diff --git a/.github/actions/scan-container-images/action.yaml b/.github/actions/scan-container-images/action.yaml
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+name: "Scan container images"
+description: "Scan locally built container images for vulnerabilities with grype"
+
+inputs:
+  images:
+    description: "Newline-separated list of local container image references to scan"
+    required: true
+  skip_if_pr_has_label:
+    description: "Skip failing the container scan when the triggering PR has this label"
+    required: false
+    default: "skip-dependencies-check"
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: "Check if container scan should be skipped"
+      id: skip-check
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        EVENT_PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+        REF: ${{ github.ref }}
+        SKIP_LABEL: ${{ inputs.skip_if_pr_has_label }}
+      run: |
+        SHOULD_SKIP="false"
+        PR_NUMBER="${EVENT_PR_NUMBER:-}"
+
+        # Fall back to branch lookup for workflow_call / push contexts
+        if [[ -z "${PR_NUMBER}" ]]; then
+          if [[ "${REF}" == refs/heads/* ]]; then
+            BRANCH_NAME="${REF#refs/heads/}"
+            RESULT=$(gh pr list --head "${BRANCH_NAME}" --limit 1 --state open --json number --jq '.[0].number' 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+            if [[ -n "${RESULT}" && "${RESULT}" != "null" ]]; then
+              PR_NUMBER="${RESULT}"
+            fi
+          elif [[ "${REF}" == refs/pull/* ]]; then
+            PR_NUMBER="${REF#refs/pull/}"
+            PR_NUMBER="${PR_NUMBER%%/*}"
+          fi
+        fi
+
+        if [[ -n "${SKIP_LABEL}" && -n "${PR_NUMBER}" ]]; then
+          if gh pr view "${PR_NUMBER}" --json labels --jq '.labels[].name' | grep -Fxq "${SKIP_LABEL}"; then
+            SHOULD_SKIP="true"
+          fi
+        fi
+
+        echo "should_skip=${SHOULD_SKIP}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+        echo "pr_number=${PR_NUMBER}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+    - name: "Get grype database cache key"
+      id: grype-db-key
+      shell: bash
+      run: echo "date=$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%d')" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+    - name: "Restore grype database cache"
+      uses: actions/cache@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6.1.0
+      with:
+        path: ${{ runner.temp }}/grype-db
+        key: grype-db-${{ steps.grype-db-key.outputs.date }}
+        restore-keys: grype-db-
+
+    - name: "Scan container images"
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        IMAGES: ${{ inputs.images }}
+        GRYPE_DB_CACHE_DIR: ${{ runner.temp }}/grype-db
+      run: |
+        ACTION_ROOT="$(cd "${GITHUB_ACTION_PATH}/../../.." && pwd)"
+        export TOOLING_ROOT="${ACTION_ROOT}"
+        mkdir -p container-scan-reports
+        while IFS= read -r image; do
+          [[ -z "${image}" ]] && continue
+          report="container-scan-reports/$(echo "${image}" | tr -c 'a-zA-Z0-9._-' '-').json"
+          echo "Scanning ${image}"
+          IMAGE="${image}" REPORT_FILE="${report}" "${ACTION_ROOT}/scripts/reports/scan-container-image.sh"
+          {
+            echo "# ${image}"
+            "${ACTION_ROOT}/scripts/reports/parse-vulnerabilities.sh" "${report}"
+          } | tee -a container-scan-summary.md
+        done <<< "${IMAGES}"
+        if [[ -n "${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY:-}" && -f container-scan-summary.md ]]; then
+          cat container-scan-summary.md >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
+        fi
+
+    - name: "Upload container scan reports as an artefact"
+      if: ${{ !env.ACT }}
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
+      with:
+        name: container-scan-reports
+        path: |
+          ./container-scan-reports/
+          ./container-scan-summary.md
+        retention-days: 21
+
+    - name: "Fail if Critical or High vulnerabilities found"
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        SHOULD_SKIP: ${{ steps.skip-check.outputs.should_skip }}
+        PR_NUMBER: ${{ steps.skip-check.outputs.pr_number }}
+        SKIP_LABEL: ${{ inputs.skip_if_pr_has_label }}
+      run: |
+        COUNTS=$(jq -s '[.[].matches[] | select(.vulnerability.severity == "Critical" or .vulnerability.severity == "High") | {severity: .vulnerability.severity, id: .vulnerability.id, package: .artifact.name, version: .artifact.version}] | unique | group_by(.severity) | map({(.[0].severity): length}) | add // {}' container-scan-reports/*.json)
+        CRITICAL_COUNT=$(jq '.Critical // 0' <<< "$COUNTS")
+        HIGH_COUNT=$(jq '.High // 0' <<< "$COUNTS")
+        echo "Critical: $CRITICAL_COUNT, High: $HIGH_COUNT"
+        if [[ "$CRITICAL_COUNT" -gt 0 || "$HIGH_COUNT" -gt 0 ]]; then
+          if [[ -z "$PR_NUMBER" ]]; then
+            # Gate is enforced at PR time; post-merge runs only report.
+            echo "::warning::Found $CRITICAL_COUNT Critical and $HIGH_COUNT High severity vulnerabilities in container images (not blocking outside a pull request)"
+          elif [[ "$SHOULD_SKIP" == "true" ]]; then
+            echo "Bypassing blocking container scan failure because PR has label '$SKIP_LABEL'."
+          else
+            echo "::error::Found $CRITICAL_COUNT Critical and $HIGH_COUNT High severity vulnerabilities in container images"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+        fi
diff --git a/scripts/reports/scan-container-image.sh b/scripts/reports/scan-container-image.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+TOOLING_ROOT="${TOOLING_ROOT:-$(cd "${SCRIPT_DIR}/../.." && pwd)}"
+
+# Scan a locally built container image for CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and
+# Exposures). This is a grype command wrapper. It will run grype natively if it
+# is installed, otherwise it will run it in a Docker container.
+#
+# Usage:
+#   $ IMAGE=[local image reference] REPORT_FILE=[report path relative to the repository root] ./scan-container-image.sh
+#
+# Options:
+#   GRYPE_DB_CACHE_DIR=/tmp/grype/db  # Directory to persist the grype vulnerability database in
+#   FORCE_USE_DOCKER=true             # If set to true the command is run in a Docker container, default is 'false'
+#   VERBOSE=true                      # Show all the executed commands, default is 'false'
+
+# ==============================================================================
+
+function main() {
+
+  : "${IMAGE:?IMAGE is required}"
+  : "${REPORT_FILE:?REPORT_FILE is required}"
+
+  cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+
+  config="$PWD/scripts/config/grype.yaml"
+  [ -f "$config" ] || config="$TOOLING_ROOT/scripts/config/grype.yaml"
+  db_cache_dir="${GRYPE_DB_CACHE_DIR:-/tmp/grype/db}"
+  mkdir -p "$db_cache_dir" "$(dirname "$REPORT_FILE")"
+
+  if command -v grype > /dev/null 2>&1 && ! is-arg-true "${FORCE_USE_DOCKER:-false}"; then
+    run-grype-natively
+  else
+    run-grype-in-docker
+  fi
+}
+
+function run-grype-natively() {
+
+  GRYPE_DB_CACHE_DIR="$db_cache_dir" grype \
+    "docker:${IMAGE}" \
+    --config "$config" \
+    --output json \
+    --file "$PWD/$REPORT_FILE"
+}
+
+function run-grype-in-docker() {
+
+  # shellcheck disable=SC1091
+  source "$TOOLING_ROOT/scripts/docker/docker.lib.sh"
+
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2155
+  local image=$(name=ghcr.io/anchore/grype docker-get-image-version-and-pull)
+
+  docker run --rm --platform linux/amd64 \
+    --volume /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
+    --volume "$PWD":/workdir \
+    --volume "$config":/grype.yaml:ro \
+    --volume "$db_cache_dir":/grype-db \
+    --env GRYPE_DB_CACHE_DIR=/grype-db \
+    "$image" \
+      "docker:${IMAGE}" \
+      --config /grype.yaml \
+      --output json \
+      --file "/workdir/$REPORT_FILE"
+}
+
+function is-arg-true() {
+
+  if [[ "$1" =~ ^(true|yes|y|on|1|TRUE|YES|Y|ON)$ ]]; then
+    return 0
+  else
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+# ==============================================================================
+
+is-arg-true "${VERBOSE:-false}" && set -x
+
+main "$@"
+
+exit 0