Cloud-Security-Engineer Cloud Workload Protection Practice Question
A security engineer is reviewing container image scan results in Prisma Cloud and notices that a base image vulnerability is marked as 'Not Applicable'. What does this status indicate?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
✓
Prisma Cloud determined that the vulnerable package is either not present in the image layers or is not exposed in the runtime context.
Prisma Cloud analyzes whether a vulnerable package is actually installed and loaded or used in the container execution context, marking packages that are not present or not exploitable in context as not applicable.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✗
The container image was scanned using an expired license key.
Why it's wrong here
An expired license restricts functionality entirely rather than altering vulnerability applicability tags.
- ✗
The vendor has released a patch, but the Prisma Cloud database has not yet indexed the fix.
Why it's wrong here
This describes unindexed vulnerabilities, not an applicability status.
- ✓
Prisma Cloud determined that the vulnerable package is either not present in the image layers or is not exposed in the runtime context.
Why this is correct
Contextual analysis evaluates whether vulnerabilities present in dependencies are actually reachable.
- ✗
The vulnerability has been manually suppressed by an administrator via an exception rule.
Why it's wrong here
Manually suppressed vulnerabilities show as 'Ignored' or 'Waived'.
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official Palo Alto Networks exam blueprint
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