# Verify a Docker Hardened Image or chart — Validate the attestation

> To validate the attestation using Docker Scout, you can use the --verify flag Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```console $ docker scout attest get dhi.io/<image>:<tag> \ --predicate-type https://scout.docker.com/sbom/v0.1 --verify ``` > [!NOTE] > > If the image ex

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## Knowledge

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To validate the attestation using Docker Scout, you can use the --verify flag

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
$ docker scout attest get dhi.io/&lt;image&gt;:&lt;tag&gt; \
   --predicate-type https://scout.docker.com/sbom/v0.1 --verify
```

&gt; [!NOTE] &gt; &gt; If the image exists locally on your device, you must prefix the image name &gt; with registry://. For example, use registry://dhi.io/node:20.19-debian12 &gt; instead of dhi.io/node:20.19-debian12.

For example, to verify the SBOM attestation for the dhi.io/node:20.19-debian12 image

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
$ docker scout attest get dhi.io/node:20.19-debian12 \
   --predicate-type https://scout.docker.com/sbom/v0.1 --verify
```

Once you've listed the attestations and obtained the digest from the Name field, verify them using cosign

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
$ cosign verify \
  &lt;attestation-digest-from-name-field&gt; \
  --key https://registry.scout.docker.com/keyring/dhi/latest.pub \
  --insecure-ignore-tlog=true
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
$ cosign verify \
  registry.scout.docker.com/${DOCKER_ORG}/dhi-node@sha256:6cbf803796e281e535f2681de7cd33a1012202610322a50ee745d1bb02ac3c18 \
  --key https://registry.scout.docker.com/keyring/dhi/latest.pub \
  --insecure-ignore-tlog=true
```

&gt; [!NOTE] &gt; &gt; The --insecure-ignore-tlog=true flag is needed because DHI attestations &gt; may not be recorded in the public Rekor transparency log to protect private &gt; customer information. The attestation signature is still verified against &gt; Docker's public key.

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