diff --git a/.github/secscan-exclusions/linux-arm.txt b/.github/secscan-exclusions/linux-arm.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4386d831989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/secscan-exclusions/linux-arm.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# CVEs excluded from the secscan gate for this artifact, one per line.
+# Every entry needs a justification comment and a link to its draft GHSA.
+# High/critical exclusions need GRC/SecOps approval recorded in the GHSA (SEC0025).
diff --git a/.github/secscan-exclusions/linux-arm64.txt b/.github/secscan-exclusions/linux-arm64.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4386d831989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/secscan-exclusions/linux-arm64.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# CVEs excluded from the secscan gate for this artifact, one per line.
+# Every entry needs a justification comment and a link to its draft GHSA.
+# High/critical exclusions need GRC/SecOps approval recorded in the GHSA (SEC0025).
diff --git a/.github/secscan-exclusions/linux-ppc64le.txt b/.github/secscan-exclusions/linux-ppc64le.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4386d831989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/secscan-exclusions/linux-ppc64le.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# CVEs excluded from the secscan gate for this artifact, one per line.
+# Every entry needs a justification comment and a link to its draft GHSA.
+# High/critical exclusions need GRC/SecOps approval recorded in the GHSA (SEC0025).
diff --git a/.github/secscan-exclusions/linux-s390x.txt b/.github/secscan-exclusions/linux-s390x.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4386d831989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/secscan-exclusions/linux-s390x.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# CVEs excluded from the secscan gate for this artifact, one per line.
+# Every entry needs a justification comment and a link to its draft GHSA.
+# High/critical exclusions need GRC/SecOps approval recorded in the GHSA (SEC0025).
diff --git a/.github/secscan-exclusions/linux-x64.txt b/.github/secscan-exclusions/linux-x64.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4386d831989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/secscan-exclusions/linux-x64.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# CVEs excluded from the secscan gate for this artifact, one per line.
+# Every entry needs a justification comment and a link to its draft GHSA.
+# High/critical exclusions need GRC/SecOps approval recorded in the GHSA (SEC0025).
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c4f4fedb007..ca7cb33f8d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -162,6 +162,14 @@ jobs:
         path: |
           _package
 
+  secscan:
+    needs: build
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/secscan.yaml # zizmor: ignore[self-repository]
+    with:
+      source: artifacts
+
   release:
     needs: build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/secscan.yaml b/.github/workflows/secscan.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0f4087be4e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/secscan.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+# Scans the Linux runner release tarballs with Canonical secscan to meet SEC0025.
+# Called by release.yml on the freshly built packages (report-only; it does not block the release), and run
+# weekly against the latest published release.
+name: Secscan
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "29 4 * * 1"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      source:
+        description: "'artifacts' scans this run's runner-packages-* artifacts; otherwise the latest release."
+        type: string
+        default: release
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - .github/workflows/secscan.yaml
+      - .github/secscan-exclusions/**
+
+permissions: {}
+
+env:
+  SSDLC_CYCLE: "26.10"
+
+jobs:
+  secscan:
+    name: Secscan ${{ matrix.runtime }}
+    runs-on: [self-hosted-linux-amd64-noble-private-endpoint-medium]
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        runtime: [linux-x64, linux-arm64, linux-ppc64le, linux-s390x, linux-arm]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: Install secscan client
+        env:
+          RUNTIME: ${{ matrix.runtime }}
+        run: |
+          # A concurrent job on the same host may win the install race.
+          snap list canonical-secscan-client >/dev/null 2>&1 ||
+            sudo snap install canonical-secscan-client ||
+            snap list canonical-secscan-client >/dev/null 2>&1
+          sudo snap connect canonical-secscan-client:home system:home
+          # Per-job dir so concurrent jobs on one host cannot collide on tokens or cleanup.
+          secscan_dir="$HOME/snap/canonical-secscan-client/common/$GITHUB_RUN_ID-$GITHUB_RUN_ATTEMPT-$RUNTIME"
+          mkdir -p "$secscan_dir"
+          echo "SECSCAN_DIR=$secscan_dir" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "NO_PROXY=${NO_PROXY:+$NO_PROXY,}.internal" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "no_proxy=${no_proxy:+$no_proxy,}.internal" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+      - name: Download built package
+        if: inputs.source == 'artifacts'
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8.0.1
+        with:
+          name: runner-packages-${{ matrix.runtime }}
+          path: packages
+      - name: Download latest release package
+        if: inputs.source != 'artifacts'
+        env:
+          RUNTIME: ${{ matrix.runtime }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p packages
+          url="$(curl -fsSL -H "Authorization: Bearer $GH_TOKEN" "https://api.github.com/repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/releases/latest" \
+            | python3 -c 'import json,sys,os; r=os.environ["RUNTIME"]; print(next(a["browser_download_url"] for a in json.load(sys.stdin)["assets"] if a["name"].startswith(f"actions-runner-{r}-") and a["name"].endswith(".tar.gz")))')"
+          curl -fsSL -H "Authorization: Bearer $GH_TOKEN" -o "packages/${url##*/}" "$url"
+      - name: Stage package
+        id: stage
+        env:
+          RUNTIME: ${{ matrix.runtime }}
+        run: |
+          shopt -s nullglob
+          files=(packages/actions-runner-"$RUNTIME"-*.tar.gz)
+          [[ ${#files[@]} -eq 1 ]] || { echo "::error::expected one $RUNTIME tarball, found ${#files[@]}"; exit 1; }
+          name="${files[0]##*/}"
+          version="${name#actions-runner-"$RUNTIME"-}"; version="${version%.tar.gz}"
+          cp "${files[0]}" "$SECSCAN_DIR/$name"
+          echo "target=$SECSCAN_DIR/$name" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "version=$version" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - name: Scan
+        env:
+          ARTIFACT: ${{ matrix.runtime }}
+          TARGET: ${{ steps.stage.outputs.target }}
+          SSDLC_VERSION: ${{ steps.stage.outputs.version }}
+          SSDLC_CHANNEL: stable
+        run: |
+          select_exclusions() {  # $1 artifact name, $2 staging dir; prints staged path or nothing
+            local src=".github/secscan-exclusions/$1.txt"
+            if [[ -f "$src" ]] && grep -qvE '^[[:space:]]*(#|$)' "$src"; then
+              cp "$src" "$2/exclusions-$1.txt"; echo "$2/exclusions-$1.txt"
+            fi
+          }
+          classify() {  # $1 secscan-client --batch exit code; echoes annotation, returns it
+            case "$1" in
+              0) echo "No CVEs found." ;;
+              101) echo "::error::Excluded CVEs are no longer reported; remove them from .github/secscan-exclusions/." ;;
+              1[0-9][0-9]) echo "::error::CVEs found; the secscan-report artifact's $ARTIFACT.txt lists them; triage per SECURITY.md." ;;
+              *) echo "::error::secscan-client failed (exit $1); re-run the job." ;;
+            esac
+            return "$1"
+          }
+          mkdir -p reports
+          exclusions=()
+          excl_file="$(select_exclusions "$ARTIFACT" "$SECSCAN_DIR")"
+          [[ -n "$excl_file" ]] && exclusions=(--exclusions-filename "$excl_file")
+          set +e
+          secscan-client --batch submit \
+            --scanner trivy --type package --format archive \
+            --ssdlc-product-name github-runner \
+            --ssdlc-product-version "$SSDLC_VERSION" \
+            --ssdlc-product-channel "$SSDLC_CHANNEL" \
+            --ssdlc-cycle "$SSDLC_CYCLE" \
+            --token "$SECSCAN_DIR/$ARTIFACT.token" \
+            "${exclusions[@]}" \
+            --wait-and-print "$TARGET" | tee "reports/$ARTIFACT.txt"
+          rc=${PIPESTATUS[0]}
+          if (( rc == 0 || rc >= 100 )); then
+            secscan-client --batch report --token "$SECSCAN_DIR/$ARTIFACT.token" \
+              > "reports/$ARTIFACT.report.html" 2> "reports/$ARTIFACT.report.err" || true
+          fi
+          set -e
+          classify "$rc"
+      - name: Upload report
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          name: secscan-report-${{ matrix.runtime }}
+          path: reports/
+          if-no-files-found: warn
+      - name: Clean up secscan staging
+        if: always()
+        run: rm -rf "${SECSCAN_DIR:?}"
diff --git a/SECURITY.md b/SECURITY.md
index fe6468e8d0a..6c80f72edc9 100644
--- a/SECURITY.md
+++ b/SECURITY.md
@@ -21,3 +21,23 @@ assigned and coordinating the release of the fix.
 The [Ubuntu Security disclosure and embargo policy](https://ubuntu.com/security/disclosure-policy)
 contains more information about what you can expect when you contact us, and what we
 expect from you.
+
+## Vulnerability scanning
+
+The `Secscan` workflow scans the Linux runner tarballs with Canonical's secscan service
+(Trivy). `Runner CD` runs it on the freshly built packages alongside the release; a
+failing scan marks the run as failed but does not block the release. It also runs weekly
+against the latest release and on demand.
+
+Each `secscan-report-<runtime>` artifact contains `<runtime>.txt`, the authoritative
+verdict plus the CVE IDs secscan reported, and `<runtime>.report.html`, Trivy's detailed
+report, which may not list every CVE secscan reports for archive scans. The HTML report is
+best-effort: it is absent when the scan fails before completing.
+
+When it fails, maintainers download the `secscan-report-*` artifacts and either fix the
+issue (usually a .NET or bundled Node.js update) or open a draft
+[GitHub security advisory](../../security/advisories/new) recording the CVE, its severity
+and the remediation plan. A CVE accepted as a false positive or acceptable risk is added
+to `.github/secscan-exclusions/<runtime>.txt` with a justification comment and a link to
+its advisory. High or critical exclusions need security team approval. The SSDLC cycle is
+set by `SSDLC_CYCLE` in the workflow and must be bumped each cycle.