diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/common/cpe/candidate_by_package_type.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/common/cpe/candidate_by_package_type.go
index 4d74cbc17..488349198 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/common/cpe/candidate_by_package_type.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/common/cpe/candidate_by_package_type.go
@@ -178,6 +178,11 @@ var defaultCandidateAdditions = buildCandidateLookup(
 			candidateAddition{AdditionalVendors: []string{"pypa"}},
 		},
 		// Alpine packages
+		{
+			pkg.ApkPkg,
+			candidateKey{PkgName: "curl"},
+			candidateAddition{AdditionalVendors: []string{"haxx"}},
+		},
 		{
 			pkg.ApkPkg,
 			candidateKey{PkgName: "python3"},