Cluster Shield Release Notes

Here are the most recent release notes for Cluster Shield. Review the entries to learn about the latest features, defect fixes, and known issues.

1.18.1 December 18, 2025

Supported shield chart version: 1.25.2

Fixed incorrect resolution of image signature references with pullstrings that contain a digest. This caused supply-chain policy evaluations to fail and resulted in denied admission requests due to missing image signatures.
Fixed an issue where Admission Control did not honor the features.container_vulnerability_management.registry_ssl.verify configuration value.
Fixed a bug in Container Vulnerability Management that could prevent Cluster Shield from correctly retrieving images from public registries.

This release addresses the following vulnerabilities: