diff --git a/frontend/src/components/VulnerabilityScanSheet.tsx b/frontend/src/components/VulnerabilityScanSheet.tsx
index e4a061e5..142dec44 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/VulnerabilityScanSheet.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/VulnerabilityScanSheet.tsx
@@ -579,6 +579,7 @@ export function VulnerabilityScanSheet({
         onTabChange={(id) => setTab(id as FindingTab)}
         footerContext={footerContext}
         size="lg"
+        noScroll
       >
         {loading && !scan && (
           <div className="flex items-center justify-center py-12">
@@ -587,8 +588,11 @@ export function VulnerabilityScanSheet({
         )}
 
         {scan && (
-          <>
-            <SheetSection title="Summary">
+          // noScroll skips SystemSheet's default px-6 py-5 wrapper, so supply it
+          // here; SheetSection's -mx-6 bleed depends on this px-6. The column lets
+          // the active finding section flex to fill the sheet (single scroll box).
+          <div className="flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col px-6 py-5">
+            <SheetSection title="Summary" className="shrink-0">
               {scan.policy_evaluation?.violated && (
                 <div
                   role="alert"
@@ -717,7 +721,7 @@ export function VulnerabilityScanSheet({
             </SheetSection>
 
             {tab === 'vulns' && (
-              <SheetSection title={`Vulnerabilities · ${totalDetails}`}>
+              <SheetSection title={`Vulnerabilities · ${totalDetails}`} className="flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col">
                 <div className="flex items-center gap-1 flex-wrap mb-3">
                   {(['ALL', 'CRITICAL', 'HIGH', 'MEDIUM', 'LOW'] as SeverityFilter[]).map((s) => (
                     <Button
@@ -766,7 +770,7 @@ export function VulnerabilityScanSheet({
                   </div>
                 )}
 
-                <ScrollArea block className="max-h-[60vh]">
+                <ScrollArea block className="flex-1 min-h-0">
                   {pageItems.length === 0 ? (
                     <div className="text-center text-sm text-muted-foreground py-12">
                       {details.length === 0
@@ -774,7 +778,7 @@ export function VulnerabilityScanSheet({
                         : 'No vulnerabilities match the selected filter.'}
                     </div>
                   ) : (
-                    <Table>
+                    <Table className="max-md:min-w-[720px]">
                       <TableHeader>
                         <TableRow>
                           <TableHead className="w-[180px] text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] font-mono text-stat-subtitle">CVE</TableHead>
@@ -866,7 +870,7 @@ export function VulnerabilityScanSheet({
             )}
 
             {tab === 'secrets' && (
-              <SheetSection title={`Secrets · ${scan.secret_count ?? secrets.length}`}>
+              <SheetSection title={`Secrets · ${scan.secret_count ?? secrets.length}`} className="flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col">
                 {secretsNeedsPagination && (
                   <div className="flex items-center gap-1 mb-3">
                     <div className="flex items-center gap-1 ml-auto">
@@ -896,13 +900,13 @@ export function VulnerabilityScanSheet({
                     </div>
                   </div>
                 )}
-                <ScrollArea block className="max-h-[60vh]">
+                <ScrollArea block className="flex-1 min-h-0">
                   {secrets.length === 0 ? (
                     <div className="text-center text-sm text-muted-foreground py-12">
                       No secrets detected.
                     </div>
                   ) : (
-                    <Table>
+                    <Table className="max-md:min-w-[720px]">
                       <TableHeader>
                         <TableRow>
                           <TableHead className="w-[100px] text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] font-mono text-stat-subtitle">Severity</TableHead>
@@ -954,7 +958,7 @@ export function VulnerabilityScanSheet({
             )}
 
             {tab === 'misconfigs' && (
-              <SheetSection title={`Misconfigs · ${scan.misconfig_count ?? misconfigs.length}`}>
+              <SheetSection title={`Misconfigs · ${scan.misconfig_count ?? misconfigs.length}`} className="flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col">
                 {misconfigsNeedsPagination && (
                   <div className="flex items-center gap-1 mb-3">
                     <div className="flex items-center gap-1 ml-auto">
@@ -986,13 +990,13 @@ export function VulnerabilityScanSheet({
                     </div>
                   </div>
                 )}
-                <ScrollArea block className="max-h-[60vh]">
+                <ScrollArea block className="flex-1 min-h-0">
                   {misconfigs.length === 0 ? (
                     <div className="text-center text-sm text-muted-foreground py-12">
                       No misconfigurations detected.
                     </div>
                   ) : (
-                    <Table>
+                    <Table className="max-md:min-w-[720px]">
                       <TableHeader>
                         <TableRow>
                           <TableHead className="w-[100px] text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] font-mono text-stat-subtitle">Severity</TableHead>
@@ -1080,7 +1084,7 @@ export function VulnerabilityScanSheet({
                 </ScrollArea>
               </SheetSection>
             )}
-          </>
+          </div>
         )}
       </SystemSheet>
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/security/HistoryTab.tsx b/frontend/src/components/security/HistoryTab.tsx
index a5dfd81b..05571179 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/security/HistoryTab.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/security/HistoryTab.tsx
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ export function HistoryTab({ onInspect }: HistoryTabProps) {
       </div>
 
       <div className="rounded-lg border border-card-border border-t-card-border-top bg-card shadow-card-bevel overflow-hidden">
-        <ScrollArea className="max-h-[60vh] bg-background">
-          <Table>
+        <ScrollArea block className="max-h-[60vh] bg-background">
+          <Table className="max-md:min-w-[720px]">
             <TableHeader>
               <TableRow className="hover:bg-transparent">
                 <TableHead className="w-[40px]" />
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/security/OverviewTab.tsx b/frontend/src/components/security/OverviewTab.tsx
index a163341d..1cd238ba 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/security/OverviewTab.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/security/OverviewTab.tsx
@@ -138,10 +138,11 @@ export function OverviewTab({ overview, loadError, trend, exploitIntel, onNaviga
         </ChartCard>
       </div>
 
-      <div className="grid gap-4 lg:grid-cols-2">
-        <ChartCard title="Top exploit-risk findings">
-          <TopExploitRiskList items={exploitIntel} onInspect={onInspect} />
-        </ChartCard>
+      {/* items-start: each card keeps its natural height so the fixed-height chart
+          card never stretches to a taller exploit table (which left dead space
+          under the chart). The exploit-risk table owns its own card chrome. */}
+      <div className="grid items-start gap-4 lg:grid-cols-2">
+        <TopExploitRiskList items={exploitIntel} onInspect={onInspect} />
         <ChartCard title="Severity × exploitability">
           <CvssEpssQuadrantChart items={exploitIntel} />
         </ChartCard>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/security/SecurityCharts.test.tsx b/frontend/src/components/security/SecurityCharts.test.tsx
index ce724ab3..dd723722 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/security/SecurityCharts.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/security/SecurityCharts.test.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ vi.mock('recharts', async () => {
         YAxis: stub('YAxis'),
         ZAxis: stub('ZAxis'),
         CartesianGrid: stub('CartesianGrid'),
+        Label: stub('Label'),
         LabelList: stub('LabelList'),
         ReferenceLine: stub('ReferenceLine'),
     };
@@ -102,6 +103,18 @@ describe('ActionPostureChart', () => {
 });
 
 describe('TopExploitRiskList', () => {
+    const rowsOf = (container: HTMLElement) => [...container.querySelectorAll('li[role="button"]')];
+
+    it('renders column headers for the table', () => {
+        const { container } = render(
+            <TopExploitRiskList items={[finding({ vulnerability_id: 'CVE-A', cvss_score: 8, epss_score: 0.2 })]} onInspect={vi.fn()} />,
+        );
+        expect(container.textContent).toContain('CVE');
+        expect(container.textContent).toContain('Image');
+        expect(container.textContent).toContain('EPSS');
+        expect(container.textContent).toContain('CVSS');
+    });
+
     it('ranks KEV > high EPSS > unknown EPSS > low EPSS (assume automatable), and opens the scan', () => {
         const items = [
             finding({ vulnerability_id: 'CVE-LOW', cvss_score: 5, epss_score: 0.01, scan_id: 10 }),
@@ -111,14 +124,63 @@ describe('TopExploitRiskList', () => {
         ];
         const onInspect = vi.fn();
         const { container } = render(<TopExploitRiskList items={items} onInspect={onInspect} />);
-        const buttons = [...container.querySelectorAll('button')];
-        const order = buttons.map((b) => b.querySelector('.font-mono')?.textContent);
+        const rows = rowsOf(container);
+        const order = rows.map((r) => r.querySelector('.font-mono')?.textContent);
         // Unknown-exploitability (CVE-UNK) outranks the evidenced-low one (CVE-LOW).
         expect(order).toEqual(['CVE-KEV', 'CVE-EPSS', 'CVE-UNK', 'CVE-LOW']);
-        fireEvent.click(buttons[0]);
+        fireEvent.click(rows[0]);
         expect(onInspect).toHaveBeenCalledWith(11);
     });
 
+    it('paginates beyond the page size and advances and rewinds pages', () => {
+        const items = Array.from({ length: 9 }, (_, i) =>
+            finding({ vulnerability_id: `CVE-${i}`, cvss_score: 9 - i * 0.1, epss_score: 0.5, scan_id: i }),
+        );
+        const { container } = render(<TopExploitRiskList items={items} onInspect={vi.fn()} />);
+        expect(rowsOf(container)).toHaveLength(8);
+        expect(container.textContent).toContain('1 / 2');
+        const prev = container.querySelector('button[aria-label="Previous page"]') as HTMLButtonElement;
+        const next = container.querySelector('button[aria-label="Next page"]') as HTMLButtonElement;
+        expect(prev.disabled).toBe(true); // disabled on the first page
+        fireEvent.click(next);
+        expect(rowsOf(container)).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(container.textContent).toContain('2 / 2');
+        fireEvent.click(prev);
+        expect(rowsOf(container)).toHaveLength(8);
+        expect(container.textContent).toContain('1 / 2');
+    });
+
+    it('does not collide keys or accumulate rows when CVE/scan pairs recur across a page boundary', () => {
+        // The same scan_id + vulnerability_id recurs across packages/images, so the
+        // old composite key was non-unique and React duplicated rows when paging.
+        // Position-based keys keep every row unique: no duplicate-key warning, and
+        // each page renders exactly its slice.
+        const items = Array.from({ length: 20 }, (_, i) =>
+            finding({ vulnerability_id: 'CVE-DUP', scan_id: 1, image_ref: `img-${i}:1`, cvss_score: 7, epss_score: 0.5 }),
+        );
+        const errSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {});
+        try {
+            const { container } = render(<TopExploitRiskList items={items} onInspect={vi.fn()} />);
+            expect(rowsOf(container)).toHaveLength(8);
+            const next = container.querySelector('button[aria-label="Next page"]') as HTMLButtonElement;
+            fireEvent.click(next);
+            fireEvent.click(next);
+            expect(rowsOf(container)).toHaveLength(4); // page 3 of 20 = 4 rows, not an accumulation
+            expect(container.textContent).toContain('3 / 3');
+            const keyWarnings = errSpy.mock.calls.filter((c) => /same key|unique "key"/i.test(String(c[0])));
+            expect(keyWarnings).toEqual([]);
+        } finally {
+            errSpy.mockRestore();
+        }
+    });
+
+    it('shows no pager at or below the page size', () => {
+        const items = Array.from({ length: 8 }, (_, i) => finding({ vulnerability_id: `CVE-${i}`, cvss_score: 9, epss_score: 0.5, scan_id: i }));
+        const { container } = render(<TopExploitRiskList items={items} onInspect={vi.fn()} />);
+        expect(rowsOf(container)).toHaveLength(8);
+        expect(container.querySelector('button[aria-label="Next page"]')).toBeNull();
+    });
+
     it('shows the severity-ranked hint when no intel is present', () => {
         const { container } = render(
             <TopExploitRiskList items={[finding({ vulnerability_id: 'CVE-A', cvss_score: 8 })]} onInspect={vi.fn()} />,
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/security/SecurityCharts.tsx b/frontend/src/components/security/SecurityCharts.tsx
index 3d9793fa..71614b04 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/security/SecurityCharts.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/security/SecurityCharts.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+import { useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import {
   AreaChart, Area, BarChart, Bar, Cell, ScatterChart, Scatter,
-  XAxis, YAxis, ZAxis, CartesianGrid, LabelList, ReferenceLine, Tooltip,
+  XAxis, YAxis, ZAxis, CartesianGrid, Label, LabelList, ReferenceLine, Tooltip,
 } from 'recharts';
+import { ChevronLeft, ChevronRight } from 'lucide-react';
 import { ChartContainer, ChartTooltip, ChartTooltipContent, type ChartConfig } from '@/components/ui/chart';
+import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button';
 import { useChartStyle, type ChartStyle } from '@/hooks/use-theme';
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
 import type { SecurityRiskTrendPoint, SecurityOverview, ExploitIntelFinding } from '@/types/security';
@@ -152,7 +155,16 @@ function shortImage(ref: string): string {
   return ref.length > 30 ? `…${ref.slice(-29)}` : ref;
 }
 
-/** Ranked list of the highest exploit-risk actionable findings; row opens the scan. */
+const EXPLOIT_PAGE_SIZE = 8;
+
+// Header and body rows share this template so columns stay aligned. `max-md:min-w`
+// keeps the table from crushing its columns below md, where the card scrolls
+// horizontally instead; desktop is untouched by the `max-md:` prefix.
+const EXPLOIT_GRID = 'grid-cols-[10px_minmax(0,1.4fr)_minmax(0,1fr)_56px_52px] max-md:min-w-[480px]';
+
+/** Ranked, paginated table of the highest exploit-risk actionable findings; a row opens the scan.
+ *  Renders its own card chrome (header + pagination + column headers) so the Overview reads as a
+ *  table, mirroring the dashboard Stack-health table. */
 export function TopExploitRiskList({
   items,
   onInspect,
@@ -160,55 +172,94 @@ export function TopExploitRiskList({
   items: ExploitIntelFinding[];
   onInspect: (scanId: number) => void;
 }) {
-  if (items.length === 0) return <EmptyChart label="No actionable Critical or High findings" height={220} />;
-  const ranked = [...items].sort(exploitRank).slice(0, 8);
+  const [page, setPage] = useState(0);
+  const ranked = useMemo(() => [...items].sort(exploitRank), [items]);
   const anyIntel = items.some((i) => i.epss_score !== null || i.kev);
 
+  const totalPages = Math.max(1, Math.ceil(ranked.length / EXPLOIT_PAGE_SIZE));
+  const safePage = Math.min(page, totalPages - 1);
+  const pageItems = ranked.slice(safePage * EXPLOIT_PAGE_SIZE, (safePage + 1) * EXPLOIT_PAGE_SIZE);
+  const needsPagination = ranked.length > EXPLOIT_PAGE_SIZE;
+
   return (
-    <div className="flex flex-col">
-      <div className="min-h-[220px]">
-        {ranked.map((f) => (
-          <button
-            key={`${f.scan_id}:${f.vulnerability_id}`}
-            type="button"
-            onClick={() => onInspect(f.scan_id)}
-            className="flex w-full items-center gap-2 border-b border-hairline py-2 text-left last:border-b-0 hover:bg-glass-highlight"
-          >
-            <span
-              className="h-[7px] w-[7px] shrink-0 rounded-full"
-              style={{ background: f.severity === 'CRITICAL' ? 'var(--sev-critical)' : 'var(--sev-high)' }}
-              aria-hidden
-            />
-            <span className="min-w-0 flex-1">
-              <span className="block truncate font-mono text-xs text-stat-value">{f.vulnerability_id}</span>
-              <span className="block truncate font-mono text-[10px] text-stat-icon">{shortImage(f.image_ref)}</span>
-            </span>
-            <span className="flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1.5">
-              {f.kev && (
-                <span className="rounded border border-destructive/40 bg-destructive/10 px-1 py-px text-[9px] font-mono uppercase text-destructive">KEV</span>
-              )}
-              {f.epss_score !== null && (
-                <span className="font-mono text-[10px] tabular-nums text-warning">{Math.round(f.epss_score * 100)}%</span>
-              )}
-              {!f.kev && f.epss_score === null && (
-                <span
-                  className="font-mono text-[10px] tabular-nums text-stat-subtitle/70"
-                  title="Exploitability unrated; treated as potentially automatable"
-                >
-                  EPSS n/a
-                </span>
-              )}
-              {f.cvss_score !== null && (
-                <span className="font-mono text-[10px] tabular-nums text-stat-subtitle">CVSS {f.cvss_score}</span>
-              )}
-            </span>
-          </button>
-        ))}
+    <div className="rounded-lg border border-card-border border-t-card-border-top bg-card shadow-card-bevel max-md:overflow-x-auto">
+      <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-4 px-4 py-3">
+        <h3 className="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.22em] text-stat-subtitle">Top exploit-risk findings</h3>
+        {needsPagination && (
+          <div className="flex items-center gap-1.5">
+            <Button variant="ghost" size="icon" className="h-6 w-6" disabled={safePage === 0} onClick={() => setPage(safePage - 1)} aria-label="Previous page">
+              <ChevronLeft className="h-3.5 w-3.5" strokeWidth={1.5} />
+            </Button>
+            <span className="text-xs font-mono tabular-nums text-stat-subtitle min-w-[3rem] text-center">{safePage + 1} / {totalPages}</span>
+            <Button variant="ghost" size="icon" className="h-6 w-6" disabled={safePage >= totalPages - 1} onClick={() => setPage(safePage + 1)} aria-label="Next page">
+              <ChevronRight className="h-3.5 w-3.5" strokeWidth={1.5} />
+            </Button>
+          </div>
+        )}
       </div>
-      {!anyIntel && (
-        <p className="pt-2 text-[10px] leading-snug text-stat-subtitle">
-          Ranked by severity. Enable exploit intelligence and re-scan to rank by known-exploited and EPSS.
-        </p>
+
+      {ranked.length === 0 ? (
+        <div className="flex min-h-[220px] items-center justify-center border-t border-border/60 px-4 text-center text-xs text-stat-subtitle">
+          No actionable Critical or High findings
+        </div>
+      ) : (
+        <>
+          <div className={`grid ${EXPLOIT_GRID} items-center gap-2 border-t border-border/60 px-4 py-2 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.22em] text-stat-subtitle`}>
+            <span />
+            <span>CVE</span>
+            <span>Image</span>
+            <span className="text-right">EPSS</span>
+            <span className="text-right">CVSS</span>
+          </div>
+          <ul className="divide-y divide-border/40">
+            {pageItems.map((f, i) => (
+              // Key by absolute rank position: the same CVE can recur across
+              // packages/images with an identical scan_id + vulnerability_id, so
+              // those fields are not unique. Position in the sorted list is.
+              <li
+                key={safePage * EXPLOIT_PAGE_SIZE + i}
+                role="button"
+                tabIndex={0}
+                onClick={() => onInspect(f.scan_id)}
+                onKeyDown={(e) => {
+                  if (e.key === 'Enter' || e.key === ' ') {
+                    e.preventDefault();
+                    onInspect(f.scan_id);
+                  }
+                }}
+                className={`grid ${EXPLOIT_GRID} cursor-pointer items-center gap-2 px-4 py-2 transition-colors hover:bg-glass-highlight`}
+              >
+                <span
+                  className="h-[7px] w-[7px] shrink-0 justify-self-center rounded-full"
+                  style={{ background: f.severity === 'CRITICAL' ? 'var(--sev-critical)' : 'var(--sev-high)' }}
+                  aria-hidden
+                />
+                <span className="flex min-w-0 items-center gap-1.5">
+                  <span className="truncate font-mono text-xs text-stat-value">{f.vulnerability_id}</span>
+                  {f.kev && (
+                    <span className="shrink-0 rounded border border-destructive/40 bg-destructive/10 px-1 py-px text-[9px] font-mono uppercase text-destructive">KEV</span>
+                  )}
+                </span>
+                <span className="truncate font-mono text-[11px] text-stat-icon">{shortImage(f.image_ref)}</span>
+                <span className="text-right font-mono text-[11px] tabular-nums">
+                  {f.epss_score !== null ? (
+                    <span className="text-warning">{Math.round(f.epss_score * 100)}%</span>
+                  ) : (
+                    <span className="text-stat-subtitle/70" title="Exploitability unrated; treated as potentially automatable">n/a</span>
+                  )}
+                </span>
+                <span className="text-right font-mono text-[11px] tabular-nums text-stat-subtitle">
+                  {f.cvss_score !== null ? f.cvss_score : '-'}
+                </span>
+              </li>
+            ))}
+          </ul>
+          {!anyIntel && (
+            <p className="border-t border-border/40 px-4 py-2 text-[10px] leading-snug text-stat-subtitle">
+              Ranked by severity. Enable exploit intelligence and re-scan to rank by known-exploited and EPSS.
+            </p>
+          )}
+        </>
       )}
     </div>
   );
@@ -254,18 +305,26 @@ export function CvssEpssQuadrantChart({ items }: { items: ExploitIntelFinding[]
   const otherPoints = plotted.filter((p) => !p.kev);
 
   return (
+    // Fixed height, not flex-fill: a flex/grid-stretched ResponsiveContainer
+    // re-measures a content-driven height and grows on every render. The parent
+    // grid (OverviewTab) uses items-start so this card does not stretch to a
+    // taller neighbour, which is what previously left dead space under the chart.
     <div>
-      <ChartContainer config={QUADRANT_CONFIG} className="h-[220px] w-full">
-        <ScatterChart margin={{ left: 0, right: 12, top: 8, bottom: 8 }}>
+      <ChartContainer config={QUADRANT_CONFIG} className="h-[260px] w-full">
+        <ScatterChart margin={{ left: 12, right: 12, top: 8, bottom: 24 }}>
           <CartesianGrid strokeDasharray="3 3" />
           <XAxis
             type="number" dataKey="epssPct" name="EPSS" unit="%" domain={[0, 100]}
             tickLine={false} axisLine={false} fontSize={10}
-          />
+          >
+            <Label value="Exploitability (EPSS %)" position="insideBottom" offset={-14} fontSize={10} className="fill-stat-subtitle" />
+          </XAxis>
           <YAxis
             type="number" dataKey="cvss" name="CVSS" domain={[0, 10]}
-            tickLine={false} axisLine={false} fontSize={10} width={28}
-          />
+            tickLine={false} axisLine={false} fontSize={10} width={40}
+          >
+            <Label value="Severity (CVSS)" angle={-90} position="insideLeft" offset={8} fontSize={10} className="fill-stat-subtitle" style={{ textAnchor: 'middle' }} />
+          </YAxis>
           <ZAxis range={[40, 40]} />
           <ReferenceLine x={10} stroke="var(--border)" strokeDasharray="4 4" />
           <ReferenceLine y={7} stroke="var(--border)" strokeDasharray="4 4" />