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Security: TYPO3incubator/typo3-base

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SECURITY.md

Security Policy

Supported Versions

Image Tag Supported
typo3incubator/typo3-base 8.3-nginx Yes
typo3incubator/typo3-base 8.4-nginx Yes
typo3incubator/typo3-base 8.2-nginx Yes
typo3/demo 13 Yes
typo3/demo 14 Yes

Reporting a Vulnerability

If you discover a security vulnerability in these Docker images, please report it responsibly:

  1. Do not open a public GitHub issue
  2. Email the maintainers with details of the vulnerability
  3. Include steps to reproduce and potential impact

Security Practices

Credentials

  • The demo image generates random admin passwords on first run
  • Credentials are stored in /var/www/html/var/credentials.txt (mode 600, owned by typo3 user)
  • Never use the demo image in production without changing credentials
  • Set TYPO3_SETUP_ADMIN_PASSWORD via environment variable for deterministic passwords

Container Security

  • Images run as non-root user typo3 (UID/GID 1000)
  • Supervisor manages Nginx and PHP-FPM as child processes
  • No SSH or remote shell access included
  • Minimal Alpine base reduces attack surface

Network

  • Only port 80 is exposed by the base image
  • Use a reverse proxy (Nginx, Traefik) with TLS termination in production
  • Database and Redis connections should stay on internal Docker networks
  • docker-compose.demo.yml uses an isolated network by default

Volumes

  • Mount /var/www/html/var to persist logs and sessions
  • Mount /var/www/html/public/fileadmin for editor uploads
  • Avoid exposing volume mounts to the host in production

Updates

  • Images are rebuilt weekly (Monday 04:00 UTC) to include security patches
  • Trivy vulnerability scans run on every push to main
  • Pin specific image tags in production (8.3-nginx, not latest)

Database

  • Use strong passwords for TYPO3_DB_PASSWORD and MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD
  • Do not expose database ports to the host in production
  • Use dedicated database users with minimal privileges

There aren’t any published security advisories