Add Nix cataloger (#1696)

* Add Basic Nix Cataloger Signed-off-by: Julio Tain Sueiras <juliosueiras@gmail.com> * Update nix def for the latest syft definition Signed-off-by: Julio Tain Sueiras <juliosueiras@gmail.com> * capture nix package files on pkg.NixStoreMetadata Signed-off-by: Alex Goodman <alex.goodman@anchore.com> * fix unit tests and linting Signed-off-by: Alex Goodman <alex.goodman@anchore.com> * update JSON schema Signed-off-by: Alex Goodman <alex.goodman@anchore.com> * address review comments Signed-off-by: Alex Goodman <alex.goodman@anchore.com> * Update syft/pkg/cataloger/nix/parse_nix_store_path_test.go Co-authored-by: Florian Klink <flokli@flokli.de> Signed-off-by: Alex Goodman <alex.goodman@anchore.com> * support unstable version conventions Signed-off-by: Alex Goodman <alex.goodman@anchore.com> * update json schema relative to main branch Signed-off-by: Alex Goodman <alex.goodman@anchore.com> * update syft json with v7.1.1 schema Signed-off-by: Alex Goodman <alex.goodman@anchore.com> * fix CLI tests Signed-off-by: Alex Goodman <alex.goodman@anchore.com> * remove extra continue statement Signed-off-by: Alex Goodman <alex.goodman@anchore.com> * add Nix to list of supported ecosystems Signed-off-by: Alex Goodman <alex.goodman@anchore.com> --------- Signed-off-by: Julio Tain Sueiras <juliosueiras@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Alex Goodman <alex.goodman@anchore.com> Co-authored-by: Julio Tain Sueiras <juliosueiras@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Florian Klink <flokli@flokli.de>
2025-11-17 08:23:15 +01:00 · 2023-04-04 10:53:56 -04:00 · 2023-04-04 10:53:56 -04:00 · 7464079a09
commit 7464079a09
parent 8a574c9ed9
26 changed files with 2443 additions and 11 deletions
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ For commercial support options with Syft or Grype, please [contact Anchore](http
 - Java (jar, ear, war, par, sar, native-image)
 - JavaScript (npm, yarn)
 - Jenkins Plugins (jpi, hpi)
+- Nix (outputs in /nix/store)
 - PHP (composer)
 - Python (wheel, egg, poetry, requirements.txt)
 - Red Hat (rpm)
--- a/internal/constants.go
+++ b/internal/constants.go
@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ const (

 	// JSONSchemaVersion is the current schema version output by the JSON encoder
 	// This is roughly following the "SchemaVer" guidelines for versioning the JSON schema. Please see schema/json/README.md for details on how to increment.
-	JSONSchemaVersion = "7.1.0"
+	JSONSchemaVersion = "7.1.1"
 )
--- a/schema/json/generate.go
+++ b/schema/json/generate.go
@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ type artifactMetadataContainer struct {
 	Hackage           pkg.HackageMetadata
 	Java              pkg.JavaMetadata
 	KbPackage         pkg.KbPackageMetadata
+	Nix               pkg.NixStoreMetadata
 	NpmPackage        pkg.NpmPackageJSONMetadata
 	NpmPackageLock    pkg.NpmPackageLockJSONMetadata
 	MixLock           pkg.MixLockMetadata
--- a/schema/json/schema-7.1.1.json
+++ b/schema/json/schema-7.1.1.json
--- a/syft/formats/common/spdxhelpers/source_info.go
+++ b/syft/formats/common/spdxhelpers/source_info.go
@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ func SourceInfo(p pkg.Package) string {
 		answer = "acquired package info from cabal or stack manifest files"
 	case pkg.HexPkg:
 		answer = "acquired package info from rebar3 or mix manifest file"
+	case pkg.NixPkg:
+		answer = "acquired package info from nix store path"
 	default:
 		answer = "acquired package info from the following paths"
 	}
--- a/syft/formats/common/spdxhelpers/source_info_test.go
+++ b/syft/formats/common/spdxhelpers/source_info_test.go
@ -199,6 +199,14 @@ func Test_SourceInfo(t *testing.T) {
 				"from rebar3 or mix manifest file",
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			input: pkg.Package{
+				Type: pkg.NixPkg,
+			},
+			expected: []string{
+				"from nix store path",
+			},
+		},
 	}
 	var pkgTypes []pkg.Type
 	for _, test := range tests {
--- a/syft/formats/syftjson/test-fixtures/snapshot/TestDirectoryEncoder.golden
+++ b/syft/formats/syftjson/test-fixtures/snapshot/TestDirectoryEncoder.golden
@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
  }
 },
 "schema": {
-  "version": "7.1.0",
-  "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anchore/syft/main/schema/json/schema-7.1.0.json"
+  "version": "7.1.1",
+  "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anchore/syft/main/schema/json/schema-7.1.1.json"
 }
 }
--- a/syft/formats/syftjson/test-fixtures/snapshot/TestEncodeFullJSONDocument.golden
+++ b/syft/formats/syftjson/test-fixtures/snapshot/TestEncodeFullJSONDocument.golden
@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
  }
 },
 "schema": {
-  "version": "7.1.0",
-  "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anchore/syft/main/schema/json/schema-7.1.0.json"
+  "version": "7.1.1",
+  "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anchore/syft/main/schema/json/schema-7.1.1.json"
 }
 }
--- a/syft/formats/syftjson/test-fixtures/snapshot/TestImageEncoder.golden
+++ b/syft/formats/syftjson/test-fixtures/snapshot/TestImageEncoder.golden
@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
  }
 },
 "schema": {
-  "version": "7.1.0",
-  "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anchore/syft/main/schema/json/schema-7.1.0.json"
+  "version": "7.1.1",
+  "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anchore/syft/main/schema/json/schema-7.1.1.json"
 }
 }
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/cataloger.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/cataloger.go
@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/haskell"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/java"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/javascript"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/nix"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/php"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/portage"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/python"
@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ func ImageCatalogers(cfg Config) []pkg.Cataloger {
 		golang.NewGoModuleBinaryCataloger(cfg.Go()),
 		dotnet.NewDotnetDepsCataloger(),
 		portage.NewPortageCataloger(),
+		nix.NewStoreCataloger(),
 		sbom.NewSBOMCataloger(),
 		binary.NewCataloger(),
 	}, cfg.Catalogers)
@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ func DirectoryCatalogers(cfg Config) []pkg.Cataloger {
 		binary.NewCataloger(),
 		elixir.NewMixLockCataloger(),
 		erlang.NewRebarLockCataloger(),
+		nix.NewStoreCataloger(),
 	}, cfg.Catalogers)
 }

@ -121,6 +124,7 @@ func AllCatalogers(cfg Config) []pkg.Cataloger {
 		binary.NewCataloger(),
 		elixir.NewMixLockCataloger(),
 		erlang.NewRebarLockCataloger(),
+		nix.NewStoreCataloger(),
 	}, cfg.Catalogers)
 }

--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/nix/cataloger.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/nix/cataloger.go
@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+package nix
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4"
+
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/log"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/artifact"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/source"
+)
+
+const (
+	catalogerName = "nix-store-cataloger"
+	nixStoreGlob  = "**/nix/store/*"
+)
+
+// StoreCataloger finds package outputs installed in the Nix store location (/nix/store/*).
+type StoreCataloger struct{}
+
+func NewStoreCataloger() *StoreCataloger {
+	return &StoreCataloger{}
+}
+
+func (c *StoreCataloger) Name() string {
+	return catalogerName
+}
+
+func (c *StoreCataloger) Catalog(resolver source.FileResolver) ([]pkg.Package, []artifact.Relationship, error) {
+	// we want to search for only directories, which isn't possible via the stereoscope API, so we need to apply the glob manually on all returned paths
+	var pkgs []pkg.Package
+	var filesByPath = make(map[string]*source.LocationSet)
+	for location := range resolver.AllLocations() {
+		matchesStorePath, err := doublestar.Match(nixStoreGlob, location.RealPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to match nix store path: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		parentStorePath := findParentNixStorePath(location.RealPath)
+		if parentStorePath != "" {
+			if _, ok := filesByPath[parentStorePath]; !ok {
+				s := source.NewLocationSet()
+				filesByPath[parentStorePath] = &s
+			}
+			filesByPath[parentStorePath].Add(location)
+		}
+
+		if !matchesStorePath {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		storePath := parseNixStorePath(location.RealPath)
+
+		if storePath == nil || !storePath.isValidPackage() {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		p := newNixStorePackage(*storePath, location)
+		pkgs = append(pkgs, p)
+	}
+
+	// add file sets to packages
+	for i := range pkgs {
+		p := &pkgs[i]
+		locations := p.Locations.ToSlice()
+		if len(locations) == 0 {
+			log.WithFields("package", p.Name).Warn("nix package has no evidence locations associated")
+			continue
+		}
+		parentStorePath := locations[0].RealPath
+		files, ok := filesByPath[parentStorePath]
+		if !ok {
+			log.WithFields("path", parentStorePath, "nix-store-path", parentStorePath).Warn("found a nix store file for a non-existent package")
+			continue
+		}
+		appendFiles(p, files.ToSlice()...)
+	}
+
+	return pkgs, nil, nil
+}
+
+func appendFiles(p *pkg.Package, location ...source.Location) {
+	metadata, ok := p.Metadata.(pkg.NixStoreMetadata)
+	if !ok {
+		log.WithFields("package", p.Name).Warn("nix package metadata missing")
+		return
+	}
+
+	for _, l := range location {
+		metadata.Files = append(metadata.Files, l.RealPath)
+	}
+
+	if metadata.Files == nil {
+		// note: we always have an allocated collection for output
+		metadata.Files = []string{}
+	}
+
+	p.Metadata = metadata
+	p.SetID()
+}
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/nix/cataloger_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/nix/cataloger_test.go
@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package nix
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/artifact"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/internal/pkgtest"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/source"
+)
+
+func TestCataloger_Catalog(t *testing.T) {
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		fixture  string
+		wantPkgs []pkg.Package
+		wantRel  []artifact.Relationship
+	}{
+		{
+			fixture: "test-fixtures/fixture-1",
+			wantPkgs: []pkg.Package{
+				{
+					Name:         "glibc",
+					Version:      "2.34-210",
+					PURL:         "pkg:nix/glibc@2.34-210?output=bin&outputhash=h0cnbmfcn93xm5dg2x27ixhag1cwndga",
+					Locations:    source.NewLocationSet(source.NewLocation("nix/store/h0cnbmfcn93xm5dg2x27ixhag1cwndga-glibc-2.34-210-bin")),
+					FoundBy:      catalogerName,
+					Type:         pkg.NixPkg,
+					MetadataType: pkg.NixStoreMetadataType,
+					Metadata: pkg.NixStoreMetadata{
+						OutputHash: "h0cnbmfcn93xm5dg2x27ixhag1cwndga",
+						Output:     "bin",
+						Files: []string{
+							"nix/store/h0cnbmfcn93xm5dg2x27ixhag1cwndga-glibc-2.34-210-bin/lib",
+							"nix/store/h0cnbmfcn93xm5dg2x27ixhag1cwndga-glibc-2.34-210-bin/lib/glibc.so",
+							"nix/store/h0cnbmfcn93xm5dg2x27ixhag1cwndga-glibc-2.34-210-bin/share",
+							"nix/store/h0cnbmfcn93xm5dg2x27ixhag1cwndga-glibc-2.34-210-bin/share/man",
+							"nix/store/h0cnbmfcn93xm5dg2x27ixhag1cwndga-glibc-2.34-210-bin/share/man/glibc.1",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.fixture, func(t *testing.T) {
+			c := NewStoreCataloger()
+
+			pkgtest.NewCatalogTester().
+				FromDirectory(t, tt.fixture).
+				Expects(tt.wantPkgs, tt.wantRel).
+				TestCataloger(t, c)
+		})
+	}
+}
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/nix/package.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/nix/package.go
@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package nix
+
+import (
+	"github.com/anchore/packageurl-go"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/source"
+)
+
+func newNixStorePackage(storePath nixStorePath, locations ...source.Location) pkg.Package {
+	p := pkg.Package{
+		Name:         storePath.name,
+		Version:      storePath.version,
+		FoundBy:      catalogerName,
+		Locations:    source.NewLocationSet(locations...),
+		Type:         pkg.NixPkg,
+		PURL:         packageURL(storePath),
+		MetadataType: pkg.NixStoreMetadataType,
+		Metadata: pkg.NixStoreMetadata{
+			OutputHash: storePath.outputHash,
+			Output:     storePath.output,
+		},
+	}
+
+	p.SetID()
+
+	return p
+}
+
+func packageURL(storePath nixStorePath) string {
+	var qualifiers packageurl.Qualifiers
+	if storePath.output != "" {
+		// since there is no nix pURL type yet, this is a guess, however, it is reasonable to assume that
+		// if only a single output is installed the pURL should be able to express this.
+		qualifiers = append(qualifiers,
+			packageurl.Qualifier{
+				Key:   "output",
+				Value: storePath.output,
+			},
+		)
+	}
+	if storePath.outputHash != "" {
+		// it's not immediately clear if the hash found in the store path should be encoded in the pURL
+		qualifiers = append(qualifiers,
+			packageurl.Qualifier{
+				Key:   "outputhash",
+				Value: storePath.outputHash,
+			},
+		)
+	}
+	pURL := packageurl.NewPackageURL(
+		// TODO: nix pURL type has not been accepted yet (only proposed at this time)
+		"nix",
+		"",
+		storePath.name,
+		storePath.version,
+		qualifiers,
+		"")
+	return pURL.ToString()
+}
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/nix/package_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/nix/package_test.go
@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package nix
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func Test_packageURL(t *testing.T) {
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		storePath nixStorePath
+		want      string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "name + version",
+			storePath: nixStorePath{
+				name:    "glibc",
+				version: "2.34",
+			},
+			want: "pkg:nix/glibc@2.34",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "hash qualifier",
+			storePath: nixStorePath{
+				name:       "glibc",
+				version:    "2.34",
+				outputHash: "h0cnbmfcn93xm5dg2x27ixhag1cwndga",
+			},
+			want: "pkg:nix/glibc@2.34?outputhash=h0cnbmfcn93xm5dg2x27ixhag1cwndga",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "output qualifier",
+			storePath: nixStorePath{
+				name:       "glibc",
+				version:    "2.34",
+				outputHash: "h0cnbmfcn93xm5dg2x27ixhag1cwndga",
+				output:     "bin",
+			},
+			want: "pkg:nix/glibc@2.34?output=bin&outputhash=h0cnbmfcn93xm5dg2x27ixhag1cwndga",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, packageURL(tt.storePath))
+		})
+	}
+}
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/nix/parse_nix_store_path.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/nix/parse_nix_store_path.go
@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+package nix
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"path"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var (
+	numericPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`\d`)
+
+	// attempts to find the right-most example of something that appears to be a version (semver or otherwise)
+	// example input: h0cnbmfcn93xm5dg2x27ixhag1cwndga-glibc-2.34-210-bin
+	// example output:
+	//  version: "2.34-210"
+	//  major: "2"
+	//  minor: "34"
+	//  patch: "210"
+	// (there are other capture groups, but they can be ignored)
+	rightMostVersionIshPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`-(?P<version>(?P<major>[0-9][a-zA-Z0-9]*)(\.(?P<minor>[0-9][a-zA-Z0-9]*))?(\.(?P<patch>0|[1-9][a-zA-Z0-9]*)){0,3}(?:-(?P<prerelease>\d*[.a-zA-Z-][.0-9a-zA-Z-]*)*)?(?:\+(?P<metadata>[.0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\.[.0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?)`)
+
+	unstableVersion = regexp.MustCompile(`-(?P<version>unstable-\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})$`)
+)
+
+// checkout the package naming conventions here: https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#sec-package-naming
+
+type nixStorePath struct {
+	outputHash string
+	name       string
+	version    string
+	output     string
+}
+
+func (p nixStorePath) isValidPackage() bool {
+	return p.name != "" && p.version != ""
+}
+
+func findParentNixStorePath(source string) string {
+	source = strings.TrimRight(source, "/")
+	indicator := "nix/store/"
+	start := strings.Index(source, indicator)
+	if start == -1 {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	startOfHash := start + len(indicator)
+	nextField := strings.Index(source[startOfHash:], "/")
+	if nextField == -1 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	startOfSubPath := startOfHash + nextField
+
+	return source[0:startOfSubPath]
+}
+
+func parseNixStorePath(source string) *nixStorePath {
+	if strings.HasSuffix(source, ".drv") {
+		// ignore derivations
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	source = path.Base(source)
+
+	versionStartIdx, versionIsh, prerelease := findVersionIsh(source)
+	if versionStartIdx == -1 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	hashName := strings.TrimSuffix(source[0:versionStartIdx], "-")
+	hashNameFields := strings.Split(hashName, "-")
+	if len(hashNameFields) < 2 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	hash, name := hashNameFields[0], strings.Join(hashNameFields[1:], "-")
+
+	prereleaseFields := strings.Split(prerelease, "-")
+	lastPrereleaseField := prereleaseFields[len(prereleaseFields)-1]
+
+	var version = versionIsh
+	var output string
+	if !hasNumeric(lastPrereleaseField) {
+		// this last prerelease field is probably a nix output
+		version = strings.TrimSuffix(versionIsh, fmt.Sprintf("-%s", lastPrereleaseField))
+		output = lastPrereleaseField
+	}
+
+	return &nixStorePath{
+		outputHash: hash,
+		name:       name,
+		version:    version,
+		output:     output,
+	}
+}
+
+func hasNumeric(s string) bool {
+	return numericPattern.MatchString(s)
+}
+
+func findVersionIsh(input string) (int, string, string) {
+	// we want to return the index of the start of the "version" group (the first capture group).
+	// note that the match indices are in the form of [start, end, start, end, ...]. Also note that the
+	// capture group for version in both regexes are the same index, but if the regexes are changed
+	// this code will start to fail.
+	versionGroup := 1
+
+	match := unstableVersion.FindAllStringSubmatchIndex(input, -1)
+	if len(match) > 0 && len(match[0]) > 0 {
+		return match[0][versionGroup*2], input[match[0][versionGroup*2]:match[0][(versionGroup*2)+1]], ""
+	}
+
+	match = rightMostVersionIshPattern.FindAllStringSubmatchIndex(input, -1)
+	if len(match) == 0 || len(match[0]) == 0 {
+		return -1, "", ""
+	}
+
+	var version string
+	versionStart, versionStop := match[0][versionGroup*2], match[0][(versionGroup*2)+1]
+	if versionStart != -1 || versionStop != -1 {
+		version = input[versionStart:versionStop]
+	}
+
+	prereleaseGroup := 7
+
+	var prerelease string
+	prereleaseStart, prereleaseStop := match[0][prereleaseGroup*2], match[0][(prereleaseGroup*2)+1]
+	if prereleaseStart != -1 && prereleaseStop != -1 {
+		prerelease = input[prereleaseStart:prereleaseStop]
+	}
+
+	return versionStart,
+		version,
+		prerelease
+}
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/nix/parse_nix_store_path_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/nix/parse_nix_store_path_test.go
@ -0,0 +1,304 @@
+package nix
+
+import (
+	"path"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func Test_findVersionIsh(t *testing.T) {
+	// note: only the package version fields are tested here, the name is tested in parseNixStorePath below.
+	tests := []struct {
+		name           string
+		input          string
+		wantIdx        int
+		wantVersion    string
+		wantPreRelease string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:           "no version",
+			input:          "5q7vxm9lc4b9hifc3br4sr8dy7f2h0qa-source",
+			wantIdx:        -1,
+			wantVersion:    "",
+			wantPreRelease: "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "semver with overbite into output",
+			input:          "/nix/store/h0cnbmfcn93xm5dg2x27ixhag1cwndga-glibc-2.34-210-bin",
+			wantIdx:        50,
+			wantVersion:    "2.34-210-bin",
+			wantPreRelease: "210-bin",
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "multiple versions",
+			input:          "5zzrvdmlkc5rh3k5862krd3wfb3pqhyf-perl5.34.1-TimeDate-2.33",
+			wantIdx:        53,
+			wantVersion:    "2.33",
+			wantPreRelease: "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "name ends with number",
+			input:          "55nswyz8335lk954y1ccx6as2jbq1z8f-libfido2-1.10.0",
+			wantIdx:        42,
+			wantVersion:    "1.10.0",
+			wantPreRelease: "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "major-minor only",
+			input:          "q8gnp7r8475p52k9gmdzsrcddw5hirbn-gdbm-1.23",
+			wantIdx:        38,
+			wantVersion:    "1.23",
+			wantPreRelease: "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "0-prefixed version field",
+			input:          "r705jm2icczpnmfccby3fzfrckfjakx3-perl5.34.1-URI-5.05",
+			wantIdx:        48,
+			wantVersion:    "5.05",
+			wantPreRelease: "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "prerelease with alpha prefix",
+			input:          "v48s6iddb518j9lc1pk3rcn3x8c2ff0j-bash-interactive-5.1-p16",
+			wantIdx:        50,
+			wantVersion:    "5.1-p16",
+			wantPreRelease: "p16",
+		},
+		{
+
+			name:           "0-major version",
+			input:          "x2f9x5q6qrs6cssx09ylxqyg9q2isi1z-aws-c-http-0.6.15",
+			wantIdx:        44,
+			wantVersion:    "0.6.15",
+			wantPreRelease: "",
+		},
+		{
+
+			name: "several version fields",
+			// note: this package version is fictitious
+			input:          "z24qs6f5d1mmwdp73n1jfc3swj4v2c5s-krb5-1.19.3.9.10",
+			wantIdx:        38,
+			wantVersion:    "1.19.3.9.10",
+			wantPreRelease: "",
+		},
+		{
+
+			name:           "skip drv + major only version",
+			input:          "z0fqylhisz47krxv8fd0izm1i2qbswfr-readline63-006.drv",
+			wantIdx:        44,
+			wantVersion:    "006",
+			wantPreRelease: "",
+		},
+		{
+
+			name:           "prerelease with multiple dashes",
+			input:          "zkgyp2vra0bgqm0dv1qi514l5fd0aksx-bash-interactive-5.1-p16-man",
+			wantIdx:        50,
+			wantVersion:    "5.1-p16-man",
+			wantPreRelease: "p16-man",
+		},
+		{
+
+			name:           "date as major version",
+			input:          "0amf0d1dymv9gqcyhhjb9j0l8sn00c56-libedit-20210910-3.1",
+			wantIdx:        41,
+			wantVersion:    "20210910-3.1",
+			wantPreRelease: "3.1",
+		},
+		{
+
+			name:           "long name",
+			input:          "0296qxvn30z9b2ah1g5p97k5wr9k8y78-busybox-static-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl-1.35.0",
+			wantIdx:        74,
+			wantVersion:    "1.35.0",
+			wantPreRelease: "",
+		},
+		{
+			// this accounts for https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#sec-package-naming
+			// > If a package is not a release but a commit from a repository, then the version attribute must
+			// > be the date of that (fetched) commit. The date must be in "unstable-YYYY-MM-DD" format.
+			// example: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/798e23beab9b5cba4d6f05e8b243e1d4535770f3/pkgs/servers/webdav-server-rs/default.nix#L14
+			name:           "unstable version",
+			input:          "q5dhwzcn82by5ndc7g0q83wsnn13qkqw-webdav-server-rs-unstable-2021-08-16",
+			wantIdx:        50,
+			wantVersion:    "unstable-2021-08-16",
+			wantPreRelease: "",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			gotIdx, gotVersion, gotPreRelease := findVersionIsh(tt.input)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.wantIdx, gotIdx)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.wantVersion, gotVersion)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.wantPreRelease, gotPreRelease)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func Test_parseNixStorePath(t *testing.T) {
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		source string
+		want   *nixStorePath
+	}{
+		{
+			source: "/nix/store/h0cnbmfcn93xm5dg2x27ixhag1cwndga-glibc-2.34-210-bin",
+			want: &nixStorePath{
+				outputHash: "h0cnbmfcn93xm5dg2x27ixhag1cwndga",
+				name:       "glibc",
+				version:    "2.34-210",
+				output:     "bin",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			source: "/nix/store/0296qxvn30z9b2ah1g5p97k5wr9k8y78-busybox-static-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl-1.35.0",
+			want: &nixStorePath{
+				outputHash: "0296qxvn30z9b2ah1g5p97k5wr9k8y78",
+				name:       "busybox-static-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl",
+				version:    "1.35.0",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			source: "/nix/store/5zzrvdmlkc5rh3k5862krd3wfb3pqhyf-perl5.34.1-TimeDate-2.33",
+			want: &nixStorePath{
+				outputHash: "5zzrvdmlkc5rh3k5862krd3wfb3pqhyf",
+				name:       "perl5.34.1-TimeDate",
+				version:    "2.33",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			source: "/nix/store/q38q8ng57zwjg1h15ry5zx0lb0xyax4b-libcap-2.63-lib",
+			want: &nixStorePath{
+				outputHash: "q38q8ng57zwjg1h15ry5zx0lb0xyax4b",
+				name:       "libcap",
+				version:    "2.63",
+				output:     "lib",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			source: "/nix/store/p0y8fbpbqr2jm5zfrdll0rgyg2lvp5g2-util-linux-minimal-2.37.4-bin",
+			want: &nixStorePath{
+				outputHash: "p0y8fbpbqr2jm5zfrdll0rgyg2lvp5g2",
+				name:       "util-linux-minimal",
+				version:    "2.37.4",
+				output:     "bin",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			source: "/nix/store/z24qs6f5d1mmwdp73n1jfc3swj4v2c5s-krb5-1.19.3.9.10",
+			want: &nixStorePath{
+				outputHash: "z24qs6f5d1mmwdp73n1jfc3swj4v2c5s",
+				name:       "krb5",
+				version:    "1.19.3.9.10",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			source: "/nix/store/zkgyp2vra0bgqm0dv1qi514l5fd0aksx-bash-interactive-5.1-p16-man",
+			want: &nixStorePath{
+				outputHash: "zkgyp2vra0bgqm0dv1qi514l5fd0aksx",
+				name:       "bash-interactive",
+				version:    "5.1-p16",
+				output:     "man",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			source: "/nix/store/nwf2y0nc48ybim56308cr5ccvwkabcqc-openssl-1.1.1q",
+			want: &nixStorePath{
+				outputHash: "nwf2y0nc48ybim56308cr5ccvwkabcqc",
+				name:       "openssl",
+				version:    "1.1.1q",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			source: "/nix/store/nwv742f1bxv6g78hy9yc6slxdbxlmqhb-kmod-29",
+			want: &nixStorePath{
+				outputHash: "nwv742f1bxv6g78hy9yc6slxdbxlmqhb",
+				name:       "kmod",
+				version:    "29",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			source: "/nix/store/n83qx7m848kg51lcjchwbkmlgdaxfckf-tzdata-2022a",
+			want: &nixStorePath{
+				outputHash: "n83qx7m848kg51lcjchwbkmlgdaxfckf",
+				name:       "tzdata",
+				version:    "2022a",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			source: "'/nix/store/q5dhwzcn82by5ndc7g0q83wsnn13qkqw-webdav-server-rs-unstable-2021-08-16",
+			want: &nixStorePath{
+				outputHash: "q5dhwzcn82by5ndc7g0q83wsnn13qkqw",
+				name:       "webdav-server-rs",
+				version:    "unstable-2021-08-16",
+			},
+		},
+		// negative cases...
+		{
+			source: "'z33yk02rsr6b4rb56lgb80bnvxx6yw39-?id=21ee35dde73aec5eba35290587d479218c6dd824.drv'",
+		},
+		{
+			source: "/nix/store/yzahni8aig6mdrvcsccgwm2515lcpi5q-git-minimal-2.36.0.drv",
+		},
+		{
+			source: "/nix/store/z9yvxs0s3xdkp5jgmzis4g50bfq3dgvm-0018-pkg-config-derive-prefix-from-prefix.patch",
+		},
+		{
+			source: "/nix/store/w3hl7zrmc9qvzadc0k7cp9ysxiyz88j6-base-system",
+		},
+		{
+			source: "/nix/store/zz1lc28x25fcx6al6xwk3dk8kp7wx47y-Test-RequiresInternet-0.05.tar.gz.drv",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(path.Base(tt.source), func(t *testing.T) {
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, parseNixStorePath(tt.source))
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func Test_parentNixStorePath(t *testing.T) {
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		source string
+		want   string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:   "exact path from absolute root",
+			source: "/nix/store/5zzrvdmlkc5rh3k5862krd3wfb3pqhyf-perl5.34.1-TimeDate-2.33",
+			want:   "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "exact path from relative root",
+			source: "nix/store/5zzrvdmlkc5rh3k5862krd3wfb3pqhyf-perl5.34.1-TimeDate-2.33",
+			want:   "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "clean paths",
+			source: "//nix/store/5zzrvdmlkc5rh3k5862krd3wfb3pqhyf-perl5.34.1-TimeDate-2.33///",
+			want:   "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "relative root with subdir file",
+			source: "nix/store/5zzrvdmlkc5rh3k5862krd3wfb3pqhyf-perl5.34.1-TimeDate-2.33/bin/perl-timedate",
+			want:   "nix/store/5zzrvdmlkc5rh3k5862krd3wfb3pqhyf-perl5.34.1-TimeDate-2.33",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "absolute root with with subdir file",
+			source: "/nix/store/5zzrvdmlkc5rh3k5862krd3wfb3pqhyf-perl5.34.1-TimeDate-2.33/bin/perl-timedate",
+			want:   "/nix/store/5zzrvdmlkc5rh3k5862krd3wfb3pqhyf-perl5.34.1-TimeDate-2.33",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "nexted root with with subdir file",
+			source: "/somewhere/nix/store/5zzrvdmlkc5rh3k5862krd3wfb3pqhyf-perl5.34.1-TimeDate-2.33/bin/perl-timedate",
+			want:   "/somewhere/nix/store/5zzrvdmlkc5rh3k5862krd3wfb3pqhyf-perl5.34.1-TimeDate-2.33",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, findParentNixStorePath(tt.source))
+		})
+	}
+}
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/nix/test-fixtures/fixture-1/.gitignore
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/nix/test-fixtures/fixture-1/.gitignore
@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# this is not a real binary, just a small text file
+!nix/store/h0cnbmfcn93xm5dg2x27ixhag1cwndga-glibc-2.34-210-bin/lib/glibc.so
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/nix/test-fixtures/fixture-1/nix/store/h0cnbmfcn93xm5dg2x27ixhag1cwndga-glibc-2.34-210-bin/lib/glibc.so
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/nix/test-fixtures/fixture-1/nix/store/h0cnbmfcn93xm5dg2x27ixhag1cwndga-glibc-2.34-210-bin/lib/glibc.so
@ -0,0 +1 @@
+the binary
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/nix/test-fixtures/fixture-1/nix/store/h0cnbmfcn93xm5dg2x27ixhag1cwndga-glibc-2.34-210-bin/share/man/glibc.1
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/nix/test-fixtures/fixture-1/nix/store/h0cnbmfcn93xm5dg2x27ixhag1cwndga-glibc-2.34-210-bin/share/man/glibc.1
@ -0,0 +1 @@
+the man pages
--- a/syft/pkg/metadata.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/metadata.go
@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ type MetadataType string

 const (
 	// this is the full set of data shapes that can be represented within the pkg.Package.Metadata field
+
 	UnknownMetadataType            MetadataType = "UnknownMetadata"
 	AlpmMetadataType               MetadataType = "AlpmMetadata"
 	ApkMetadataType                MetadataType = "ApkMetadata"
@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ const (
 	JavaMetadataType               MetadataType = "JavaMetadata"
 	KbPackageMetadataType          MetadataType = "KbPackageMetadata"
 	MixLockMetadataType            MetadataType = "MixLockMetadataType"
+	NixStoreMetadataType           MetadataType = "NixStoreMetadata"
 	NpmPackageJSONMetadataType     MetadataType = "NpmPackageJsonMetadata"
 	NpmPackageLockJSONMetadataType MetadataType = "NpmPackageLockJsonMetadata"
 	PhpComposerJSONMetadataType    MetadataType = "PhpComposerJsonMetadata"
@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ var AllMetadataTypes = []MetadataType{
 	JavaMetadataType,
 	KbPackageMetadataType,
 	MixLockMetadataType,
+	NixStoreMetadataType,
 	NpmPackageJSONMetadataType,
 	NpmPackageLockJSONMetadataType,
 	PhpComposerJSONMetadataType,
@ -82,6 +85,7 @@ var MetadataTypeByName = map[MetadataType]reflect.Type{
 	JavaMetadataType:               reflect.TypeOf(JavaMetadata{}),
 	KbPackageMetadataType:          reflect.TypeOf(KbPackageMetadata{}),
 	MixLockMetadataType:            reflect.TypeOf(MixLockMetadata{}),
+	NixStoreMetadataType:           reflect.TypeOf(NixStoreMetadata{}),
 	NpmPackageJSONMetadataType:     reflect.TypeOf(NpmPackageJSONMetadata{}),
 	NpmPackageLockJSONMetadataType: reflect.TypeOf(NpmPackageLockJSONMetadata{}),
 	PhpComposerJSONMetadataType:    reflect.TypeOf(PhpComposerJSONMetadata{}),
--- a/syft/pkg/nix_store_metadata.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/nix_store_metadata.go
@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package pkg
+
+import (
+	"sort"
+
+	"github.com/scylladb/go-set/strset"
+)
+
+type NixStoreMetadata struct {
+	// OutputHash is the prefix of the nix store basename path
+	OutputHash string `mapstructure:"outputHash" json:"outputHash"`
+
+	// Output allows for optionally specifying the specific nix package output this package represents (for packages that support multiple outputs).
+	// Note: the default output for a package is an empty string, so will not be present in the output.
+	Output string `mapstructure:"output" json:"output,omitempty"`
+
+	// Files is a listing a files that are under the nix/store path for this package
+	Files []string `mapstructure:"files" json:"files"`
+}
+
+func (m NixStoreMetadata) OwnedFiles() (result []string) {
+	result = strset.New(m.Files...).List()
+	sort.Strings(result)
+	return
+}
--- a/syft/pkg/type.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/type.go
@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ const (
 	JavaPkg               Type = "java-archive"
 	JenkinsPluginPkg      Type = "jenkins-plugin"
 	KbPkg                 Type = "msrc-kb"
+	NixPkg                Type = "nix"
 	NpmPkg                Type = "npm"
 	PhpComposerPkg        Type = "php-composer"
 	PortagePkg            Type = "portage"
@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ var AllPkgs = []Type{
 	JavaPkg,
 	JenkinsPluginPkg,
 	KbPkg,
+	NixPkg,
 	NpmPkg,
 	PhpComposerPkg,
 	PortagePkg,
@ -92,6 +94,8 @@ func (t Type) PackageURLType() string {
 		return packageurl.TypePyPi
 	case PortagePkg:
 		return "portage"
+	case NixPkg:
+		return "nix"
 	case NpmPkg:
 		return packageurl.TypeNPM
 	case RpmPkg:
@ -151,6 +155,8 @@ func TypeByName(name string) Type {
 		return PortagePkg
 	case packageurl.TypeHex:
 		return HexPkg
+	case "nix":
+		return NixPkg
 	default:
 		return UnknownPkg
 	}
--- a/syft/pkg/type_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/type_test.go
@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ func TestTypeFromPURL(t *testing.T) {
 			purl:     "pkg:hex/hpax/hpax@0.1.1",
 			expected: HexPkg,
 		},
+		{
+			purl:     "pkg:nix/glibc@2.34?hash=h0cnbmfcn93xm5dg2x27ixhag1cwndga",
+			expected: NixPkg,
+		},
 	}

 	var pkgTypes []string
--- a/test/cli/packages_cmd_test.go
+++ b/test/cli/packages_cmd_test.go
@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func TestPackagesCmdFlags(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "squashed-scope-flag",
 			args: []string{"packages", "-o", "json", "-s", "squashed", coverageImage},
 			assertions: []traitAssertion{
-				assertPackageCount(34),
+				assertPackageCount(35),
 				assertSuccessfulReturnCode,
 			},
 		},
@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ func TestPackagesCmdFlags(t *testing.T) {
 				// the application config in the log matches that of what we expect to have been configured.
 				assertInOutput("parallelism: 2"),
 				assertInOutput("parallelism=2"),
-				assertPackageCount(34),
+				assertPackageCount(35),
 				assertSuccessfulReturnCode,
 			},
 		},
@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ func TestPackagesCmdFlags(t *testing.T) {
 				// the application config in the log matches that of what we expect to have been configured.
 				assertInOutput("parallelism: 1"),
 				assertInOutput("parallelism=1"),
-				assertPackageCount(34),
+				assertPackageCount(35),
 				assertSuccessfulReturnCode,
 			},
 		},
@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ func TestPackagesCmdFlags(t *testing.T) {
 			assertions: []traitAssertion{
 				assertNotInOutput("secret_password"),
 				assertNotInOutput("secret_key_path"),
-				assertPackageCount(34),
+				assertPackageCount(35),
 				assertSuccessfulReturnCode,
 			},
 		},
--- a/test/integration/catalog_packages_cases_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/catalog_packages_cases_test.go
@ -390,4 +390,11 @@ var commonTestCases = []testCase{
 			"example-jenkins-plugin": "1.0-SNAPSHOT",
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		name:    "find nix store packages",
+		pkgType: pkg.NixPkg,
+		pkgInfo: map[string]string{
+			"glibc": "2.34-210",
+		},
+	},
 }
--- a/test/integration/test-fixtures/image-pkg-coverage/pkgs/nix/store/h0cnbmfcn93xm5dg2x27ixhag1cwndga-glibc-2.34-210-bin/share/man/glibc.1
+++ b/test/integration/test-fixtures/image-pkg-coverage/pkgs/nix/store/h0cnbmfcn93xm5dg2x27ixhag1cwndga-glibc-2.34-210-bin/share/man/glibc.1
@ -0,0 +1 @@
+the man pages