diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 662357b05..a5154d4c5 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ only_if: $CIRRUS_BRANCH == 'main' || ($CIRRUS_PR != '' && $CIRRUS_BASE_BRANCH ==
 preflight_check_task:
   <<: *IOX2_CONTAINER_UBUNTU_22_04_X64
   set_toolchain_script: rustup default stable
+  fingerprint_script: 
+    - cargo audit
   # TODO iox2-#8: add more preflight-checks here
   <<: *IOX2_CARGO_FMT_AND_CLIPPY
   <<: *IOX2_COMMON_BUILD_DEBUG # only build without tests to not slow down other tasks due to failures in flaky tests
diff --git a/doc/release-notes/iceoryx2-unreleased.md b/doc/release-notes/iceoryx2-unreleased.md
index 9353e2ce7..2632b3cb0 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes/iceoryx2-unreleased.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes/iceoryx2-unreleased.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 ### Workflow
 
- * Example [#1](https://github.com/eclipse-iceoryx/iceoryx2/issues/1)
+ * add `cargo audit` for security vulnerability checking in dependencies [#48](https://github.com/eclipse-iceoryx/iceoryx2/issues/48)
 
 ### New API features
 
diff --git a/internal/docker/archlinux-base-devel b/internal/docker/archlinux-base-devel
index ca91785ea..cf5d7a7f2 100644
--- a/internal/docker/archlinux-base-devel
+++ b/internal/docker/archlinux-base-devel
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ RUN echo "#### Installing dependencies" \
        rustfmt \
   && echo "#### Installing cargo-nextest" \
   && cargo install cargo-nextest --locked \
+  && echo "#### Installing cargo-audit" \
+  && cargo install cargo-audit --locked \
   && echo "#### Creating users and groups required for tests" \
   && useradd testuser1 \
   && useradd testuser2 \
diff --git a/internal/docker/ubuntu-22.04 b/internal/docker/ubuntu-22.04
index 2cdce4a44..45a68dcd4 100644
--- a/internal/docker/ubuntu-22.04
+++ b/internal/docker/ubuntu-22.04
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ RUN echo "#### Installing dependencies" \
        rustfmt \
   && echo "#### Installing cargo-nextest" \
   && cargo install cargo-nextest --locked \
+  && echo "#### Installing cargo-audit" \
+  && cargo install cargo-audit --locked \
   && echo "Installing grcov" \
   && cargo install grcov \
   && echo "#### Creating users and groups required for tests" \