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containerAugust 05, 2026

gVisor Support comes to MCR

MCR now supports gVisor as an OCI runtime, MCR's third officially supported OCI runtime.

authenticationJuly 10, 2026

Post-Quantum Cryptography in Mirantis Container Runtime

As part of an upcoming release, we're adding post‑quantum protection to the TLS connections Mirantis Container Runtime (MCR) relies on, starting with the key exchange, the part that matters most today. It happens automatically, your certificates don't change, your FIPS compliance remains intact, and the performance impact is small enough that most workloads won't notice it. This post explains what changed, why we started with key exchange, and what it means for you.

AWSJune 18, 2025

Mirantis Expands Availability of Mirantis Container Runtime across AWS, Azure, and GCP Marketplaces

Mirantis has expanded the availability of Mirantis Container Runtime (MCR) as a pay-as-you-go offering on all major public cloud marketplaces, including those for AWS, Microsoft Azure, and GCP, with images available for Windows Server, Ubuntu, or RHEL.

containerJune 17, 2025

What is a Container Runtime?

This blog focuses on what a container runtime is, why it matters, and why Mirantis Container Runtime (MCR) is the one runtime built to handle secure, compliant workloads.

container runtimeMarch 21, 2025

Mirantis Container Runtime Boosts Performance with Support for crun

Mirantis Container Runtime (MCR) can now run containers faster than ever before. Starting with MCR 25.0.9, MCR supports using crun as an alternative container runtime!

AIDecember 05, 2024

Introducing Mirantis Container Runtime 25: Enhanced Observability, Extensibility, and Performance

Mirantis Container Runtime 25 introduces critical advancements in observability, extensibility, and performance, including OpenTelemetry support, enhancements for Swarm, Container Device Interface support for AI and edge, and more.

container securityJuly 23, 2024

Mirantis Container Runtime fixes Docker Engine vulnerability affecting upstream Moby

Mirantis Container Runtime 19.03 and later includes a security fix for the Docker Engine Authorization Plugin Vulnerability affecting upstream Moby. However, security scanners may falsely warn that MCR is also affected by the CVE.

containerMarch 27, 2024

Mirantis patches containerd to address race condition

Mirantis recently released Mirantis Container Runtime (MCR) 23.0.10, which included the new upstream containerd v1.6.30. Shortly after our MCR patch release, as our testing and internal usage continued, we discovered that Mirantis customers on Linux risked being affected by an upstream issue in this new version of containerd (Windows users are unaffected). To remedy the situation, Mirantis has produced and made available version 1.6.30-rc.2 of containerd.

container breakoutFebruary 08, 2024

Security patch available for container escape vulnerability affecting Mirantis Container Runtime and Mirantis Kubernetes Engine

Mirantis has patched a container escape vulnerability in runc (CVE-2024-21626) that allows hackers to compromise the host filesystem and cause container breakouts. While Mirantis Container Runtime requires an updated software release to fix this issue, the risk to Mirantis Kubernetes Engine can be remediated without an updated version of the platform.

containersAugust 24, 2023

Mirantis partners with Germany-based BI2run for sales and support of Mirantis Container Runtime

Mirantis is excited to partner with BI2run, a business intelligence support specialist based in Düsseldorf, Germany, to support the global distribution of Mirantis Container Runtime licenses, with the option for extended 24/7 support for enterprise business intelligence systems.

mirantis container runtimeApril 04, 2023

Security update: Encrypted overlay networks in Moby and Mirantis Container Runtime

During routine work on the Moby project, Mirantis discovered a set of security issues affecting all versions of Docker Engine which include the Swarm mode feature.

containersMarch 02, 2023

So you want to run Windows containers

The Windows container ecosystem can be confusing, as it’s still less developed than its Linux sibling. Here's a quick tour to help clear up some of the most common questions.

containersFebruary 23, 2023

Announcing the 23.0 major release for Mirantis Container Runtime—and Moby

We’re excited to announce the first major release of Mirantis Container Runtime—and the Moby project—in two years. The 23.0 release brings widely anticipated features like experimental Container Storage Interface (CSI) and alternative OCI runtime support as well BuildKit by default, critical improvements to health checks, and various other improvements such as more flexible seccomp and a new API version.

containersFebruary 10, 2023

Windows Server container users: Mirantis is here to support you

Effective May 1st, 2023, Microsoft will retire and remove all “Windows Server with Containers” VM images as well as the DockerMsftProvider API from their services.

FIPSOctober 25, 2022

Getting Started with Mirantis Container Runtime on Windows Server

This explainer video will get you up and running quickly with Mirantis Container Runtime, using the image now available...

containersSeptember 21, 2022

Mirantis Container Runtime 20.10.13 Released

Mirantis Container Runtime, now in release 20.10, is the open source Docker-compatible enterprise container engine.

Tag: mirantis container runtime

gVisor Support comes to MCR

Post-Quantum Cryptography in Mirantis Container Runtime

Mirantis Expands Availability of Mirantis Container Runtime across AWS, Azure, and GCP Marketplaces

What is a Container Runtime?

Mirantis Container Runtime Boosts Performance with Support for crun

Introducing Mirantis Container Runtime 25: Enhanced Observability, Extensibility, and Performance

Mirantis Container Runtime fixes Docker Engine vulnerability affecting upstream Moby

Mirantis patches containerd to address race condition

Security patch available for container escape vulnerability affecting Mirantis Container Runtime and Mirantis Kubernetes Engine

Mirantis partners with Germany-based BI2run for sales and support of Mirantis Container Runtime

Security update: Encrypted overlay networks in Moby and Mirantis Container Runtime

So you want to run Windows containers

Announcing the 23.0 major release for Mirantis Container Runtime—and Moby

Windows Server container users: Mirantis is here to support you

Getting Started with Mirantis Container Runtime on Windows Server

Mirantis Container Runtime 20.10.13 Released

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