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Q284 / #470 — patched Node worker base

The worker base is Node24.22.2 Bookworm slim, pinned to the official Docker Library Node multi-platform index digest. The previous mutable Node24 tag could resolve to, or reuse a cached copy of, an older vulnerable release.

The Node project identifies the October2026 Brotli decoder memory corruption as CVE-2026-111497, fixed in24.22.1. Version24.22.2 was released on2026-10-28. Primary release/advisory sources:

• https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/october-2026-security-releases
• https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v24.22.2

index.json is the exact official registry response read2026-10-29T03:30:27Z. Its SHA256 equals the registry Docker-Content-Digest and the Containerfile pin. The included Linux amd64 manifest is selected by its platform and independently matches its own digest. RECEIPT.json gives both identities plus config/layers. Only registry metadata was fetched: no layer pull, image build, binary, test, container, native or privileged operation was performed for this source change.

This does not establish an installed/deployed version, binary provenance beyond the selected official registry asset, a full-CI result, or a completed #470 image rebuild. The retained #470 runtime measurements name other deployed api/orchestrator/web images; no binding from those images to this worker was observed. Each existing deployment still needs its repository's authorized CI, current runtime readbacks and separate operating approval.

The apt inputs and tag-only production activation receipts remain #714. The Pi/Undici dependency correction remains #713. This base pin does not replace either fix or modify any frozen #660/#678/#683 evidence.

Independent-review follow-up: linux-amd64-config.json is the exact 6,707-byte registry config blob selected by the saved manifest. Its SHA256 is 9564952982df837e05d23c77e319715650fafc77b1abce39a504b920fda46a44, and its image environment declares NODE_VERSION=24.22.2. CONFIG-RECEIPT.json records the later public metadata read and corrects the earlier receipt's imprecise "manifest/config reads" wording; the earlier receipt itself is preserved. This is a declared config/version binding, not execution of node --version.

The image-preparation helper now records the one digest-pinned Containerfile FROM reference directly. A well-formed receipt naming a stale mutable-tag image refuses before image inspection. The helper does not inspect an unrelated local base tag. Frozen #660 packets and running H1 inputs are unchanged; this is only a future source candidate. The dedicated runner must admit and validate the exact joined candidate before any merge or image use.