chore: migrate syft to use mholt/archives instead of anchore fork (#4029)

---------
Signed-off-by: Kudryavcev Nikolay <kydry.nikolau@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christopher Phillips <spiffcs@users.noreply.github.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Goodman <wagoodman@users.noreply.github.com>

.gitignore

@@ -73,3 +73,5 @@ cosign.pub
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
 *$py.class
+
+

README.md

@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ syft <image> -o <format>
 Where the `formats` available are:
 - `syft-json`: Use this to get as much information out of Syft as possible!
 - `syft-text`: A row-oriented, human-and-machine-friendly output.
-- `cyclonedx-xml`: A XML report conforming to the [CycloneDX 1.6 specification](https://cyclonedx.org/specification/overview/).
+- `cyclonedx-xml`: An XML report conforming to the [CycloneDX 1.6 specification](https://cyclonedx.org/specification/overview/).
-- `cyclonedx-xml@1.5`: A XML report conforming to the [CycloneDX 1.5 specification](https://cyclonedx.org/specification/overview/).
+- `cyclonedx-xml@1.5`: An XML report conforming to the [CycloneDX 1.5 specification](https://cyclonedx.org/specification/overview/).
 - `cyclonedx-json`: A JSON report conforming to the [CycloneDX 1.6 specification](https://cyclonedx.org/specification/overview/).
 - `cyclonedx-json@1.5`: A JSON report conforming to the [CycloneDX 1.5 specification](https://cyclonedx.org/specification/overview/).
 - `spdx-tag-value`: A tag-value formatted report conforming to the [SPDX 2.3 specification](https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2.3/).

cmd/syft/internal/test/integration/catalog_packages_test.go

@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ func TestPkgCoverageImage(t *testing.T) {
 	definedPkgs.Remove(string(pkg.TerraformPkg))
 	definedPkgs.Remove(string(pkg.PhpPeclPkg)) // we have coverage for pear instead
 	definedPkgs.Remove(string(pkg.CondaPkg))
+	definedPkgs.Remove(string(pkg.ModelPkg))
 
 	var cases []testCase
 	cases = append(cases, commonTestCases...)
@@ -161,6 +162,7 @@ func TestPkgCoverageDirectory(t *testing.T) {
 	definedPkgs.Remove(string(pkg.UnknownPkg))
 	definedPkgs.Remove(string(pkg.CondaPkg))
 	definedPkgs.Remove(string(pkg.PhpPeclPkg)) // this is covered as pear packages
+	definedPkgs.Remove(string(pkg.ModelPkg))
 
 	// for directory scans we should not expect to see any of the following package types
 	definedPkgs.Remove(string(pkg.KbPkg))

go.mod

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/acarl005/stripansi v0.0.0-20180116102854-5a71ef0e047d
 	github.com/acobaugh/osrelease v0.1.0
 	github.com/adrg/xdg v0.5.3
-	github.com/anchore/archiver/v3 v3.5.3-0.20241210171143-5b1d8d1c7c51
 	github.com/anchore/bubbly v0.0.0-20231115134915-def0aba654a9
 	github.com/anchore/clio v0.0.0-20250319180342-2cfe4b0cb716
 	github.com/anchore/fangs v0.0.0-20250319222917-446a1e748ec2
@@ -168,7 +167,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/goccy/go-yaml v1.18.0
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20241129210726-2c02b8208cf8 // indirect
-	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20250317173921-a4b03ec1a45e // indirect
 	github.com/google/s2a-go v0.1.8 // indirect
 	github.com/googleapis/enterprise-certificate-proxy v0.3.4 // indirect
@@ -209,10 +207,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/muesli/cancelreader v0.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/muesli/termenv v0.16.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ncruces/go-strftime v0.1.9 // indirect
-	github.com/nwaples/rardecode v1.1.3 // indirect
-	github.com/nwaples/rardecode/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/olekukonko/errors v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/olekukonko/ll v0.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.13.0 // indirect
@@ -286,6 +280,11 @@ require (
 	modernc.org/memory v1.11.0 // indirect
 )
 
+require (
+	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0
+	github.com/gpustack/gguf-parser-go v0.22.1
+)
+
 require (
 	cyphar.com/go-pathrs v0.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.36.5 // indirect
@@ -310,7 +309,16 @@ require (
 	github.com/clipperhouse/stringish v0.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/clipperhouse/uax29/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/aws-sdk-go-base/v2 v2.0.0-beta.65 // indirect
+	github.com/henvic/httpretty v0.1.4 // indirect
+	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/nwaples/rardecode/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/olekukonko/cat v0.0.0-20250911104152-50322a0618f6 // indirect
+	github.com/olekukonko/errors v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/olekukonko/ll v0.1.2 // indirect
+	github.com/smallnest/ringbuffer v0.0.0-20241116012123-461381446e3d // indirect
+	gonum.org/v1/gonum v0.15.1 // indirect
 )
 
 retract (

go.sum

@@ -110,8 +110,6 @@ github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20160405071501-a0175ee3bccc/go.mod h1:LOuy
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 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20151022065526-2efee857e7cf/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20190717042225-c3de453c63f4/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
-github.com/anchore/archiver/v3 v3.5.3-0.20241210171143-5b1d8d1c7c51 h1:yhk+P8lF3ZiROjmaVRao9WGTRo4b/wYjoKEiAHWrKwc=
-github.com/anchore/archiver/v3 v3.5.3-0.20241210171143-5b1d8d1c7c51/go.mod h1:nwuGSd7aZp0rtYt79YggCGafz1RYsclE7pi3fhLwvuw=
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@@ -229,7 +227,6 @@ github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.1 h1:y4OZtCnogmCPw98Zjyt5a6+QwPLGkiQsYW5oUqy
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.1/go.mod h1:Y3VNntkOUPxTVeUxJ/G5vcM//AlwfmyYozVcomhLiZE=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.3.0/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
-github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0 h1:a6HrQnmkObjyL+Gs60czilIUGqrzKutQD6XZog3p+ko=
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@@ -480,8 +477,6 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2/go.mod h1:XVQd3VNwM+JqD3oG2Ue2ip4fOMUkwXdXDdiu
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 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.3/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
-github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4 h1:yAGX7huGHXlcLOEtBnF4w7FQwA26wojNCwOYAEhLjQM=
-github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
 github.com/google/btree v0.0.0-20180813153112-4030bb1f1f0c/go.mod h1:lNA+9X1NB3Zf8V7Ke586lFgjr2dZNuvo3lPJSGZ5JPQ=
 github.com/google/btree v1.0.0/go.mod h1:lNA+9X1NB3Zf8V7Ke586lFgjr2dZNuvo3lPJSGZ5JPQ=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:oXzfMopK8JAjlY9xF4vHSVASa0yLyX7SntLO5aqRK0M=
@@ -549,6 +544,8 @@ github.com/gookit/assert v0.1.1/go.mod h1:jS5bmIVQZTIwk42uXl4lyj4iaaxx32tqH16CFj
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 github.com/gookit/color v1.6.0/go.mod h1:9ACFc7/1IpHGBW8RwuDm/0YEnhg3dwwXpoMsmtyHfjs=
+github.com/gpustack/gguf-parser-go v0.22.1 h1:FRnEDWqT0Rcplr/R9ctCRSN2+3DhVsf6dnR5/i9JA4E=
+github.com/gpustack/gguf-parser-go v0.22.1/go.mod h1:y4TwTtDqFWTK+xvprOjRUh+dowgU2TKCX37vRKvGiZ0=
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway v1.16.0 h1:gmcG1KaJ57LophUzW0Hy8NmPhnMZb4M0+kPpLofRdBo=
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 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.16.0 h1:YBftPWNWd4WwGqtY2yeZL2ef8rHAxPBD8KFhJpmcqms=
@@ -598,6 +595,8 @@ github.com/hashicorp/memberlist v0.2.2/go.mod h1:MS2lj3INKhZjWNqd3N0m3J+Jxf3DAOn
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+github.com/henvic/httpretty v0.1.4 h1:Jo7uwIRWVFxkqOnErcoYfH90o3ddQyVrSANeS4cxYmU=
+github.com/henvic/httpretty v0.1.4/go.mod h1:Dn60sQTZfbt2dYsdUSNsCljyF4AfdqnuJFDLJA1I4AM=
 github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.5.0 h1:2ag3IFq9ZDANvthTwTiqSSZLjDc+BedvHPAp5tJy2TI=
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@@ -625,6 +624,7 @@ github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0/go.mod h1:5DoeVV0s6jJacbCEi61lwdGj/aVlrQvzHFF
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+github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 h1:PV8peI4a0ysnczrg+LtxykD8LfKY9ML6u2jnxaEnrnM=
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@@ -730,9 +730,11 @@ github.com/moby/sys/userns v0.1.0/go.mod h1:IHUYgu/kao6N8YZlp9Cf444ySSvCmDlmzUcY
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@@ -749,8 +751,6 @@ github.com/nix-community/go-nix v0.0.0-20250101154619-4bdde671e0a1 h1:kpt9ZfKcm+
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@@ -860,6 +860,8 @@ github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.4-0.20230606125235-dd1b4c2e81af h1:Sp5TG9f7K39yf
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@@ -1313,6 +1315,8 @@ golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8T
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internal/constants.go

@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ package internal
 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 = "16.0.42"
+	JSONSchemaVersion = "16.0.43"
 )

internal/file/tar_file_traversal.go

@@ -1,17 +1,40 @@
 package file
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4"
+	"github.com/mholt/archives"
 
-	"github.com/anchore/archiver/v3"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal"
 )
 
+// TraverseFilesInTar enumerates all paths stored within a tar archive using the visitor pattern.
+func TraverseFilesInTar(ctx context.Context, archivePath string, visitor archives.FileHandler) error {
+	tarReader, err := os.Open(archivePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to open tar archive (%s): %w", archivePath, err)
+	}
+	defer internal.CloseAndLogError(tarReader, archivePath)
+
+	format, _, err := archives.Identify(ctx, archivePath, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to identify tar compression format: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	extractor, ok := format.(archives.Extractor)
+	if !ok {
+		return fmt.Errorf("file format does not support extraction: %s", archivePath)
+	}
+
+	return extractor.Extract(ctx, tarReader, visitor)
+}
+
 // ExtractGlobsFromTarToUniqueTempFile extracts paths matching the given globs within the given archive to a temporary directory, returning file openers for each file extracted.
-func ExtractGlobsFromTarToUniqueTempFile(archivePath, dir string, globs ...string) (map[string]Opener, error) {
+func ExtractGlobsFromTarToUniqueTempFile(ctx context.Context, archivePath, dir string, globs ...string) (map[string]Opener, error) {
 	results := make(map[string]Opener)
 
 	// don't allow for full traversal, only select traversal from given paths
@@ -19,9 +42,7 @@ func ExtractGlobsFromTarToUniqueTempFile(archivePath, dir string, globs ...strin
 		return results, nil
 	}
 
-	visitor := func(file archiver.File) error {
+	visitor := func(_ context.Context, file archives.FileInfo) error {
-		defer file.Close()
-
 		// ignore directories
 		if file.IsDir() {
 			return nil
@@ -43,7 +64,13 @@ func ExtractGlobsFromTarToUniqueTempFile(archivePath, dir string, globs ...strin
 		// provides a ReadCloser. It is up to the caller to handle closing the file explicitly.
 		defer tempFile.Close()
 
-		if err := safeCopy(tempFile, file.ReadCloser); err != nil {
+		packedFile, err := file.Open()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to read file=%q from tar=%q: %w", file.NameInArchive, archivePath, err)
+		}
+		defer internal.CloseAndLogError(packedFile, archivePath)
+
+		if err := safeCopy(tempFile, packedFile); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to copy source=%q for tar=%q: %w", file.Name(), archivePath, err)
 		}
 
@@ -52,7 +79,7 @@ func ExtractGlobsFromTarToUniqueTempFile(archivePath, dir string, globs ...strin
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	return results, archiver.Walk(archivePath, visitor)
+	return results, TraverseFilesInTar(ctx, archivePath, visitor)
 }
 
 func matchesAnyGlob(name string, globs ...string) bool {

internal/file/zip_file_manifest.go

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package file
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"os"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/mholt/archives"
 	"github.com/scylladb/go-set/strset"
 
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/log"
@@ -14,22 +16,25 @@ import (
 type ZipFileManifest map[string]os.FileInfo
 
 // NewZipFileManifest creates and returns a new ZipFileManifest populated with path and metadata from the given zip archive path.
-func NewZipFileManifest(archivePath string) (ZipFileManifest, error) {
+func NewZipFileManifest(ctx context.Context, archivePath string) (ZipFileManifest, error) {
-	zipReader, err := OpenZip(archivePath)
+	zipReader, err := os.Open(archivePath)
 	manifest := make(ZipFileManifest)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Debugf("unable to open zip archive (%s): %v", archivePath, err)
 		return manifest, err
 	}
 	defer func() {
-		err = zipReader.Close()
+		if err = zipReader.Close(); err != nil {
-		if err != nil {
 			log.Debugf("unable to close zip archive (%s): %+v", archivePath, err)
 		}
 	}()
 
-	for _, file := range zipReader.File {
+	err = archives.Zip{}.Extract(ctx, zipReader, func(_ context.Context, file archives.FileInfo) error {
-		manifest.Add(file.Name, file.FileInfo())
+		manifest.Add(file.NameInArchive, file.FileInfo)
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return manifest, err
 	}
 	return manifest, nil
 }

internal/file/zip_file_manifest_test.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package file
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"os"
 	"path"
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ func TestNewZipFileManifest(t *testing.T) {
 
 	archiveFilePath := setupZipFileTest(t, sourceDirPath, false)
 
-	actual, err := NewZipFileManifest(archiveFilePath)
+	actual, err := NewZipFileManifest(context.Background(), archiveFilePath)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to extract from unzip archive: %+v", err)
 	}
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ func TestNewZip64FileManifest(t *testing.T) {
 	sourceDirPath := path.Join(cwd, "test-fixtures", "zip-source")
 	archiveFilePath := setupZipFileTest(t, sourceDirPath, true)
 
-	actual, err := NewZipFileManifest(archiveFilePath)
+	actual, err := NewZipFileManifest(context.Background(), archiveFilePath)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to extract from unzip archive: %+v", err)
 	}
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ func TestZipFileManifest_GlobMatch(t *testing.T) {
 
 	archiveFilePath := setupZipFileTest(t, sourceDirPath, false)
 
-	z, err := NewZipFileManifest(archiveFilePath)
+	z, err := NewZipFileManifest(context.Background(), archiveFilePath)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to extract from unzip archive: %+v", err)
 	}

internal/file/zip_file_traversal.go

@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 package file
 
 import (
-	"archive/zip"
 	"bytes"
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/mholt/archives"
+
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/log"
 )
 
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ type errZipSlipDetected struct {
 }
 
 func (e *errZipSlipDetected) Error() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("paths are not allowed to resolve outside of the root prefix (%q). Destination: %q", e.Prefix, e.JoinArgs)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("path traversal detected: paths are not allowed to resolve outside of the root prefix (%q). Destination: %q", e.Prefix, e.JoinArgs)
 }
 
 type zipTraversalRequest map[string]struct{}
@@ -39,38 +41,34 @@ func newZipTraverseRequest(paths ...string) zipTraversalRequest {
 }
 
 // TraverseFilesInZip enumerates all paths stored within a zip archive using the visitor pattern.
-func TraverseFilesInZip(archivePath string, visitor func(*zip.File) error, paths ...string) error {
+func TraverseFilesInZip(ctx context.Context, archivePath string, visitor archives.FileHandler, paths ...string) error {
 	request := newZipTraverseRequest(paths...)
 
-	zipReader, err := OpenZip(archivePath)
+	zipReader, err := os.Open(archivePath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to open zip archive (%s): %w", archivePath, err)
 	}
 	defer func() {
-		err = zipReader.Close()
+		if err := zipReader.Close(); err != nil {
-		if err != nil {
 			log.Errorf("unable to close zip archive (%s): %+v", archivePath, err)
 		}
 	}()
 
-	for _, file := range zipReader.File {
+	return archives.Zip{}.Extract(ctx, zipReader, func(ctx context.Context, file archives.FileInfo) error {
 		// if no paths are given then assume that all files should be traversed
 		if len(paths) > 0 {
-			if _, ok := request[file.Name]; !ok {
+			if _, ok := request[file.NameInArchive]; !ok {
 				// this file path is not of interest
-				continue
+				return nil
 			}
 		}
 
-		if err = visitor(file); err != nil {
+		return visitor(ctx, file)
-			return err
+	})
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
 }
 
 // ExtractFromZipToUniqueTempFile extracts select paths for the given archive to a temporary directory, returning file openers for each file extracted.
-func ExtractFromZipToUniqueTempFile(archivePath, dir string, paths ...string) (map[string]Opener, error) {
+func ExtractFromZipToUniqueTempFile(ctx context.Context, archivePath, dir string, paths ...string) (map[string]Opener, error) {
 	results := make(map[string]Opener)
 
 	// don't allow for full traversal, only select traversal from given paths
@@ -78,9 +76,8 @@ func ExtractFromZipToUniqueTempFile(archivePath, dir string, paths ...string) (m
 		return results, nil
 	}
 
-	visitor := func(file *zip.File) error {
+	visitor := func(_ context.Context, file archives.FileInfo) error {
-		tempfilePrefix := filepath.Base(filepath.Clean(file.Name)) + "-"
+		tempfilePrefix := filepath.Base(filepath.Clean(file.NameInArchive)) + "-"
-
 		tempFile, err := os.CreateTemp(dir, tempfilePrefix)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to create temp file: %w", err)
@@ -92,33 +89,32 @@ func ExtractFromZipToUniqueTempFile(archivePath, dir string, paths ...string) (m
 
 		zippedFile, err := file.Open()
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unable to read file=%q from zip=%q: %w", file.Name, archivePath, err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to read file=%q from zip=%q: %w", file.NameInArchive, archivePath, err)
 		}
 		defer func() {
-			err := zippedFile.Close()
+			if err := zippedFile.Close(); err != nil {
-			if err != nil {
+				log.Errorf("unable to close source file=%q from zip=%q: %+v", file.NameInArchive, archivePath, err)
-				log.Errorf("unable to close source file=%q from zip=%q: %+v", file.Name, archivePath, err)
 			}
 		}()
 
-		if file.FileInfo().IsDir() {
+		if file.IsDir() {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unable to extract directories, only files: %s", file.Name)
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to extract directories, only files: %s", file.NameInArchive)
 		}
 
 		if err := safeCopy(tempFile, zippedFile); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unable to copy source=%q for zip=%q: %w", file.Name, archivePath, err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to copy source=%q for zip=%q: %w", file.NameInArchive, archivePath, err)
 		}
 
-		results[file.Name] = Opener{path: tempFile.Name()}
+		results[file.NameInArchive] = Opener{path: tempFile.Name()}
 
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	return results, TraverseFilesInZip(archivePath, visitor, paths...)
+	return results, TraverseFilesInZip(ctx, archivePath, visitor, paths...)
 }
 
 // ContentsFromZip extracts select paths for the given archive and returns a set of string contents for each path.
-func ContentsFromZip(archivePath string, paths ...string) (map[string]string, error) {
+func ContentsFromZip(ctx context.Context, archivePath string, paths ...string) (map[string]string, error) {
 	results := make(map[string]string)
 
 	// don't allow for full traversal, only select traversal from given paths
@@ -126,37 +122,38 @@ func ContentsFromZip(archivePath string, paths ...string) (map[string]string, er
 		return results, nil
 	}
 
-	visitor := func(file *zip.File) error {
+	visitor := func(_ context.Context, file archives.FileInfo) error {
 		zippedFile, err := file.Open()
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unable to read file=%q from zip=%q: %w", file.Name, archivePath, err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to read file=%q from zip=%q: %w", file.NameInArchive, archivePath, err)
 		}
+		defer func() {
+			if err := zippedFile.Close(); err != nil {
+				log.Errorf("unable to close source file=%q from zip=%q: %+v", file.NameInArchive, archivePath, err)
+			}
+		}()
 
-		if file.FileInfo().IsDir() {
+		if file.IsDir() {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unable to extract directories, only files: %s", file.Name)
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to extract directories, only files: %s", file.NameInArchive)
 		}
 
 		var buffer bytes.Buffer
 		if err := safeCopy(&buffer, zippedFile); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unable to copy source=%q for zip=%q: %w", file.Name, archivePath, err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to copy source=%q for zip=%q: %w", file.NameInArchive, archivePath, err)
 		}
 
-		results[file.Name] = buffer.String()
+		results[file.NameInArchive] = buffer.String()
 
-		err = zippedFile.Close()
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unable to close source file=%q from zip=%q: %w", file.Name, archivePath, err)
-		}
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	return results, TraverseFilesInZip(archivePath, visitor, paths...)
+	return results, TraverseFilesInZip(ctx, archivePath, visitor, paths...)
 }
 
 // UnzipToDir extracts a zip archive to a target directory.
-func UnzipToDir(archivePath, targetDir string) error {
+func UnzipToDir(ctx context.Context, archivePath, targetDir string) error {
-	visitor := func(file *zip.File) error {
+	visitor := func(_ context.Context, file archives.FileInfo) error {
-		joinedPath, err := safeJoin(targetDir, file.Name)
+		joinedPath, err := SafeJoin(targetDir, file.NameInArchive)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -164,11 +161,11 @@ func UnzipToDir(archivePath, targetDir string) error {
 		return extractSingleFile(file, joinedPath, archivePath)
 	}
 
-	return TraverseFilesInZip(archivePath, visitor)
+	return TraverseFilesInZip(ctx, archivePath, visitor)
 }
 
-// safeJoin ensures that any destinations do not resolve to a path above the prefix path.
+// SafeJoin ensures that any destinations do not resolve to a path above the prefix path.
-func safeJoin(prefix string, dest ...string) (string, error) {
+func SafeJoin(prefix string, dest ...string) (string, error) {
 	joinResult := filepath.Join(append([]string{prefix}, dest...)...)
 	cleanJoinResult := filepath.Clean(joinResult)
 	if !strings.HasPrefix(cleanJoinResult, filepath.Clean(prefix)) {
@@ -181,13 +178,18 @@ func safeJoin(prefix string, dest ...string) (string, error) {
 	return joinResult, nil
 }
 
-func extractSingleFile(file *zip.File, expandedFilePath, archivePath string) error {
+func extractSingleFile(file archives.FileInfo, expandedFilePath, archivePath string) error {
 	zippedFile, err := file.Open()
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to read file=%q from zip=%q: %w", file.Name, archivePath, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to read file=%q from zip=%q: %w", file.NameInArchive, archivePath, err)
 	}
+	defer func() {
+		if err := zippedFile.Close(); err != nil {
+			log.Errorf("unable to close source file=%q from zip=%q: %+v", file.NameInArchive, archivePath, err)
+		}
+	}()
 
-	if file.FileInfo().IsDir() {
+	if file.IsDir() {
 		err = os.MkdirAll(expandedFilePath, file.Mode())
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to create dir=%q from zip=%q: %w", expandedFilePath, archivePath, err)
@@ -202,20 +204,16 @@ func extractSingleFile(file *zip.File, expandedFilePath, archivePath string) err
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to create dest file=%q from zip=%q: %w", expandedFilePath, archivePath, err)
 		}
+		defer func() {
+			if err := outputFile.Close(); err != nil {
+				log.Errorf("unable to close dest file=%q from zip=%q: %+v", outputFile.Name(), archivePath, err)
+			}
+		}()
 
 		if err := safeCopy(outputFile, zippedFile); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unable to copy source=%q to dest=%q for zip=%q: %w", file.Name, outputFile.Name(), archivePath, err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to copy source=%q to dest=%q for zip=%q: %w", file.NameInArchive, outputFile.Name(), archivePath, err)
-		}
-
-		err = outputFile.Close()
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unable to close dest file=%q from zip=%q: %w", outputFile.Name(), archivePath, err)
 		}
 	}
 
-	err = zippedFile.Close()
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to close source file=%q from zip=%q: %w", file.Name, archivePath, err)
-	}
 	return nil
 }

internal/file/zip_file_traversal_test.go

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 package file
 
 import (
+	"archive/zip"
+	"context"
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/go-test/deep"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func equal(r1, r2 io.Reader) (bool, error) {
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ func TestUnzipToDir(t *testing.T) {
 	expectedPaths := len(expectedZipArchiveEntries)
 	observedPaths := 0
 
-	err = UnzipToDir(archiveFilePath, unzipDestinationDir)
+	err = UnzipToDir(context.Background(), archiveFilePath, unzipDestinationDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to unzip archive: %+v", err)
 	}
@@ -145,7 +148,7 @@ func TestContentsFromZip(t *testing.T) {
 				paths = append(paths, p)
 			}
 
-			actual, err := ContentsFromZip(archivePath, paths...)
+			actual, err := ContentsFromZip(context.Background(), archivePath, paths...)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("unable to extract from unzip archive: %+v", err)
 			}
@@ -307,9 +310,528 @@ func TestSafeJoin(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%+v:%+v", test.prefix, test.args), func(t *testing.T) {
-			actual, err := safeJoin(test.prefix, test.args...)
+			actual, err := SafeJoin(test.prefix, test.args...)
 			test.errAssertion(t, err)
 			assert.Equal(t, test.expected, actual)
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+// TestSymlinkProtection demonstrates that SafeJoin protects against symlink-based
+// directory traversal attacks by validating that archive entry paths cannot escape
+// the extraction directory.
+func TestSafeJoin_SymlinkProtection(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name        string
+		archivePath string // Path as it would appear in the archive
+		expectError bool
+		description string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:        "path traversal via ../",
+			archivePath: "../../../outside/file.txt",
+			expectError: true,
+			description: "Archive entry with ../ trying to escape extraction dir",
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "absolute path symlink target",
+			archivePath: "../../../sensitive.txt",
+			expectError: true,
+			description: "Simulates symlink pointing outside via relative path",
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "safe relative path within extraction dir",
+			archivePath: "subdir/safe.txt",
+			expectError: false,
+			description: "Normal file path that stays within extraction directory",
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "safe path with internal ../",
+			archivePath: "dir1/../dir2/file.txt",
+			expectError: false,
+			description: "Path with ../ that still resolves within extraction dir",
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "deeply nested traversal",
+			archivePath: "../../../../../../tmp/evil.txt",
+			expectError: true,
+			description: "Multiple levels of ../ trying to escape",
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "single parent directory escape",
+			archivePath: "../",
+			expectError: true,
+			description: "Simple one-level escape attempt",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			// Create temp directories to simulate extraction scenario
+			tmpDir := t.TempDir()
+			extractDir := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "extract")
+			outsideDir := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "outside")
+
+			require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(extractDir, 0755))
+			require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(outsideDir, 0755))
+
+			// Create a file outside extraction dir that an attacker might target
+			outsideFile := filepath.Join(outsideDir, "sensitive.txt")
+			require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(outsideFile, []byte("sensitive data"), 0644))
+
+			// Test SafeJoin - this is what happens when processing archive entries
+			result, err := SafeJoin(extractDir, tt.archivePath)
+
+			if tt.expectError {
+				// Should block malicious paths
+				require.Error(t, err, "Expected SafeJoin to reject malicious path")
+				var zipSlipErr *errZipSlipDetected
+				assert.ErrorAs(t, err, &zipSlipErr, "Error should be errZipSlipDetected type")
+				assert.Empty(t, result, "Result should be empty for blocked paths")
+			} else {
+				// Should allow safe paths
+				require.NoError(t, err, "Expected SafeJoin to allow safe path")
+				assert.NotEmpty(t, result, "Result should not be empty for safe paths")
+				assert.True(t, strings.HasPrefix(filepath.Clean(result), filepath.Clean(extractDir)),
+					"Safe path should resolve within extraction directory")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestUnzipToDir_SymlinkAttacks tests UnzipToDir function with malicious ZIP archives
+// containing symlink entries that attempt path traversal attacks.
+//
+// EXPECTED BEHAVIOR: UnzipToDir should either:
+//  1. Detect and reject symlinks explicitly with a security error, OR
+//  2. Extract them safely (library converts symlinks to regular files)
+func TestUnzipToDir_SymlinkAttacks(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name        string
+		symlinkName string
+		fileName    string
+		errContains string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:        "direct symlink to outside directory",
+			symlinkName: "evil_link",
+			fileName:    "evil_link/payload.txt",
+			errContains: "not a directory", // attempt to write through symlink leaf (which is not a directory)
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "directory symlink attack",
+			symlinkName: "safe_dir/link",
+			fileName:    "safe_dir/link/payload.txt",
+			errContains: "not a directory", // attempt to write through symlink (which is not a directory)
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "symlink without payload file",
+			symlinkName: "standalone_link",
+			fileName:    "", // no payload file
+			errContains: "", // no error expected, symlink without payload is safe
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			tempDir := t.TempDir()
+
+			// create outside target directory
+			outsideDir := filepath.Join(tempDir, "outside_target")
+			require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(outsideDir, 0755))
+
+			// create extraction directory
+			extractDir := filepath.Join(tempDir, "extract")
+			require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(extractDir, 0755))
+
+			maliciousZip := createMaliciousZipWithSymlink(t, tempDir, tt.symlinkName, outsideDir, tt.fileName)
+
+			err := UnzipToDir(context.Background(), maliciousZip, extractDir)
+
+			// check error expectations
+			if tt.errContains != "" {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				require.Contains(t, err.Error(), tt.errContains)
+			} else {
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+
+			analyzeExtractionDirectory(t, extractDir)
+
+			// check if payload file escaped extraction directory
+			if tt.fileName != "" {
+				maliciousFile := filepath.Join(outsideDir, filepath.Base(tt.fileName))
+				checkFileOutsideExtraction(t, maliciousFile)
+			}
+
+			// check if symlink was created pointing outside
+			symlinkPath := filepath.Join(extractDir, tt.symlinkName)
+			checkSymlinkCreation(t, symlinkPath, extractDir, outsideDir)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestContentsFromZip_SymlinkAttacks tests the ContentsFromZip function with malicious
+// ZIP archives containing symlink entries.
+//
+// EXPECTED BEHAVIOR: ContentsFromZip should either:
+//  1. Reject symlinks explicitly, OR
+//  2. Return empty content for symlinks (library behavior)
+//
+// Though ContentsFromZip doesn't write to disk, but if symlinks are followed, it could read sensitive
+// files from outside the archive.
+func TestContentsFromZip_SymlinkAttacks(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name          string
+		symlinkName   string
+		symlinkTarget string
+		requestPath   string
+		errContains   string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:          "request symlink entry directly",
+			symlinkName:   "evil_link",
+			symlinkTarget: "/etc/hosts", // attempt to read sensitive file
+			requestPath:   "evil_link",
+			errContains:   "", // no error expected - library returns symlink metadata
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "symlink in nested directory",
+			symlinkName:   "nested/link",
+			symlinkTarget: "/etc/hosts",
+			requestPath:   "nested/link",
+			errContains:   "", // no error expected - library returns symlink metadata
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			tempDir := t.TempDir()
+
+			// create malicious ZIP with symlink entry (no payload file needed)
+			maliciousZip := createMaliciousZipWithSymlink(t, tempDir, tt.symlinkName, tt.symlinkTarget, "")
+
+			contents, err := ContentsFromZip(context.Background(), maliciousZip, tt.requestPath)
+
+			// check error expectations
+			if tt.errContains != "" {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				require.Contains(t, err.Error(), tt.errContains)
+				return
+			}
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			// verify symlink handling - library should return symlink target as content (metadata)
+			content, found := contents[tt.requestPath]
+			require.True(t, found, "symlink entry should be found in results")
+
+			// verify symlink was NOT followed (content should be target path or empty)
+			if content != "" && content != tt.symlinkTarget {
+				// content is not empty and not the symlink target - check if actual file was read
+				if _, statErr := os.Stat(tt.symlinkTarget); statErr == nil {
+					targetContent, readErr := os.ReadFile(tt.symlinkTarget)
+					if readErr == nil && string(targetContent) == content {
+						t.Errorf("critical issue!... symlink was FOLLOWED and external file content was read!")
+						t.Logf("  symlink: %s → %s", tt.requestPath, tt.symlinkTarget)
+						t.Logf("  content length: %d bytes", len(content))
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestExtractFromZipToUniqueTempFile_SymlinkAttacks tests the ExtractFromZipToUniqueTempFile
+// function with malicious ZIP archives containing symlink entries.
+//
+// EXPECTED BEHAVIOR: ExtractFromZipToUniqueTempFile should either:
+//  1. Reject symlinks explicitly, OR
+//  2. Extract them safely (library converts to empty files, filepath.Base sanitizes names)
+//
+// This function uses filepath.Base() on the archive entry name for temp file prefix and
+// os.CreateTemp() which creates files in the specified directory, so it should be protected.
+func TestExtractFromZipToUniqueTempFile_SymlinkAttacks(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name          string
+		symlinkName   string
+		symlinkTarget string
+		requestPath   string
+		errContains   string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:          "extract symlink entry to temp file",
+			symlinkName:   "evil_link",
+			symlinkTarget: "/etc/passwd",
+			requestPath:   "evil_link",
+			errContains:   "", // no error expected - library extracts symlink metadata
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "extract nested symlink",
+			symlinkName:   "nested/dir/link",
+			symlinkTarget: "/tmp/outside",
+			requestPath:   "nested/dir/link",
+			errContains:   "", // no error expected
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "extract path traversal symlink name",
+			symlinkName:   "../../escape",
+			symlinkTarget: "/tmp/outside",
+			requestPath:   "../../escape",
+			errContains:   "", // no error expected - filepath.Base sanitizes name
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			tempDir := t.TempDir()
+
+			maliciousZip := createMaliciousZipWithSymlink(t, tempDir, tt.symlinkName, tt.symlinkTarget, "")
+
+			// create temp directory for extraction
+			extractTempDir := filepath.Join(tempDir, "temp_extract")
+			require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(extractTempDir, 0755))
+
+			openers, err := ExtractFromZipToUniqueTempFile(context.Background(), maliciousZip, extractTempDir, tt.requestPath)
+
+			// check error expectations
+			if tt.errContains != "" {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				require.Contains(t, err.Error(), tt.errContains)
+				return
+			}
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			// verify symlink was extracted
+			opener, found := openers[tt.requestPath]
+			require.True(t, found, "symlink entry should be extracted")
+
+			// verify temp file is within temp directory
+			tempFilePath := opener.path
+			cleanTempDir := filepath.Clean(extractTempDir)
+			cleanTempFile := filepath.Clean(tempFilePath)
+			require.True(t, strings.HasPrefix(cleanTempFile, cleanTempDir),
+				"temp file must be within temp directory: %s not in %s", cleanTempFile, cleanTempDir)
+
+			// verify symlink was NOT followed (content should be target path or empty)
+			f, openErr := opener.Open()
+			require.NoError(t, openErr)
+			defer f.Close()
+
+			content, readErr := io.ReadAll(f)
+			require.NoError(t, readErr)
+
+			// check if symlink was followed (content matches actual file)
+			if len(content) > 0 && string(content) != tt.symlinkTarget {
+				if _, statErr := os.Stat(tt.symlinkTarget); statErr == nil {
+					targetContent, readErr := os.ReadFile(tt.symlinkTarget)
+					if readErr == nil && string(targetContent) == string(content) {
+						t.Errorf("critical issue!... symlink was FOLLOWED and external file content was copied!")
+						t.Logf("  symlink: %s → %s", tt.requestPath, tt.symlinkTarget)
+						t.Logf("  content length: %d bytes", len(content))
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// forensicFindings contains the results of analyzing an extraction directory
+type forensicFindings struct {
+	symlinksFound          []forensicSymlink
+	regularFiles           []string
+	directories            []string
+	symlinkVulnerabilities []string
+}
+
+type forensicSymlink struct {
+	path              string
+	target            string
+	escapesExtraction bool
+	resolvedPath      string
+}
+
+// analyzeExtractionDirectory walks the extraction directory and detects symlinks that point
+// outside the extraction directory. It is silent unless vulnerabilities are found.
+func analyzeExtractionDirectory(t *testing.T, extractDir string) forensicFindings {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	findings := forensicFindings{}
+
+	filepath.Walk(extractDir, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+		if err != nil {
+			// only log if there's an error walking the directory
+			t.Logf("Error walking %s: %v", path, err)
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		relPath := strings.TrimPrefix(path, extractDir+"/")
+		if relPath == "" {
+			relPath = "."
+		}
+
+		// use Lstat to detect symlinks without following them
+		linfo, lerr := os.Lstat(path)
+		if lerr == nil && linfo.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0 {
+			target, _ := os.Readlink(path)
+
+			// resolve to see where it actually points
+			var resolvedPath string
+			var escapesExtraction bool
+
+			if filepath.IsAbs(target) {
+				// absolute symlink
+				resolvedPath = target
+				cleanExtractDir := filepath.Clean(extractDir)
+				escapesExtraction = !strings.HasPrefix(filepath.Clean(target), cleanExtractDir)
+
+				if escapesExtraction {
+					t.Errorf("critical issue!... absolute symlink created: %s → %s", relPath, target)
+					t.Logf("  this symlink points outside the extraction directory")
+					findings.symlinkVulnerabilities = append(findings.symlinkVulnerabilities,
+						fmt.Sprintf("absolute symlink: %s → %s", relPath, target))
+				}
+			} else {
+				// relative symlink - resolve it
+				resolvedPath = filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(path), target)
+				cleanResolved := filepath.Clean(resolvedPath)
+				cleanExtractDir := filepath.Clean(extractDir)
+
+				escapesExtraction = !strings.HasPrefix(cleanResolved, cleanExtractDir)
+
+				if escapesExtraction {
+					t.Errorf("critical issue!... symlink escapes extraction dir: %s → %s", relPath, target)
+					t.Logf("  symlink resolves to: %s (outside extraction directory)", cleanResolved)
+					findings.symlinkVulnerabilities = append(findings.symlinkVulnerabilities,
+						fmt.Sprintf("relative symlink escape: %s → %s (resolves to %s)", relPath, target, cleanResolved))
+				}
+			}
+
+			findings.symlinksFound = append(findings.symlinksFound, forensicSymlink{
+				path:              relPath,
+				target:            target,
+				escapesExtraction: escapesExtraction,
+				resolvedPath:      resolvedPath,
+			})
+		} else {
+			// regular file or directory - collect silently
+			if info.IsDir() {
+				findings.directories = append(findings.directories, relPath)
+			} else {
+				findings.regularFiles = append(findings.regularFiles, relPath)
+			}
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	return findings
+}
+
+// checkFileOutsideExtraction checks if a file was written outside the extraction directory.
+// Returns true if the file exists (vulnerability), false otherwise. Silent on success.
+func checkFileOutsideExtraction(t *testing.T, filePath string) bool {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	if stat, err := os.Stat(filePath); err == nil {
+		content, _ := os.ReadFile(filePath)
+		t.Errorf("critical issue!... file written OUTSIDE extraction directory!")
+		t.Logf("  location: %s", filePath)
+		t.Logf("  size: %d bytes", stat.Size())
+		t.Logf("  content: %s", string(content))
+		t.Logf("  ...this means an attacker can write files to arbitrary locations on the filesystem")
+		return true
+	}
+	// no file found outside extraction directory...
+	return false
+}
+
+// checkSymlinkCreation verifies if a symlink was created at the expected path and reports
+// whether it points outside the extraction directory. Silent unless a symlink is found.
+func checkSymlinkCreation(t *testing.T, symlinkPath, extractDir, expectedTarget string) bool {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	if linfo, err := os.Lstat(symlinkPath); err == nil {
+		if linfo.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink != 0 {
+			target, _ := os.Readlink(symlinkPath)
+
+			if expectedTarget != "" && target == expectedTarget {
+				t.Errorf("critical issue!... symlink pointing outside extraction dir was created!")
+				t.Logf("  Symlink: %s → %s", symlinkPath, target)
+				return true
+			}
+
+			// Check if it escapes even if target doesn't match expected
+			if filepath.IsAbs(target) {
+				cleanExtractDir := filepath.Clean(extractDir)
+				if !strings.HasPrefix(filepath.Clean(target), cleanExtractDir) {
+					t.Errorf("critical issue!... absolute symlink escapes extraction dir!")
+					t.Logf("  symlink: %s → %s", symlinkPath, target)
+					return true
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		// if it exists but is not a symlink, that's good (attack was thwarted)...
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+// createMaliciousZipWithSymlink creates a ZIP archive containing a symlink entry pointing to an arbitrary target,
+// followed by a file entry that attempts to write through that symlink.
+// returns the path to the created ZIP archive.
+func createMaliciousZipWithSymlink(t *testing.T, tempDir, symlinkName, symlinkTarget, fileName string) string {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	maliciousZip := filepath.Join(tempDir, "malicious.zip")
+	zipFile, err := os.Create(maliciousZip)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer zipFile.Close()
+
+	zw := zip.NewWriter(zipFile)
+
+	// create parent directories if the symlink is nested
+	if dir := filepath.Dir(symlinkName); dir != "." {
+		dirHeader := &zip.FileHeader{
+			Name:   dir + "/",
+			Method: zip.Store,
+		}
+		dirHeader.SetMode(os.ModeDir | 0755)
+		_, err = zw.CreateHeader(dirHeader)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	}
+
+	// create symlink entry pointing outside extraction directory
+	// note: ZIP format stores symlinks as regular files with the target path as content
+	symlinkHeader := &zip.FileHeader{
+		Name:   symlinkName,
+		Method: zip.Store,
+	}
+	symlinkHeader.SetMode(os.ModeSymlink | 0755)
+
+	symlinkWriter, err := zw.CreateHeader(symlinkHeader)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// write the symlink target as the file content (this is how ZIP stores symlinks)
+	_, err = symlinkWriter.Write([]byte(symlinkTarget))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// create file entry that will be written through the symlink
+	if fileName != "" {
+		payloadContent := []byte("MALICIOUS PAYLOAD - This should NOT be written outside extraction dir!")
+		payloadHeader := &zip.FileHeader{
+			Name:   fileName,
+			Method: zip.Deflate,
+		}
+		payloadHeader.SetMode(0644)
+
+		payloadWriter, err := zw.CreateHeader(payloadHeader)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		_, err = payloadWriter.Write(payloadContent)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	}
+
+	require.NoError(t, zw.Close())
+	require.NoError(t, zipFile.Close())
+
+	return maliciousZip
+}

internal/file/zip_read_closer.go

@@ -1,229 +0,0 @@
-package file
-
-import (
-	"archive/zip"
-	"encoding/binary"
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"io"
-	"math"
-	"os"
-
-	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/log"
-)
-
-// directoryEndLen, readByf, directoryEnd, and findSignatureInBlock were copied from the golang stdlib, specifically:
-// - https://github.com/golang/go/blob/go1.16.4/src/archive/zip/struct.go
-// - https://github.com/golang/go/blob/go1.16.4/src/archive/zip/reader.go
-// findArchiveStartOffset is derived from the same stdlib utils, specifically the readDirectoryEnd function.
-
-const (
-	directoryEndLen         = 22
-	directory64LocLen       = 20
-	directory64EndLen       = 56
-	directory64LocSignature = 0x07064b50
-	directory64EndSignature = 0x06064b50
-)
-
-// ZipReadCloser is a drop-in replacement for zip.ReadCloser (from zip.OpenReader) that additionally considers zips
-// that have bytes prefixed to the front of the archive (common with self-extracting jars).
-type ZipReadCloser struct {
-	*zip.Reader
-	io.Closer
-}
-
-// OpenZip provides a ZipReadCloser for the given filepath.
-func OpenZip(filepath string) (*ZipReadCloser, error) {
-	f, err := os.Open(filepath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	fi, err := f.Stat()
-	if err != nil {
-		f.Close()
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	// some archives may have bytes prepended to the front of the archive, such as with self executing JARs. We first
-	// need to find the start of the archive and keep track of this offset.
-	offset, err := findArchiveStartOffset(f, fi.Size())
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Debugf("cannot find beginning of zip archive=%q : %v", filepath, err)
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	if _, err := f.Seek(0, io.SeekStart); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to seek to beginning of archive: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	if offset > math.MaxInt64 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("archive start offset too large: %v", offset)
-	}
-	offset64 := int64(offset)
-
-	size := fi.Size() - offset64
-
-	r, err := zip.NewReader(io.NewSectionReader(f, offset64, size), size)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Debugf("unable to open ZipReadCloser @ %q: %v", filepath, err)
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return &ZipReadCloser{
-		Reader: r,
-		Closer: f,
-	}, nil
-}
-
-type readBuf []byte
-
-func (b *readBuf) uint16() uint16 {
-	v := binary.LittleEndian.Uint16(*b)
-	*b = (*b)[2:]
-	return v
-}
-
-func (b *readBuf) uint32() uint32 {
-	v := binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(*b)
-	*b = (*b)[4:]
-	return v
-}
-
-func (b *readBuf) uint64() uint64 {
-	v := binary.LittleEndian.Uint64(*b)
-	*b = (*b)[8:]
-	return v
-}
-
-type directoryEnd struct {
-	diskNbr            uint32 // unused
-	dirDiskNbr         uint32 // unused
-	dirRecordsThisDisk uint64 // unused
-	directoryRecords   uint64
-	directorySize      uint64
-	directoryOffset    uint64 // relative to file
-}
-
-// note: this is derived from readDirectoryEnd within the archive/zip package
-func findArchiveStartOffset(r io.ReaderAt, size int64) (startOfArchive uint64, err error) {
-	// look for directoryEndSignature in the last 1k, then in the last 65k
-	var buf []byte
-	var directoryEndOffset int64
-	for i, bLen := range []int64{1024, 65 * 1024} {
-		if bLen > size {
-			bLen = size
-		}
-		buf = make([]byte, int(bLen))
-		if _, err := r.ReadAt(buf, size-bLen); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
-			return 0, err
-		}
-		if p := findSignatureInBlock(buf); p >= 0 {
-			buf = buf[p:]
-			directoryEndOffset = size - bLen + int64(p)
-			break
-		}
-		if i == 1 || bLen == size {
-			return 0, zip.ErrFormat
-		}
-	}
-
-	if buf == nil {
-		// we were unable to find the directoryEndSignature block
-		return 0, zip.ErrFormat
-	}
-
-	// read header into struct
-	b := readBuf(buf[4:]) // skip signature
-	d := &directoryEnd{
-		diskNbr:            uint32(b.uint16()),
-		dirDiskNbr:         uint32(b.uint16()),
-		dirRecordsThisDisk: uint64(b.uint16()),
-		directoryRecords:   uint64(b.uint16()),
-		directorySize:      uint64(b.uint32()),
-		directoryOffset:    uint64(b.uint32()),
-	}
-	// Calculate where the zip data actually begins
-
-	// These values mean that the file can be a zip64 file
-	if d.directoryRecords == 0xffff || d.directorySize == 0xffff || d.directoryOffset == 0xffffffff {
-		p, err := findDirectory64End(r, directoryEndOffset)
-		if err == nil && p >= 0 {
-			directoryEndOffset = p
-			err = readDirectory64End(r, p, d)
-		}
-		if err != nil {
-			return 0, err
-		}
-	}
-	startOfArchive = uint64(directoryEndOffset) - d.directorySize - d.directoryOffset
-
-	// Make sure directoryOffset points to somewhere in our file.
-	if d.directoryOffset >= uint64(size) {
-		return 0, zip.ErrFormat
-	}
-	return startOfArchive, nil
-}
-
-// findDirectory64End tries to read the zip64 locator just before the
-// directory end and returns the offset of the zip64 directory end if
-// found.
-func findDirectory64End(r io.ReaderAt, directoryEndOffset int64) (int64, error) {
-	locOffset := directoryEndOffset - directory64LocLen
-	if locOffset < 0 {
-		return -1, nil // no need to look for a header outside the file
-	}
-	buf := make([]byte, directory64LocLen)
-	if _, err := r.ReadAt(buf, locOffset); err != nil {
-		return -1, err
-	}
-	b := readBuf(buf)
-	if sig := b.uint32(); sig != directory64LocSignature {
-		return -1, nil
-	}
-	if b.uint32() != 0 { // number of the disk with the start of the zip64 end of central directory
-		return -1, nil // the file is not a valid zip64-file
-	}
-	p := b.uint64()      // relative offset of the zip64 end of central directory record
-	if b.uint32() != 1 { // total number of disks
-		return -1, nil // the file is not a valid zip64-file
-	}
-	return int64(p), nil
-}
-
-// readDirectory64End reads the zip64 directory end and updates the
-// directory end with the zip64 directory end values.
-func readDirectory64End(r io.ReaderAt, offset int64, d *directoryEnd) (err error) {
-	buf := make([]byte, directory64EndLen)
-	if _, err := r.ReadAt(buf, offset); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	b := readBuf(buf)
-	if sig := b.uint32(); sig != directory64EndSignature {
-		return errors.New("could not read directory64End")
-	}
-
-	b = b[12:]                        // skip dir size, version and version needed (uint64 + 2x uint16)
-	d.diskNbr = b.uint32()            // number of this disk
-	d.dirDiskNbr = b.uint32()         // number of the disk with the start of the central directory
-	d.dirRecordsThisDisk = b.uint64() // total number of entries in the central directory on this disk
-	d.directoryRecords = b.uint64()   // total number of entries in the central directory
-	d.directorySize = b.uint64()      // size of the central directory
-	d.directoryOffset = b.uint64()    // offset of start of central directory with respect to the starting disk number
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func findSignatureInBlock(b []byte) int {
-	for i := len(b) - directoryEndLen; i >= 0; i-- {
-		// defined from directoryEndSignature
-		if b[i] == 'P' && b[i+1] == 'K' && b[i+2] == 0x05 && b[i+3] == 0x06 {
-			// n is length of comment
-			n := int(b[i+directoryEndLen-2]) | int(b[i+directoryEndLen-1])<<8
-			if n+directoryEndLen+i <= len(b) {
-				return i
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return -1
-}

internal/file/zip_read_closer_test.go

@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-//go:build !windows
-// +build !windows
-
-package file
-
-import (
-	"os"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-)
-
-func TestFindArchiveStartOffset(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name        string
-		archivePrep func(tb testing.TB) string
-		expected    uint64
-	}{
-		{
-			name:        "standard, non-nested zip",
-			archivePrep: prepZipSourceFixture,
-			expected:    0,
-		},
-		{
-			name:        "zip with prepended bytes",
-			archivePrep: prependZipSourceFixtureWithString(t, "junk at the beginning of the file..."),
-			expected:    36,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, test := range tests {
-		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			archivePath := test.archivePrep(t)
-			f, err := os.Open(archivePath)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatalf("could not open archive %q: %+v", archivePath, err)
-			}
-			fi, err := os.Stat(f.Name())
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatalf("unable to stat archive: %+v", err)
-			}
-
-			actual, err := findArchiveStartOffset(f, fi.Size())
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatalf("unable to find offset: %+v", err)
-			}
-			assert.Equal(t, test.expected, actual)
-		})
-	}
-}

internal/packagemetadata/generated.go

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ func AllTypes() []any {
 		pkg.ELFBinaryPackageNoteJSONPayload{},
 		pkg.ElixirMixLockEntry{},
 		pkg.ErlangRebarLockEntry{},
+		pkg.GGUFFileHeader{},
 		pkg.GitHubActionsUseStatement{},
 		pkg.GolangBinaryBuildinfoEntry{},
 		pkg.GolangModuleEntry{},

internal/packagemetadata/names.go

@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ var jsonTypes = makeJSONTypes(
 	jsonNames(pkg.TerraformLockProviderEntry{}, "terraform-lock-provider-entry"),
 	jsonNames(pkg.DotnetPackagesLockEntry{}, "dotnet-packages-lock-entry"),
 	jsonNames(pkg.CondaMetaPackage{}, "conda-metadata-entry", "CondaPackageMetadata"),
+	jsonNames(pkg.GGUFFileHeader{}, "gguf-file-header"),
 )
 
 func expandLegacyNameVariants(names ...string) []string {

internal/task/package_tasks.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package task
 import (
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/cataloging/pkgcataloging"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/ai"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/alpine"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/arch"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary"
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@ func DefaultPackageTaskFactories() Factories {
 		newSimplePackageTaskFactory(homebrew.NewCataloger, pkgcataloging.DirectoryTag, pkgcataloging.InstalledTag, pkgcataloging.ImageTag, "homebrew"),
 		newSimplePackageTaskFactory(conda.NewCondaMetaCataloger, pkgcataloging.DirectoryTag, pkgcataloging.InstalledTag, pkgcataloging.PackageTag, "conda"),
 		newSimplePackageTaskFactory(snap.NewCataloger, pkgcataloging.DirectoryTag, pkgcataloging.InstalledTag, pkgcataloging.ImageTag, "snap"),
+		newSimplePackageTaskFactory(ai.NewGGUFCataloger, pkgcataloging.DirectoryTag, pkgcataloging.ImageTag, "ai", "model", "gguf", "ml"),
 
 		// deprecated catalogers ////////////////////////////////////////
 		// these are catalogers that should not be selectable other than specific inclusion via name or "deprecated" tag (to remain backwards compatible)

internal/task/unknowns_tasks.go

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/anchore/archiver/v3"
+	"github.com/mholt/archives"
+
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/log"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/sbomsync"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/cataloging"
@@ -57,9 +58,10 @@ func (c unknownsLabelerTask) finalize(resolver file.Resolver, s *sbom.SBOM) {
 	}
 
 	if c.IncludeUnexpandedArchives {
+		ctx := context.Background()
 		for coords := range s.Artifacts.FileMetadata {
-			unarchiver, notArchiveErr := archiver.ByExtension(coords.RealPath)
+			format, _, notArchiveErr := archives.Identify(ctx, coords.RealPath, nil)
-			if unarchiver != nil && notArchiveErr == nil && !hasPackageReference(coords) {
+			if format != nil && notArchiveErr == nil && !hasPackageReference(coords) {
 				s.Artifacts.Unknowns[coords] = append(s.Artifacts.Unknowns[coords], "archive not cataloged")
 			}
 		}

schema/json/schema-latest.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
-  "$id": "anchore.io/schema/syft/json/16.0.42/document",
+  "$id": "anchore.io/schema/syft/json/16.0.43/document",
   "$ref": "#/$defs/Document",
   "$defs": {
     "AlpmDbEntry": {
@@ -1433,6 +1433,48 @@
       ],
       "description": "FileMetadataEntry contains filesystem-level metadata attributes such as permissions, ownership, type, and size for a cataloged file."
     },
+    "GgufFileHeader": {
+      "properties": {
+        "ggufVersion": {
+          "type": "integer",
+          "description": "GGUFVersion is the GGUF format version (e.g., 3)"
+        },
+        "fileSize": {
+          "type": "integer",
+          "description": "FileSize is the size of the GGUF file in bytes (best-effort if available from resolver)"
+        },
+        "architecture": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "Architecture is the model architecture (from general.architecture, e.g., \"qwen3moe\", \"llama\")"
+        },
+        "quantization": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "Quantization is the quantization type (e.g., \"IQ4_NL\", \"Q4_K_M\")"
+        },
+        "parameters": {
+          "type": "integer",
+          "description": "Parameters is the number of model parameters (if present in header)"
+        },
+        "tensorCount": {
+          "type": "integer",
+          "description": "TensorCount is the number of tensors in the model"
+        },
+        "header": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "description": "RemainingKeyValues contains the remaining key-value pairs from the GGUF header that are not already\nrepresented as typed fields above. This preserves additional metadata fields for reference\n(namespaced with general.*, llama.*, etc.) while avoiding duplication."
+        },
+        "metadataHash": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "MetadataKeyValuesHash is a xx64 hash of all key-value pairs from the GGUF header metadata.\nThis hash is computed over the complete header metadata (including the fields extracted\ninto typed fields above) and provides a stable identifier for the model configuration\nacross different file locations or remotes. It allows matching identical models even\nwhen stored in different repositories or with different filenames."
+        }
+      },
+      "type": "object",
+      "required": [
+        "ggufVersion",
+        "tensorCount"
+      ],
+      "description": "GGUFFileHeader represents metadata extracted from a GGUF (GPT-Generated Unified Format) model file."
+    },
     "GithubActionsUseStatement": {
       "properties": {
         "value": {
@@ -2579,6 +2621,9 @@
             {
               "$ref": "#/$defs/ErlangRebarLockEntry"
             },
+            {
+              "$ref": "#/$defs/GgufFileHeader"
+            },
             {
               "$ref": "#/$defs/GithubActionsUseStatement"
             },

syft/format/github/internal/model/model.go

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 package model
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/anchore/archiver/v3"
+	"github.com/mholt/archives"
+
 	"github.com/anchore/packageurl-go"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/log"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg"
@@ -153,8 +155,8 @@ func trimRelative(s string) string {
 
 // isArchive returns true if the path appears to be an archive
 func isArchive(path string) bool {
-	_, err := archiver.ByExtension(path)
+	format, _, err := archives.Identify(context.Background(), path, nil)
-	return err == nil
+	return err == nil && format != nil
 }
 
 func toDependencies(s *sbom.SBOM, p pkg.Package) (out []string) {

syft/format/internal/cyclonedxutil/helpers/component.go

@@ -40,8 +40,11 @@ func EncodeComponent(p pkg.Package, supplier string, locationSorter func(a, b fi
 	}
 
 	componentType := cyclonedx.ComponentTypeLibrary
-	if p.Type == pkg.BinaryPkg {
+	switch p.Type {
+	case pkg.BinaryPkg:
 		componentType = cyclonedx.ComponentTypeApplication
+	case pkg.ModelPkg:
+		componentType = cyclonedx.ComponentTypeMachineLearningModel
 	}
 
 	return cyclonedx.Component{

syft/format/internal/cyclonedxutil/helpers/decoder.go

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func collectPackages(component *cyclonedx.Component, s *sbom.SBOM, idMap map[str
 	switch component.Type {
 	case cyclonedx.ComponentTypeOS:
 	case cyclonedx.ComponentTypeContainer:
-	case cyclonedx.ComponentTypeApplication, cyclonedx.ComponentTypeFramework, cyclonedx.ComponentTypeLibrary:
+	case cyclonedx.ComponentTypeApplication, cyclonedx.ComponentTypeFramework, cyclonedx.ComponentTypeLibrary, cyclonedx.ComponentTypeMachineLearningModel:
 		p := decodeComponent(component)
 		idMap[component.BOMRef] = p
 		if component.BOMRef != "" {

syft/format/internal/spdxutil/helpers/originator_supplier_test.go

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ func Test_OriginatorSupplier(t *testing.T) {
 		pkg.OpamPackage{},
 		pkg.YarnLockEntry{},
 		pkg.TerraformLockProviderEntry{},
+		pkg.GGUFFileHeader{},
 	)
 	tests := []struct {
 		name       string

syft/format/internal/spdxutil/helpers/source_info.go

@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ func SourceInfo(p pkg.Package) string {
 		answer = "acquired package info from Homebrew formula"
 	case pkg.TerraformPkg:
 		answer = "acquired package info from Terraform dependency lock file"
+	case pkg.ModelPkg:
+		answer = "acquired package info from AI artifact (e.g. GGUF File"
 	default:
 		answer = "acquired package info from the following paths"
 	}

syft/format/internal/spdxutil/helpers/source_info_test.go

@@ -351,6 +351,14 @@ func Test_SourceInfo(t *testing.T) {
 				"acquired package info from Terraform dependency lock file",
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			input: pkg.Package{
+				Type: pkg.ModelPkg,
+			},
+			expected: []string{
+				"",
+			},
+		},
 	}
 	var pkgTypes []pkg.Type
 	for _, test := range tests {

syft/pkg/cataloger/ai/cataloger.go

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+Package ai provides concrete Cataloger implementations for AI artifacts and machine learning models,
+including support for GGUF (GPT-Generated Unified Format) model files.
+*/
+package ai
+
+import (
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/generic"
+)
+
+// NewGGUFCataloger returns a new cataloger instance for GGUF model files.
+func NewGGUFCataloger() pkg.Cataloger {
+	return generic.NewCataloger("gguf-cataloger").
+		WithParserByGlobs(parseGGUFModel, "**/*.gguf")
+}

syft/pkg/cataloger/ai/cataloger_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+package ai
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/artifact"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/internal/pkgtest"
+)
+
+func TestGGUFCataloger_Globs(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		fixture  string
+		expected []string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:    "obtain gguf files",
+			fixture: "test-fixtures/glob-paths",
+			expected: []string{
+				"models/model.gguf",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			pkgtest.NewCatalogTester().
+				FromDirectory(t, test.fixture).
+				ExpectsResolverContentQueries(test.expected).
+				TestCataloger(t, NewGGUFCataloger())
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGGUFCataloger(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name                  string
+		setup                 func(t *testing.T) string
+		expectedPackages      []pkg.Package
+		expectedRelationships []artifact.Relationship
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "catalog single GGUF file",
+			setup: func(t *testing.T) string {
+				dir := t.TempDir()
+				data := newTestGGUFBuilder().
+					withVersion(3).
+					withStringKV("general.architecture", "llama").
+					withStringKV("general.name", "llama3-8b").
+					withStringKV("general.version", "3.0").
+					withStringKV("general.license", "Apache-2.0").
+					withStringKV("general.quantization", "Q4_K_M").
+					withUint64KV("general.parameter_count", 8030000000).
+					withStringKV("general.some_random_kv", "foobar").
+					build()
+
+				path := filepath.Join(dir, "llama3-8b.gguf")
+				os.WriteFile(path, data, 0644)
+				return dir
+			},
+			expectedPackages: []pkg.Package{
+				{
+					Name:    "llama3-8b",
+					Version: "3.0",
+					Type:    pkg.ModelPkg,
+					Licenses: pkg.NewLicenseSet(
+						pkg.NewLicenseFromFields("Apache-2.0", "", nil),
+					),
+					Metadata: pkg.GGUFFileHeader{
+						Architecture:          "llama",
+						Quantization:          "Unknown",
+						Parameters:            0,
+						GGUFVersion:           3,
+						TensorCount:           0,
+						MetadataKeyValuesHash: "6e3d368066455ce4",
+						RemainingKeyValues: map[string]interface{}{
+							"general.some_random_kv": "foobar",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedRelationships: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "catalog GGUF file with minimal metadata",
+			setup: func(t *testing.T) string {
+				dir := t.TempDir()
+				data := newTestGGUFBuilder().
+					withVersion(3).
+					withStringKV("general.architecture", "gpt2").
+					withStringKV("general.name", "gpt2-small").
+					withStringKV("gpt2.context_length", "1024").
+					withUint32KV("gpt2.embedding_length", 768).
+					build()
+
+				path := filepath.Join(dir, "gpt2-small.gguf")
+				os.WriteFile(path, data, 0644)
+				return dir
+			},
+			expectedPackages: []pkg.Package{
+				{
+					Name:     "gpt2-small",
+					Version:  "",
+					Type:     pkg.ModelPkg,
+					Licenses: pkg.NewLicenseSet(),
+					Metadata: pkg.GGUFFileHeader{
+						Architecture:          "gpt2",
+						Quantization:          "Unknown",
+						Parameters:            0,
+						GGUFVersion:           3,
+						TensorCount:           0,
+						MetadataKeyValuesHash: "9dc6f23591062a27",
+						RemainingKeyValues: map[string]interface{}{
+							"gpt2.context_length":   "1024",
+							"gpt2.embedding_length": uint32(768),
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expectedRelationships: nil,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			fixtureDir := tt.setup(t)
+
+			// Use pkgtest to catalog and compare
+			pkgtest.NewCatalogTester().
+				FromDirectory(t, fixtureDir).
+				Expects(tt.expectedPackages, tt.expectedRelationships).
+				IgnoreLocationLayer().
+				IgnorePackageFields("FoundBy", "Locations").
+				TestCataloger(t, NewGGUFCataloger())
+		})
+	}
+}

syft/pkg/cataloger/ai/package.go

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package ai
+
+import (
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/file"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg"
+)
+
+func newGGUFPackage(metadata *pkg.GGUFFileHeader, modelName, version, license string, locations ...file.Location) pkg.Package {
+	p := pkg.Package{
+		Name:      modelName,
+		Version:   version,
+		Locations: file.NewLocationSet(locations...),
+		Type:      pkg.ModelPkg,
+		Licenses:  pkg.NewLicenseSet(pkg.NewLicensesFromValues(license)...),
+		Metadata:  *metadata,
+		// NOTE: PURL is intentionally not set as the package-url spec
+		// has not yet finalized support for ML model packages
+	}
+	p.SetID()
+
+	return p
+}

syft/pkg/cataloger/ai/package_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+package ai
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/file"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/internal/pkgtest"
+)
+
+func TestNewGGUFPackage(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		metadata *pkg.GGUFFileHeader
+		input    struct {
+			modelName string
+			version   string
+			license   string
+			locations []file.Location
+		}
+		expected pkg.Package
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "complete GGUF package with all fields",
+			input: struct {
+				modelName string
+				version   string
+				license   string
+				locations []file.Location
+			}{
+				modelName: "llama3-8b",
+				version:   "3.0",
+				license:   "Apache-2.0",
+				locations: []file.Location{file.NewLocation("/models/llama3-8b.gguf")},
+			},
+			metadata: &pkg.GGUFFileHeader{
+				Architecture: "llama",
+				Quantization: "Q4_K_M",
+				Parameters:   8030000000,
+				GGUFVersion:  3,
+				TensorCount:  291,
+				RemainingKeyValues: map[string]any{
+					"general.random_kv": "foobar",
+				},
+			},
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:    "llama3-8b",
+				Version: "3.0",
+				Type:    pkg.ModelPkg,
+				Licenses: pkg.NewLicenseSet(
+					pkg.NewLicenseFromFields("Apache-2.0", "", nil),
+				),
+				Metadata: pkg.GGUFFileHeader{
+					Architecture: "llama",
+					Quantization: "Q4_K_M",
+					Parameters:   8030000000,
+					GGUFVersion:  3,
+					TensorCount:  291,
+					RemainingKeyValues: map[string]any{
+						"general.random_kv": "foobar",
+					},
+				},
+				Locations: file.NewLocationSet(file.NewLocation("/models/llama3-8b.gguf")),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "minimal GGUF package",
+			input: struct {
+				modelName string
+				version   string
+				license   string
+				locations []file.Location
+			}{
+				modelName: "gpt2-small",
+				version:   "1.0",
+				license:   "MIT",
+				locations: []file.Location{file.NewLocation("/models/simple.gguf")},
+			},
+			metadata: &pkg.GGUFFileHeader{
+				Architecture: "gpt2",
+				GGUFVersion:  3,
+				TensorCount:  50,
+			},
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:    "gpt2-small",
+				Version: "1.0",
+				Type:    pkg.ModelPkg,
+				Licenses: pkg.NewLicenseSet(
+					pkg.NewLicenseFromFields("MIT", "", nil),
+				),
+				Metadata: pkg.GGUFFileHeader{
+					Architecture: "gpt2",
+					GGUFVersion:  3,
+					TensorCount:  50,
+				},
+				Locations: file.NewLocationSet(file.NewLocation("/models/simple.gguf")),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			actual := newGGUFPackage(
+				tt.metadata,
+				tt.input.modelName,
+				tt.input.version,
+				tt.input.license,
+				tt.input.locations...,
+			)
+
+			// Verify metadata type
+			_, ok := actual.Metadata.(pkg.GGUFFileHeader)
+			require.True(t, ok, "metadata should be GGUFFileHeader")
+
+			// Use AssertPackagesEqual for comprehensive comparison
+			pkgtest.AssertPackagesEqual(t, tt.expected, actual)
+		})
+	}
+}

syft/pkg/cataloger/ai/parse_gguf.go

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package ai
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+
+	gguf_parser "github.com/gpustack/gguf-parser-go"
+)
+
+// GGUF file format constants
+const (
+	ggufMagicNumber = 0x46554747       // "GGUF" in little-endian
+	maxHeaderSize   = 50 * 1024 * 1024 // 50MB for large tokenizer vocabularies
+)
+
+// copyHeader copies the GGUF header from the reader to the writer.
+// It validates the magic number first, then copies the rest of the data.
+// The reader should be wrapped with io.LimitedReader to prevent OOM issues.
+func copyHeader(w io.Writer, r io.Reader) error {
+	// Read initial chunk to validate magic number
+	// GGUF format: magic(4) + version(4) + tensor_count(8) + metadata_kv_count(8) + metadata_kvs + tensors_info
+	initialBuf := make([]byte, 24) // Enough for magic, version, tensor count, and kv count
+	if _, err := io.ReadFull(r, initialBuf); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to read GGUF header prefix: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Verify magic number
+	magic := binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(initialBuf[0:4])
+	if magic != ggufMagicNumber {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid GGUF magic number: 0x%08X", magic)
+	}
+
+	// Write the initial buffer to the writer
+	if _, err := w.Write(initialBuf); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write GGUF header prefix: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Copy the rest of the header from reader to writer
+	// The LimitedReader will return EOF once maxHeaderSize is reached
+	if _, err := io.Copy(w, r); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to copy GGUF header: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Helper to convert gguf_parser metadata to simpler types
+func convertGGUFMetadataKVs(kvs gguf_parser.GGUFMetadataKVs) map[string]interface{} {
+	result := make(map[string]interface{})
+
+	for _, kv := range kvs {
+		// Skip standard fields that are extracted separately
+		switch kv.Key {
+		case "general.architecture", "general.name", "general.license",
+			"general.version", "general.parameter_count", "general.quantization":
+			continue
+		}
+		result[kv.Key] = kv.Value
+	}
+
+	return result
+}

syft/pkg/cataloger/ai/parse_gguf_model.go

@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+package ai
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2"
+	gguf_parser "github.com/gpustack/gguf-parser-go"
+
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/log"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/unknown"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/artifact"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/file"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/generic"
+)
+
+// parseGGUFModel parses a GGUF model file and returns the discovered package.
+// This implementation only reads the header portion of the file, not the entire model.
+func parseGGUFModel(_ context.Context, _ file.Resolver, _ *generic.Environment, reader file.LocationReadCloser) ([]pkg.Package, []artifact.Relationship, error) {
+	defer internal.CloseAndLogError(reader, reader.Path())
+
+	// Create a temporary file for the library to parse
+	// The library requires a file path, so we create a temp file
+	tempFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "syft-gguf-*.gguf")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create temp file: %w", err)
+	}
+	tempPath := tempFile.Name()
+	defer os.Remove(tempPath)
+
+	// Copy and validate the GGUF file header using LimitedReader to prevent OOM
+	// We use LimitedReader to cap reads at maxHeaderSize (50MB)
+	limitedReader := &io.LimitedReader{R: reader, N: maxHeaderSize}
+	if err := copyHeader(tempFile, limitedReader); err != nil {
+		tempFile.Close()
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to copy GGUF header: %w", err)
+	}
+	tempFile.Close()
+
+	// Parse using gguf-parser-go with options to skip unnecessary data
+	ggufFile, err := gguf_parser.ParseGGUFFile(tempPath,
+		gguf_parser.SkipLargeMetadata(),
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse GGUF file: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Extract metadata
+	metadata := ggufFile.Metadata()
+
+	// Extract version separately (will be set on Package.Version)
+	modelVersion := extractVersion(ggufFile.Header.MetadataKV)
+
+	// Convert to syft metadata structure
+	syftMetadata := &pkg.GGUFFileHeader{
+		Architecture:          metadata.Architecture,
+		Quantization:          metadata.FileTypeDescriptor,
+		Parameters:            uint64(metadata.Parameters),
+		GGUFVersion:           uint32(ggufFile.Header.Version),
+		TensorCount:           ggufFile.Header.TensorCount,
+		RemainingKeyValues:    convertGGUFMetadataKVs(ggufFile.Header.MetadataKV),
+		MetadataKeyValuesHash: computeKVMetadataHash(ggufFile.Header.MetadataKV),
+	}
+
+	// If model name is not in metadata, use filename
+	if metadata.Name == "" {
+		metadata.Name = extractModelNameFromPath(reader.Path())
+	}
+
+	// Create package from metadata
+	p := newGGUFPackage(
+		syftMetadata,
+		metadata.Name,
+		modelVersion,
+		metadata.License,
+		reader.WithAnnotation(pkg.EvidenceAnnotationKey, pkg.PrimaryEvidenceAnnotation),
+	)
+
+	return []pkg.Package{p}, nil, unknown.IfEmptyf([]pkg.Package{p}, "unable to parse GGUF file")
+}
+
+// computeKVMetadataHash computes a stable hash of the KV metadata for use as a global identifier
+func computeKVMetadataHash(metadata gguf_parser.GGUFMetadataKVs) string {
+	// Sort the KV pairs by key for stable hashing
+	sortedKVs := make([]gguf_parser.GGUFMetadataKV, len(metadata))
+	copy(sortedKVs, metadata)
+	sort.Slice(sortedKVs, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return sortedKVs[i].Key < sortedKVs[j].Key
+	})
+
+	// Marshal sorted KVs to JSON for stable hashing
+	jsonBytes, err := json.Marshal(sortedKVs)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Debugf("failed to marshal metadata for hashing: %v", err)
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	// Compute xxhash
+	hash := xxhash.Sum64(jsonBytes)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%016x", hash) // 16 hex chars (64 bits)
+}
+
+// extractVersion attempts to extract version from metadata KV pairs
+func extractVersion(kvs gguf_parser.GGUFMetadataKVs) string {
+	for _, kv := range kvs {
+		if kv.Key == "general.version" {
+			if v, ok := kv.Value.(string); ok && v != "" {
+				return v
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+// extractModelNameFromPath extracts the model name from the file path
+func extractModelNameFromPath(path string) string {
+	// Get the base filename
+	base := filepath.Base(path)
+
+	// Remove .gguf extension
+	name := strings.TrimSuffix(base, ".gguf")
+
+	return name
+}
+
+// integrity check
+var _ generic.Parser = parseGGUFModel

syft/pkg/cataloger/ai/test_helpers_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+package ai
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/binary"
+)
+
+// GGUF type constants for test builder
+// https://github.com/ggml-org/ggml/blob/master/docs/gguf.md
+const (
+	ggufMagic       = 0x46554747 // "GGUF" in little-endian
+	ggufTypeUint8   = 0
+	ggufTypeInt8    = 1
+	ggufTypeUint16  = 2
+	ggufTypeInt16   = 3
+	ggufTypeUint32  = 4
+	ggufTypeInt32   = 5
+	ggufTypeFloat32 = 6
+	ggufTypeBool    = 7
+	ggufTypeString  = 8
+	ggufTypeArray   = 9
+	ggufTypeUint64  = 10
+	ggufTypeInt64   = 11
+	ggufTypeFloat64 = 12
+)
+
+// testGGUFBuilder helps build GGUF files for testing
+type testGGUFBuilder struct {
+	buf         *bytes.Buffer
+	version     uint32
+	tensorCount uint64
+	kvPairs     []testKVPair
+}
+
+type testKVPair struct {
+	key       string
+	valueType uint32
+	value     interface{}
+}
+
+func newTestGGUFBuilder() *testGGUFBuilder {
+	return &testGGUFBuilder{
+		buf:         new(bytes.Buffer),
+		version:     3,
+		tensorCount: 0,
+		kvPairs:     []testKVPair{},
+	}
+}
+
+func (b *testGGUFBuilder) withVersion(v uint32) *testGGUFBuilder {
+	b.version = v
+	return b
+}
+
+func (b *testGGUFBuilder) withTensorCount(count uint64) *testGGUFBuilder {
+	b.tensorCount = count
+	return b
+}
+
+func (b *testGGUFBuilder) withStringKV(key, value string) *testGGUFBuilder {
+	b.kvPairs = append(b.kvPairs, testKVPair{key: key, valueType: ggufTypeString, value: value})
+	return b
+}
+
+func (b *testGGUFBuilder) withUint64KV(key string, value uint64) *testGGUFBuilder {
+	b.kvPairs = append(b.kvPairs, testKVPair{key: key, valueType: ggufTypeUint64, value: value})
+	return b
+}
+
+func (b *testGGUFBuilder) withUint32KV(key string, value uint32) *testGGUFBuilder {
+	b.kvPairs = append(b.kvPairs, testKVPair{key: key, valueType: ggufTypeUint32, value: value})
+	return b
+}
+
+func (b *testGGUFBuilder) writeString(s string) {
+	binary.Write(b.buf, binary.LittleEndian, uint64(len(s)))
+	b.buf.WriteString(s)
+}
+
+func (b *testGGUFBuilder) build() []byte {
+	// Write magic number "GGUF"
+	binary.Write(b.buf, binary.LittleEndian, uint32(ggufMagic))
+
+	// Write version
+	binary.Write(b.buf, binary.LittleEndian, b.version)
+
+	// Write tensor count
+	binary.Write(b.buf, binary.LittleEndian, b.tensorCount)
+
+	// Write KV count
+	binary.Write(b.buf, binary.LittleEndian, uint64(len(b.kvPairs)))
+
+	// Write KV pairs
+	for _, kv := range b.kvPairs {
+		// Write key
+		b.writeString(kv.key)
+		// Write value type
+		binary.Write(b.buf, binary.LittleEndian, kv.valueType)
+		// Write value based on type
+		switch kv.valueType {
+		case ggufTypeString:
+			b.writeString(kv.value.(string))
+		case ggufTypeUint32:
+			binary.Write(b.buf, binary.LittleEndian, kv.value.(uint32))
+		case ggufTypeUint64:
+			binary.Write(b.buf, binary.LittleEndian, kv.value.(uint64))
+		case ggufTypeUint8:
+			binary.Write(b.buf, binary.LittleEndian, kv.value.(uint8))
+		case ggufTypeInt32:
+			binary.Write(b.buf, binary.LittleEndian, kv.value.(int32))
+		case ggufTypeBool:
+			var v uint8
+			if kv.value.(bool) {
+				v = 1
+			}
+			binary.Write(b.buf, binary.LittleEndian, v)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return b.buf.Bytes()
+}
+
+// buildInvalidMagic creates a file with invalid magic number
+func (b *testGGUFBuilder) buildInvalidMagic() []byte {
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	binary.Write(buf, binary.LittleEndian, uint32(0x12345678))
+	return buf.Bytes()
+}

syft/pkg/cataloger/java/archive_parser.go

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func (gap genericArchiveParserAdapter) parseJavaArchive(ctx context.Context, _ f
 
 // processJavaArchive processes an archive for java contents, returning all Java libraries and nested archives
 func (gap genericArchiveParserAdapter) processJavaArchive(ctx context.Context, reader file.LocationReadCloser, parentPkg *pkg.Package) ([]pkg.Package, []artifact.Relationship, error) {
-	parser, cleanupFn, err := newJavaArchiveParser(reader, true, gap.cfg)
+	parser, cleanupFn, err := newJavaArchiveParser(ctx, reader, true, gap.cfg)
 	// note: even on error, we should always run cleanup functions
 	defer cleanupFn()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func uniquePkgKey(groupID string, p *pkg.Package) string {
 
 // newJavaArchiveParser returns a new java archive parser object for the given archive. Can be configured to discover
 // and parse nested archives or ignore them.
-func newJavaArchiveParser(reader file.LocationReadCloser, detectNested bool, cfg ArchiveCatalogerConfig) (*archiveParser, func(), error) {
+func newJavaArchiveParser(ctx context.Context, reader file.LocationReadCloser, detectNested bool, cfg ArchiveCatalogerConfig) (*archiveParser, func(), error) {
 	// fetch the last element of the virtual path
 	virtualElements := strings.Split(reader.Path(), ":")
 	currentFilepath := virtualElements[len(virtualElements)-1]
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func newJavaArchiveParser(reader file.LocationReadCloser, detectNested bool, cfg
 		return nil, cleanupFn, fmt.Errorf("unable to process java archive: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	fileManifest, err := intFile.NewZipFileManifest(archivePath)
+	fileManifest, err := intFile.NewZipFileManifest(ctx, archivePath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, cleanupFn, fmt.Errorf("unable to read files from java archive: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ func (j *archiveParser) discoverMainPackage(ctx context.Context) (*pkg.Package,
 	}
 
 	// fetch the manifest file
-	contents, err := intFile.ContentsFromZip(j.archivePath, manifestMatches...)
+	contents, err := intFile.ContentsFromZip(ctx, j.archivePath, manifestMatches...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to extract java manifests (%s): %w", j.location, err)
 	}
@@ -387,8 +387,9 @@ type parsedPomProject struct {
 
 // discoverMainPackageFromPomInfo attempts to resolve maven groupId, artifactId, version and other info from found pom information
 func (j *archiveParser) discoverMainPackageFromPomInfo(ctx context.Context) (group, name, version string, parsedPom *parsedPomProject) {
-	properties, _ := pomPropertiesByParentPath(j.archivePath, j.location, j.fileManifest.GlobMatch(false, pomPropertiesGlob))
+	// Find the pom.properties/pom.xml if the names seem like a plausible match
-	projects, _ := pomProjectByParentPath(j.archivePath, j.location, j.fileManifest.GlobMatch(false, pomXMLGlob))
+	properties, _ := pomPropertiesByParentPath(ctx, j.archivePath, j.location, j.fileManifest.GlobMatch(false, pomPropertiesGlob))
+	projects, _ := pomProjectByParentPath(ctx, j.archivePath, j.location, j.fileManifest.GlobMatch(false, pomXMLGlob))
 
 	artifactsMap := j.buildArtifactsMap(properties)
 	pomProperties, parsedPom := j.findBestPomMatch(properties, projects, artifactsMap)
@@ -519,13 +520,13 @@ func (j *archiveParser) discoverPkgsFromAllMavenFiles(ctx context.Context, paren
 	var pkgs []pkg.Package
 
 	// pom.properties
-	properties, err := pomPropertiesByParentPath(j.archivePath, j.location, j.fileManifest.GlobMatch(false, pomPropertiesGlob))
+	properties, err := pomPropertiesByParentPath(ctx, j.archivePath, j.location, j.fileManifest.GlobMatch(false, pomPropertiesGlob))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	// pom.xml
-	projects, err := pomProjectByParentPath(j.archivePath, j.location, j.fileManifest.GlobMatch(false, pomXMLGlob))
+	projects, err := pomProjectByParentPath(ctx, j.archivePath, j.location, j.fileManifest.GlobMatch(false, pomXMLGlob))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -575,7 +576,7 @@ func (j *archiveParser) getLicenseFromFileInArchive(ctx context.Context) ([]pkg.
 		}
 
 		if len(licenseMatches) > 0 {
-			contents, err := intFile.ContentsFromZip(j.archivePath, licenseMatches...)
+			contents, err := intFile.ContentsFromZip(ctx, j.archivePath, licenseMatches...)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to extract java license (%s): %w", j.location, err)
 			}
@@ -616,7 +617,7 @@ func (j *archiveParser) discoverPkgsFromNestedArchives(ctx context.Context, pare
 // associating each discovered package to the given parent package.
 func discoverPkgsFromZip(ctx context.Context, location file.Location, archivePath, contentPath string, fileManifest intFile.ZipFileManifest, parentPkg *pkg.Package, cfg ArchiveCatalogerConfig) ([]pkg.Package, []artifact.Relationship, error) {
 	// search and parse pom.properties files & fetch the contents
-	openers, err := intFile.ExtractFromZipToUniqueTempFile(archivePath, contentPath, fileManifest.GlobMatch(false, archiveFormatGlobs...)...)
+	openers, err := intFile.ExtractFromZipToUniqueTempFile(ctx, archivePath, contentPath, fileManifest.GlobMatch(false, archiveFormatGlobs...)...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to extract files from zip: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -680,8 +681,8 @@ func discoverPkgsFromOpener(ctx context.Context, location file.Location, pathWit
 	return nestedPkgs, nestedRelationships, nil
 }
 
-func pomPropertiesByParentPath(archivePath string, location file.Location, extractPaths []string) (map[string]pkg.JavaPomProperties, error) {
+func pomPropertiesByParentPath(ctx context.Context, archivePath string, location file.Location, extractPaths []string) (map[string]pkg.JavaPomProperties, error) {
-	contentsOfMavenPropertiesFiles, err := intFile.ContentsFromZip(archivePath, extractPaths...)
+	contentsOfMavenPropertiesFiles, err := intFile.ContentsFromZip(ctx, archivePath, extractPaths...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to extract maven files: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -709,8 +710,8 @@ func pomPropertiesByParentPath(archivePath string, location file.Location, extra
 	return propertiesByParentPath, nil
 }
 
-func pomProjectByParentPath(archivePath string, location file.Location, extractPaths []string) (map[string]*parsedPomProject, error) {
+func pomProjectByParentPath(ctx context.Context, archivePath string, location file.Location, extractPaths []string) (map[string]*parsedPomProject, error) {
-	contentsOfMavenProjectFiles, err := intFile.ContentsFromZip(archivePath, extractPaths...)
+	contentsOfMavenProjectFiles, err := intFile.ContentsFromZip(ctx, archivePath, extractPaths...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to extract maven files: %w", err)
 	}

syft/pkg/cataloger/java/archive_parser_test.go

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func TestSearchMavenForLicenses(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 
 			// setup parser
-			ap, cleanupFn, err := newJavaArchiveParser(
+			ap, cleanupFn, err := newJavaArchiveParser(context.Background(),
 				file.LocationReadCloser{
 					Location:   file.NewLocation(fixture.Name()),
 					ReadCloser: fixture,
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ func TestParseJar(t *testing.T) {
 				UseNetwork:              false,
 				UseMavenLocalRepository: false,
 			}
-			parser, cleanupFn, err := newJavaArchiveParser(
+			parser, cleanupFn, err := newJavaArchiveParser(context.Background(),
 				file.LocationReadCloser{
 					Location:   file.NewLocation(fixture.Name()),
 					ReadCloser: fixture,
@@ -1499,7 +1499,7 @@ func Test_deterministicMatchingPomProperties(t *testing.T) {
 					fixture, err := os.Open(fixturePath)
 					require.NoError(t, err)
 
-					parser, cleanupFn, err := newJavaArchiveParser(
+					parser, cleanupFn, err := newJavaArchiveParser(context.Background(),
 						file.LocationReadCloser{
 							Location:   file.NewLocation(fixture.Name()),
 							ReadCloser: fixture,
@@ -1636,7 +1636,7 @@ func Test_jarPomPropertyResolutionDoesNotPanic(t *testing.T) {
 
 	ctx := context.TODO()
 	// setup parser
-	ap, cleanupFn, err := newJavaArchiveParser(
+	ap, cleanupFn, err := newJavaArchiveParser(context.Background(),
 		file.LocationReadCloser{
 			Location:   file.NewLocation(fixture.Name()),
 			ReadCloser: fixture,

syft/pkg/cataloger/java/tar_wrapped_archive_parser.go

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func (gtp genericTarWrappedJavaArchiveParser) parseTarWrappedJavaArchive(ctx con
 }
 
 func discoverPkgsFromTar(ctx context.Context, location file.Location, archivePath, contentPath string, cfg ArchiveCatalogerConfig) ([]pkg.Package, []artifact.Relationship, error) {
-	openers, err := intFile.ExtractGlobsFromTarToUniqueTempFile(archivePath, contentPath, archiveFormatGlobs...)
+	openers, err := intFile.ExtractGlobsFromTarToUniqueTempFile(ctx, archivePath, contentPath, archiveFormatGlobs...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to extract files from tar: %w", err)
 	}

syft/pkg/cataloger/java/zip_wrapped_archive_parser.go

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func (gzp genericZipWrappedJavaArchiveParser) parseZipWrappedJavaArchive(ctx con
 	// functions support zips with shell scripts prepended to the file. Specifically, the helpers use the central
 	// header at the end of the file to determine where the beginning of the zip payload is (unlike the standard lib
 	// or archiver).
-	fileManifest, err := intFile.NewZipFileManifest(archivePath)
+	fileManifest, err := intFile.NewZipFileManifest(ctx, archivePath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to read files from java archive: %w", err)
 	}

syft/pkg/gguf.go

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package pkg
+
+// GGUFFileHeader represents metadata extracted from a GGUF (GPT-Generated Unified Format) model file.
+// GGUF is a binary file format used for storing model weights for the GGML library, designed for fast
+// loading and saving of models, particularly quantized large language models.
+// The Model Name, License, and Version fields have all been lifted up to be on the syft Package.
+type GGUFFileHeader struct {
+	// GGUFVersion is the GGUF format version (e.g., 3)
+	GGUFVersion uint32 `json:"ggufVersion" cyclonedx:"ggufVersion"`
+
+	// FileSize is the size of the GGUF file in bytes (best-effort if available from resolver)
+	FileSize int64 `json:"fileSize,omitempty" cyclonedx:"fileSize"`
+
+	// Architecture is the model architecture (from general.architecture, e.g., "qwen3moe", "llama")
+	Architecture string `json:"architecture,omitempty" cyclonedx:"architecture"`
+
+	// Quantization is the quantization type (e.g., "IQ4_NL", "Q4_K_M")
+	Quantization string `json:"quantization,omitempty" cyclonedx:"quantization"`
+
+	// Parameters is the number of model parameters (if present in header)
+	Parameters uint64 `json:"parameters,omitempty" cyclonedx:"parameters"`
+
+	// TensorCount is the number of tensors in the model
+	TensorCount uint64 `json:"tensorCount" cyclonedx:"tensorCount"`
+
+	// RemainingKeyValues contains the remaining key-value pairs from the GGUF header that are not already
+	// represented as typed fields above. This preserves additional metadata fields for reference
+	// (namespaced with general.*, llama.*, etc.) while avoiding duplication.
+	RemainingKeyValues map[string]interface{} `json:"header,omitempty" cyclonedx:"header"`
+
+	// MetadataKeyValuesHash is a xx64 hash of all key-value pairs from the GGUF header metadata.
+	// This hash is computed over the complete header metadata (including the fields extracted
+	// into typed fields above) and provides a stable identifier for the model configuration
+	// across different file locations or remotes. It allows matching identical models even
+	// when stored in different repositories or with different filenames.
+	MetadataKeyValuesHash string `json:"metadataHash,omitempty" cyclonedx:"metadataHash"`
+}

syft/pkg/type.go

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ const (
 	TerraformPkg            Type = "terraform"
 	WordpressPluginPkg      Type = "wordpress-plugin"
 	HomebrewPkg             Type = "homebrew"
+	ModelPkg                Type = "model"
 )
 
 // AllPkgs represents all supported package types
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ var AllPkgs = []Type{
 	TerraformPkg,
 	WordpressPluginPkg,
 	HomebrewPkg,
+	ModelPkg,
 }
 
 // PackageURLType returns the PURL package type for the current package.

syft/pkg/type_test.go

@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ func TestTypeFromPURL(t *testing.T) {
 	expectedTypes.Remove(string(HomebrewPkg))
 	expectedTypes.Remove(string(TerraformPkg))
 	expectedTypes.Remove(string(GraalVMNativeImagePkg))
+	expectedTypes.Remove(string(ModelPkg))   // no valid purl for ai artifacts currently
 	expectedTypes.Remove(string(PhpPeclPkg)) // we should always consider this a pear package
 
 	for _, test := range tests {

syft/source/filesource/file_source.go

@@ -4,13 +4,15 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"sync"
 
+	"github.com/mholt/archives"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 
-	"github.com/anchore/archiver/v3"
 	stereoFile "github.com/anchore/stereoscope/pkg/file"
 	intFile "github.com/anchore/syft/internal/file"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/log"
@@ -208,18 +210,8 @@ func fileAnalysisPath(path string, skipExtractArchive bool) (string, func() erro
 	// if the given file is an archive (as indicated by the file extension and not MIME type) then unarchive it and
 	// use the contents as the source. Note: this does NOT recursively unarchive contents, only the given path is
 	// unarchived.
-	envelopedUnarchiver, err := archiver.ByExtension(path)
+	envelopedUnarchiver, _, err := archives.Identify(context.Background(), path, nil)
-	if unarchiver, ok := envelopedUnarchiver.(archiver.Unarchiver); err == nil && ok {
+	if unarchiver, ok := envelopedUnarchiver.(archives.Extractor); err == nil && ok {
-		// when tar/zip files are extracted, if there are multiple entries at the same
-		// location, the last entry wins
-		// NOTE: this currently does not display any messages if an overwrite happens
-		switch v := unarchiver.(type) {
-		case *archiver.Tar:
-			v.OverwriteExisting = true
-		case *archiver.Zip:
-			v.OverwriteExisting = true
-		}
-
 		analysisPath, cleanupFn, err = unarchiveToTmp(path, unarchiver)
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to unarchive source file: %w", err)
@@ -246,15 +238,58 @@ func digestOfFileContents(path string) string {
 	return di.String()
 }
 
-func unarchiveToTmp(path string, unarchiver archiver.Unarchiver) (string, func() error, error) {
+func unarchiveToTmp(path string, unarchiver archives.Extractor) (string, func() error, error) {
+	var cleanupFn = func() error { return nil }
+	archive, err := os.Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", cleanupFn, fmt.Errorf("unable to open archive: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer archive.Close()
+
 	tempDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "syft-archive-contents-")
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", func() error { return nil }, fmt.Errorf("unable to create tempdir for archive processing: %w", err)
+		return "", cleanupFn, fmt.Errorf("unable to create tempdir for archive processing: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	cleanupFn := func() error {
+	visitor := func(_ context.Context, file archives.FileInfo) error {
+		// Protect against symlink attacks by ensuring path doesn't escape tempDir
+		destPath, err := intFile.SafeJoin(tempDir, file.NameInArchive)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if file.IsDir() {
+			return os.MkdirAll(destPath, file.Mode())
+		}
+
+		if err = os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(destPath), os.ModeDir|0755); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to create parent directory: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		rc, err := file.Open()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to open file in archive: %w", err)
+		}
+		defer rc.Close()
+
+		destFile, err := os.Create(destPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to create file in destination: %w", err)
+		}
+		defer destFile.Close()
+
+		if err := destFile.Chmod(file.Mode()); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to change mode of destination file: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		if _, err := io.Copy(destFile, rc); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to copy file contents: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return tempDir, func() error {
 		return os.RemoveAll(tempDir)
-	}
+	}, unarchiver.Extract(context.Background(), archive, visitor)
-
-	return tempDir, cleanupFn, unarchiver.Unarchive(path, tempDir)
 }