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  &nbsp;<a href="https://github.com/anchore/syft/actions/workflows/validations.yaml" target="_blank"><img alt="Validations" src="https://github.com/anchore/syft/actions/workflows/validations.yaml/badge.svg"></a>&nbsp;
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  &nbsp;<a href="https://github.com/anchore/syft/releases/latest" target="_blank"><img alt="GitHub release" src="https://img.shields.io/github/release/anchore/syft.svg"></a>&nbsp;
  &nbsp;<a href="https://github.com/anchore/syft" target="_blank"><img alt="GitHub go.mod Go version" src="https://img.shields.io/github/go-mod/go-version/anchore/syft.svg"></a>&nbsp;
  &nbsp;<a href="https://github.com/anchore/syft/blob/main/LICENSE" target="_blank"><img alt="License: Apache-2.0" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache%202.0-blue.svg"></a>&nbsp;