 target time for these announcements is 16:00 UTC from Monday to Thursday.
This means the announcement will be seen morning Pacific, early evening Europe, and late evening Asia.</p><h2 id=base-images>Base Images</h2><p>Istio offers two sets of docker images, based on <code>ubuntu</code> (default) and based on <code>distroless</code> (see <a href=/v1.25/docs/ops/configuration/security/harden-docker-images/>Harden Docker Container Images</a>).
These base images occasionally have CVEs.
The Istio security team 