diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-build.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-build.yml
index 21bbe0aa..77558227 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-build.yml
@@ -203,6 +203,14 @@ jobs:
         format: 'sarif'
         output: 'trivy-backend-${{ env.PLATFORM_PAIR }}.sarif'
         severity: 'CRITICAL,HIGH'
+        # Base-image CVEs with no released fix are not actionable: the
+        # Dockerfiles already run `apt-get upgrade -y` behind a CACHEBUST,
+        # so a fix lands in the next build automatically. Reporting them
+        # buries the findings someone can actually do something about.
+        # Dropping them is also the precondition for ever setting
+        # exit-code: 1, which build-backend's comment flags as a
+        # deliberate follow-up.
+        ignore-unfixed: true
         timeout: '10m'
 
     - name: Upload Trivy scan results to GitHub Security tab
@@ -425,6 +433,14 @@ jobs:
         format: 'sarif'
         output: 'trivy-frontend-${{ env.PLATFORM_PAIR }}.sarif'
         severity: 'CRITICAL,HIGH'
+        # Base-image CVEs with no released fix are not actionable: the
+        # Dockerfiles already run `apt-get upgrade -y` behind a CACHEBUST,
+        # so a fix lands in the next build automatically. Reporting them
+        # buries the findings someone can actually do something about.
+        # Dropping them is also the precondition for ever setting
+        # exit-code: 1, which build-backend's comment flags as a
+        # deliberate follow-up.
+        ignore-unfixed: true
         timeout: '10m'
 
     - name: Upload Trivy scan results to GitHub Security tab
diff --git a/backend/package-lock.json b/backend/package-lock.json
index 17e118ee..b89c51ef 100644
--- a/backend/package-lock.json
+++ b/backend/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "picpeak-backend",
-  "version": "3.45.14",
+  "version": "3.46.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "picpeak-backend",
-      "version": "3.45.14",
+      "version": "3.46.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "^3.850.0",
         "@aws-sdk/lib-storage": "^3.850.0",
@@ -5315,9 +5315,19 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/deepmerge-ts": {
-      "version": "7.1.5",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/deepmerge-ts/-/deepmerge-ts-7.1.5.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-HOJkrhaYsweh+W+e74Yn7YStZOilkoPb6fycpwNLKzSPtruFs48nYis0zy5yJz1+ktUhHxoRDJ27RQAWLIJVJw==",
+      "version": "8.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/deepmerge-ts/-/deepmerge-ts-8.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-szCXE7YLCvLKR9bFPJcvsezOShdalctSvrgN/LM/QGUEPZQajwjmsMObZ6/DuANT5lxzM/wtO8Feubwdkz8myA==",
+      "funding": [
+        {
+          "type": "ko-fi",
+          "url": "https://ko-fi.com/rebeccastevens"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "tidelift",
+          "url": "https://tidelift.com/funding/github/npm/deepmerge-ts"
+        }
+      ],
       "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=16.0.0"
diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 2ee7c39e..270a4de3 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
     "@tootallnate/once": ">=3.0.1",
     "ip-address": ">=10.3.1",
     "uuid": "^11.1.1",
-    "nodemailer": "^9.0.1"
+    "nodemailer": "^9.0.1",
+    "deepmerge-ts": ">=8.0.1"
   }
 }