Release 1.42

March 16, 2026


- Qualys strongly recommends upgrading your Qualys Container Security Sensor to version 1.42.0 to avail the latest features and enhancements.

Added Support for new Operating Systems

CS Sensor 1.42 expands the coverage of scan targets' OSes by introducing support for the following Operating Systems.

  • BellSoft Alpaquita Linux - A minimal, secure distro optimized for production workloads.
  • Arch Linux - A highly customizable, advanced-user distro with rolling updates. 

Issue Addressed

The following issue has been fixed with this release.

Category Issue
General Sensor  Sensor failed to report Containers having special characters in their environment variables when Mask Environment variable (--mask-env-variableqcsSensor.qualys.args.maskEnvVariable) was used.