kafka Caches, Queues & Messaging
Apache Kafka with custom jlink JRE, KRaft mode.
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docker pull ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:latestdocker pull ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:latest-devThe -dev variant adds a shell, package manager and build toolchain. For CI and debugging — not production.
Details
- Repository
- ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka
- Size (compressed)
- 213 MB
- Built
- 2026-09-29T00:26:15Z (today)
- Architectures
- x86_64, aarch64
- Primary package
- kafka
- Entrypoint
- /usr/bin/kafka-entrypoint.sh
- User
- kafka (65532)
- Working dir
- /
- Architectures
- x86_64, aarch64
- Environment
- Labels
-
org.opencontainers.image.title minimal-kafka org.opencontainers.image.description Hardened Apache Kafka image with custom jlink JRE, KRaft mode, daily CVE patches org.opencontainers.image.url https://github.com/rtvkiz/minimal org.opencontainers.image.source https://github.com/rtvkiz/minimal/tree/main/images/kafka org.opencontainers.image.licenses Apache-2.0
- Entrypoint
- /usr/bin/kafka-entrypoint.sh
- User
- kafka (65532)
- Working dir
- /
- Architectures
- x86_64, aarch64
- Environment
- Labels
-
org.opencontainers.image.title minimal-kafka-dev org.opencontainers.image.description Dev variant of minimal-kafka: same Kafka + JRE + shell + curl/socat/jq. Not for production. org.opencontainers.image.url https://github.com/rtvkiz/minimal org.opencontainers.image.source https://github.com/rtvkiz/minimal/tree/main/images/kafka org.opencontainers.image.licenses Apache-2.0 dev.minimal.variant dev
| Tag | Pull | Published |
|---|---|---|
| 4-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:4-dev | 2026-09-29 |
| 4.3-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:4.3-dev | 2026-09-29 |
| 4.3.1-r0-20260929-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:4.3.1-r0-20260929-dev | 2026-09-29 |
| 4.3.1-r0-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:4.3.1-r0-dev | 2026-09-29 |
| latest-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:latest-dev | 2026-09-29 |
| 4 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:4 | 2026-09-29 |
| 4.3 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:4.3 | 2026-09-29 |
| 4.3.1-r0 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:4.3.1-r0 | 2026-09-29 |
| 4.3.1-r0-20260929 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:4.3.1-r0-20260929 | 2026-09-29 |
| latest | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:latest | 2026-09-29 |
| 4.3.1-r0-20260928 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:4.3.1-r0-20260928 | 2026-09-28 |
| 4.3.1-r0-20260928-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:4.3.1-r0-20260928-dev | 2026-09-28 |
| 4.3.1-r0-20260927 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:4.3.1-r0-20260927 | 2026-09-27 |
| 4.3.1-r0-20260927-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:4.3.1-r0-20260927-dev | 2026-09-27 |
| 4.3.1-r0-20260926 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:4.3.1-r0-20260926 | 2026-09-26 |
| 4.3.1-r0-20260926-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:4.3.1-r0-20260926-dev | 2026-09-26 |
| 4.3.1-r0-20260925 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:4.3.1-r0-20260925 | 2026-09-25 |
| 4.3.1-r0-20260925-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:4.3.1-r0-20260925-dev | 2026-09-25 |
| 4.3.1-r0-20260924 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:4.3.1-r0-20260924 | 2026-09-24 |
| 4.3.1-r0-20260924-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:4.3.1-r0-20260924-dev | 2026-09-24 |
| 4.3.1-r0-20260923 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:4.3.1-r0-20260923 | 2026-09-23 |
| 4.3.1-r0-20260923-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:4.3.1-r0-20260923-dev | 2026-09-23 |
| 4.3.1-r0-20260922 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:4.3.1-r0-20260922 | 2026-09-22 |
| 4.3.1-r0-20260922-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:4.3.1-r0-20260922-dev | 2026-09-22 |
| 4.3.1-r0-20260921 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:4.3.1-r0-20260921 | 2026-09-21 |
| 4.3.1-r0-20260921-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:4.3.1-r0-20260921-dev | 2026-09-21 |
| 4.3.1-r0-20260920 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:4.3.1-r0-20260920 | 2026-09-20 |
| 4.3.1-r0-20260920-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:4.3.1-r0-20260920-dev | 2026-09-20 |
| 4.3.1-r0-20260919 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:4.3.1-r0-20260919 | 2026-09-19 |
| 4.3.1-r0-20260919-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:4.3.1-r0-20260919-dev | 2026-09-19 |
| 4.3.1-r0-20260918 | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:4.3.1-r0-20260918 | 2026-09-18 |
| 4.3.1-r0-20260918-dev | ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:4.3.1-r0-20260918-dev | 2026-09-18 |
131 packages in the image, resolved from the SPDX SBOM.
| Package | Version | License |
|---|---|---|
| alpine/ca-certificates | 20260909 | MPL-2.0 AND MIT |
| alsa-lib | 1.2.16.1-r2 | LGPL-2.1-or-later |
| alsa-lib | v1.2.16.1 | LGPL-2.1-or-later |
| alsa-lib | 1.2.16.1-r2 | LGPL-2.1-or-later |
| alsa-lib | 1.2.16.1-r2 | — |
| alsa-lib.yaml | af3540137e3e64182f21b81fd7497d503c8adc04 | Apache-2.0 |
| brotli | v1.2.0 | MIT |
| brotli.yaml | 9db3aeed30b6359289528ef564a4909f78faeac9 | Apache-2.0 |
| busybox | 1.38.0-r2 | GPL-2.0-only |
| busybox | 1.38.0-r2 | GPL-2.0-only |
| busybox | 1.38.0-r2 | — |
| busybox_mirror | 1_38_0 | GPL-2.0-only |
| busybox.yaml | 71881f600839f8cdaced7ecf938b4efc90a09c33 | Apache-2.0 |
| bzip2.yaml | 8867ad015582e91734eb840c4363388869f71fc5 | Apache-2.0 |
| ca-certificates-bundle | 20260909-r1 | MPL-2.0 AND MIT |
| ca-certificates-bundle | 20260909-r1 | (MPL-2.0 AND MIT) |
| ca-certificates-bundle | 20260909-r1 | — |
| ca-certificates.yaml | ee3eac73dda22e8dd32fa5fb3e3a1712a6e812d7 | Apache-2.0 |
| freetype | 2.14.3-r6 | FTL OR GPL-2.0-or-later |
| freetype | 2.14.3-r6 | (FTL OR GPL-2.0-or-later) |
| freetype | 2.14.3-r6 | — |
| freetype.yaml | 79fbc3c9f8c7d24ebc59fe262c2578f975387c2d | Apache-2.0 |
| freetype/freetype | VER-2-14-3 | FTL OR GPL-2.0-or-later |
| gcc.yaml | 794cf72f88e1b408eca5da0dbf5c5ed25543606d | Apache-2.0 |
| giflib | 6.1.3-r1 | MIT |
| giflib | 6.1.3-r1 | MIT |
| giflib | 6.1.3-r1 | — |
| giflib.yaml | cb7b2d42f6aec4553036e8deccdbe896eb73bd20 | Apache-2.0 |
| git/bzip2 | bzip2-1.0.8 | MPL-2.0 AND MIT |
| git/glibc | b4f51887c48ac82acfdb13f96d9eab5d120cb2b7 | LGPL-2.1-or-later |
| glibc-2.44 | 2.44-r7 | LGPL-2.1-or-later |
| glibc-2.44 | 2.44-r7 | LGPL-2.1-or-later |
| glibc-2.44 | 2.44-r7 | — |
| glibc-2.44-locale-posix | 2.44-r7 | LGPL-2.1-or-later |
| glibc-2.44-locale-posix | 2.44-r7 | LGPL-2.1-or-later |
| glibc-2.44-locale-posix | 2.44-r7 | — |
| glibc-2.44.yaml | 2f4fbb70b55156f2d4cabff471b50dab0e75aa89 | Apache-2.0 |
| gnutools/gcc | releases/gcc-16.2.0 | GPL-3.0-or-later WITH GCC-exception-3.1 |
| images/kafka/melange.yaml | 1bce6e63ea891bcced1fda6bdc6813ced3474c4e | — |
| kafka | 4.3.1-r0 | Apache-2.0 |
| lcms2 | 2.19.1-r2 | MIT AND GPL-3.0-only |
| lcms2 | 2.19.1-r2 | (MIT AND GPL-3.0-only) |
| lcms2 | 2.19.1-r2 | — |
| lcms2.yaml | 3be4812b7c852b960fb73933eb247e2bd972298d | Apache-2.0 |
| ld-linux-2.44 | 2.44-r7 | LGPL-2.1-or-later |
| ld-linux-2.44 | 2.44-r7 | LGPL-2.1-or-later |
| ld-linux-2.44 | 2.44-r7 | — |
| libbrotlicommon1 | 1.2.0-r5 | MIT |
| libbrotlicommon1 | 1.2.0-r5 | MIT |
| libbrotlicommon1 | 1.2.0-r5 | — |
| libbrotlidec1 | 1.2.0-r5 | MIT |
| libbrotlidec1 | 1.2.0-r5 | MIT |
| libbrotlidec1 | 1.2.0-r5 | — |
| libbz2-1 | 1.0.8-r24 | MPL-2.0 AND MIT |
| libbz2-1 | 1.0.8-r24 | (MPL-2.0 AND MIT) |
| libbz2-1 | 1.0.8-r24 | — |
| libcrypt1-2.44 | 2.44-r7 | LGPL-2.1-or-later |
| libcrypt1-2.44 | 2.44-r7 | LGPL-2.1-or-later |
| libcrypt1-2.44 | 2.44-r7 | — |
| libgcc | 16.2.0-r1 | GPL-3.0-or-later WITH GCC-exception-3.1 |
| libgcc | 16.2.0-r1 | (GPL-3.0-or-later WITH GCC-exception-3.1) |
| libgcc | 16.2.0-r1 | — |
| libjpeg-turbo | 3.2.0-r4 | BSD-3-Clause AND IJG AND Zlib |
| libjpeg-turbo | 3.2.0 | BSD-3-Clause AND IJG AND Zlib |
| libjpeg-turbo | 3.2.0-r4 | (BSD-3-Clause AND IJG AND Zlib) |
| libjpeg-turbo | 3.2.0-r4 | — |
| libjpeg-turbo.yaml | 203e65dd274965582cb0226c6aa7ca368c2e684e | Apache-2.0 |
| libpng | 1.6.58-r3 | libpng-2.0 |
| libpng | v1.6.58 | libpng-2.0 |
| libpng | 1.6.58-r3 | libpng-2.0 |
| libpng | 1.6.58-r3 | — |
| libpng.yaml | ed6708a41ae306d9a14b1e088a7590c8278a9bab | Apache-2.0 |
| libx11 | 1.8.13-r7 | XFree86-1.1 |
| libx11 | 1.8.13-r7 | XFree86-1.1 |
| libx11 | 1.8.13-r7 | — |
| libx11.yaml | eecac56ac7fa8eefdc88c3ce28b8d61d30a21109 | Apache-2.0 |
| libxau | 1.0.12-r8 | MIT |
| libxau | 1.0.12-r8 | MIT |
| libxau | 1.0.12-r8 | — |
| libxau.yaml | 1e34086426b21c24ee80c9a7bf6ba146f3cba960 | Apache-2.0 |
| libxcb | 1.17.0-r16 | MIT |
| libxcb | 1.17.0-r16 | MIT |
| libxcb | 1.17.0-r16 | — |
| libxcb.yaml | ec0f4c229323164654714800ce9a332169fd3ace | Apache-2.0 |
| libxcrypt | 4.5.2-r5 | GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later |
| libxcrypt | v4.5.2 | GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later |
| libxcrypt | 4.5.2-r5 | (GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later) |
| libxcrypt | 4.5.2-r5 | — |
| libxcrypt.yaml | e199a2ea58e2f64dce226ac5edb148fa8ff72664 | Apache-2.0 |
| libxdmcp | 1.1.5-r11 | MIT |
| libxdmcp | 1.1.5-r11 | MIT |
| libxdmcp | 1.1.5-r11 | — |
| libxdmcp.yaml | 8c878070babf1de9996bf309b5b54dacd4ee8c1e | Apache-2.0 |
| libxext | 1.3.7-r3 | MIT |
| libxext | 1.3.7-r3 | MIT |
| libxext | 1.3.7-r3 | — |
| libxext.yaml | 62088639a77e30bc4df60efce5e26c65128f4f95 | Apache-2.0 |
| libxi | 1.8.3-r1 | MIT AND X11 |
| libxi | 1.8.3-r1 | (MIT AND X11) |
| libxi | 1.8.3-r1 | — |
| libxi.yaml | 77c836474e6514dd0e511ced277b2549063b5618 | Apache-2.0 |
| libxrender | 0.9.12-r9 | XFree86-1.1 |
| libxrender | 0.9.12-r9 | XFree86-1.1 |
| libxrender | 0.9.12-r9 | — |
| libxrender.yaml | 81dde3ec6cd2859447fea166b956502e0e0ed467 | Apache-2.0 |
| libxtst | 1.2.5-r8 | XFree86-1.1 |
| libxtst | 1.2.5-r8 | XFree86-1.1 |
| libxtst | 1.2.5-r8 | — |
| libxtst.yaml | 1c8fdc57fe28006c25d9994c0701534b1c762ef5 | Apache-2.0 |
| Little-CMS | lcms2.19.1 | MIT AND GPL-3.0-only |
| p/giflib/code | 6.1.3 | MIT |
| sha256:4aa19cf0274ddd0de5f6fdd628b3ce3aa98a9dde0b4bb0dbf284b4e8032e8ad5 | 20230201 | — |
| sha256:592dce83660dd1c7a312c573ba5cb42b34d55f93e19623cc557d87f5902dcce0 | sha256:592dce83660dd1c7a312c573ba5cb42b34d55f93e19623cc557d87f5902dcce0 | — |
| wolfi | 20230201 | — |
| wolfi-baselayout | 20230201-r30 | MIT |
| wolfi-baselayout | 20230201-r30 | MIT |
| wolfi-baselayout | 20230201-r30 | — |
| wolfi-baselayout.yaml | a4472f6292a5e48d6d611bf24c6e119b1a483e66 | Apache-2.0 |
| xorg/lib/libx11 | libX11-1.8.13 | XFree86-1.1 |
| xorg/lib/libxau | libXau-1.0.12 | MIT |
| xorg/lib/libxcb | libxcb-1.17.0 | MIT |
| xorg/lib/libxdmcp | libXdmcp-1.1.5 | MIT |
| xorg/lib/libxext | libXext-1.3.7 | MIT |
| xorg/lib/libxi | libXi-1.8.3 | MIT AND X11 |
| xorg/lib/libxrender | libXrender-0.9.12 | XFree86-1.1 |
| xorg/lib/libxtst | libXtst-1.2.5 | XFree86-1.1 |
| zlib | 1.3.2.1_rc20260601-r0 | MPL-2.0 AND MIT |
| zlib | e3dc0a85b7032e98380dec011bc8f2c2ee0d8fca | MPL-2.0 AND MIT |
| zlib | 1.3.2.1_rc20260601-r0 | (MPL-2.0 AND MIT) |
| zlib | 1.3.2.1_rc20260601-r0 | — |
| zlib.yaml | f2ad881d0053f3f3b6b639e041b171fc0e5b7244 | Apache-2.0 |
8 high22 medium 25 fixable
| CVE | Severity | Package | Installed | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-2fvj-hgj9-j2gr | High | jetty-security | 12.0.34 | 12.0.36 |
| GHSA-2r2c-cx56-8933 | High | jline-remote-telnet | 3.30.4 | 3.30.14 |
| GHSA-47qp-hqvx-6r3f | High | jline-remote-telnet | 3.30.4 | 3.30.14 |
| GHSA-j3rv-43j4-c7qm | High | jackson-databind | 2.21.2 | 2.21.4 |
| GHSA-r2xf-8xr9-62gw | High | jline-builtins | 3.30.4 | 3.30.15 |
| GHSA-r7wm-3cxj-wff9 | High | jackson-core | 2.21.1 | 2.21.4 |
| GHSA-r7wm-3cxj-wff9 | High | jackson-core | 2.21.2 | 2.21.4 |
| GHSA-rmj7-2vxq-3g9f | High | jackson-databind | 2.21.2 | 2.21.4 |
| CVE-2026-77117 | Medium | glibc-2.44 | 2.44-r7 | — |
| CVE-2026-80489 | Medium | glibc-2.44 | 2.44-r7 | — |
| CVE-2026-8674 | Medium | glibc-2.44 | 2.44-r7 | — |
| CVE-2026-89092 | Medium | glibc-2.44 | 2.44-r7 | — |
| CVE-2026-90781 | Medium | alsa-lib | 1.2.16.1-r2 | — |
| GHSA-3pjw-73gf-8qr5 | Medium | jackson-databind | 2.21.2 | 2.21.4 |
| GHSA-5gvw-p9qm-jgwh | Medium | jackson-databind | 2.21.2 | 2.21.5 |
| GHSA-5hh8-q8hv-fr38 | Medium | jackson-databind | 2.21.2 | 2.21.4 |
| GHSA-5jmj-h7xm-6q6v | Medium | jackson-databind | 2.21.2 | 2.21.5 |
| GHSA-5q95-hrpc-m3w3 | Medium | jline-reader | 3.30.4 | 3.30.15 |
| GHSA-7p3p-8qv8-m2vh | Medium | jetty-server | 12.0.32 | 12.0.35 |
| GHSA-7p3p-8qv8-m2vh | Medium | jetty-server | 12.0.34 | 12.0.35 |
| GHSA-9fxm-vc8v-hj55 | Medium | jackson-databind | 2.21.2 | 2.21.4 |
| GHSA-f4v5-65jj-pcr2 | Medium | jetty-server | 12.0.32 | 12.0.36 |
| GHSA-f4v5-65jj-pcr2 | Medium | jetty-server | 12.0.34 | 12.0.36 |
| GHSA-hgj6-7826-r7m5 | Medium | jackson-databind | 2.21.2 | 2.21.4 |
| GHSA-mhm7-754m-9p8w | Medium | jackson-databind | 2.21.2 | 2.21.5 |
| GHSA-ph9c-7hw9-vhhw | Medium | jline-builtins | 3.30.4 | 3.30.15 |
| GHSA-qv9r-c865-cp47 | Medium | log4j-api | 2.25.4 | 2.25.5 |
| GHSA-rcqc-6cw3-h962 | Medium | jackson-databind | 2.21.2 | 2.21.4 |
| GHSA-w7x5-g22v-xqhr | Medium | jetty-util | 12.0.34 | 12.0.35 |
| GHSA-xx22-p4ch-683r | Medium | lz4-java | 1.10.2 | 1.11.1 |
Everything is verifiable without an account. Copy and run:
Build provenance (SLSA v1.0, Build L2)
gh attestation verify oci://ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:latest --owner rtvkizCosign signature
cosign verify \
--certificate-identity-regexp='https://github.com/rtvkiz/minimal/' \
--certificate-oidc-issuer='https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com' \
ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:latestSBOM attestation (SPDX)
cosign verify-attestation --type spdxjson \
--certificate-identity-regexp='https://github.com/rtvkiz/minimal/' \
--certificate-oidc-issuer='https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com' \
ghcr.io/rtvkiz/minimal-kafka:latest \
| jq -r '.payload | @base64d | fromjson | .predicate'Signatures are logged in the public Rekor transparency log.
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