diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
index 4b4e2ed7d..54cd04f3b 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
@@ -407,6 +407,30 @@ func Test_Cataloger_PositiveCases(t *testing.T) {
 				Metadata:  metadata("traefik-binary"),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			// regression test: big-endian architectures (e.g. s390x) previously matched an unrelated
+			// single-NUL-terminated numeric string elsewhere in the binary instead of the real version
+			logicalFixture: "traefik/3.6.8/linux-s390x",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "traefik",
+				Version:   "3.6.8",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/traefik@3.6.8",
+				Locations: locations("traefik"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("traefik-binary"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "traefik/2.11.1/linux-arm",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "traefik",
+				Version:   "2.11.1",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/traefik@2.11.1",
+				Locations: locations("traefik"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("traefik-binary"),
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			logicalFixture: "memcached/1.6.18/linux-amd64",
 			expected: pkg.Package{
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
index 17834ab0c..26929ae2a 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
@@ -284,11 +284,18 @@ func DefaultClassifiers() []binutils.Classifier {
 		{
 			Class:    "traefik-binary",
 			FileGlob: "**/traefik",
-			EvidenceMatcher: m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(
+			EvidenceMatcher: binutils.MatchAny(
+				// on some architectures (e.g. s390x) the real version string isn't NUL-prefixed
+				// and is instead terminated by two NUL bytes; checking this pattern first avoids
+				// matching an unrelated single-NUL-terminated numeric string elsewhere in the binary
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(
+					`(?m)(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-alpha[0-9]|-beta[0-9]|-rc[0-9])?)\x00\x00`),
 				// [NUL]v1.7.34[NUL]
 				// [NUL]2.9.6[NUL]
 				// 3.0.4[NUL]
-				`(?m)(\x00v?|\x{FFFD}.?)(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-alpha[0-9]|-beta[0-9]|-rc[0-9])?)\x00`),
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(
+					`(?m)(\x00v?|\x{FFFD}.?)(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-alpha[0-9]|-beta[0-9]|-rc[0-9])?)\x00`),
+			),
 			Package: "traefik",
 			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/traefik@version"),
 			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:traefik:traefik:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", cpe.NVDDictionaryLookupSource),
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/traefik/2.11.1/linux-arm/traefik b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/traefik/2.11.1/linux-arm/traefik
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0be458f0
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diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/traefik/3.6.8/linux-s390x/traefik b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/traefik/3.6.8/linux-s390x/traefik
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0141469f6
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