diff --git a/src/miniconda/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/src/miniconda/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index a3c50edb7..379848ef1 100644
--- a/src/miniconda/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/miniconda/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -1,15 +1,9 @@
 FROM continuumio/miniconda3 as upstream
 
-# Temporary: Upgrade python packages due to mentioned CVEs
-# They are installed by the base image (continuumio/miniconda3) which does not have the patch.
-RUN conda install \ 
-    # https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jjg7-2v4v-x38h
-    idna==3.7
-
-# Temporary: Upgrade python packages using pip package manager
-# RUN python3 -m pip install --upgrade \
-    # https://github.com/advisories/
-    # package==version
+# Temporary: Upgrade python packages
+# COPY ./apply_security_patches.sh /tmp/apply_security_patches.sh
+# RUN chmod +x /tmp/apply_security_patches.sh
+# RUN /tmp/apply_security_patches.sh
 
 # Reset and copy updated files with updated privs to keep image size down
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:1-bullseye
diff --git a/src/miniconda/.devcontainer/apply_security_patches.sh b/src/miniconda/.devcontainer/apply_security_patches.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..abb8822bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/miniconda/.devcontainer/apply_security_patches.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# define array of packages for pinning to the patched versions
+# vulnerable_packages=( "package1=version1" "package2=version2" "package3=version3" )
+vulnerable_packages=( "" )
+
+# Define the number of rows (based on the length of vulnerable_packages)
+rows=${#vulnerable_packages[@]}
+
+# Define the number of columns
+cols=2
+
+# Define the 2D array
+declare -A packages_array
+
+# Fill the 2D array
+for ((i=0; i<rows; i++)); do
+    # Split each element of vulnerable_packages by the '=' sign
+    IFS='=' read -ra parts <<< "${vulnerable_packages[$i]}"
+    # Assign the parts to the 2D array
+    packages_array[$i,0]=${parts[0]}
+    packages_array[$i,1]=${parts[1]}
+done
+
+for ((i=0; i<rows; i++)); do
+    CURRENT_VERSION=$(pip show "${packages_array[$i,0]}" --disable-pip-version-check | grep '^Version:' | awk '{print $2}')
+    REQUIRED_VERSION="${packages_array[$i,1]}"
+    GREATER_VERSION_A=$((echo ${REQUIRED_VERSION}; echo ${CURRENT_VERSION}) | sort -V | tail -1)
+    # Check if the required_version is greater than current_version
+    if [[ $CURRENT_VERSION != $GREATER_VERSION_A ]]; then
+        echo "${packages_array[$i,0]} version v${CURRENT_VERSION} installed by the base image is not greater or equal to the required: v${REQUIRED_VERSION}"
+        # Check whether conda channel has a greater or equal version available, so install from conda, otherwise use pip package manager
+        channel_name="anaconda"
+        CONDA_VERSION=$(conda search --override-channels "${packages_array[$i,0]}" -c "$channel_name" | \
+            grep -E '^[[:alnum:]]' | \
+            awk '{print $2}' | \
+            sort -V | \
+            uniq | \
+            tail -n 2 | \
+            head -n 1)
+        if [[ -z "$CONDA_VERSION" ]]; then
+            echo "No version for ${packages_array[$i,0]} found in conda channel."
+            CONDA_VERSION="0"
+        fi
+        GREATER_VERSION_B=$((echo ${REQUIRED_VERSION}; echo ${CONDA_VERSION}) | sort -V | tail -1)
+        if [[ $CONDA_VERSION == $GREATER_VERSION_B ]]; then
+            echo -e "Found Version v${CONDA_VERSION} in the Conda channel which is greater than or equal to the required version: v${REQUIRED_VERSION}. \n";
+            echo "Installing ${packages_array[$i,0]} from source from conda channel for v${REQUIRED_VERSION}..."
+            conda install "${packages_array[$i,0]}==${CONDA_VERSION}"
+        elif [[ $REQUIRED_VERSION == $GREATER_VERSION_B ]]; then 
+            echo -e "Required version: v${REQUIRED_VERSION} is greater than the version found in the Conda channel v${CONDA_VERSION}. \n";
+            echo "Installing ${packages_array[$i,0]} from source from pip package manager for v${REQUIRED_VERSION}..."
+            python3 -m pip install --upgrade --no-cache-dir "${packages_array[$i,0]}==${REQUIRED_VERSION}"
+        fi
+    fi
+done
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