.0.3-g15b35c4-aliyun |
April 13, 2023 |
Added support for Kubernetes 1.26. |
No impact on your workloads. |
February 2023
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v0.9.1.0-gcdddfa7-aliyun |
registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/security-inspector:v0.9.1.0-gcdddfa7-aliyun |
2023-02-27 |
Fixed CVE-2023-0286 in the component's base image. |
No impact on workloads. |
December 2022
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v0.9.0.0-g1d38ec6-aliyun |
registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/security-inspector:v0.9.0.0-g1d38ec6-aliyun |
December 22, 2022 |
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This update does not affect your workloads. |
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v0.8.3.2-ge5496db-aliyun |
registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/security-inspector:v0.8.3.2-ge5496db-aliyun |
December 13, 2022 |
This version is in canary release. Faster initialization removes the multi-minute wait before running security inspections. |
This update does not affect your workloads. |
August 2022
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v0.8.3.1-gf7bf0e0-aliyun |
registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/security-inspector:v0.8.3.1-gf7bf0e0-aliyun |
2022-08-30 |
Adds links to detailed information in the messages for the |
This upgrade has no impact on your workloads. |
June 2022
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v0.8.2.16-gc84d60d-aliyun |
registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/security-inspector:v0.8.2.16-gc84d60d-aliyun |
June 21, 2022 |
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No impact on workloads. |
April 2022
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v0.8.1.0-g58d1a56-aliyun |
registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/security-inspector:v0.8.1.0-g58d1a56-aliyun |
2022-04-11 |
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This upgrade does not affect workloads. |
February 2022
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v0.8.0.0-gb0edd1d-aliyun |
registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/security-inspector:v0.8.0.0-gb0edd1d-aliyun |
February 15, 2022 |
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No impact on your workloads. |
December 2021
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v0.7.0.5-g8cc37b6-aliyun |
registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/security-inspector:v0.7.0.5-g8cc37b6-aliyun |
2021-12-03 |
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This update does not affect your workloads. |
September 2021
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v0.6.0.4-gc12ad66-aliyun |
registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/security-inspector:v0.6.0.4-gc12ad66-aliyun |
September 20, 2021 |
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This update does not affect your workloads. |
June 2021
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v0.5.0.2-g5e33765-aliyun |
registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/security-inspector:v0.5.0.2-g5e33765-aliyun |
2021-06-24 |
Fixed incorrect inspection reports when multiple clusters shared the same SLS project. |
This is a non-disruptive update. |
March 2021
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v0.4.0.0-g541eb31-aliyun |
registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/security-inspector:v0.4.0.0-g541eb31-aliyun |
March 15, 2021 |
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This update does not affect your workloads. |
January 2021
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v0.3.0.2-gcb49252-aliyun |
registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/security-inspector:v0.3.0.2-gcb49252-aliyun |
January 5, 2021 |
Adds support for scanning anonymous user permissions to identify risky RBAC configurations. |
This upgrade does not affect your workloads. |
December 2020
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v0.2.0.22-gd1fbaff-aliyun |
registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/security-inspector:v0.2.0.22-gd1fbaff-aliyun |
December 16, 2020 |
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This update does not affect your workloads. |
July 2020
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v0.1.0.3-g69f71f6-aliyun |
registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/acs/security-inspector:v0.1.0.3-g69f71f6-aliyun |
2020-07-06 |
Manually trigger inspection tasks to check cluster workloads and generate reports. |
No impact on your workloads. |