fix: resolve yarn lock aliases to source package (#4836)

Signed-off-by: cyphercodes <cyphercodes@users.noreply.github.com>

.binny.yaml

@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
+# only pull in version updates that were released more than a week ago (low-pass filter for quickly-retracted releases)
+cooldown: 7d
+
 tools:
+  ## internal tools ############################################################################
+
   # we want to use a pinned version of binny to manage the toolchain (so binny manages itself!)
   - name: binny
     version:
-      want: v0.9.0
+      want: v0.13.0
     method: github-release
     with:
       repo: anchore/binny
@@ -10,7 +15,7 @@ tools:
   # used to produce SBOMs during release
   - name: syft
     version:
-      want: latest
+      want: v1.42.3
     method: github-release
     with:
       repo: anchore/syft
@@ -18,15 +23,25 @@ tools:
   # used to sign mac binaries at release
   - name: quill
     version:
-      want: v0.5.1
+      want: v0.7.1
     method: github-release
     with:
       repo: anchore/quill
 
+  # used at release to generate the changelog
+  - name: chronicle
+    version:
+      want: v0.8.0
+    method: github-release
+    with:
+      repo: anchore/chronicle
+
+  ## external tools ############################################################################
+
   # used for linting
   - name: golangci-lint
     version:
-      want: v2.4.0
+      want: v2.11.4
     method: github-release
     with:
       repo: golangci/golangci-lint
@@ -42,7 +57,7 @@ tools:
   # used for signing the checksums file at release
   - name: cosign
     version:
-      want: v2.5.3
+      want: v3.0.5
     method: github-release
     with:
       repo: sigstore/cosign
@@ -58,7 +73,7 @@ tools:
   # used to release all artifacts
   - name: goreleaser
     version:
-      want: v2.11.2
+      want: v2.15.2
     method: github-release
     with:
       repo: goreleaser/goreleaser
@@ -71,14 +86,6 @@ tools:
     with:
       repo: rinchsan/gosimports
 
-  # used at release to generate the changelog
-  - name: chronicle
-    version:
-      want: v0.8.0
-    method: github-release
-    with:
-      repo: anchore/chronicle
-
   # used during static analysis for license compliance
   - name: bouncer
     version:
@@ -90,7 +97,7 @@ tools:
   # used for running all local and CI tasks
   - name: task
     version:
-      want: v3.44.1
+      want: v3.49.1
     method: github-release
     with:
       repo: go-task/task
@@ -98,7 +105,7 @@ tools:
   # used for triggering a release
   - name: gh
     version:
-      want: v2.78.0
+      want: v2.89.0
     method: github-release
     with:
       repo: cli/cli
@@ -106,7 +113,7 @@ tools:
   # used to upload test fixture cache
   - name: oras
     version:
-      want: v1.2.3
+      want: v1.3.1
     method: github-release
     with:
       repo: oras-project/oras
@@ -114,7 +121,7 @@ tools:
   # used to upload test fixture cache
   - name: yq
     version:
-      want: v4.47.1
+      want: v4.52.5
     method: github-release
     with:
       repo: mikefarah/yq

.bouncer.yaml

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ permit:
   - Unlicense
 
 ignore-packages:
+  # https://github.com/sorairolake/lzip-go/blob/34a2615d2abf740175c6b0a835baa08364e09430/go.sum.license#L3
+  # has `SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT`, both of which are acceptable
+  - github.com/sorairolake/lzip-go
   # packageurl-go is released under the MIT license located in the root of the repo at /mit.LICENSE
   - github.com/anchore/packageurl-go
 

.github/actions/bootstrap/action.yaml

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 name: "Bootstrap"
-
 description: "Bootstrap all tools and dependencies"
 inputs:
   go-version:
     description: "Go version to install"
     required: true
-    default: ">= 1.24"
+    default: "1.26.2"
   go-dependencies:
     description: "Download go dependencies"
     required: true
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ inputs:
   cache-key-prefix:
     description: "Prefix all cache keys with this value"
     required: true
-    default: "181053ac82"
+    default: "53ac821810"
   download-test-fixture-cache:
     description: "Download test fixture cache from OCI and github actions"
     required: true
@@ -24,34 +23,33 @@ inputs:
   bootstrap-apt-packages:
     description: "Space delimited list of tools to install via apt"
     default: "libxml2-utils"
-
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
     # note: go mod and build is automatically cached on default with v4+
-    - uses: actions/setup-go@d35c59abb061a4a6fb18e82ac0862c26744d6ab5 # v5.5.0
+    - uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
       if: inputs.go-version != ''
       with:
         go-version: ${{ inputs.go-version }}
-
+        check-latest: true
     - name: Restore tool cache
       if: inputs.tools == 'true'
       id: tool-cache
-      uses: actions/cache@0400d5f644dc74513175e3cd8d07132dd4860809 # v4.2.4
+      uses: actions/cache@668228422ae6a00e4ad889ee87cd7109ec5666a7 # v5.0.4
       with:
         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/.tool
         key: ${{ inputs.cache-key-prefix }}-${{ runner.os }}-tool-${{ hashFiles('.binny.yaml') }}
-
     - name: Install project tools
       shell: bash
       if: inputs.tools == 'true'
-      run: make tools
-
+      run: |
+        make tools
+        .tool/binny list
+        .tool/binny check
     - name: Install go dependencies
       if: inputs.go-dependencies == 'true'
       shell: bash
       run: make ci-bootstrap-go
-
     - name: Install apt packages
       if: inputs.bootstrap-apt-packages != ''
       shell: bash
@@ -60,14 +58,12 @@ runs:
       run: |
         IFS=' ' read -ra packages <<< "$APT_PACKAGES"
         DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt update && sudo -E apt install -y "${packages[@]}"
-
     - name: Restore ORAS cache from github actions
       if: inputs.download-test-fixture-cache == 'true'
-      uses: actions/cache@0400d5f644dc74513175e3cd8d07132dd4860809 # v4.2.4
+      uses: actions/cache@668228422ae6a00e4ad889ee87cd7109ec5666a7 # v5.0.4
       with:
         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/.tmp/oras-cache
         key: ${{ inputs.cache-key-prefix }}-oras-cache
-
     - name: Download test fixture cache
       if: inputs.download-test-fixture-cache == 'true'
       shell: bash

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -1,27 +1,59 @@
+# Dependabot configuration
+#
+# Grouping behavior (see inline comments for details):
+#   - Minor + patch updates: grouped into a single PR per ecosystem
+#   - Major version bumps: individual PR per dependency
+#   - Security updates: individual PR per dependency
+#
+# Note: "patch" refers to semver version bumps (1.2.3 -> 1.2.4), not security fixes.
+# Security updates are identified separately via GitHub's Advisory Database and
+# can be any version bump (patch, minor, or major) that fixes a known CVE.
+
 version: 2
 
 updates:
 
   - package-ecosystem: gomod
     directory: "/"
+    cooldown:
+      default-days: 7
     schedule:
-      interval: "daily"
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "friday"
     open-pull-requests-limit: 10
     labels:
       - "dependencies"
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: "github.com/aquasecurity/go-pep440-version"
+      - dependency-name: "github.com/aquasecurity/go-version"
+      - dependency-name: "github.com/knqyf263/go-apk-version"
+      - dependency-name: "github.com/knqyf263/go-deb-version"
+    groups:
+      go-minor-patch:
+        applies-to: version-updates  # security updates get individual PRs
+        patterns:
+          - "*"
+        update-types:  # major omitted, gets individual PRs
+          - "minor"
+          - "patch"
 
   - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
-    directory: "/"
+    directories:
+      - "/"
+      - "/.github/actions/*"
+    cooldown:
+      default-days: 7
     schedule:
-      interval: "daily"
-    open-pull-requests-limit: 10
-    labels:
-      - "dependencies"
-
-  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
-    directory: "/.github/actions/bootstrap"
-    schedule:
-      interval: "daily"
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "friday"
     open-pull-requests-limit: 10
     labels:
       - "dependencies"
+    groups:
+      actions-minor-patch:
+        applies-to: version-updates  # security updates get individual PRs
+        patterns:
+          - "*"
+        update-types:  # major omitted, gets individual PRs
+          - "minor"
+          - "patch"

.github/pull_request_template.md

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-# Description
+## Description
 
-Please include a summary of the changes along with any relevant motivation and context,
-or link to an issue where this is explained.
+<!-- Please include a summary of the changes along with any relevant motivation and context -->
 
-<!-- If this completes an issue, please include: -->
+<!-- If CLI output changed, show an example (before/after if helpful) -->
 
-- Fixes
+<!-- If this changes application or API configuration, describe new/changed/removed options -->
 
 ## Type of change
 
@@ -18,8 +17,12 @@ or link to an issue where this is explained.
 - [ ] Chore (improve the developer experience, fix a test flake, etc, without changing the visible behavior of Syft)
 - [ ] Performance (make Syft run faster or use less memory, without changing visible behavior much)
 
-# Checklist:
+## Checklist
 
 - [ ] I have added unit tests that cover changed behavior
 - [ ] I have tested my code in common scenarios and confirmed there are no regressions
 - [ ] I have added comments to my code, particularly in hard-to-understand sections
+
+## Issue references
+
+<!-- If this fixes an issue, include "Fixes #<issue-number>" or otherwise list the issue references -->

.github/scripts/capability-drift-check.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -u
+
+if [ "$(git status --porcelain | wc -l)" -ne "0" ]; then
+  echo "  🔴 there are uncommitted changes, please commit them before running this check"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! make generate-capabilities REFRESH=false; then
+  echo "Generating capability descriptions failed"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "$(git status --porcelain | wc -l)" -ne "0" ]; then
+  echo "  🔴 there is drift in capability descriptions! Please run 'make generate-capabilities' and commit the changes."
+  exit 1
+fi

.github/scripts/check_binary_fixture_size.sh

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
     echo "File $file is greater than ${size} bytes."
     found_large_files=1
   fi
-done < <(find "$directory" -type f -print0)
+done < <(git ls-files -z "$directory")
 
 if [ "$found_large_files" -eq 1 ]; then
   echo "Script failed: Some files are greater than ${size} bytes."

.github/scripts/fingerprint_docker_fixtures.py

@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ def is_git_tracked_or_untracked(directory):
 
 
 def find_test_fixture_dirs_with_images(base_dir):
-    """Find directories that contain 'test-fixtures' and at least one 'image-*' directory."""
+    """Find directories that contain 'testdata' and at least one 'image-*' directory."""
     for root, dirs, files in os.walk(base_dir):
-        if 'test-fixtures' in root:
+        if 'testdata' in root:
             image_dirs = [d for d in dirs if d.startswith('image-')]
             if image_dirs:
                 yield os.path.realpath(root)

.github/scripts/json-schema-drift-check.sh

@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ if ! make generate-json-schema; then
 fi
 
 if [ "$(git status --porcelain | wc -l)" -ne "0" ]; then
-  echo "  🔴 there are uncommitted changes, please commit them before running this check"
+  echo "  🔴 there is drift in json schema! Please run 'make generate-json-schema' and commit the changes."
   exit 1
 fi

.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-# For most projects, this workflow file will not need changing; you simply need
-# to commit it to your repository.
-#
-# You may wish to alter this file to override the set of languages analyzed,
-# or to provide custom queries or build logic.
-name: "CodeQL Security Scan"
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      # only run when there are pushes to the main branch (not on PRs)
-      - main
-
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 0 * * 3'
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  analyze:
-    name: Analyze
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04-4core-16gb
-    if: github.repository == 'anchore/syft' # only run for main repo
-    permissions:
-      security-events: write
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        # Override automatic language detection by changing the below list
-        # Supported options are ['csharp', 'cpp', 'go', 'java', 'javascript', 'python']
-        language: ['go', 'python']
-        # Learn more...
-        # https://docs.github.com/en/github/finding-security-vulnerabilities-and-errors-in-your-code/configuring-code-scanning#overriding-automatic-language-detection
-
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
-      with:
-        persist-credentials: false
-
-    - name: Install Go
-      uses: actions/setup-go@d35c59abb061a4a6fb18e82ac0862c26744d6ab5 #v5.5.0
-      with:
-        go-version-file: go.mod
-
-    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
-    - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@3c3833e0f8c1c83d449a7478aa59c036a9165498 #v3.29.5
-      with:
-        languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
-        # If you wish to specify custom queries, you can do so here or in a config file.
-        # By default, queries listed here will override any specified in a config file. 
-        # Prefix the list here with "+" to use these queries and those in the config file.
-        # queries: ./path/to/local/query, your-org/your-repo/queries@main
-
-    # Autobuild attempts to build any compiled languages  (C/C++, C#, or Java).
-    # If this step fails, then you should remove it and run the build manually (see below)
-    - name: Autobuild
-      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@3c3833e0f8c1c83d449a7478aa59c036a9165498 #v3.29.5
-
-    # ℹ️ Command-line programs to run using the OS shell.
-    # 📚 https://git.io/JvXDl
-
-    # ✏️ If the Autobuild fails above, remove it and uncomment the following three lines
-    #    and modify them (or add more) to build your code if your project
-    #    uses a compiled language
-
-    #- run: |
-    #   make bootstrap
-    #   make release
-
-    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@3c3833e0f8c1c83d449a7478aa59c036a9165498 #v3.29.5

.github/workflows/codeql.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+# CodeQL scans for security vulnerabilities and coding errors across all
+# languages in this repo. Results appear in the "Security" tab under
+# "Code scanning alerts" and are enforced by branch protection rules.
+name: "CodeQL"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+  # Weekly scheduled scan catches newly disclosed vulnerabilities in
+  # existing code, not just changes introduced by PRs.
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '38 11 * * 3'
+
+jobs:
+  analyze:
+    name: Analyze (${{ matrix.language }})
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      # Required to upload SARIF results to the "Security" tab.
+      security-events: write
+      # Required to fetch internal or private CodeQL packs.
+      packages: read
+      # Only required for workflows in private repositories.
+      actions: read
+      contents: read
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          # GitHub Actions workflow linting — no build needed.
+          - language: actions
+            build-mode: none
+
+          # Go uses "manual" build mode so we control exactly what gets
+          # compiled. The default "autobuild" finds the Makefile and runs
+          # the full CI pipeline (lint, test, snapshot release, etc.),
+          # which is far more work than CodeQL needs. All it requires is
+          # compiled Go source so it can build a type-resolved code graph
+          # for analysis.
+          - language: go
+            build-mode: manual
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      # Pin the Go toolchain to whatever go.mod declares so CodeQL
+      # analyzes with the same version the project actually uses.
+      # Only runs for the Go matrix entry.
+      - name: Setup Go
+        if: matrix.language == 'go'
+        uses: actions/setup-go@4a3601121dd01d1626a1e23e37211e3254c1c06c # v6.4.0
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+
+      - name: Initialize CodeQL
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@c10b8064de6f491fea524254123dbe5e09572f13 # v4.35.1
+        with:
+          languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
+          build-mode: ${{ matrix.build-mode }}
+
+      # Minimal build for Go: compile all packages so CodeQL gets a full
+      # type-resolved code graph for analysis.
+      - name: Build (Go)
+        if: matrix.build-mode == 'manual'
+        shell: bash
+        run: go build ./...
+
+      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@c10b8064de6f491fea524254123dbe5e09572f13 # v4.35.1
+        with:
+          # The category tag lets GitHub associate SARIF results with the
+          # correct language when branch protection checks for required
+          # code scanning results.
+          category: "/language:${{matrix.language}}"

.github/workflows/detect-schema-changes.yaml

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# Note: this workflow has been disabled manually in the UI and will be replaced in short order
+
 name: "Detect schema changes"
 
 on:
@@ -34,9 +36,11 @@ jobs:
       issues: write
     steps:
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd #v6.0.2
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
+          repository: anchore/syft # IMPORTANT! An additional protection that this is checking out code from the expected repository 
+          ref: main # IMPORTANT!  It is CRITICAL that this only ever considers the code from main and NEVER EVER from a fork.
 
       - run: python .github/scripts/labeler.py
         env:
@@ -46,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Delete existing comment
         if: ${{ hashFiles( env.CI_COMMENT_FILE ) == '' }}
-        uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@773744901bac0e8cbb5a0dc842800d45e9b2b405 #v2.9.4
+        uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@d4d6b0936434b21bc8345ad45a440c5f7d2c40ff #v3.0.3
         with:
           header: ${{ env.COMMENT_HEADER }}
           hide: true
@@ -54,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Add comment
         if: ${{ hashFiles( env.CI_COMMENT_FILE ) != '' }}
-        uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@773744901bac0e8cbb5a0dc842800d45e9b2b405 #v2.9.4
+        uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@d4d6b0936434b21bc8345ad45a440c5f7d2c40ff #v3.0.3
         with:
           header: ${{ env.COMMENT_HEADER }}
           path: ${{ env.CI_COMMENT_FILE }}

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -9,16 +9,35 @@ on:
       version:
         description: tag the latest commit on main with the given version (prefixed with v)
         required: true
+      phase:
+        description: the specific workflow phase to run or all
+        required: true
+        default: "all"
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - "all"
+          - "install-script-only"
 
 jobs:
   quality-gate:
     environment: release
+    if: ${{ github.event.inputs.phase == 'all' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd #v6.0.2
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
+      - name: Bootstrap environment
+        uses: ./.github/actions/bootstrap
+
+      - name: Validate Apple notarization credentials
+        run: .tool/quill submission list
+        env:
+          QUILL_NOTARY_ISSUER: ${{ secrets.APPLE_NOTARY_ISSUER }}
+          QUILL_NOTARY_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.APPLE_NOTARY_KEY_ID }}
+          QUILL_NOTARY_KEY: ${{ secrets.APPLE_NOTARY_KEY }}
+
       - name: Check if running on main
         if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/main'
         # we are using the following flag when running `cosign blob-verify` for checksum signature verification:
@@ -108,15 +127,21 @@ jobs:
           false
 
   release:
-    needs: [quality-gate]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    needs: [ quality-gate ]
+    if: ${{ github.event.inputs.phase == 'all' }}
+    # runs-on.com: compute instances for parallel builds
+    #   spot disabled: reliability for build workflows (used for releases too)
+    #   goreleaser uses parallelism of 12, so we need more CPUs
+    #   s3-cache: faster actions cache
+    #   tmpfs: faster io-intensive workflows
+    runs-on: runs-on=${{ github.run_id }}/cpu=16+32/ram=32+128/family=c5+c6+c7+c8/spot=false/extras=s3-cache+tmpfs
     permissions:
       contents: write
       packages: write
       # required for goreleaser signs section with cosign
       id-token: write
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd #v6.0.2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           persist-credentials: true
@@ -125,13 +150,13 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/bootstrap
 
       - name: Login to Docker Hub
-        uses: docker/login-action@184bdaa0721073962dff0199f1fb9940f07167d1  #v3.5.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@4907a6ddec9925e35a0a9e82d7399ccc52663121  #v4.1.0
         with:
           username: ${{ secrets.ANCHOREOSSWRITE_DH_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.ANCHOREOSSWRITE_DH_PAT }}
 
       - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@184bdaa0721073962dff0199f1fb9940f07167d1  #v3.5.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@4907a6ddec9925e35a0a9e82d7399ccc52663121  #v4.1.0
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
@@ -161,25 +186,35 @@ jobs:
           # for updating brew formula in anchore/homebrew-syft
           GITHUB_BREW_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ANCHOREOPS_GITHUB_OSS_WRITE_TOKEN }}
 
-      - uses: anchore/sbom-action@da167eac915b4e86f08b264dbdbc867b61be6f0c #v0.20.5
+      - uses: anchore/sbom-action@e22c389904149dbc22b58101806040fa8d37a610 #v0.24.0
         continue-on-error: true
         with:
           file: go.mod
           artifact-name: sbom.spdx.json
 
-      - uses: 8398a7/action-slack@1750b5085f3ec60384090fb7c52965ef822e869e #v3.18.0
+      - name: Notify Slack of new release
+        uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@af78098f536edbc4de71162a307590698245be95 #v3.0.1
         continue-on-error: true
         with:
-          status: ${{ job.status }}
-          fields: repo,workflow,action,eventName
-          text: "A new Syft release has been published: https://github.com/anchore/syft/releases/tag/${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
-        env:
-          SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_TOOLBOX_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+          webhook: ${{ secrets.SLACK_TOOLBOX_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+          webhook-type: incoming-webhook
+          payload: |
+            text: "A new Syft release has been published: https://github.com/anchore/syft/releases/tag/${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
+            blocks:
+              - type: section
+                text:
+                  type: mrkdwn
+                  text: |
+                    *A new Syft release has been published* :rocket:
+                    • Release: <https://github.com/anchore/syft/releases/tag/${{ github.event.inputs.version }}|${{ github.event.inputs.version }}>
+                    • Repo: `${{ github.repository }}`
+                    • Workflow: `${{ github.workflow }}`
+                    • Event: `${{ github.event_name }}`
         if: ${{ success() }}
 
   release-install-script:
-    needs: [release]
-    if: ${{ needs.release.result == 'success' }}
+    needs: [ release ]
+    if: ${{ always() && (needs.release.result == 'success' || github.event.inputs.phase == 'install-script-only') }}
     uses: "anchore/workflows/.github/workflows/release-install-script.yaml@main"
     with:
       tag: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}

.github/workflows/test-fixture-cache-publish.yaml

@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-name: "Test fixture cache: publish"
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  schedule:
-    # run nightly at 4AM UTC
-    - cron: "0 4 * * *"
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-
-  Publish:
-    name: "Publish test fixture image cache"
-    # we use this runner to get enough storage space for docker images and fixture cache
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04-4core-16gb
-    if: github.repository == 'anchore/syft' # only run for main repo
-    permissions:
-      packages: write
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - name: Bootstrap environment
-        uses: ./.github/actions/bootstrap
-        with:
-          # we want to rebuild the cache with no previous state
-          download-test-fixture-cache: false
-
-      - name: Run all tests
-        run: make test
-        env:
-          # we want to rebuild the cache with no previous state
-          DOWNLOAD_TEST_FIXTURE_CACHE: "false"
-
-      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry (ORAS)
-        run: echo "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" | .tool/oras login ghcr.io -u "$ACTOR" --password-stdin
-        env:
-          ACTOR: ${{ github.actor }}
-
-      - name: Publish test fixture cache
-        run: make upload-test-fixture-cache

.github/workflows/update-anchore-dependencies.yml

@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-name: PR to update Anchore dependencies
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      repos:
-        description: "List of dependencies to update"
-        required: true
-        type: string
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  update:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.repository_owner == 'anchore' # only run for main repo (not forks)
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - name: Bootstrap environment
-        uses: ./.github/actions/bootstrap
-        with:
-          tools: false
-          bootstrap-apt-packages: ""
-
-      - name: Update dependencies
-        id: update
-        uses: anchore/workflows/.github/actions/update-go-dependencies@main
-        with:
-          repos: ${{ github.event.inputs.repos }}
-
-      - uses: tibdex/github-app-token@3beb63f4bd073e61482598c45c71c1019b59b73a #v2.1.0
-        id: generate-token
-        with:
-          app_id: ${{ secrets.TOKEN_APP_ID }}
-          private_key: ${{ secrets.TOKEN_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-
-      - uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@271a8d0340265f705b14b6d32b9829c1cb33d45e #v7.0.8
-        with:
-          signoff: true
-          delete-branch: true
-          draft: ${{ steps.update.outputs.draft }}
-          # do not change this branch, as other workflows depend on it
-          branch: auto/integration
-          labels: dependencies,pre-release
-          commit-message: "chore(deps): update anchore dependencies"
-          title: "chore(deps): update anchore dependencies"
-          body: ${{ steps.update.outputs.summary }}
-          token: ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}

.github/workflows/update-bootstrap-tools.yml

@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-name: PR for latest versions of tools
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "0 8 * * *" # 3 AM EST
-
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  update-bootstrap-tools:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.repository == 'anchore/syft' # only run for main repo
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - name: Bootstrap environment
-        uses: ./.github/actions/bootstrap
-        with:
-          bootstrap-apt-packages: ""
-          go-dependencies: false
-
-      - name: "Update tool versions"
-        id: latest-versions
-        run: |
-          make update-tools
-          make list-tools
-          
-          export NO_COLOR=1
-          delimiter="$(openssl rand -hex 8)"
-          
-          {
-            echo "status<<${delimiter}"
-            make list-tool-updates
-            echo "${delimiter}"
-          } >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          
-          {
-            echo "### Tool version status"
-            echo "\`\`\`"
-            make list-tool-updates
-            echo "\`\`\`"
-          } >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-
-      - uses: tibdex/github-app-token@3beb63f4bd073e61482598c45c71c1019b59b73a #v2.1.0
-        id: generate-token
-        with:
-          app_id: ${{ secrets.TOKEN_APP_ID }}
-          private_key: ${{ secrets.TOKEN_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-
-      - uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@271a8d0340265f705b14b6d32b9829c1cb33d45e #v7.0.8
-        with:
-          signoff: true
-          delete-branch: true
-          branch: auto/latest-tools
-          labels: dependencies
-          commit-message: 'chore(deps): update tools to latest versions'
-          title: 'chore(deps): update tools to latest versions'
-          body: |
-            ```
-            ${{ steps.latest-versions.outputs.status }}
-            ```
-            This is an auto-generated pull request to update all of the tools to the latest versions.
-          token: ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}

.github/workflows/update-cpe-dictionary-index.yml

@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-name: PR to update CPE dictionary index
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "0 1 * * 1" # every monday at 1 AM
-
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-env:
-  SLACK_NOTIFICATIONS: true
-
-jobs:
-  upgrade-cpe-dictionary-index:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.repository == 'anchore/syft' # only run for main repo
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - name: Bootstrap environment
-        uses: ./.github/actions/bootstrap
-
-      - name: Bootstrap environment
-        uses: ./.github/actions/bootstrap
-
-      - run: |
-          make generate-cpe-dictionary-index
-
-      - uses: tibdex/github-app-token@3beb63f4bd073e61482598c45c71c1019b59b73a #v2.1.0
-        id: generate-token
-        with:
-          app_id: ${{ secrets.TOKEN_APP_ID }}
-          private_key: ${{ secrets.TOKEN_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-
-      - uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@271a8d0340265f705b14b6d32b9829c1cb33d45e #v7.0.8
-        with:
-          signoff: true
-          delete-branch: true
-          branch: auto/latest-cpe-dictionary-index
-          labels: dependencies
-          commit-message: "chore(deps): update CPE dictionary index"
-          title: "chore(deps): update CPE dictionary index"
-          body: |
-            Update CPE dictionary index based on the latest available CPE dictionary
-          token: ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}
-
-      - uses: 8398a7/action-slack@1750b5085f3ec60384090fb7c52965ef822e869e #v3.18.0
-        with:
-          status: ${{ job.status }}
-          fields: workflow,eventName,job
-          text: Syft CPE dictionary index update failed
-        env:
-          SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_TOOLBOX_WEBHOOK_URL }}
-        if: ${{ failure() && env.SLACK_NOTIFICATIONS == 'true' }}

.github/workflows/validate-github-actions.yaml

@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 name: "Validate GitHub Actions"
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - '.github/workflows/**'
-      - '.github/actions/**'
   push:
     branches:
       - main
@@ -23,13 +21,13 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       security-events: write  # for uploading SARIF results
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: "Run zizmor"
-        uses: zizmorcore/zizmor-action@5ca5fc7a4779c5263a3ffa0e1f693009994446d1 # v0.1.2
+        uses: zizmorcore/zizmor-action@71321a20a9ded102f6e9ce5718a2fcec2c4f70d8 # v0.5.2
         with:
-          config-file: .github/zizmor.yml
-          sarif-upload: true
+          # there is a pass/fail gate as a repo ruleset (if there is no ruleset configured then the action will pass by default)
+          advanced-security: true
           inputs: .github

.github/workflows/validations.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 name: "Validations"
 
+# we should cancel any in-progress runs for the same workflow + PR/ref
+# so that we can avoid redundant work / save on CI minutes
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request:
@@ -8,33 +14,39 @@ on:
       - main
 
 permissions:
-    contents: read
+  contents: read
 
 jobs:
-
   Static-Analysis:
     # Note: changing this job name requires making the same update in the .github/workflows/release.yaml pipeline
     name: "Static analysis"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    # runs-on.com: memory & general purpose instances for testing
+    #   spot enabled: ok to interrupt non-production workloads
+    #   s3-cache: faster actions cache
+    #   tmpfs: faster io-intensive workflows
+    runs-on: &test-runner "runs-on=${{ github.run_id }}/cpu=4+8/ram=32+128/family=r5+r6+r7+r8+m4+m5+m6+m7+m8/spot=price-capacity-optimized/extras=s3-cache+tmpfs"
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd #v6.0.2
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Bootstrap environment
         uses: ./.github/actions/bootstrap
+        with:
+          # the self-consistency tests for the output of the capabilities code generation depends on unit test
+          # output from  ./syft/pkg/... packages. Therefore we need to download the test fixture cache here
+          # so that running the few unit tests as part of static analysis works correctly.
+          download-test-fixture-cache: true
 
       - name: Run static analysis
         run: make static-analysis
 
-
   Unit-Test:
     # Note: changing this job name requires making the same update in the .github/workflows/release.yaml pipeline
     name: "Unit tests"
-    # we need more storage than what's on the default runner
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04-4core-16gb
+    runs-on: *test-runner
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd #v6.0.2
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -46,13 +58,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run unit tests
         run: make unit
 
+      - name: Check for capability drift
+        run: make check-capability-drift
 
   Integration-Test:
     # Note: changing this job name requires making the same update in the .github/workflows/release.yaml pipeline
     name: "Integration tests"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: *test-runner
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd #v6.0.2
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -67,12 +81,19 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run integration tests
         run: make integration
 
-
   Build-Snapshot-Artifacts:
     name: "Build snapshot artifacts"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    # runs-on.com: compute instances for parallel builds
+    #   spot disabled: reliability for build workflows (used for releases too)
+    #   goreleaser uses parallelism of 12, so we need more CPUs
+    #   s3-cache: faster actions cache
+    #   tmpfs: faster io-intensive workflows
+    runs-on: "runs-on=${{ github.run_id }}/cpu=16+32/ram=32+128/family=c5+c6+c7+c8/spot=false/extras=s3-cache+tmpfs"
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
+      # required for magic-cache from runs-on to function with artifact upload/download (see https://runs-on.com/caching/magic-cache/#actionsupload-artifact-compatibility)
+      - uses: runs-on/action@742bf56072eb4845a0f94b3394673e4903c90ff0  # v2.1.0
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd #v6.0.2
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -87,84 +108,23 @@ jobs:
       - name: Smoke test snapshot build
         run: make snapshot-smoke-test
 
-      # why not use actions/upload-artifact? It is very slow (3 minutes to upload ~600MB of data, vs 10 seconds with this approach).
-      # see https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact/issues/199 for more info
       - name: Upload snapshot artifacts
-        uses: actions/cache/save@0400d5f644dc74513175e3cd8d07132dd4860809 #v4.2.4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a #v7.0.1
         with:
-          # we need to preserve the snapshot data itself as well as the task data that confirms if the
-          # snapshot build is stale or not. Otherwise the downstream jobs will attempt to rebuild the snapshot
-          # even though it already exists.
-          path: |
-            snapshot
-            .task
-          key: snapshot-build-${{ github.run_id }}
-
-
-  Upload-Snapshot-Artifacts:
-    # Note: changing this job name requires making the same update in the .github/workflows/release.yaml pipeline
-    name: "Upload snapshot artifacts"
-    needs: [Build-Snapshot-Artifacts]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - name: Bootstrap environment
-        uses: ./.github/actions/bootstrap
-        with:
-          download-test-fixture-cache: true
-
-      - name: Download snapshot build
-        id: snapshot-cache
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@0400d5f644dc74513175e3cd8d07132dd4860809 #v4.2.4
-        with:
-          path: |
-            snapshot
-            .task
-          fail-on-cache-miss: true
-          key: snapshot-build-${{ github.run_id }}
-
-      # workaround for https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/1265
-      - name: (cache-miss) Snapshot build missing
-        if: steps.snapshot-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: echo "unable to download snapshots from previous job" && false
-
-      - run: npm install @actions/artifact@2.2.2
-
-      - uses: actions/github-script@v7
-        with:
-          script: |
-            const { readdirSync } = require('fs')
-            const { DefaultArtifactClient } = require('@actions/artifact')
-            const artifact = new DefaultArtifactClient()
-            const ls = d => readdirSync(d, { withFileTypes: true })
-            const baseDir = "./snapshot"
-            const dirs = ls(baseDir).filter(f => f.isDirectory()).map(f => f.name)
-            const uploads = []
-            for (const dir of dirs) {
-              // uploadArtifact returns Promise<{id, size}>
-              uploads.push(artifact.uploadArtifact(
-                // name of the archive:
-                `${dir}`,
-                // array of all files to include:
-                ls(`${baseDir}/${dir}`).map(f => `${baseDir}/${dir}/${f.name}`),
-                // base directory to trim from entries:
-                `${baseDir}/${dir}`,
-                { retentionDays: 30 }
-              ))
-            }
-            // wait for all uploads to finish
-            Promise.all(uploads)
+          name: snapshot
+          path: snapshot/
+          retention-days: 30
 
   Acceptance-Linux:
     # Note: changing this job name requires making the same update in the .github/workflows/release.yaml pipeline
     name: "Acceptance tests (Linux)"
     needs: [Build-Snapshot-Artifacts]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: *test-runner
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
+      # required for magic-cache from runs-on to function with artifact upload/download (see https://runs-on.com/caching/magic-cache/#actionsupload-artifact-compatibility)
+      - uses: runs-on/action@742bf56072eb4845a0f94b3394673e4903c90ff0  # v2.1.0
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd #v6.0.2
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -173,20 +133,14 @@ jobs:
         with:
           download-test-fixture-cache: true
 
-      - name: Download snapshot build
-        id: snapshot-cache
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@0400d5f644dc74513175e3cd8d07132dd4860809 #v4.2.4
+      - name: Download snapshot artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c #v8.0.1
         with:
-          path: |
-            snapshot
-            .task
-          fail-on-cache-miss: true
-          key: snapshot-build-${{ github.run_id }}
+          name: snapshot
+          path: snapshot
 
-      # workaround for https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/1265
-      - name: (cache-miss) Snapshot build missing
-        if: steps.snapshot-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: echo "unable to download snapshots from previous job" && false
+      - name: Restore binary permissions
+        run: chmod +x snapshot/*/syft snapshot/*/*.exe 2>/dev/null || true
 
       - name: Run comparison tests (Linux)
         run: make compare-linux
@@ -202,17 +156,17 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.install-test-image-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: make install-test-cache-save
 
-
   Acceptance-Mac:
     # Note: changing this job name requires making the same update in the .github/workflows/release.yaml pipeline
     name: "Acceptance tests (Mac)"
     needs: [Build-Snapshot-Artifacts]
+    # note: macos runners aren't supported yet for runs-on managed runners.
     runs-on: macos-latest
     steps:
       - name: Install Cosign
-        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@d58896d6a1865668819e1d91763c7751a165e159 # v3.9.2
+        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@cad07c2e89fa2edd6e2d7bab4c1aa38e53f76003 # v4.1.1
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd #v6.0.2
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -223,20 +177,14 @@ jobs:
           go-dependencies: false
           download-test-fixture-cache: true
 
-      - name: Download snapshot build
-        id: snapshot-cache
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@0400d5f644dc74513175e3cd8d07132dd4860809 #v4.2.4
+      - name: Download snapshot artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c #v8.0.1
         with:
-          path: |
-            snapshot
-            .task
-          fail-on-cache-miss: true
-          key: snapshot-build-${{ github.run_id }}
+          name: snapshot
+          path: snapshot
 
-      # workaround for https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/1265
-      - name: (cache-miss) Snapshot build missing
-        if: steps.snapshot-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: echo "unable to download snapshots from previous job" && false
+      - name: Restore binary permissions
+        run: chmod +x snapshot/*/syft 2>/dev/null || true
 
       - name: Run comparison tests (Mac)
         run: make compare-mac
@@ -244,14 +192,16 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run install.sh tests (Mac)
         run: make install-test-ci-mac
 
-
   Cli-Linux:
     # Note: changing this job name requires making the same update in the .github/workflows/release.yaml pipeline
     name: "CLI tests (Linux)"
     needs: [Build-Snapshot-Artifacts]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: *test-runner
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
+      # required for magic-cache from runs-on to function with artifact upload/download (see https://runs-on.com/caching/magic-cache/#actionsupload-artifact-compatibility)
+      - uses: runs-on/action@742bf56072eb4845a0f94b3394673e4903c90ff0  # v2.1.0
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd #v6.0.2
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
@@ -260,42 +210,14 @@ jobs:
         with:
           download-test-fixture-cache: true
 
-      - name: Download snapshot build
-        id: snapshot-cache
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@0400d5f644dc74513175e3cd8d07132dd4860809 #v4.2.4
+      - name: Download snapshot artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c #v8.0.1
         with:
-          path: |
-            snapshot
-            .task
-          fail-on-cache-miss: true
-          key: snapshot-build-${{ github.run_id }}
+          name: snapshot
+          path: snapshot
 
-      # workaround for https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/1265
-      - name: (cache-miss) Snapshot build missing
-        if: steps.snapshot-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: echo "unable to download snapshots from previous job" && false
+      - name: Restore binary permissions
+        run: chmod +x snapshot/*/syft snapshot/*/*.exe 2>/dev/null || true
 
       - name: Run CLI Tests (Linux)
         run: make cli
-
-
-  Cleanup-Cache:
-    name: "Cleanup snapshot cache"
-    if: github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    permissions:
-      actions: write
-    needs:
-      - Acceptance-Linux
-      - Acceptance-Mac
-      - Cli-Linux
-      - Upload-Snapshot-Artifacts
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 #v5.0.0
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - name: Delete snapshot cache
-        run: gh cache delete "snapshot-build-${{ github.run_id }}"
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}

.github/zizmor.yml

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 rules:
   unpinned-uses:
-    ignore:
-      # Allow unpinned uses of trusted internal anchore/workflows actions
-      - update-anchore-dependencies.yml
-
+    config:
+      policies:
+        # anchore/workflows is an internal repository; using @main is acceptable
+        anchore/*: any
   dangerous-triggers:
     ignore:
       # Safe use of pull_request_target - only runs trusted scripts from base repo,

.gitignore

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 go.work
 go.work.sum
 .tool-versions
+.python-version
 
 # app configuration
 /.syft.yaml
@@ -16,6 +17,9 @@ bin/
 /snapshot
 /.tool
 /.task
+/generate
+/specs
+mise.toml
 
 # changelog generation
 CHANGELOG.md
@@ -32,6 +36,8 @@ VERSION
 /test/results
 coverage.txt
 *.log
+**/test-fixtures/test-observations.json
+**/testdata/test-observations.json
 
 # probable archives
 .images
@@ -70,3 +76,5 @@ cosign.pub
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
 *$py.class
+
+

.golangci.yaml

@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ linters:
       - common-false-positives
       - legacy
       - std-error-handling
+    rules:
+      # we have multiple packages in syft that might overlap with the stblib; their names reflect their purpose
+      - linters:
+          - revive
+        text: "var-naming: avoid package names that conflict"
     paths:
       - third_party$
       - builtin$

.goreleaser.yaml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ builds:
     dir: ./cmd/syft
     binary: syft
     goos: [linux]
-    goarch: [amd64, arm64, ppc64le, s390x]
+    goarch: [amd64, arm64, ppc64le, riscv64, s390x]
     mod_timestamp: &build-timestamp '{{ .CommitTimestamp }}'
     ldflags: &build-ldflags |
       -w
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ builds:
     dir: ./cmd/syft
     binary: syft
     goos: [windows]
-    goarch: [amd64]
+    goarch: [amd64, arm64]
     mod_timestamp: *build-timestamp
     ldflags: *build-ldflags
 
@@ -114,6 +114,20 @@ dockers:
       - "--build-arg=VCS_REF={{.FullCommit}}"
       - "--build-arg=VCS_URL={{.GitURL}}"
 
+  - image_templates:
+      - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-riscv64
+      - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-riscv64
+    goarch: riscv64
+    dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    use: buildx
+    build_flag_templates:
+      - "--platform=linux/riscv64"
+      - "--build-arg=DEBIAN_VERSION=13"
+      - "--build-arg=BUILD_DATE={{.Date}}"
+      - "--build-arg=BUILD_VERSION={{.Version}}"
+      - "--build-arg=VCS_REF={{.FullCommit}}"
+      - "--build-arg=VCS_URL={{.GitURL}}"
+
   - image_templates:
       - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-s390x
       - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-s390x
@@ -167,6 +181,20 @@ dockers:
       - "--build-arg=VCS_REF={{.FullCommit}}"
       - "--build-arg=VCS_URL={{.GitURL}}"
 
+  - image_templates:
+      - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-nonroot-riscv64
+      - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-nonroot-riscv64
+    goarch: riscv64
+    dockerfile: Dockerfile.nonroot
+    use: buildx
+    build_flag_templates:
+      - "--platform=linux/riscv64"
+      - "--build-arg=DEBIAN_VERSION=13"
+      - "--build-arg=BUILD_DATE={{.Date}}"
+      - "--build-arg=BUILD_VERSION={{.Version}}"
+      - "--build-arg=VCS_REF={{.FullCommit}}"
+      - "--build-arg=VCS_URL={{.GitURL}}"
+
   - image_templates:
       - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-nonroot-s390x
       - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-nonroot-s390x
@@ -220,6 +248,20 @@ dockers:
       - "--build-arg=VCS_REF={{.FullCommit}}"
       - "--build-arg=VCS_URL={{.GitURL}}"
 
+  - image_templates:
+      - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-debug-riscv64
+      - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-debug-riscv64
+    goarch: riscv64
+    dockerfile: Dockerfile.debug
+    use: buildx
+    build_flag_templates:
+      - "--platform=linux/riscv64"
+      - "--build-arg=DEBIAN_VERSION=13"
+      - "--build-arg=BUILD_DATE={{.Date}}"
+      - "--build-arg=BUILD_VERSION={{.Version}}"
+      - "--build-arg=VCS_REF={{.FullCommit}}"
+      - "--build-arg=VCS_URL={{.GitURL}}"
+
   - image_templates:
       - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-debug-s390x
       - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-debug-s390x
@@ -239,6 +281,7 @@ docker_manifests:
       - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-amd64
       - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-arm64v8
       - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-ppc64le
+      - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-riscv64
       - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-s390x
 
   - name_template: ghcr.io/anchore/syft:latest
@@ -246,6 +289,7 @@ docker_manifests:
       - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-amd64
       - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-arm64v8
       - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-ppc64le
+      - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-riscv64
       - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-s390x
 
   - name_template: anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}
@@ -253,6 +297,7 @@ docker_manifests:
       - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-amd64
       - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-arm64v8
       - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-ppc64le
+      - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-riscv64
       - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-s390x
 
   - name_template: ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}
@@ -260,6 +305,7 @@ docker_manifests:
       - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-amd64
       - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-arm64v8
       - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-ppc64le
+      - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-riscv64
       - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-s390x
 
   # nonroot images...
@@ -268,6 +314,7 @@ docker_manifests:
       - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-nonroot-amd64
       - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-nonroot-arm64v8
       - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-nonroot-ppc64le
+      - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-nonroot-riscv64
       - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-nonroot-s390x
 
   - name_template: ghcr.io/anchore/syft:nonroot
@@ -275,6 +322,7 @@ docker_manifests:
       - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-nonroot-amd64
       - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-nonroot-arm64v8
       - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-nonroot-ppc64le
+      - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-nonroot-riscv64
       - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-nonroot-s390x
 
   - name_template: anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-nonroot
@@ -282,6 +330,7 @@ docker_manifests:
       - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-nonroot-amd64
       - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-nonroot-arm64v8
       - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-nonroot-ppc64le
+      - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-nonroot-riscv64
       - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-nonroot-s390x
 
   - name_template: ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-nonroot
@@ -289,6 +338,7 @@ docker_manifests:
       - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-nonroot-amd64
       - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-nonroot-arm64v8
       - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-nonroot-ppc64le
+      - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-nonroot-riscv64
       - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-nonroot-s390x
 
   # debug images...
@@ -297,6 +347,7 @@ docker_manifests:
       - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-debug-amd64
       - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-debug-arm64v8
       - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-debug-ppc64le
+      - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-debug-riscv64
       - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-debug-s390x
 
   - name_template: ghcr.io/anchore/syft:debug
@@ -304,6 +355,7 @@ docker_manifests:
       - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-debug-amd64
       - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-debug-arm64v8
       - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-debug-ppc64le
+      - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-debug-riscv64
       - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-debug-s390x
 
   - name_template: anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-debug
@@ -311,6 +363,7 @@ docker_manifests:
       - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-debug-amd64
       - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-debug-arm64v8
       - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-debug-ppc64le
+      - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-debug-riscv64
       - anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-debug-s390x
 
   - name_template: ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-debug
@@ -318,6 +371,7 @@ docker_manifests:
       - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-debug-amd64
       - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-debug-arm64v8
       - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-debug-ppc64le
+      - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-debug-riscv64
       - ghcr.io/anchore/syft:{{.Tag}}-debug-s390x
 
 sboms:
@@ -337,6 +391,7 @@ signs:
     certificate: "${artifact}.pem"
     args:
       - "sign-blob"
+      - "--use-signing-config=false"
       - "--oidc-issuer=https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com"
       - "--output-certificate=${certificate}"
       - "--output-signature=${signature}"

CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

@@ -1,128 +1,5 @@
-# Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct
+# Code of Conduct
 
-## Our Pledge
+All contributors for any Anchore project must follow the [Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct](https://oss.anchore.com/docs/contributing/code-of-conduct/).
 
-We as members, contributors, and leaders pledge to make participation in our
-community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body
-size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender
-identity and expression, level of experience, education, socio-economic status,
-nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity
-and orientation.
-
-We pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an open, welcoming,
-diverse, inclusive, and healthy community.
-
-## Our Standards
-
-Examples of behavior that contributes to a positive environment for our
-community include:
-
-* Demonstrating empathy and kindness toward other people
-* Being respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences
-* Giving and gracefully accepting constructive feedback
-* Accepting responsibility and apologizing to those affected by our mistakes,
-  and learning from the experience
-* Focusing on what is best not just for us as individuals, but for the
-  overall community
-
-Examples of unacceptable behavior include:
-
-* The use of sexualized language or imagery, and sexual attention or
-  advances of any kind
-* Trolling, insulting or derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
-* Public or private harassment
-* Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or email
-  address, without their explicit permission
-* Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a
-  professional setting
-
-## Enforcement Responsibilities
-
-Community leaders are responsible for clarifying and enforcing our standards of
-acceptable behavior and will take appropriate and fair corrective action in
-response to any behavior that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive,
-or harmful.
-
-Community leaders have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject
-comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions that are
-not aligned to this Code of Conduct, and will communicate reasons for moderation
-decisions when appropriate.
-
-## Scope
-
-This Code of Conduct applies within all community spaces, and also applies when
-an individual is officially representing the community in public spaces.
-Examples of representing our community include using an official e-mail address,
-posting via an official social media account, or acting as an appointed
-representative at an online or offline event.
-
-## Enforcement
-
-Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be
-reported to the community leaders responsible for enforcement at
-[opensource@anchore.com](mailto:opensource@anchore.com).
-All complaints will be reviewed and investigated promptly and fairly.
-
-All community leaders are obligated to respect the privacy and security of the
-reporter of any incident.
-
-## Enforcement Guidelines
-
-Community leaders will follow these Community Impact Guidelines in determining
-the consequences for any action they deem in violation of this Code of Conduct:
-
-### 1. Correction
-
-**Community Impact**: Use of inappropriate language or other behavior deemed
-unprofessional or unwelcome in the community.
-
-**Consequence**: A private, written warning from community leaders, providing
-clarity around the nature of the violation and an explanation of why the
-behavior was inappropriate. A public apology may be requested.
-
-### 2. Warning
-
-**Community Impact**: A violation through a single incident or series
-of actions.
-
-**Consequence**: A warning with consequences for continued behavior. No
-interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction with
-those enforcing the Code of Conduct, for a specified period of time. This
-includes avoiding interactions in community spaces as well as external channels
-like social media. Violating these terms may lead to a temporary or
-permanent ban.
-
-### 3. Temporary Ban
-
-**Community Impact**: A serious violation of community standards, including
-sustained inappropriate behavior.
-
-**Consequence**: A temporary ban from any sort of interaction or public
-communication with the community for a specified period of time. No public or
-private interaction with the people involved, including unsolicited interaction
-with those enforcing the Code of Conduct, is allowed during this period.
-Violating these terms may lead to a permanent ban.
-
-### 4. Permanent Ban
-
-**Community Impact**: Demonstrating a pattern of violation of community
-standards, including sustained inappropriate behavior,  harassment of an
-individual, or aggression toward or disparagement of classes of individuals.
-
-**Consequence**: A permanent ban from any sort of public interaction within
-the community.
-
-## Attribution
-
-This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant][homepage],
-version 2.0, available at
-https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/0/code_of_conduct.html.
-
-Community Impact Guidelines were inspired by [Mozilla's code of conduct
-enforcement ladder](https://github.com/mozilla/diversity).
-
-[homepage]: https://www.contributor-covenant.org
-
-For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see the FAQ at
-https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq. Translations are available at
-https://www.contributor-covenant.org/translations.
+**TLDR:** Be kind, be respectful, and assume good intentions. We're all here to build great software together.

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -1,154 +1,13 @@
-[#](#) Contributing to Syft
+# Contributing
 
-If you are looking to contribute to this project and want to open a GitHub pull request ("PR"), there are a few guidelines of what we are looking for in patches. Make sure you go through this document and ensure that your code proposal is aligned.
+Thank you for your interest in contributing to Syft!
 
-## Setting up your environment
+Please see the [contribution guide](https://oss.anchore.com/docs/contributing/syft/) for development requirements and helpful tips to get started developing in the repo. For a deeper dive, please see the [architecture docs](https://oss.anchore.com/docs/architecture/syft/).
 
-Before you can contribute to Syft, you need to configure your development environment.
+**Have a question or need help?** Check out our [issues and discussions guide](https://oss.anchore.com/docs/contributing/issues-and-discussions/) to find the right place to start a conversation.
 
-### Debian setup
+**Ready to submit code?** Our [pull request guide](https://oss.anchore.com/docs/contributing/pull-requests/) covers everything from title conventions to the review process. Don't forget that ***all commits require a [sign-off](https://oss.anchore.com/docs/contributing/sign-off/)***.
 
-You will need to install Go. The version on https://go.dev works best, using the system golang doesn't always work the way you might expect.
+**Found a security issue?** Please do **not** open a public issue. Instead, see our [security policy](https://oss.anchore.com/docs/contributing/security/) for how to report vulnerabilities responsibly.
 
-Refer to the go.mod file in the root of this repo for the recommended version of Go to install.
-
-You will also need Docker. There's no reason the system packages shouldn't work, but we used the official Docker package. You can find instructions for installing Docker in Debian [here](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/debian/).
-
-You also need to install some Debian packages
-
-```sh
-sudo apt-get install build-essential zip bc libxml2-utils git
-```
-
-## Configuring Git
-
-You will need to configure your git client with your name and email address. This is easily done from the command line.
-
-```text
-$ git config --global user.name "John Doe"
-$ git config --global user.email "john.doe@example.com"
-```
-
-This username and email address will matter later in this guide.
-
-## Fork the repo
-
-You should fork the Syft repo using the "Fork" button at the top right of the Syft GitHub [site](https://github.com/anchore/syft/). You will be doing your development in your fork, then submit a pull request to Syft. There are many resources how to use GitHub effectively, we will not cover those here.
-
-## Adding a feature or fix
-
-If you look at the Syft [Issue](https://github.com/anchore/syft/issues) there are plenty of bugs and feature requests. Maybe look at the [good first issue](https://github.com/anchore/syft/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22) list if you're not sure where to start.
-
-## Commit guidelines
-
-In the Syft project we like commits and pull requests (PR) to be easy to understand and review. Open source thrives best when everything happening is over documented and small enough to be understood.
-
-### Granular commits
-
-Please try to make every commit as simple as possible, but no simpler. The idea is that each commit should be a logical unit of code. Try not to commit too many tiny changes, for example every line changed in a file as a separate commit. And also try not to make a commit enormous, for example committing all your work at the end of the day.
-
-Rather than try to follow a strict guide on what is or is not best, we try to be flexible and simple in this space. Do what makes the most sense for the changes you are trying to include.
-
-### Commit title and description
-
-Remember that the message you leave for a commit is for the reviewer in the present, and for someone (maybe you) changing something in the future. Please make sure the title and description used is easy to understand and explains what was done. Jokes and clever comments generally don't age well in commit messages. Just the facts please.
-
-## Sign off your work
-
-The `sign-off` is an added line at the end of the explanation for the commit, certifying that you wrote it or otherwise have the right to submit it as an open-source patch. By submitting a contribution, you agree to be bound by the terms of the DCO Version 1.1 and Apache License Version 2.0.
-
-Signing off a commit certifies the below Developer's Certificate of Origin (DCO):
-
-```text
-Developer's Certificate of Origin 1.1
-
-By making a contribution to this project, I certify that:
-
-   (a) The contribution was created in whole or in part by me and I
-       have the right to submit it under the open source license
-       indicated in the file; or
-
-   (b) The contribution is based upon previous work that, to the best
-       of my knowledge, is covered under an appropriate open source
-       license and I have the right under that license to submit that
-       work with modifications, whether created in whole or in part
-       by me, under the same open source license (unless I am
-       permitted to submit under a different license), as indicated
-       in the file; or
-
-   (c) The contribution was provided directly to me by some other
-       person who certified (a), (b) or (c) and I have not modified
-       it.
-
-   (d) I understand and agree that this project and the contribution
-       are public and that a record of the contribution (including all
-       personal information I submit with it, including my sign-off) is
-       maintained indefinitely and may be redistributed consistent with
-       this project or the open source license(s) involved.
-```
-
-All contributions to this project are licensed under the [Apache License Version 2.0, January 2004](http://www.apache.org/licenses/).
-
-When committing your change, you can add the required line manually so that it looks like this:
-
-```text
-Signed-off-by: John Doe <john.doe@example.com>
-```
-
-Creating a signed-off commit is then possible with `-s` or `--signoff`:
-
-```text
-$ git commit -s -m "this is a commit message"
-```
-
-To double-check that the commit was signed-off, look at the log output:
-
-```text
-$ git log -1
-commit 37ceh170e4hb283bb73d958f2036ee5k07e7fde7 (HEAD -> issue-35, origin/main, main)
-Author: John Doe <john.doe@example.com>
-Date:   Mon Aug 1 11:27:13 2020 -0400
-
-    this is a commit message
-
-    Signed-off-by: John Doe <john.doe@example.com>
-```
-
-## Test your changes
-
-This project has a `Makefile` which includes many helpers running both unit and integration tests. You can run `make help` to see all the options. Although PRs will have automatic checks for these, it is useful to run them locally, ensuring they pass before submitting changes. Ensure you've bootstrapped once before running tests:
-
-```text
-$ make bootstrap
-```
-
-You only need to bootstrap once. After the bootstrap process, you can run the tests as many times as needed:
-
-```text
-$ make unit
-$ make integration
-```
-
-You can also run `make all` to run a more extensive test suite, but there is additional configuration that will be needed for those tests to run correctly. We will not cover the extra steps here.
-
-## Pull Request
-
-If you made it this far and all the tests are passing, it's time to submit a Pull Request (PR) for Syft. Submitting a PR is always a scary moment as what happens next can be an unknown. The Syft project strives to be easy to work with, we appreciate all contributions. Nobody is going to yell at you or try to make you feel bad. We love contributions and know how scary that first PR can be.
-
-### PR Title and Description
-
-Just like the commit title and description mentioned above, the PR title and description is very important for letting others know what's happening. Please include any details you think a reviewer will need to more properly review your PR.
-
-A PR that is very large or poorly described has a higher likelihood of being pushed to the end of the list. Reviewers like PRs they can understand and quickly review.
-
-### What to expect next
-
-Please be patient with the project. We try to review PRs in a timely manner, but this is highly dependent on all the other tasks we have going on. It's OK to ask for a status update every week or two, it's not OK to ask for a status update every day.
-
-It's very likely the reviewer will have questions and suggestions for changes to your PR. If your changes don't match the current style and flow of the other code, expect a request to change what you've done.
-
-## Document your changes
-
-And lastly, when proposed changes are modifying user-facing functionality or output, it is expected the PR will include updates to the documentation as well. Syft is not a project that is heavy on documentation. This will mostly be updating the README and help for the tool.
-
-If nobody knows new features exist, they can't use them!
+**Want to help improve the docs?** Check out the [anchore/oss-docs](https://github.com/anchore/oss-docs) repository.

DEVELOPING.md

@@ -1,392 +0,0 @@
-# Developing
-
-## Getting started
-
-In order to test and develop in this repo you will need the following dependencies installed:
-- Golang
-- docker
-- make
-- Python (>= 3.9)
-
-### Docker settings for getting started
-Make sure you've updated your docker settings so the default docker socket path is available.
-
-Go to:
-
-docker -> settings -> advanced
-
-Make sure:
-
-```
-Allow the default Docker socket to be used
-```
-
-is checked.
-
-Also double check that the docker context being used is the default context. If it is not, run:
-
-`docker context use default`
-
-After cloning the following step can help you get setup:
-1. run `make bootstrap` to download go mod dependencies, create the `/.tmp` dir, and download helper utilities.
-2. run `make` to view the selection of developer commands in the Makefile
-3. run `make build` to build the release snapshot binaries and packages
-4. for an even quicker start you can run `go run cmd/syft/main.go` to print the syft help.
-	- this command `go run cmd/syft/main.go alpine:latest` will compile and run syft against `alpine:latest`
-5. view the README or syft help output for more output options
-
-The main make tasks for common static analysis and testing are `lint`, `format`, `lint-fix`, `unit`, `integration`, and `cli`.
-
-See `make help` for all the current make tasks.
-
-### Internal Artifactory Settings
-
-**Not always applicable**
-
-Some companies have Artifactory setup internally as a solution for sourcing secure dependencies.
-If you're seeing an issue where the unit tests won't run because of the below error then this section might be relevant for your use case.
-
-```
-[ERROR] [ERROR] Some problems were encountered while processing the POMs
-```
-
-If you're dealing with an issue where the unit tests will not pull/build certain java fixtures check some of these settings:
-
-- a `settings.xml` file should be available to help you communicate with your internal artifactory deployment
-- this can be moved to `syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/java-builds/example-jenkins-plugin/` to help build the unit test-fixtures
-- you'll also want to modify the `build-example-jenkins-plugin.sh` to use `settings.xml`
-
-For more information on this setup and troubleshooting see [issue 1895](https://github.com/anchore/syft/issues/1895#issuecomment-1610085319)
-
-
-## Architecture
-
-At a high level, this is the package structure of syft:
-```
-./cmd/syft/
-│   ├── cli/
-│   │   ├── cli.go          // where all commands are wired up
-│   │   ├── commands/       // all command implementations
-│   │   ├── options/        // all command flags and configuration options
-│   │   └── ui/             // all handlers for events that are shown on the UI
-│   └── main.go             // entrypoint for the application
-└── syft/                   // the "core" syft library
-    ├── format/             // contains code to encode or decode to and from SBOM formats
-    ├── pkg/                // contains code to catalog packages from a source
-    ├── sbom/               // contains the definition of an SBOM
-    └── source/             // contains code to create a source object for some input type (e.g. container image, directory, etc)
-```
-
-Syft's core library is implemented in the `syft` package and subpackages, where the major packages are:
-
-- the `syft/source` package produces a `source.Source` object that can be used to catalog a directory, container, and other source types.
-- the `syft` package contains a single function that can take a `source.Source` object and catalog it, producing an `sbom.SBOM` object
-- the `syft/format` package contains the ability to encode and decode SBOMs to and from different SBOM formats (such as SPDX and CycloneDX)
-
-The `cmd` package at the highest level execution flow wires up [`spf13/cobra`](https://github.com/spf13/cobra) commands for execution in the main application:
-```mermaid
-sequenceDiagram
-    participant main as cmd/syft/main
-    participant cli as cli.New()
-    participant root as root.Execute()
-    participant cmd as <command>.Execute()
-
-    main->>+cli: 
-
-    Note right of cli: wire ALL CLI commands
-    Note right of cli: add flags for ALL commands
-
-    cli-->>-main:  root command 
-
-    main->>+root: 
-    root->>+cmd: 
-    cmd-->>-root: (error)  
-
-    root-->>-main: (error) 
-
-    Note right of cmd: Execute SINGLE command from USER
-```
-
-The `packages` command uses the core library to generate an SBOM for the given user input:
-```mermaid
-sequenceDiagram
-    participant source as source.New(ubuntu:latest)
-    participant sbom as sbom.SBOM
-    participant catalog as syft.CatalogPackages(src)
-    participant encoder as syft.Encode(sbom, format)
-
-    Note right of source: use "ubuntu:latest" as SBOM input
-
-    source-->>+sbom: add source to SBOM struct
-    source-->>+catalog: pass src to generate catalog
-    catalog-->-sbom: add cataloging results onto SBOM
-    sbom-->>encoder: pass SBOM and format desiered to syft encoder
-    encoder-->>source: return bytes that are the SBOM of the original input 
-
-    Note right of catalog: cataloger configuration is done based on src
-```
-
-Additionally, here is a [gist of using syft as a library](https://gist.github.com/spiffcs/3027638b7ba904d07e482a712bc00d3d) to generate a SBOM for a docker image.
-
-
-### `pkg.Package` object
-
-The `pkg.Package` object is a core data structure that represents a software package. Fields like `name` and `version` probably don't need
-a detailed explanation, but some of the other fields are worth a quick overview:
-
-- `FoundBy`: the name of the cataloger that discovered this package (e.g. `python-pip-cataloger`).
-- `Locations`: these are the set of paths and layer ids that were parsed to discover this package (e.g. `python-pip-cataloger`).
-- `Language`: the language of the package (e.g. `python`).
-- `Type`: this is a high-level categorization of the ecosystem the package resides in. For instance, even if the package is a egg, wheel, or requirements.txt reference, it is still logically a "python" package. Not all package types align with a language (e.g. `rpm`) but it is common.
-- `Metadata`: specialized data for specific location(s) parsed. We should try and raise up as much raw information that seems useful. As a rule of thumb the object here should be as flat as possible and use the raw names and values from the underlying source material parsed.
-
-When `pkg.Package` is serialized an additional `MetadataType` is shown. This is a label that helps consumers understand the datashape of the `Metadata` field.
-
-By convention the `MetadataType` value should follow these rules of thumb:
-
-- Only use lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens. Use hyphens to separate words.
-- **Try to anchor the name in the ecosystem, language, or packaging tooling it belongs to**. For a package manager for a language ecosystem the language, framework or runtime should be used as a prefix. For instance `pubspec-lock` is an OK name, but `dart-pubspec-lock` is better. For an OS package manager this is not necessary (e.g. `apk-db-entry` is a good name, but `alpine-apk-db-entry` is not since `alpine` and the `a` in `apk` is redundant).
-- **Be as specific as possible to what the data represents**. For instance `ruby-gem` is NOT a good `MetadataType` value, but `ruby-gemspec` is. Why? Ruby gem information can come from a gemspec file or a Gemfile.lock, which are very different. The latter name provides more context as to what to expect.
-- **Should describe WHAT the data is, NOT HOW it's used**. For instance `r-description-installed-file` is NOT a good `MetadataType` value since it's trying to convey that we use the DESCRIPTION file in the R ecosystem to detect installed packages. Instead simply describe what the DESCRIPTION file is itself without context of how it's used: `r-description`.
-- **Use the `lock` suffix** to distinct between manifest files that loosely describe package version requirements vs files that strongly specify one and only one version of a package ("lock" files). These should only be used with respect to package managers that have the guide and lock distinction, but would not be appropriate otherwise (e.g. `rpm` does not have a guide vs lock, so `lock` should NOT be used to describe a db entry).
-- **Use the `archive` suffix to indicate a package archive** (e.g. rpm file, apk file, etc) that describes the contents of the package. For example an RPM file that was cataloged would have a `rpm-archive` metadata type (not to be confused with an RPM DB record entry which would be `rpm-db-entry`).
-- **Use the `entry` suffix** to indicate information about a package that was found as a single entry within file that has multiple package entries. If the entry was found within a DB or a flat-file store for an OS package manager, you should use `db-entry`.
-- **Should NOT contain the phrase `package`**, though exceptions are allowed (say if the canonical name literally has the phrase package in it).
-- **Should NOT contain have a `file` suffix** unless the canonical name has the term "file", such as a `pipfile` or `gemfile`. An example of a bad name for this rule is`ruby-gemspec-file`; a better name would be `ruby-gemspec`.
-- **Should NOT contain the exact filename+extensions**. For instance `pipfile.lock` shouldn't really be in the name, instead try and describe what the file is: `python-pipfile-lock` (but shouldn't this be `python-pip-lock` you might ask? No, since the `pip` package manger is not related to the `pipfile` project).
-- **Should NOT contain the phrase `metadata`**, unless the canonical name has this term.
-- **Should represent a single use case**. For example, trying to describe Hackage metadata with a single `HackageMetadata` struct (and thus `MetadataType`) is not allowed since it represents 3 mutually exclusive use cases: representing a `stack.yaml`, `stack.lock`, or `cabal.project` file. Instead, each of these should have their own struct types and `MetadataType` values.
-
-There are other cases that are not covered by these rules... and that's ok! The goal is to provide a consistent naming scheme that is easy to understand and use when it's applicable. If the rules do not exactly apply in your situation then just use your best judgement (or amend these rules as needed whe new common cases come up).
-
-What if the underlying parsed data represents multiple files? There are two approaches to this:
-- use the primary file to represent all the data. For instance, though the `dpkg-cataloger` looks at multiple files to get all information about a package, it's the `status` file that gets represented.
-- nest each individual file's data under the `Metadata` field. For instance, the `java-archive-cataloger` may find information from on or all of the files: `pom.xml`, `pom.properties`, and `MANIFEST.MF`. However, the metadata is simply `java-metadata' with each possibility as a nested optional field.
-
-### Syft Catalogers
-
-Catalogers are the way in which syft is able to identify and construct packages given a set a targeted list of files.
-For example, a cataloger can ask syft for all `package-lock.json` files in order to parse and raise up javascript packages 
-(see [how file globs](https://github.com/anchore/syft/tree/v0.70.0/syft/pkg/cataloger/javascript/cataloger.go#L16-L21) and
-[file parser functions](https://github.com/anchore/syft/tree/v0.70.0/syft/pkg/cataloger/javascript/cataloger.go#L16-L21) are used 
-for a quick example).
-
-From a high level catalogers have the following properties:
-
-- _They are independent from one another_. The java cataloger has no idea of the processes, assumptions, or results of the python cataloger, for example.
-
-- _They do not know what source is being analyzed_. Are we analyzing a local directory? an image? if so, the squashed representation or all layers? The catalogers do not know the answers to these questions. Only that there is an interface to query for file paths and contents from an underlying "source" being scanned.
-
-- _Packages created by the cataloger should not be mutated after they are created_. There is one exception made for adding CPEs to a package after the cataloging phase, but that will most likely be moved back into the cataloger in the future.
-
-
-Cataloger names should be unique and named with the following rules of thumb in mind:
-
-- Must end with `-cataloger`
-- Use lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens only
-- Use hyphens to separate words
-- Catalogers for language ecosystems should start with the language name (e.g. `python-` for a cataloger that raises up python packages)
-- Distinct between when the cataloger is searching for evidence of installed packages vs declared packages. For example, there are currently two different gemspec-based catalogers, the `ruby-gemspec-cataloger` and `ruby-installed-gemspec-cataloger`, where the latter requires that the gemspec is found within a `specifications` directory (which means it was installed, not just at the root of a source repo).
-
-#### Building a new Cataloger
-
-Catalogers must fulfill the [`pkg.Cataloger` interface](https://github.com/anchore/syft/tree/v0.70.0/syft/pkg/cataloger.go) in order to add packages to the SBOM.
-All catalogers should be added to:
-- the [global list of catalogers](https://github.com/anchore/syft/blob/9995950c70e849f9921919faffbfcf46401f71f3/syft/pkg/cataloger/cataloger.go#L92-L125)
-- at least one source-specific list, today the two lists are [directory catalogers and image catalogers](https://github.com/anchore/syft/blob/9995950c70e849f9921919faffbfcf46401f71f3/syft/pkg/cataloger/cataloger.go#L39-L89)
-
-For reference, catalogers are [invoked within syft](https://github.com/anchore/syft/tree/v0.70.0/syft/pkg/cataloger/catalog.go#L41-L100) one after the other, and can be invoked in parallel.
-
-`generic.NewCataloger` is an abstraction syft used to make writing common components easier (see the [apkdb cataloger](https://github.com/anchore/syft/tree/v0.70.0/syft/pkg/cataloger/apkdb/cataloger.go) for example usage). 
-It takes the following information as input:
-- A `catalogerName` to identify the cataloger uniquely among all other catalogers.
-- Pairs of file globs as well as parser functions to parse those files. These parser functions return a slice of [`pkg.Package`](https://github.com/anchore/syft/blob/9995950c70e849f9921919faffbfcf46401f71f3/syft/pkg/package.go#L19) as well as a slice of [`artifact.Relationship`](https://github.com/anchore/syft/blob/9995950c70e849f9921919faffbfcf46401f71f3/syft/artifact/relationship.go#L31) to describe how the returned packages are related. See this [the apkdb cataloger parser function](https://github.com/anchore/syft/tree/v0.70.0/syft/pkg/cataloger/apkdb/parse_apk_db.go#L22-L102) as an example.
-
-Identified packages share a common `pkg.Package` struct so be sure that when the new cataloger is constructing a new package it is using the [`Package` struct](https://github.com/anchore/syft/tree/v0.70.0/syft/pkg/package.go#L16-L31).
-If you want to return more information than what is available on the `pkg.Package` struct then you can do so in the `pkg.Package.Metadata` section of the struct, which is unique for each [`pkg.Type`](https://github.com/anchore/syft/blob/v0.70.0/syft/pkg/type.go).
-See [the `pkg` package](https://github.com/anchore/syft/tree/v0.70.0/syft/pkg) for examples of the different metadata types that are supported today. 
-These are plugged into the `MetadataType` and `Metadata` fields in the above struct. `MetadataType` informs which type is being used. `Metadata` is an interface converted to that type.
-
-Finally, here is an example of where the package construction is done within the apk cataloger:
-- [Calling the APK package constructor from the parser function](https://github.com/anchore/syft/blob/v0.70.0/syft/pkg/cataloger/apkdb/parse_apk_db.go#L106)
-- [The APK package constructor itself](https://github.com/anchore/syft/tree/v0.70.0/syft/pkg/cataloger/apkdb/package.go#L12-L27)
-
-Interested in building a new cataloger? Checkout the [list of issues with the `new-cataloger` label](https://github.com/anchore/syft/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Anew-cataloger+no%3Aassignee)!
-If you have questions about implementing a cataloger feel free to file an issue or reach out to us [on discourse](https://anchore.com/discourse)!
-
-
-#### Searching for files
-
-All catalogers are provided an instance of the [`file.Resolver`](https://github.com/anchore/syft/blob/v0.70.0/syft/source/file_resolver.go#L8) to interface with the image and search for files. The implementations for these 
-abstractions leverage [`stereoscope`](https://github.com/anchore/stereoscope) in order to perform searching. Here is a 
-rough outline how that works:
-
-1. a stereoscope `file.Index` is searched based on the input given (a path, glob, or MIME type). The index is relatively fast to search, but requires results to be filtered down to the files that exist in the specific layer(s) of interest. This is done automatically by the `filetree.Searcher` abstraction. This abstraction will fallback to searching directly against the raw `filetree.FileTree` if the index does not contain the file(s) of interest. Note: the `filetree.Searcher` is used by the `file.Resolver` abstraction.
-2. Once the set of files are returned from the `filetree.Searcher` the results are filtered down further to return the most unique file results. For example, you may have requested for files by a glob that returns multiple results. These results are filtered down to deduplicate by real files, so if a result contains two references to the same file, say one accessed via symlink and one accessed via the real path, then the real path reference is returned and the symlink reference is filtered out. If both were accessed by symlink then the first (by lexical order) is returned. This is done automatically by the `file.Resolver` abstraction.
-3. By the time results reach the `pkg.Cataloger` you are guaranteed to have a set of unique files that exist in the layer(s) of interest (relative to what the resolver supports).
-
-## Testing
-
-### Testing commands
-
-* `make help` shows a list of available commands
-* `make unit`, `make integration`, `make cli`, and `make acceptance` run those test suites (see below)
-* `make test` runs all those tests (and is therefore pretty slow)
-* `make fixtures` clears and re-fetches all test fixtures.
-* `go test ./syft/pkg/` for example can test particular packages, assuming fixtures are already made
-* `make clean-cache` cleans all test cache. Note that subsequent test runs will be slower after this
-
-
-### Levels of testing
-
-- `unit`: The default level of test which is distributed throughout the repo are unit tests. Any `_test.go` file that 
-  does not reside somewhere within the `/test` directory is a unit test. Other forms of testing should be organized in 
-  the `/test` directory. These tests should focus on correctness of functionality in depth. % test coverage metrics 
-  only considers unit tests and no other forms of testing.
-
-- `integration`: located within `cmd/syft/internal/test/integration`, these tests focus on the behavior surfaced by the common library 
-  entrypoints from the `syft` package and make light assertions about the results surfaced. Additionally, these tests
-  tend to make diversity assertions for enum-like objects, ensuring that as enum values are added to a definition
-  that integration tests will automatically fail if no test attempts to use that enum value. For more details see 
-  the "Data diversity and freshness assertions" section below.
-
-- `cli`: located with in `test/cli`, these are tests that test the correctness of application behavior from a 
-  snapshot build. This should be used in cases where a unit or integration test will not do or if you are looking
-  for in-depth testing of code in the `cmd/` package (such as testing the proper behavior of application configuration,
-  CLI switches, and glue code before syft library calls).
-
-- `acceptance`: located within `test/compare` and `test/install`, these are smoke-like tests that ensure that application  
-  packaging and installation works as expected. For example, during release we provide RPM packages as a download 
-  artifact. We also have an accompanying RPM acceptance test that installs the RPM from a snapshot build and ensures the 
-  output of a syft invocation matches canned expected output. New acceptance tests should be added for each release artifact
-  and architecture supported (when possible).
-
-### Data diversity and freshness assertions
-
-It is important that tests against the codebase are flexible enough to begin failing when they do not cover "enough"
-of the objects under test. "Cover" in this case does not mean that some percentage of the code has been executed 
-during testing, but instead that there is enough diversity of data input reflected in testing relative to the
-definitions available.
-
-For instance, consider an enum-like value like so:
-```go
-type Language string
-
-const (
-  Java            Language = "java"
-  JavaScript      Language = "javascript"
-  Python          Language = "python"
-  Ruby            Language = "ruby"
-  Go              Language = "go"
-)
-```
-
-Say we have a test that exercises all the languages defined today:
-
-```go
-func TestCatalogPackages(t *testing.T) {
-  testTable := []struct {
-    // ... the set of test cases that test all languages
-  }
-  for _, test := range cases {
-    t.Run(test.name, func (t *testing.T) {
-      // use inputFixturePath and assert that syft.CatalogPackages() returns the set of expected Package objects
-      // ...
-    })
-  }
-}
-```
-
-Where each test case has a `inputFixturePath` that would result with packages from each language. This test is
-brittle since it does not assert that all languages were exercised directly and future modifications (such as 
-adding a new language) won't be covered by any test cases.
-
-To address this the enum-like object should have a definition of all objects that can be used in testing:
-
-```go
-type Language string
-
-// const( Java Language = ..., ... )
-
-var AllLanguages = []Language{
-	Java,
-	JavaScript,
-	Python,
-	Ruby,
-	Go,
-	Rust,
-}
-```
-
-Allowing testing to automatically fail when adding a new language:
-
-```go
-func TestCatalogPackages(t *testing.T) {
-  testTable := []struct {
-  	// ... the set of test cases that (hopefully) covers all languages
-  }
-
-  // new stuff...
-  observedLanguages := strset.New()
-  
-  for _, test := range cases {
-    t.Run(test.name, func (t *testing.T) {
-      // use inputFixturePath and assert that syft.CatalogPackages() returns the set of expected Package objects
-    	// ...
-    	
-    	// new stuff...
-    	for _, actualPkg := range actual {
-        observedLanguages.Add(string(actualPkg.Language))
-    	}
-    	
-    })
-  }
-
-   // new stuff...
-  for _, expectedLanguage := range pkg.AllLanguages {
-    if 	!observedLanguages.Contains(expectedLanguage) {
-      t.Errorf("failed to test language=%q", expectedLanguage)	
-    }
-  }
-}
-```
-
-This is a better test since it will fail when someone adds a new language but fails to write a test case that should
-exercise that new language. This method is ideal for integration-level testing, where testing correctness in depth 
-is not needed (that is what unit tests are for) but instead testing in breadth to ensure that units are well integrated.
-
-A similar case can be made for data freshness; if the quality of the results will be diminished if the input data
-is not kept up to date then a test should be written (when possible) to assert any input data is not stale.
-
-An example of this is the static list of licenses that is stored in `internal/spdxlicense` for use by the SPDX 
-presenters. This list is updated and published periodically by an external group and syft can grab and update this
-list by running `go generate ./...` from the root of the repo.
-
-An integration test has been written to grabs the latest license list version externally and compares that version
-with the version generated in the codebase. If they differ, the test fails, indicating to someone that there is an
-action needed to update it.
-
-**_The key takeaway is to try and write tests that fail when data assumptions change and not just when code changes.**_
-
-### Snapshot tests
-
-The format objects make a lot of use of "snapshot" testing, where you save the expected output bytes from a call into the
-git repository and during testing make a comparison of the actual bytes from the subject under test with the golden
-copy saved in the repo. The "golden" files are stored in the `test-fixtures/snapshot` directory relative to the go 
-package under test and should always be updated by invoking `go test` on the specific test file with a specific CLI 
-update flag provided.
-
-Many of the `Format` tests make use of this approach, where the raw SBOM report is saved in the repo and the test 
-compares that SBOM with what is generated from the latest presenter code. The following command can be used to
-update the golden files for the various snapshot tests:
-
-```bash
-make update-format-golden-files
-```
-
-These flags are defined at the top of the test files that have tests that use the snapshot files.
-
-Snapshot testing is only as good as the manual verification of the golden snapshot file saved to the repo! Be careful 
-and diligent when updating these files.
-
-

Dockerfile

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-FROM gcr.io/distroless/static-debian12:latest AS build
+ARG DEBIAN_VERSION=12
+FROM gcr.io/distroless/static-debian${DEBIAN_VERSION}:latest AS build
 
 FROM scratch
 # needed for version check HTTPS request

Dockerfile.debug

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-FROM gcr.io/distroless/static-debian12:debug-nonroot
+ARG DEBIAN_VERSION=12
+FROM gcr.io/distroless/static-debian${DEBIAN_VERSION}:debug-nonroot
 
 # create the /tmp dir, which is needed for image content cache
 WORKDIR /tmp

Dockerfile.nonroot

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-FROM gcr.io/distroless/static-debian12:nonroot
+ARG DEBIAN_VERSION=12
+FROM gcr.io/distroless/static-debian${DEBIAN_VERSION}:nonroot
 
 # create the /tmp dir, which is needed for image content cache
 WORKDIR /tmp

Makefile

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ make-default: $(TASK)
 	@$(TASK)
 
 # for those of us that can't seem to kick the habit of typing `make ...` lets wrap the superior `task` tool
-TASKS := $(shell bash -c "test -f $(TASK) && $(TASK) -l | grep '^\* ' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d ':' | tr '\n' ' '" ) $(shell bash -c "test -f $(TASK) && $(TASK) -l | grep 'aliases:' | cut -d ':' -f 3 | tr '\n' ' ' | tr -d ','")
+TASKS := $(shell bash -c "test -f $(TASK) && NO_COLOR=1 $(TASK) -l | grep '^\* ' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d ':' | tr '\n' ' '" ) $(shell bash -c "test -f $(TASK) && NO_COLOR=1 $(TASK) -l | grep 'aliases:' | cut -d ':' -f 3 | tr '\n' ' ' | tr -d ','")
 
 .PHONY: $(TASKS)
 $(TASKS): $(TASK)

README.md

@@ -18,170 +18,74 @@
 
 ![syft-demo](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/590471/90277200-2a253000-de33-11ea-893f-32c219eea11a.gif)
 
-## Introduction
-
-Syft is a powerful and easy-to-use open-source tool for generating Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs) for container images and filesystems. It provides detailed visibility into the packages and dependencies in your software, helping you manage vulnerabilities, license compliance, and software supply chain security.
-
-Syft development is sponsored by [Anchore](https://anchore.com/), and is released under the [Apache-2.0 License](https://github.com/anchore/syft?tab=Apache-2.0-1-ov-file). For commercial support options with Syft or Grype, please [contact Anchore](https://get.anchore.com/contact/).
-
 ## Features
-- Generates SBOMs for container images, filesystems, archives, and more to discover packages and libraries
-- Supports OCI, Docker and [Singularity](https://github.com/sylabs/singularity) image formats
-- Linux distribution identification
-- Works seamlessly with [Grype](https://github.com/anchore/grype) (a fast, modern vulnerability scanner)
-- Able to create signed SBOM attestations using the [in-toto specification](https://github.com/in-toto/attestation/blob/main/spec/README.md)
-- Convert between SBOM formats, such as CycloneDX, SPDX, and Syft's own format.
+
+- Generates SBOMs for **container images**, **filesystems**, **archives** (see the docs for a full list of [supported scan targets](https://oss.anchore.com/docs/guides/sbom/scan-targets/))
+- Supports dozens of packaging ecosystems (e.g. Alpine (apk), Debian (dpkg), RPM, Go, Python, Java, JavaScript, Ruby, Rust, PHP, .NET, and [many more](https://oss.anchore.com/docs/capabilities/all-packages/))
+- Supports OCI, Docker, [Singularity](https://github.com/sylabs/singularity), and [more image formats](https://oss.anchore.com/docs/guides/sbom/scan-targets/)
+- Works seamlessly with [Grype](https://github.com/anchore/grype) for vulnerability scanning
+- Multiple output formats (**CycloneDX**, **SPDX**, **Syft JSON**, and [more](https://oss.anchore.com/docs/guides/sbom/formats/)) including the ability to [convert between SBOM formats](https://oss.anchore.com/docs/guides/sbom/conversion/)
+- Create signed SBOM attestations using the [in-toto specification](https://github.com/in-toto/attestation/blob/main/spec/README.md)
+
+> [!TIP]
+> **New to Syft? Check out the [Getting Started guide](https://oss.anchore.com/docs/guides/sbom/getting-started/) for a walkthrough!**
 
 ## Installation
 
-Syft binaries are provided for Linux, macOS and Windows.
-
-### Recommended
-> ```bash
-> curl -sSfL https://get.anchore.io/syft | sudo sh -s -- -b /usr/local/bin
-> ```
-
-Install script options:
--	`-b`: Specify a custom installation directory (defaults to `./bin`)
--	`-d`: More verbose logging levels (`-d` for debug, `-dd` for trace)
--	`-v`: Verify the signature of the downloaded artifact before installation (requires [`cosign`](https://github.com/sigstore/cosign) to be installed)
-
-### Homebrew
+The quickest way to get up and going:
 ```bash
-brew install syft
+curl -sSfL https://get.anchore.io/syft | sudo sh -s -- -b /usr/local/bin
 ```
 
-### Scoop
+> [!TIP]
+> **See [Installation docs](https://oss.anchore.com/docs/installation/syft/) for more ways to get Syft, including Homebrew, Docker, Scoop, Chocolatey, Nix, and more!**
 
-```powershell
-scoop install syft
-```
+## The basics
 
-### Chocolatey
-
-The chocolatey distribution of Syft is community-maintained and not distributed by the Anchore team
-
-```powershell
-choco install syft -y
-```
-
-### Nix
-
-**Note**: Nix packaging of Syft is [community maintained](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/by-name/sy/syft/package.nix). Syft is available in the [stable channel](https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/Nix_channels#The_official_channels) since NixOS `22.05`.
+See the packages within a container image or directory:
 
 ```bash
-nix-env -i syft
+# container image
+syft alpine:latest
+
+# directory
+syft ./my-project
 ```
 
-... or, just try it out in an ephemeral nix shell:
+To get an SBOM, specify one or more output formats:
 
 ```bash
-nix-shell -p syft
+# SBOM to stdout
+syft <image> -o cyclonedx-json
+
+# Multiple SBOMs to files
+syft <image> -o spdx-json=./spdx.json -o cyclonedx-json=./cdx.json
 ```
 
-## Getting started
 
-### SBOM
+> [!TIP]
+> **Check out the [Getting Started guide](https://oss.anchore.com/docs/guides/sbom/getting-started/)** to explore all of the capabilities and features.
+>
+> **Want to know all of the ins-and-outs of Syft?** Check out the [CLI docs](https://oss.anchore.com/docs/reference/syft/cli/),  [configuration docs](https://oss.anchore.com/docs/reference/syft/configuration/), and [JSON schema](https://oss.anchore.com/docs/reference/syft/json/latest/).
 
-To generate an SBOM for a container image:
-
-```bash
-syft <image>
-```
-
-The above output includes only software that is visible in the container (i.e., the squashed representation of the image). To include software from all image layers in the SBOM, regardless of its presence in the final image, provide `--scope all-layers`:
-
-```bash
-syft <image> --scope all-layers
-```
-
-### Output formats
-
-The output format for Syft is configurable as well using the `-o` (or `--output`) option:
-
-```
-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@1.5`: A 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/).
-- `spdx-tag-value@2.2`: A tag-value formatted report conforming to the [SPDX 2.2 specification](https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2.2.2/).
-- `spdx-json`: A JSON report conforming to the [SPDX 2.3 JSON Schema](https://github.com/spdx/spdx-spec/blob/v2.3/schemas/spdx-schema.json).
-- `spdx-json@2.2`: A JSON report conforming to the [SPDX 2.2 JSON Schema](https://github.com/spdx/spdx-spec/blob/v2.2/schemas/spdx-schema.json).
-- `github-json`: A JSON report conforming to GitHub's dependency snapshot format.
-- `syft-table`: A columnar summary (default).
-- `template`: Lets the user specify the output format. See ["Using templates"](#using-templates) below.
-
-Note that flags using the @<version> can be used for earlier versions of each specification as well.
-
-### Supported Ecosystems
-
-- Alpine (apk)
-- Bitnami packages
-- C (conan)
-- C++ (conan)
-- Dart (pubs)
-- Debian (dpkg)
-- Dotnet (deps.json)
-- Objective-C (cocoapods)
-- Elixir (mix)
-- Erlang (rebar3)
-- Go (go.mod, Go binaries)
-- Haskell (cabal, stack)
-- Java (jar, ear, war, par, sar, nar, native-image)
-- JavaScript (npm, yarn)
-- Jenkins Plugins (jpi, hpi)
-- Linux kernel archives (vmlinz)
-- Linux kernel modules (ko)
-- Nix (outputs in /nix/store)
-- PHP (composer, PECL, Pear)
-- Python (wheel, egg, poetry, requirements.txt, uv)
-- Red Hat (rpm)
-- Ruby (gem)
-- Rust (cargo.lock, auditable binary)
-- Swift (cocoapods, swift-package-manager)
-- Wordpress plugins
-- Terraform providers (.terraform.lock.hcl)
-
-## Documentation
-
-Our [wiki](https://github.com/anchore/syft/wiki) contains further details on the following topics:
-
-* [Supported Sources](https://github.com/anchore/syft/wiki/supported-sources)
-* [File Selection](https://github.com/anchore/syft/wiki/file-selection)
-* [Excluding file paths](https://github.com/anchore/syft/wiki/excluding-file-paths)
-* [Output formats](https://github.com/anchore/syft/wiki/output-formats)
-* [Package Cataloger Selection](https://github.com/anchore/syft/wiki/package-cataloger-selection)
-  * [Concepts](https://github.com/anchore/syft/wiki/package-cataloger-selection#concepts)
-  * [Examples](https://github.com/anchore/syft/wiki/package-cataloger-selection#examples)
-* [Using templates](https://github.com/anchore/syft/wiki/using-templates)
-* [Multiple outputs](https://github.com/anchore/syft/wiki/multiple-outputs)
-* [Private Registry Authentication](https://github.com/anchore/syft/wiki/private-registry-authentication)
-  * [Local Docker Credentials](https://github.com/anchore/syft/wiki/private-registry-authentication#local-docker)
-  * [Docker Credentials in Kubernetes](https://github.com/anchore/syft/wiki/private-registry-authentication#docker-credentials-in-kubernetes)
-* [Attestation (experimental)](https://github.com/anchore/syft/wiki/attestation)
-  * [Keyless Support](https://github.com/anchore/syft/wiki/attestation#keyless-support)
-  * [Local private key support](https://github.com/anchore/syft/wiki/attestation#local-private-key-support)
-  * [Adding an SBOM to an image as an attestation using Syft](https://github.com/anchore/syft/wiki/attestation#adding-an-sbom-to-an-image-as-an-attestation-using-syft)
-* [Configuration](https://github.com/anchore/syft/wiki/configuration)
 
 ## Contributing
 
-Check out our [contributing](/CONTRIBUTING.md) guide and [developer](/DEVELOPING.md) docs.
+We encourage users to help make these tools better by [submitting issues](https://github.com/anchore/syft/issues) when you find a bug or want a new feature. 
+Check out our [contributing overview](https://oss.anchore.com/docs/contributing/) and [developer-specific documentation](https://oss.anchore.com/docs/contributing/syft/) if you are interested in providing code contributions.
 
-## Syft Team Meetings
 
-The Syft Team hold regular community meetings online. All are welcome to join to bring topics for discussion.
+
+<p xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/">
+  Syft development is sponsored by <a href="https://anchore.com/">Anchore</a>, and is released under the <a href="https://github.com/anchore/syft?tab=Apache-2.0-1-ov-file">Apache-2.0 License</a>.
+  The <a property="dct:title" rel="cc:attributionURL" href="https://anchore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/syft-logo.svg">Syft logo</a> by <a rel="cc:attributionURL dct:creator" property="cc:attributionName" href="https://anchore.com/">Anchore</a> is licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="license noopener noreferrer" style="display:inline-block;">CC BY 4.0<img style="height:22px!important;margin-left:3px;vertical-align:text-bottom;" src="https://mirrors.creativecommons.org/presskit/icons/cc.svg" alt=""><img style="height:22px!important;margin-left:3px;vertical-align:text-bottom;" src="https://mirrors.creativecommons.org/presskit/icons/by.svg" alt=""></a>
+</p>
+
+For commercial support options with Syft or Grype, please [contact Anchore](https://get.anchore.com/contact/).
+
+## Come talk to us!
+
+The Syft Team holds regular community meetings online. All are welcome to join to bring topics for discussion.
 - Check the [calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r?cid=Y182OTM4dGt0MjRtajI0NnNzOThiaGtnM29qNEBncm91cC5jYWxlbmRhci5nb29nbGUuY29t) for the next meeting date.
 - Add items to the [agenda](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZtSAa6fj2a6KRWviTn3WoJm09edvrNUp4Iz_dOjjyY8/edit?usp=sharing) (join [this group](https://groups.google.com/g/anchore-oss-community) for write access to the [agenda](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZtSAa6fj2a6KRWviTn3WoJm09edvrNUp4Iz_dOjjyY8/edit?usp=sharing))
 - See you there!
-
-## Syft Logo
-
-<p xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><a property="dct:title" rel="cc:attributionURL" href="https://anchore.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/syft-logo.svg">Syft Logo</a> by <a rel="cc:attributionURL dct:creator" property="cc:attributionName" href="https://anchore.com/">Anchore</a> is licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="license noopener noreferrer" style="display:inline-block;">CC BY 4.0<img style="height:22px!important;margin-left:3px;vertical-align:text-bottom;" src="https://mirrors.creativecommons.org/presskit/icons/cc.svg" alt=""><img style="height:22px!important;margin-left:3px;vertical-align:text-bottom;" src="https://mirrors.creativecommons.org/presskit/icons/by.svg" alt=""></a></p>

SECURITY.md

@@ -2,31 +2,35 @@
 
 ## Supported Versions
 
-<!-- Use this section to tell people about which versions of your project are
-currently being supported with security updates.
-
-| Version | Supported          |
-| ------- | ------------------ |
-| 5.1.x   | :white_check_mark: |
-| 5.0.x   | :x:                |
-| 4.0.x   | :white_check_mark: |
-| < 4.0   | :x:                |
-
--->
-
 Security updates are applied only to the most recent release, try to always be up to date.
 
 ## Reporting a Vulnerability
 
-<!-- Use this section to tell people how to report a vulnerability.
-
-Tell them where to go, how often they can expect to get an update on a
-reported vulnerability, what to expect if the vulnerability is accepted or
-declined, etc. -->
-
 To report a security issue, please email
 [security@anchore.com](mailto:security@anchore.com)
 with a description of the issue, the steps you took to create the issue,
 affected versions, and, if known, mitigations for the issue.
 
-All support will be made on the best effort base, so please indicate the "urgency level" of the vulnerability as Critical, High, Medium or Low.
+All support will be made on a best effort basis, so please indicate the "urgency level" of the vulnerability as Critical, High, Medium or Low.
+
+For more details, see our [security policy documentation](https://oss.anchore.com/docs/contributing/security/).
+
+## Trust Boundary
+
+Syft is a tool to scan content and product an SBOM. Syft is not a tool designed to scan malicious content. Detecting and properly reporting on purposely malicious artifacts is outside the scope of Syft's expected operating environment.
+
+There are many possible ways for malicious content to cause Syft to become confused or fail to include results in an SBOM. We do not consider this to be a security vulnerability.
+
+**Examples**
+- Removing or altering a package lock file
+- Removing or altering an RPM or DEB database
+- A malicious archive that Syft will skip but the runtime may not
+- Self modifying systems that change state when running
+
+We consider the security trust boundary for Syft to be anything that causes problems for the overall system running Syft, or Syft operating in a way that is dangerous to itself, the system, or the operator.
+
+**Examples**
+- Filling up temp space permanently
+- Syft executing arbitrary code when scanning an artifact
+- Syft leaking secrets from the environment or configuration files into logs or SBOMs
+- Syft operating outside of the expected artifact or directory (directory traversal)

Taskfile.yaml

@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 
 version: "3"
+
+includes:
+  generate:cpe-index: ./task.d/generate/cpe-index.yaml
+
 vars:
   OWNER: anchore
   PROJECT: syft
 
-  CACHE_IMAGE: ghcr.io/{{ .OWNER }}/{{ .PROJECT }}/test-fixture-cache:latest
+  # v1: when fixtures were located at test-fixtures dirs
+  # v2: migration to testdata dirs
+  CACHE_REPO: oss-cache
+  CACHE_IMAGE: ghcr.io/{{ .OWNER }}/{{ .CACHE_REPO }}/syft-test-fixture-cache:v2
 
   # static file dirs
   TOOL_DIR: .tool
@@ -186,10 +193,15 @@ tasks:
     cmds:
       - .github/scripts/json-schema-drift-check.sh
 
+  check-capability-drift:
+    desc: Ensure there is no drift between the capabilities data and the code
+    cmds:
+      - .github/scripts/capability-drift-check.sh
+
   check-binary-fixture-size:
     desc: Ensure that the binary test fixtures are not too large
     cmds:
-      - .github/scripts/check_binary_fixture_size.sh syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets
+      - .github/scripts/check_binary_fixture_size.sh syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets
 
 
   ## Testing tasks #################################
@@ -214,6 +226,7 @@ tasks:
       # unit test coverage threshold (in % coverage)
       COVERAGE_THRESHOLD: 62
     cmds:
+      - task: clean-test-observations
       - "go test -coverprofile {{ .TMP_DIR }}/unit-coverage-details.txt {{ .TEST_PKGS }}"
       - cmd: ".github/scripts/coverage.py {{ .COVERAGE_THRESHOLD }} {{ .TMP_DIR }}/unit-coverage-details.txt"
         silent: true
@@ -255,9 +268,9 @@ tasks:
   fingerprints:
     desc: Generate fingerprints for all non-docker test fixture
     silent: true
-    # this will look for `test-fixtures/Makefile` and invoke the `fingerprint` target to calculate all cache input fingerprint files
+    # this will look for `testdata/Makefile` and invoke the `fingerprint` target to calculate all cache input fingerprint files
     generates:
-      - '**/test-fixtures/**/*.fingerprint'
+      - '**/testdata/**/*.fingerprint'
       - test/install/cache.fingerprint
     cmds:
       - |
@@ -266,7 +279,7 @@ tasks:
         RESET='\033[0m'
 
         echo -e "${YELLOW}creating fingerprint files for non-docker fixtures...${RESET}"
-        for dir in $(find . -type d -name 'test-fixtures'); do
+        for dir in $(find . -type d -name 'testdata'); do
           if [ -f "$dir/Makefile" ]; then
             # for debugging...
             #echo -e "${YELLOW}• calculating fingerprints in $dir... ${RESET}"
@@ -359,18 +372,21 @@ tasks:
   build-fixtures:
     desc: Generate all non-docker test fixtures
     silent: true
-    # this will look for `test-fixtures/Makefile` and invoke the `fixtures` target to generate any and all test fixtures
+    # this will look for `testdata/Makefile` and invoke the `fixtures` target to generate any and all test fixtures
     cmds:
       - |
+        # we want to stop on the first build error
+        set -e
+
         BOLD='\033[1m'
         YELLOW='\033[0;33m'
         RESET='\033[0m'
 
         # Use a for loop with command substitution to avoid subshell issues
-        for dir in $(find . -type d -name 'test-fixtures'); do
+        for dir in $(find . -type d -name 'testdata'); do
           if [ -f "$dir/Makefile" ]; then
             echo -e "${YELLOW}${BOLD}generating fixtures in $dir${RESET}"
-            (make -C "$dir" fixtures)
+            make -C "$dir" fixtures
           fi
         done
         echo -e "${BOLD}generated all fixtures${RESET}"
@@ -409,7 +425,7 @@ tasks:
       done
       oras_command+=" {{ .CACHE_PATHS_FILE }}"
 
-      oras_command+=" --annotation org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/{{ .OWNER }}/{{ .PROJECT }}"
+      oras_command+=" --annotation org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/{{ .OWNER }}/{{ .CACHE_REPO }}"
       oras_command+=" --annotation fingerprint=$(cat {{ .CACHE_PATHS_FILE }} | {{ .YQ }} -r '.digest')"
 
       echo "Executing: $oras_command"
@@ -421,7 +437,7 @@ tasks:
       - "echo 'Docker daemon cache:'"
       - "docker images --format '{{`{{.ID}}`}} {{`{{.Repository}}`}}:{{`{{.Tag}}`}}' | grep stereoscope-fixture- | sort"
       - "echo '\nTar cache:'"
-      - 'find . -type f -wholename "**/test-fixtures/cache/stereoscope-fixture-*.tar" | sort'
+      - 'find . -type f -wholename "**/testdata/cache/stereoscope-fixture-*.tar" | sort'
 
   check-docker-cache:
     desc: Ensure docker caches aren't using too much disk space
@@ -455,7 +471,7 @@ tasks:
       - "cd test/install && make ci-test-mac"
 
   generate-compare-file:
-    cmd: "go run ./cmd/syft {{ .COMPARE_TEST_IMAGE }} -o json > {{ .COMPARE_DIR }}/test-fixtures/acceptance-{{ .COMPARE_TEST_IMAGE }}.json"
+    cmd: "go run ./cmd/syft {{ .COMPARE_TEST_IMAGE }} -o json > {{ .COMPARE_DIR }}/testdata/acceptance-{{ .COMPARE_TEST_IMAGE }}.json"
 
   compare-mac:
     deps: [tmpdir]
@@ -496,13 +512,14 @@ tasks:
     desc: Add data generation tasks
     cmds:
       - task: generate-json-schema
+      - task: generate-capabilities
       - task: generate-license-list
       - task: generate-cpe-dictionary-index
 
   generate-json-schema:
     desc: Generate a new JSON schema
     cmds:
-      - "cd syft/internal && go generate . && cd jsonschema && go run . && go fmt ../..."
+      - "cd ./internal && go generate . && cd ./jsonschema && go run . && go fmt ../..."
 
   generate-license-list:
     desc: Generate an updated license processing code off of the latest available SPDX license list
@@ -511,10 +528,32 @@ tasks:
       - "gofmt -s -w ./internal/spdxlicense"
 
   generate-cpe-dictionary-index:
-    desc: Generate the CPE index based off of the latest available CPE dictionary
-    dir: "syft/pkg/cataloger/internal/cpegenerate/dictionary"
+    desc: Generate the CPE index from local cache
     cmds:
-      - "go generate"
+      - task: generate:cpe-index:cache:pull
+      - task: generate:cpe-index:cache:update
+      - task: generate:cpe-index:build
+
+  generate-capabilities:
+    desc: Generate the capabilities data file
+    deps:
+      - tmpdir
+      - fixtures
+    vars:
+      # set REFRESH=true to run package tests first and refresh test observations (default: true)
+      REFRESH: '{{ .REFRESH | default "true" }}'
+    cmds:
+      # remove all test observations prior to regenerating
+      - task: clean-test-observations
+        if: '{{ eq .REFRESH "true" }}'
+      # this is required to update test observations; such evidence is used to update the packages/*.yaml
+      - cmd: "go test ./syft/pkg/... -count=1"
+        if: '{{ eq .REFRESH "true" }}'
+      - "go generate ./internal/capabilities/..."
+      - "gofmt -s -w ./internal/capabilities"
+      # now that we have the latest capabilities, run completeness tests to ensure this is self-consistent
+      # note: -p 1 forces sequential package execution to avoid race between generate (writes) and internal (reads)
+      - "SYFT_ENABLE_COMPLETENESS_TESTS=true go test -p 1 ./internal/capabilities/... -count=1"
 
 
   ## Build-related targets #################################
@@ -607,6 +646,15 @@ tasks:
 
   ## Cleanup targets #################################
 
+  clean:
+    desc: Remove all cache files and old builds
+    cmds:
+      - task: clean-snapshot
+      - task: clean-cache
+      - task: clean-test-observations
+      - task: clean-docker-cache
+      - task: clean-oras-cache
+
   clean-snapshot:
     desc: Remove any snapshot builds
     cmds:
@@ -616,7 +664,7 @@ tasks:
   clean-docker-cache:
     desc: Remove all docker cache tars and images from the daemon
     cmds:
-      - find . -type d -wholename "**/test-fixtures/cache" | xargs rm -rf
+      - find . -type d -wholename "**/testdata/cache" | xargs rm -rf
       - docker images --format '{{`{{.ID}}`}} {{`{{.Repository}}`}}' | grep stereoscope-fixture- | awk '{print $1}' | uniq | xargs -r docker rmi --force
 
   clean-oras-cache:
@@ -633,7 +681,7 @@ tasks:
         RESET='\033[0m'
 
         # Use a for loop with command substitution to avoid subshell issues
-        for dir in $(find . -type d -name 'test-fixtures'); do
+        for dir in $(find . -type d -name 'testdata'); do
         if [ -f "$dir/Makefile" ]; then
           echo -e "${YELLOW}${BOLD}deleting ephemeral test fixtures in $dir${RESET}"
           (make -C "$dir" clean)
@@ -641,3 +689,8 @@ tasks:
         done
         echo -e "${BOLD}Deleted all ephemeral test fixtures${RESET}"
       - rm -f {{ .LAST_CACHE_PULL_FILE }} {{ .CACHE_PATHS_FILE }}
+
+  clean-test-observations:
+    desc: Remove all test observations (i.e. testdata/test-observations.json)
+    cmds:
+      - find . -type f -wholename "**/testdata/test-observations.json" | xargs rm -f

cmd/syft/cli/ui/handle_attestation.go

@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func (l attestLogFrame) View() string {
 	sb := strings.Builder{}
 
 	for _, line := range l.lines {
-		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("     %s %s\n", l.borderStype.Render("░░"), line))
+		fmt.Fprintf(&sb, "     %s %s\n", l.borderStype.Render("░░"), line)
 	}
 
 	return sb.String()

cmd/syft/internal/clio_setup_config.go

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func AppClioSetupConfig(id clio.Identification, out io.Writer) *clio.SetupConfig
 			},
 		).
 		WithPostRuns(func(_ *clio.State, _ error) {
-			stereoscope.Cleanup()
+			stereoscope.Cleanup() //nolint:staticcheck // we don't have access to the image object here
 		})
 	return clioCfg
 }

cmd/syft/internal/commands/attest.go

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ const (
 	attestSchemeHelp = "\n  " + schemeHelpHeader + "\n" + imageSchemeHelp
 	attestHelp       = attestExample + attestSchemeHelp
 	cosignBinName    = "cosign"
+	jsonFormat       = "json"
 )
 
 type attestOptions struct {
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ func Attest(app clio.Application) *cobra.Command {
 		Use:   "attest --output [FORMAT] <IMAGE>",
 		Short: "Generate an SBOM as an attestation for the given [SOURCE] container image",
 		Long:  "Generate a packaged-based Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) from a container image as the predicate of an in-toto attestation that will be uploaded to the image registry",
-		Example: internal.Tprintf(attestHelp, map[string]interface{}{
+		Example: internal.Tprintf(attestHelp, map[string]any{
 			"appName": id.Name,
 			"command": "attest",
 		}),
@@ -93,9 +94,7 @@ func defaultAttestOutputOptions() options.Output {
 			string(spdxtagvalue.ID),
 		},
 		Outputs: []string{syftjson.ID.String()},
-		OutputFile: options.OutputFile{ //nolint:staticcheck
-			Enabled: false, // explicitly not allowed
-		},
+		// OutputFile is omitted (defaults to Enabled: false, explicitly not allowed for attestation)
 		Format: options.DefaultFormat(),
 	}
 }
@@ -240,7 +239,7 @@ func predicateType(outputName string) string {
 		return "cyclonedx"
 	case "spdx-tag-value", "spdx-tv":
 		return "spdx"
-	case "spdx-json", "json":
+	case "spdx-json", jsonFormat:
 		return "spdxjson"
 	default:
 		return "custom"
@@ -253,7 +252,6 @@ func generateSBOMForAttestation(ctx context.Context, id clio.Identification, opt
 	}
 
 	src, err := getSource(ctx, opts, userInput, stereoscope.RegistryTag)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

cmd/syft/internal/commands/cataloger.go

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package commands
 
 import (
+	"os"
+
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	"github.com/anchore/clio"
@@ -16,5 +18,14 @@ func Cataloger(app clio.Application) *cobra.Command {
 		CatalogerList(app),
 	)
 
+	// only add cataloger info command if experimental capabilities feature is enabled
+	if isCapabilitiesExperimentEnabled() {
+		cmd.AddCommand(CatalogerCaps(app))
+	}
+
 	return cmd
 }
+
+func isCapabilitiesExperimentEnabled() bool {
+	return os.Getenv("SYFT_EXP_CAPABILITIES") == "true"
+}

cmd/syft/internal/commands/cataloger_info.go

@@ -0,0 +1,585 @@
+package commands
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"slices"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
+	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
+	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter/renderer"
+	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter/tw"
+	"github.com/scylladb/go-set/strset"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"github.com/anchore/clio"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/cmd/syft/internal/options"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/bus"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/capabilities"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/task"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/cataloging"
+	_ "github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger" // register all cataloger capabilities, otherwise the info command will not function
+)
+
+var (
+	yesStyle       = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("10")) // hi green
+	noStyle        = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("8"))  // dark grey
+	criteriaWidth  = 60
+	criteriaMargin = 10
+)
+
+// types for JSON cataloger info output
+type (
+	configFieldInfo struct {
+		Key         string `json:"key"`
+		Description string `json:"description"`
+		AppKey      string `json:"app_key,omitempty"`
+	}
+
+	configInfo struct {
+		Type   string            `json:"type"`
+		Fields []configFieldInfo `json:"fields,omitempty"`
+	}
+
+	detectorPackageInfo struct {
+		Class string   `json:"class"`
+		Name  string   `json:"name"`
+		PURL  string   `json:"purl"`
+		CPEs  []string `json:"cpes"`
+		Type  string   `json:"type"`
+	}
+
+	patternInfo struct {
+		Method          string                           `json:"method"`
+		Criteria        []string                         `json:"criteria"`
+		Conditions      []capabilities.DetectorCondition `json:"conditions,omitempty"`
+		Packages        []detectorPackageInfo            `json:"packages,omitempty"`
+		Comment         string                           `json:"comment,omitempty"`
+		PackageTypes    []string                         `json:"package_types,omitempty"`
+		JSONSchemaTypes []string                         `json:"json_schema_types,omitempty"`
+		Capabilities    capabilities.CapabilitySet       `json:"capabilities,omitempty"`
+	}
+
+	catalogerInfo struct {
+		Ecosystem    string                     `json:"ecosystem,omitempty"`
+		Name         string                     `json:"name"`
+		Type         string                     `json:"type"`
+		Selectors    []string                   `json:"selectors,omitempty"`
+		Deprecated   bool                       `json:"deprecated,omitempty"`
+		Patterns     []patternInfo              `json:"patterns,omitempty"`
+		Capabilities capabilities.CapabilitySet `json:"capabilities,omitempty"`
+		Config       *configInfo                `json:"config,omitempty"`
+	}
+)
+
+type catalogerInfoOptions struct {
+	Output                     string `yaml:"output" json:"output" mapstructure:"output"`
+	options.CatalogerSelection `yaml:",inline" json:",inline" mapstructure:",squash"`
+	Names                      []string // cataloger names from args
+}
+
+func (o *catalogerInfoOptions) setNames(args []string) error {
+	o.Names = args
+
+	usingLegacyCatalogers := len(o.Catalogers) > 0
+	usingNewCatalogers := len(o.DefaultCatalogers) > 0 || len(o.SelectCatalogers) > 0
+	usingSelection := usingNewCatalogers || usingLegacyCatalogers
+
+	if usingSelection && len(o.Names) > 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot use both cataloger name arguments and '--catalogers'/'--select-catalogers'/'--default-catalogers' flags")
+	}
+
+	if usingSelection {
+		// get all available package cataloger tasks
+		pkgTaskFactories := task.DefaultPackageTaskFactories()
+		allPkgTasks, err := pkgTaskFactories.Tasks(task.DefaultCatalogingFactoryConfig())
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to create pkg cataloger tasks: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		// make the selection based on user input
+		defaultCatalogers := options.FlattenAndSort(o.DefaultCatalogers)
+		selectCatalogers := options.FlattenAndSort(o.SelectCatalogers)
+		selectedTaskGroups, _, err := task.SelectInGroups(
+			[][]task.Task{allPkgTasks},
+			cataloging.NewSelectionRequest().
+				WithDefaults(defaultCatalogers...).
+				WithExpression(selectCatalogers...),
+		)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to select catalogers: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		// build the list of cataloger names based on the selection
+		for _, g := range selectedTaskGroups {
+			for _, t := range g {
+				o.Names = append(o.Names, t.Name())
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (o *catalogerInfoOptions) AddFlags(flags clio.FlagSet) {
+	flags.StringVarP(&o.Output, "output", "o", "format to output the cataloger info (available: table, json)")
+}
+
+func defaultCatalogerCapsOptions() *catalogerInfoOptions {
+	return &catalogerInfoOptions{
+		CatalogerSelection: options.CatalogerSelection{
+			// this is different than the default behavior where a scan will automatically detect the default set
+			DefaultCatalogers: []string{"all"},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func CatalogerCaps(app clio.Application) *cobra.Command {
+	opts := defaultCatalogerCapsOptions()
+
+	return app.SetupCommand(&cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "info [OPTIONS] [CATALOGER_NAMES...]",
+		Short:   "Show detailed capabilities of catalogers",
+		Args:    cobra.ArbitraryArgs,
+		PreRunE: disableUI(app, os.Stdout),
+		RunE: func(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			if err := opts.setNames(args); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			return runCatalogerInfo(opts)
+		},
+	}, opts)
+}
+
+func runCatalogerInfo(opts *catalogerInfoOptions) error {
+	doc, err := capabilities.LoadDocument()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to load cataloger capabilities: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// filter by cataloger names if provided
+	catalogers := doc.Catalogers
+	if len(opts.Names) > 0 {
+		catalogers = filterCatalogersByName(catalogers, opts.Names)
+	}
+
+	report, err := catalogerInfoReport(opts, doc, catalogers)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to generate cataloger info report: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	bus.Report(report)
+	bus.Notify("Note: the `cataloger info` command is experimental and may change or be removed without notice. Do not depend on its output in production systems.")
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func filterCatalogersByName(catalogers []capabilities.CatalogerEntry, names []string) []capabilities.CatalogerEntry {
+	nameSet := make(map[string]bool)
+	for _, name := range names {
+		nameSet[name] = true
+	}
+
+	var filtered []capabilities.CatalogerEntry
+	for _, cat := range catalogers {
+		if nameSet[cat.Name] {
+			filtered = append(filtered, cat)
+		}
+	}
+	return filtered
+}
+
+func catalogerInfoReport(opts *catalogerInfoOptions, doc *capabilities.Document, catalogers []capabilities.CatalogerEntry) (string, error) {
+	switch opts.Output {
+	case jsonFormat:
+		return renderCatalogerInfoJSON(doc, catalogers)
+	case "table", "":
+		return renderCatalogerInfoTable(doc, catalogers), nil
+	default:
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("invalid output format %q, must be one of: table, json", opts.Output)
+	}
+}
+
+func renderCatalogerInfoJSON(doc *capabilities.Document, catalogers []capabilities.CatalogerEntry) (string, error) {
+	type document struct {
+		Catalogers []catalogerInfo `json:"catalogers"`
+	}
+
+	docOut := document{}
+
+	// sort catalogers by ecosystem then name
+	sort.Slice(catalogers, func(i, j int) bool {
+		if catalogers[i].Ecosystem != catalogers[j].Ecosystem {
+			return catalogers[i].Ecosystem < catalogers[j].Ecosystem
+		}
+		return catalogers[i].Name < catalogers[j].Name
+	})
+
+	for _, cat := range catalogers {
+		info := catalogerInfo{
+			Ecosystem:  cat.Ecosystem,
+			Name:       cat.Name,
+			Type:       cat.Type,
+			Selectors:  cat.Selectors,
+			Deprecated: isDeprecatedCataloger(cat.Selectors),
+		}
+
+		// convert parsers to patterns if available
+		info.Patterns = convertParsersToPatterns(cat.Parsers)
+
+		// if no parsers, use detectors instead
+		if len(info.Patterns) == 0 {
+			info.Capabilities = cat.Capabilities
+			info.Patterns = convertDetectorsToPatterns(cat.Detectors, cat.PackageTypes, cat.JSONSchemaTypes)
+		}
+
+		info.Config = getConfigInfoFromDocument(doc, cat.Config)
+
+		docOut.Catalogers = append(docOut.Catalogers, info)
+	}
+
+	by, err := json.Marshal(docOut)
+	return string(by), err
+}
+
+// isDeprecatedCataloger checks if a cataloger is deprecated based on its selectors
+func isDeprecatedCataloger(selectors []string) bool {
+	return slices.Contains(selectors, "deprecated")
+}
+
+// convertDetectorPackages converts detector package info to the JSON output format
+func convertDetectorPackages(pkgs []capabilities.DetectorPackageInfo) []detectorPackageInfo {
+	var result []detectorPackageInfo
+	for _, pkg := range pkgs {
+		result = append(result, detectorPackageInfo{
+			Class: pkg.Class,
+			Name:  pkg.Name,
+			PURL:  pkg.PURL,
+			CPEs:  pkg.CPEs,
+			Type:  pkg.Type,
+		})
+	}
+	return result
+}
+
+// convertParsersToPatterns converts parser entries to pattern info for JSON output
+func convertParsersToPatterns(parsers []capabilities.Parser) []patternInfo {
+	var patterns []patternInfo
+	for _, parser := range parsers {
+		patterns = append(patterns, patternInfo{
+			Method:          string(parser.Detector.Method),
+			Criteria:        parser.Detector.Criteria,
+			Conditions:      parser.Detector.Conditions,
+			Packages:        convertDetectorPackages(parser.Detector.Packages),
+			Comment:         parser.Detector.Comment,
+			PackageTypes:    parser.PackageTypes,
+			JSONSchemaTypes: parser.JSONSchemaTypes,
+			Capabilities:    parser.Capabilities,
+		})
+	}
+	return patterns
+}
+
+// convertDetectorsToPatterns converts detector entries to pattern info for JSON output (for non-parser catalogers)
+func convertDetectorsToPatterns(detectors []capabilities.Detector, packageTypes, jsonSchemaTypes []string) []patternInfo {
+	var patterns []patternInfo
+	for _, det := range detectors {
+		patterns = append(patterns, patternInfo{
+			Method:          string(det.Method),
+			Criteria:        det.Criteria,
+			Conditions:      det.Conditions,
+			Packages:        convertDetectorPackages(det.Packages),
+			Comment:         det.Comment,
+			PackageTypes:    packageTypes,
+			JSONSchemaTypes: jsonSchemaTypes,
+		})
+	}
+	return patterns
+}
+
+// getConfigInfoFromDocument retrieves config info from the capabilities document
+func getConfigInfoFromDocument(doc *capabilities.Document, configType string) *configInfo {
+	if configType == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	configEntry, ok := doc.Configs[configType]
+	if !ok {
+		return nil
+	}
+	cfg := &configInfo{
+		Type: configType,
+	}
+	for _, field := range configEntry.Fields {
+		cfg.Fields = append(cfg.Fields, configFieldInfo{
+			Key:         field.Key,
+			Description: field.Description,
+			AppKey:      field.AppKey,
+		})
+	}
+	return cfg
+}
+
+func renderCatalogerInfoTable(_ *capabilities.Document, catalogers []capabilities.CatalogerEntry) string {
+	if len(catalogers) == 0 {
+		return noStyle.Render("No catalogers found")
+	}
+
+	// sort catalogers by ecosystem then name
+	sort.Slice(catalogers, func(i, j int) bool {
+		if catalogers[i].Ecosystem != catalogers[j].Ecosystem {
+			return catalogers[i].Ecosystem < catalogers[j].Ecosystem
+		}
+		return catalogers[i].Name < catalogers[j].Name
+	})
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+
+	// create table with hierarchical merging
+	table := tablewriter.NewTable(&buf,
+		tablewriter.WithRenderer(renderer.NewBlueprint(tw.Rendition{
+			Settings: tw.Settings{Separators: tw.Separators{BetweenRows: tw.On}},
+		})),
+		tablewriter.WithConfig(tablewriter.Config{
+			Row: tw.CellConfig{
+				Formatting: tw.CellFormatting{MergeMode: tw.MergeHierarchical},
+				Alignment:  tw.CellAlignment{Global: tw.AlignLeft},
+			},
+		}),
+	)
+
+	// set headers
+	table.Header("ECOSYSTEM", "CATALOGER", "CRITERIA", "LICENSE", "NODES", "EDGES", "KINDS", "LISTING", "DIGESTS", "HASH")
+
+	// build rows for each cataloger
+	var data [][]string
+	for _, cat := range catalogers {
+		ecosystem := cat.Ecosystem
+		if ecosystem == "" {
+			ecosystem = "other"
+		}
+
+		if cat.Type == "generic" {
+			// generic catalogers: one row per parser
+			for _, parser := range cat.Parsers {
+				criteria := formatCriteria([]capabilities.Detector{parser.Detector})
+				row := buildTableRowFromCapabilities(ecosystem, cat.Name, criteria, parser.Capabilities)
+				data = append(data, row)
+			}
+		} else {
+			// custom catalogers: one row with all detectors
+			criteria := formatCriteria(cat.Detectors)
+			row := buildTableRowFromCapabilities(ecosystem, cat.Name, criteria, cat.Capabilities)
+			data = append(data, row)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// add all rows at once for better merging
+	_ = table.Bulk(data)
+	_ = table.Render()
+	return buf.String()
+}
+
+// buildTableRowFromCapabilities builds a table row from capability values
+func buildTableRowFromCapabilities(ecosystem, name, criteria string, caps capabilities.CapabilitySet) []string {
+	// extract capability default values
+	license := extractBoolCapability(caps, "license")
+	nodes := extractNodesCapability(caps)
+	edges := extractStringCapability(caps, "dependency.edges")
+	kinds := extractArrayCapability(caps, "dependency.kinds")
+	listing := extractBoolCapability(caps, "package_manager.files.listing")
+	digests := extractBoolCapability(caps, "package_manager.files.digests")
+	hash := extractBoolCapability(caps, "package_manager.package_integrity_hash")
+
+	return []string{
+		ecosystem,
+		name,
+		criteria,
+		license,
+		nodes,
+		edges,
+		kinds,
+		listing,
+		digests,
+		hash,
+	}
+}
+
+// extractBoolCapability extracts a boolean capability value and formats it
+func extractBoolCapability(caps capabilities.CapabilitySet, name string) string {
+	for _, cap := range caps {
+		if cap.Name == name {
+			if b, ok := cap.Default.(bool); ok {
+				if b {
+					return yesStyle.Render("✔")
+				}
+				return noStyle.Render("·")
+			}
+			return noStyle.Render("·")
+		}
+	}
+	return noStyle.Render("·")
+}
+
+// extractStringCapability extracts a string capability value
+func extractStringCapability(caps capabilities.CapabilitySet, name string) string {
+	for _, cap := range caps {
+		if cap.Name == name {
+			if s, ok := cap.Default.(string); ok && s != "" {
+				return s
+			}
+			return noStyle.Render("·")
+		}
+	}
+	return noStyle.Render("·")
+}
+
+// extractArrayCapability extracts an array capability value and formats it as comma-separated
+func extractArrayCapability(caps capabilities.CapabilitySet, name string) string {
+	for _, cap := range caps {
+		if cap.Name == name {
+			// handle various array types
+			switch v := cap.Default.(type) {
+			case []string:
+				if len(v) > 0 {
+					return strings.Join(v, ", ")
+				}
+			case []any:
+				if len(v) > 0 {
+					strs := make([]string, 0, len(v))
+					for _, item := range v {
+						strs = append(strs, fmt.Sprintf("%v", item))
+					}
+					return strings.Join(strs, ", ")
+				}
+			}
+			return noStyle.Render("·")
+		}
+	}
+	return noStyle.Render("·")
+}
+
+// extractNodesCapability extracts dependency.depth and formats it
+// maps ["direct", "indirect"] to "transitive"
+func extractNodesCapability(caps capabilities.CapabilitySet) string {
+	for _, cap := range caps {
+		if cap.Name == "dependency.depth" {
+			switch v := cap.Default.(type) {
+			case []string:
+				return formatDepthStringArray(v)
+			case []any:
+				return formatDepthInterfaceArray(v)
+			}
+			return noStyle.Render("·")
+		}
+	}
+	return noStyle.Render("·")
+}
+
+// formatDepthStringArray formats a []string dependency depth value
+func formatDepthStringArray(v []string) string {
+	if len(v) == 0 {
+		return noStyle.Render("·")
+	}
+	if hasBothDirectAndIndirect(v) {
+		return "transitive"
+	}
+	return strings.Join(v, ", ")
+}
+
+// formatDepthInterfaceArray formats a []interface{} dependency depth value
+func formatDepthInterfaceArray(v []any) string {
+	if len(v) == 0 {
+		return noStyle.Render("·")
+	}
+	strs := make([]string, 0, len(v))
+	for _, item := range v {
+		strs = append(strs, fmt.Sprintf("%v", item))
+	}
+	if hasBothDirectAndIndirect(strs) {
+		return "transitive"
+	}
+	return strings.Join(strs, ", ")
+}
+
+// hasBothDirectAndIndirect checks if a slice contains both "direct" and "indirect" strings
+func hasBothDirectAndIndirect(items []string) bool {
+	hasDirect := false
+	hasIndirect := false
+	for _, item := range items {
+		if item == "direct" {
+			hasDirect = true
+		}
+		if item == "indirect" {
+			hasIndirect = true
+		}
+	}
+	return hasDirect && hasIndirect
+}
+
+func formatCriteria(detectors []capabilities.Detector) string {
+	var allCriteria []string
+	methods := strset.New()
+
+	for _, det := range detectors {
+		allCriteria = append(allCriteria, det.Criteria...)
+		methods.Add(string(det.Method))
+	}
+
+	// smart word wrapping: wrap by word (criterion) up to criteriaWidth,
+	// allow up to criteriaWidth+criteriaMargin before forcing a new line
+	var lines []string
+	var currentLine []string
+	currentLength := 0
+
+	for _, criterion := range allCriteria {
+		// calculate length including the criterion plus ", " separator (except for first item)
+		itemLength := len(criterion)
+		if len(currentLine) > 0 {
+			itemLength += 2 // for ", "
+		}
+
+		newLength := currentLength + itemLength
+
+		if len(currentLine) > 0 && newLength > criteriaWidth {
+			// check if it's within margin
+			if newLength <= criteriaWidth+criteriaMargin {
+				// close enough, add it anyway
+				currentLine = append(currentLine, criterion)
+				currentLength = newLength
+			} else {
+				// too long, finalize current line and start new one
+				lines = append(lines, strings.Join(currentLine, ", "))
+				currentLine = []string{criterion}
+				currentLength = len(criterion)
+			}
+		} else {
+			// fits within width or first item
+			currentLine = append(currentLine, criterion)
+			currentLength = newLength
+		}
+	}
+
+	// add final line
+	if len(currentLine) > 0 {
+		lines = append(lines, strings.Join(currentLine, ", "))
+	}
+
+	methodsList := methods.List()
+	sort.Strings(methodsList)
+	method := strings.Join(methodsList, ", ")
+
+	if len(lines) == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	joined := strings.Join(lines, "\n")
+	if method != string(capabilities.GlobDetection) {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s (%s)", joined, method)
+	}
+	return joined
+}

cmd/syft/internal/commands/cataloger_info_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,373 @@
+package commands
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/capabilities"
+)
+
+func Test_isDeprecatedCataloger(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		selectors []string
+		want      bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:      "empty selectors",
+			selectors: nil,
+			want:      false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "no deprecated selector",
+			selectors: []string{"python", "pip", "package"},
+			want:      false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "has deprecated selector",
+			selectors: []string{"python", "deprecated", "package"},
+			want:      true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "only deprecated selector",
+			selectors: []string{"deprecated"},
+			want:      true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := isDeprecatedCataloger(tt.selectors)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, got)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func Test_hasBothDirectAndIndirect(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		items []string
+		want  bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:  "empty slice",
+			items: nil,
+			want:  false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "only direct",
+			items: []string{"direct"},
+			want:  false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "only indirect",
+			items: []string{"indirect"},
+			want:  false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "both direct and indirect",
+			items: []string{"direct", "indirect"},
+			want:  true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "both with other items",
+			items: []string{"other", "direct", "more", "indirect", "stuff"},
+			want:  true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "unrelated items",
+			items: []string{"foo", "bar", "baz"},
+			want:  false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := hasBothDirectAndIndirect(tt.items)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, got)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func Test_filterCatalogersByName(t *testing.T) {
+	catalogers := []capabilities.CatalogerEntry{
+		{Name: "python-cataloger", Ecosystem: "python"},
+		{Name: "java-cataloger", Ecosystem: "java"},
+		{Name: "go-cataloger", Ecosystem: "golang"},
+		{Name: "npm-cataloger", Ecosystem: "javascript"},
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		catalogers []capabilities.CatalogerEntry
+		names      []string
+		want       []capabilities.CatalogerEntry
+	}{
+		{
+			name:       "empty names returns empty",
+			catalogers: catalogers,
+			names:      nil,
+			want:       nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "single match",
+			catalogers: catalogers,
+			names:      []string{"python-cataloger"},
+			want: []capabilities.CatalogerEntry{
+				{Name: "python-cataloger", Ecosystem: "python"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "multiple matches",
+			catalogers: catalogers,
+			names:      []string{"python-cataloger", "java-cataloger"},
+			want: []capabilities.CatalogerEntry{
+				{Name: "python-cataloger", Ecosystem: "python"},
+				{Name: "java-cataloger", Ecosystem: "java"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "no matches",
+			catalogers: catalogers,
+			names:      []string{"nonexistent"},
+			want:       nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "partial matches",
+			catalogers: catalogers,
+			names:      []string{"python-cataloger", "nonexistent"},
+			want: []capabilities.CatalogerEntry{
+				{Name: "python-cataloger", Ecosystem: "python"},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := filterCatalogersByName(tt.catalogers, tt.names)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.want, got); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("filterCatalogersByName() mismatch (-want +got):\n%s", diff)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func Test_formatCriteria(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		detectors []capabilities.Detector
+		want      string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:      "empty detectors",
+			detectors: nil,
+			want:      "",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "single glob detector",
+			detectors: []capabilities.Detector{
+				{
+					Method:   capabilities.GlobDetection,
+					Criteria: []string{"**/*.py"},
+				},
+			},
+			want: "**/*.py",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "multiple criteria single detector",
+			detectors: []capabilities.Detector{
+				{
+					Method:   capabilities.GlobDetection,
+					Criteria: []string{"**/*.py", "**/*.pyc", "**/requirements.txt"},
+				},
+			},
+			want: "**/*.py, **/*.pyc, **/requirements.txt",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "path detection shows method",
+			detectors: []capabilities.Detector{
+				{
+					Method:   capabilities.PathDetection,
+					Criteria: []string{"/usr/bin/python"},
+				},
+			},
+			want: "/usr/bin/python (path)",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "mimetype detection shows method",
+			detectors: []capabilities.Detector{
+				{
+					Method:   capabilities.MIMETypeDetection,
+					Criteria: []string{"application/x-python"},
+				},
+			},
+			want: "application/x-python (mimetype)",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "multiple detectors combine criteria",
+			detectors: []capabilities.Detector{
+				{
+					Method:   capabilities.GlobDetection,
+					Criteria: []string{"**/*.py"},
+				},
+				{
+					Method:   capabilities.GlobDetection,
+					Criteria: []string{"**/*.pyc"},
+				},
+			},
+			want: "**/*.py, **/*.pyc",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := formatCriteria(tt.detectors)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, got)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func testDocument() *capabilities.Document {
+	return &capabilities.Document{
+		Configs: map[string]capabilities.CatalogerConfigEntry{
+			"test-config": {
+				Fields: []capabilities.CatalogerConfigFieldEntry{
+					{Key: "field1", Description: "test field"},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func Test_catalogerInfoReport(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		opts       *catalogerInfoOptions
+		doc        *capabilities.Document
+		catalogers []capabilities.CatalogerEntry
+		wantErr    require.ErrorAssertionFunc
+		assertions func(t *testing.T, got string)
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "empty catalogers table",
+			opts: &catalogerInfoOptions{Output: "table"},
+			doc:  testDocument(),
+			assertions: func(t *testing.T, got string) {
+				assert.Contains(t, got, "No catalogers found")
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "empty catalogers json",
+			opts: &catalogerInfoOptions{Output: "json"},
+			doc:  testDocument(),
+			assertions: func(t *testing.T, got string) {
+				assert.Contains(t, got, `"catalogers":null`)
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "single cataloger table output",
+			opts: &catalogerInfoOptions{Output: "table"},
+			doc:  testDocument(),
+			catalogers: []capabilities.CatalogerEntry{
+				{
+					Name:      "test-cataloger",
+					Ecosystem: "test",
+					Type:      "custom",
+					Detectors: []capabilities.Detector{
+						{Method: capabilities.GlobDetection, Criteria: []string{"**/*.test"}},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			assertions: func(t *testing.T, got string) {
+				assert.Contains(t, got, "test-cataloger")
+				assert.Contains(t, got, "ECOSYSTEM")
+				assert.Contains(t, got, "CATALOGER")
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "single cataloger json output",
+			opts: &catalogerInfoOptions{Output: "json"},
+			doc:  testDocument(),
+			catalogers: []capabilities.CatalogerEntry{
+				{
+					Name:      "test-cataloger",
+					Ecosystem: "test",
+					Type:      "custom",
+					Selectors: []string{"test", "custom"},
+				},
+			},
+			assertions: func(t *testing.T, got string) {
+				assert.Contains(t, got, `"name":"test-cataloger"`)
+				assert.Contains(t, got, `"ecosystem":"test"`)
+				assert.Contains(t, got, `"type":"custom"`)
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "deprecated cataloger json output",
+			opts: &catalogerInfoOptions{Output: "json"},
+			doc:  testDocument(),
+			catalogers: []capabilities.CatalogerEntry{
+				{
+					Name:      "old-cataloger",
+					Ecosystem: "legacy",
+					Type:      "custom",
+					Selectors: []string{"legacy", "deprecated"},
+				},
+			},
+			assertions: func(t *testing.T, got string) {
+				assert.Contains(t, got, `"deprecated":true`)
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "invalid output format",
+			opts:    &catalogerInfoOptions{Output: "invalid"},
+			doc:     testDocument(),
+			wantErr: require.Error,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if tt.wantErr == nil {
+				tt.wantErr = require.NoError
+			}
+
+			got, err := catalogerInfoReport(tt.opts, tt.doc, tt.catalogers)
+			tt.wantErr(t, err)
+
+			if err != nil {
+				return
+			}
+
+			if tt.assertions != nil {
+				tt.assertions(t, got)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func Test_formatCriteria_wordWrapping(t *testing.T) {
+	// test word wrapping behavior with long criteria lists
+	longCriteria := make([]string, 20)
+	for i := range longCriteria {
+		longCriteria[i] = "**/file" + strings.Repeat("x", 10)
+	}
+
+	detector := capabilities.Detector{
+		Method:   capabilities.GlobDetection,
+		Criteria: longCriteria,
+	}
+
+	got := formatCriteria([]capabilities.Detector{detector})
+
+	// should contain newlines for wrapping
+	assert.Contains(t, got, "\n")
+	// should contain all criteria (joined with ", " and possibly split across lines)
+	for _, c := range longCriteria {
+		assert.Contains(t, got, c)
+	}
+}

cmd/syft/internal/commands/cataloger_list.go

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/anchore/clio"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/cmd/syft/internal/options"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/bus"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/capabilities"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/task"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/cataloging"
 )
@@ -28,25 +29,23 @@ var (
 )
 
 type catalogerListOptions struct {
-	Output            string   `yaml:"output" json:"output" mapstructure:"output"`
-	DefaultCatalogers []string `yaml:"default-catalogers" json:"default-catalogers" mapstructure:"default-catalogers"`
-	SelectCatalogers  []string `yaml:"select-catalogers" json:"select-catalogers" mapstructure:"select-catalogers"`
-	ShowHidden        bool     `yaml:"show-hidden" json:"show-hidden" mapstructure:"show-hidden"`
+	Output                     string `yaml:"output" json:"output" mapstructure:"output"`
+	options.CatalogerSelection `yaml:",inline" json:",inline" mapstructure:",squash"`
+	ShowHidden                 bool `yaml:"show-hidden" json:"show-hidden" mapstructure:"show-hidden"`
 }
 
 func (o *catalogerListOptions) AddFlags(flags clio.FlagSet) {
 	flags.StringVarP(&o.Output, "output", "o", "format to output the cataloger list (available: table, json)")
 
-	flags.StringArrayVarP(&o.DefaultCatalogers, "override-default-catalogers", "", "override the default catalogers with an expression")
-
-	flags.StringArrayVarP(&o.SelectCatalogers, "select-catalogers", "", "select catalogers with an expression")
-
 	flags.BoolVarP(&o.ShowHidden, "show-hidden", "s", "show catalogers that have been de-selected")
 }
 
 func defaultCatalogerListOptions() *catalogerListOptions {
 	return &catalogerListOptions{
-		DefaultCatalogers: []string{"all"},
+		CatalogerSelection: options.CatalogerSelection{
+			// this is different than the default behavior where a scan will automatically detect the default set
+			DefaultCatalogers: []string{"all"},
+		},
 	}
 }
 
@@ -87,8 +86,8 @@ func runCatalogerList(opts *catalogerListOptions) error {
 }
 
 func catalogerListReport(opts *catalogerListOptions, allTaskGroups [][]task.Task) (string, error) {
-	defaultCatalogers := options.Flatten(opts.DefaultCatalogers)
-	selectCatalogers := options.Flatten(opts.SelectCatalogers)
+	defaultCatalogers := options.FlattenAndSort(opts.DefaultCatalogers)
+	selectCatalogers := options.FlattenAndSort(opts.SelectCatalogers)
 	selectedTaskGroups, selectionEvidence, err := task.SelectInGroups(
 		allTaskGroups,
 		cataloging.NewSelectionRequest().
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ func catalogerListReport(opts *catalogerListOptions, allTaskGroups [][]task.Task
 	var report string
 
 	switch opts.Output {
-	case "json":
+	case jsonFormat:
 		report, err = renderCatalogerListJSON(flattenTaskGroups(selectedTaskGroups), selectionEvidence, defaultCatalogers, selectCatalogers)
 	case "table", "":
 		if opts.ShowHidden {
@@ -306,22 +305,14 @@ func formatToken(token string, selection *task.TokenSelection, included bool, de
 }
 
 func extractTaskInfo(tasks []task.Task) ([]string, map[string][]string) {
+	infos := capabilities.ExtractCatalogerInfo(tasks)
+
 	tagsByName := make(map[string][]string)
 	var names []string
 
-	for _, tsk := range tasks {
-		var tags []string
-		name := tsk.Name()
-
-		if s, ok := tsk.(task.Selector); ok {
-			set := strset.New(s.Selectors()...)
-			set.Remove(name)
-			tags = set.List()
-			sort.Strings(tags)
-		}
-
-		tagsByName[name] = tags
-		names = append(names, name)
+	for _, info := range infos {
+		tagsByName[info.Name] = info.Selectors
+		names = append(names, info.Name)
 	}
 
 	sort.Strings(names)

cmd/syft/internal/commands/convert.go

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func Convert(app clio.Application) *cobra.Command {
 		Use:   "convert [SOURCE-SBOM] -o [FORMAT]",
 		Short: "Convert between SBOM formats",
 		Long:  "[Experimental] Convert SBOM files to, and from, SPDX, CycloneDX and Syft's format. For more info about data loss between formats see https://github.com/anchore/syft/wiki/format-conversion",
-		Example: internal.Tprintf(convertExample, map[string]interface{}{
+		Example: internal.Tprintf(convertExample, map[string]any{
 			"appName": id.Name,
 			"command": "convert",
 		}),

cmd/syft/internal/commands/packages.go

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func Packages(app clio.Application, scanCmd *cobra.Command) *cobra.Command {
 		Short: scanCmd.Short,
 		Long:  scanCmd.Long,
 		Args:  scanCmd.Args,
-		Example: internal.Tprintf(scanHelp, map[string]interface{}{
+		Example: internal.Tprintf(scanHelp, map[string]any{
 			"appName": id.Name,
 			"command": "packages",
 		}),

cmd/syft/internal/commands/packages_test.go

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func Test_filterExpressionErrors_expressionErrorsHelp(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "single non-expression error is retained",
 			err:  errors.New("foo"),
-			wantErr: func(t assert.TestingT, err error, i ...interface{}) bool {
+			wantErr: func(t assert.TestingT, err error, i ...any) bool {
 				return assert.Equal(t, "foo", err.Error())
 			},
 			wantHelp: "",
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func Test_filterExpressionErrors_expressionErrorsHelp(t *testing.T) {
 				err = multierror.Append(err, errors.New("bar"))
 				return err
 			}(),
-			wantErr: func(t assert.TestingT, err error, i ...interface{}) bool {
+			wantErr: func(t assert.TestingT, err error, i ...any) bool {
 				// note: this is the default formatting from the hashicorp multierror object
 				expected := `2 errors occurred:
 	* foo
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func Test_filterExpressionErrors_expressionErrorsHelp(t *testing.T) {
 				err = multierror.Append(err, errors.New("last"))
 				return err
 			}(),
-			wantErr: func(t assert.TestingT, err error, i ...interface{}) bool {
+			wantErr: func(t assert.TestingT, err error, i ...any) bool {
 				expected := `5 errors occurred:
 	* foo
 	* invalid expression: "foo": tags are not allowed with this operation (must use exact names)
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func Test_filterExpressionErrors_expressionErrorsHelp(t *testing.T) {
 
 				return fmt.Errorf("top: %w", fmt.Errorf("middle: %w", err))
 			}(),
-			wantErr: func(t assert.TestingT, err error, i ...interface{}) bool {
+			wantErr: func(t assert.TestingT, err error, i ...any) bool {
 				expected := `top: middle: 4 errors occurred:
 	* foo: bar: last
 	* invalid expression: "foo": tags are not allowed with this operation (must use exact names)
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func Test_filterExpressionErrors_expressionErrorsHelp(t *testing.T) {
 				// note we wrap the top error in a chain
 				return fmt.Errorf("top: %w", fmt.Errorf("middle: %w", err))
 			}(),
-			wantErr: func(t assert.TestingT, err error, i ...interface{}) bool {
+			wantErr: func(t assert.TestingT, err error, i ...any) bool {
 				expected := `top: middle: 4 errors occurred:
 	* foo: bar: last
 	* invalid expression: "foo": tags are not allowed with this operation (must use exact names)
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func Test_filterExpressionErrors_expressionErrorsHelp(t *testing.T) {
 
 				return err
 			}(),
-			wantErr: func(t assert.TestingT, err error, i ...interface{}) bool {
+			wantErr: func(t assert.TestingT, err error, i ...any) bool {
 				// note: the errors are removed and the help text shows the enriched error help
 				expected := `2 errors occurred:
 	* invalid expression: "foo": tags are not allowed with this operation (must use exact names)

cmd/syft/internal/commands/scan.go

@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ const (
 	nonImageSchemeHelp = `    {{.appName}} {{.command}} dir:path/to/yourproject                  read directly from a path on disk (any directory)
     {{.appName}} {{.command}} file:path/to/yourproject/file            read directly from a path on disk (any single file)
 `
-	scanSchemeHelp = "\n  " + schemeHelpHeader + "\n" + imageSchemeHelp + nonImageSchemeHelp
+	modelSchemeHelp = `    {{.appName}} {{.command}} oci-model-registry:ai/llama3.2           scan an OCI model artifact from a registry (e.g. Docker Hub AI models)
+`
+	scanSchemeHelp = "\n  " + schemeHelpHeader + "\n" + imageSchemeHelp + modelSchemeHelp + nonImageSchemeHelp
 
 	scanHelp = scanExample + scanSchemeHelp
 )
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ func Scan(app clio.Application) *cobra.Command {
 		Use:   "scan [SOURCE]",
 		Short: "Generate an SBOM",
 		Long:  "Generate a packaged-based Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) from container images and filesystems",
-		Example: internal.Tprintf(scanHelp, map[string]interface{}{
+		Example: internal.Tprintf(scanHelp, map[string]any{
 			"appName": id.Name,
 			"command": "scan",
 		}),
@@ -185,7 +187,6 @@ func runScan(ctx context.Context, id clio.Identification, opts *scanOptions, use
 	}
 
 	src, err := getSource(ctx, &opts.Catalog, userInput, sources...)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

cmd/syft/internal/commands/scan_test.go

@@ -19,30 +19,30 @@ func Test_scanOptions_validateLegacyOptionsNotUsed(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name: "config file with no legacy options",
-			cfg:  "test-fixtures/scan-configs/no-legacy-options.yaml",
+			cfg:  "testdata/scan-configs/no-legacy-options.yaml",
 		},
 		{
 			name:    "config file with default image pull source legacy option",
-			cfg:     "test-fixtures/scan-configs/with-default-pull-source.yaml",
+			cfg:     "testdata/scan-configs/with-default-pull-source.yaml",
 			wantErr: assertErrorContains("source.image.default-pull-source"),
 		},
 		{
 			name:    "config file with exclude-binary-overlap-by-ownership legacy option",
-			cfg:     "test-fixtures/scan-configs/with-exclude-binary-overlap-by-ownership.yaml",
+			cfg:     "testdata/scan-configs/with-exclude-binary-overlap-by-ownership.yaml",
 			wantErr: assertErrorContains("package.exclude-binary-overlap-by-ownership"),
 		},
 		{
 			name:    "config file with file string legacy option",
-			cfg:     "test-fixtures/scan-configs/with-file-string.yaml",
+			cfg:     "testdata/scan-configs/with-file-string.yaml",
 			wantErr: assertErrorContains("outputs"),
 		},
 		{
 			name: "config file with file section",
-			cfg:  "test-fixtures/scan-configs/with-file-section.yaml",
+			cfg:  "testdata/scan-configs/with-file-section.yaml",
 		},
 		{
 			name:    "config file with base-path legacy option",
-			cfg:     "test-fixtures/scan-configs/with-base-path.yaml",
+			cfg:     "testdata/scan-configs/with-base-path.yaml",
 			wantErr: assertErrorContains("source.base-path"),
 		},
 	}
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func Test_scanOptions_validateLegacyOptionsNotUsed(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func assertErrorContains(contains string) assert.ErrorAssertionFunc {
-	return func(t assert.TestingT, err error, i ...interface{}) bool {
+	return func(t assert.TestingT, err error, i ...any) bool {
 		return assert.ErrorContains(t, err, contains, i...)
 	}
 }

cmd/syft/internal/commands/update.go

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func fetchLatestApplicationVersion(id clio.Identification) (*hashiVersion.Versio
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("HTTP %d on fetching latest version: %s", resp.StatusCode, resp.Status)
 	}
 
-	versionBytes, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	versionBytes, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 500))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read latest version: %w", err)
 	}

cmd/syft/internal/options/catalog.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package options
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"slices"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -31,17 +32,16 @@ import (
 
 type Catalog struct {
 	// high-level cataloger configuration
-	Catalogers        []string            `yaml:"-" json:"catalogers" mapstructure:"catalogers"` // deprecated and not shown in yaml output
-	DefaultCatalogers []string            `yaml:"default-catalogers" json:"default-catalogers" mapstructure:"default-catalogers"`
-	SelectCatalogers  []string            `yaml:"select-catalogers" json:"select-catalogers" mapstructure:"select-catalogers"`
-	Package           packageConfig       `yaml:"package" json:"package" mapstructure:"package"`
-	License           licenseConfig       `yaml:"license" json:"license" mapstructure:"license"`
-	File              fileConfig          `yaml:"file" json:"file" mapstructure:"file"`
-	Scope             string              `yaml:"scope" json:"scope" mapstructure:"scope"`
-	Parallelism       int                 `yaml:"parallelism" json:"parallelism" mapstructure:"parallelism"` // the number of catalog workers to run in parallel
-	Relationships     relationshipsConfig `yaml:"relationships" json:"relationships" mapstructure:"relationships"`
-	Compliance        complianceConfig    `yaml:"compliance" json:"compliance" mapstructure:"compliance"`
-	Enrich            []string            `yaml:"enrich" json:"enrich" mapstructure:"enrich"`
+	CatalogerSelection `yaml:",inline" json:",inline" mapstructure:",squash"`
+
+	Package       packageConfig       `yaml:"package" json:"package" mapstructure:"package"`
+	License       licenseConfig       `yaml:"license" json:"license" mapstructure:"license"`
+	File          fileConfig          `yaml:"file" json:"file" mapstructure:"file"`
+	Scope         string              `yaml:"scope" json:"scope" mapstructure:"scope"`
+	Parallelism   int                 `yaml:"parallelism" json:"parallelism" mapstructure:"parallelism"` // the number of catalog workers to run in parallel
+	Relationships relationshipsConfig `yaml:"relationships" json:"relationships" mapstructure:"relationships"`
+	Compliance    complianceConfig    `yaml:"compliance" json:"compliance" mapstructure:"compliance"`
+	Enrich        []string            `yaml:"enrich" json:"enrich" mapstructure:"enrich"`
 
 	// ecosystem-specific cataloger configuration
 	Dotnet      dotnetConfig      `yaml:"dotnet" json:"dotnet" mapstructure:"dotnet"`
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ func DefaultCatalog() Catalog {
 		Package:       defaultPackageConfig(),
 		License:       defaultLicenseConfig(),
 		LinuxKernel:   defaultLinuxKernelConfig(),
+		JavaScript:    defaultJavaScriptConfig(),
+		Python:        defaultPythonConfig(),
 		Nix:           defaultNixConfig(),
 		Dotnet:        defaultDotnetConfig(),
 		Golang:        defaultGolangConfig(),
@@ -188,7 +190,8 @@ func (cfg Catalog) ToPackagesConfig() pkgcataloging.Config {
 					WithFromContents(cfg.Golang.MainModuleVersion.FromContents).
 					WithFromBuildSettings(cfg.Golang.MainModuleVersion.FromBuildSettings).
 					WithFromLDFlags(cfg.Golang.MainModuleVersion.FromLDFlags),
-			),
+			).
+			WithUsePackagesLib(*multiLevelOption(true, enrichmentEnabled(cfg.Enrich, task.Go, task.Golang), cfg.Golang.UsePackagesLib)),
 		JavaScript: javascript.DefaultCatalogerConfig().
 			WithIncludeDevDependencies(*multiLevelOption(false, cfg.JavaScript.IncludeDevDependencies)).
 			WithSearchRemoteLicenses(*multiLevelOption(false, enrichmentEnabled(cfg.Enrich, task.JavaScript, task.Node, task.NPM), cfg.JavaScript.SearchRemoteLicenses)).
@@ -198,9 +201,10 @@ func (cfg Catalog) ToPackagesConfig() pkgcataloging.Config {
 		},
 		Nix: nix.DefaultConfig().
 			WithCaptureOwnedFiles(cfg.Nix.CaptureOwnedFiles),
-		Python: python.CatalogerConfig{
-			GuessUnpinnedRequirements: cfg.Python.GuessUnpinnedRequirements,
-		},
+		Python: python.DefaultCatalogerConfig().
+			WithSearchRemoteLicenses(*multiLevelOption(false, enrichmentEnabled(cfg.Enrich, task.Python), cfg.Python.SearchRemoteLicenses)).
+			WithPypiBaseURL(cfg.Python.PypiBaseURL).
+			WithGuessUnpinnedRequirements(*multiLevelOption(false, enrichmentEnabled(cfg.Enrich, task.Python), cfg.Python.GuessUnpinnedRequirements)),
 		JavaArchive: java.DefaultArchiveCatalogerConfig().
 			WithUseMavenLocalRepository(*multiLevelOption(false, enrichmentEnabled(cfg.Enrich, task.Java, task.Maven), cfg.Java.UseMavenLocalRepository)).
 			WithMavenLocalRepositoryDir(cfg.Java.MavenLocalRepositoryDir).
@@ -228,26 +232,9 @@ func (cfg *Catalog) AddFlags(flags clio.FlagSet) {
 	flags.StringArrayVarP(&cfg.Exclusions, "exclude", "",
 		"exclude paths from being scanned using a glob expression")
 
-	flags.StringArrayVarP(&cfg.Catalogers, "catalogers", "",
-		"enable one or more package catalogers")
-
 	flags.IntVarP(&cfg.Parallelism, "parallelism", "",
 		"number of cataloger workers to run in parallel")
 
-	if pfp, ok := flags.(fangs.PFlagSetProvider); ok {
-		if err := pfp.PFlagSet().MarkDeprecated("catalogers", "use: override-default-catalogers and select-catalogers"); err != nil {
-			panic(err)
-		}
-	} else {
-		panic("unable to mark flags as deprecated")
-	}
-
-	flags.StringArrayVarP(&cfg.DefaultCatalogers, "override-default-catalogers", "",
-		"set the base set of catalogers to use (defaults to 'image' or 'directory' depending on the scan source)")
-
-	flags.StringArrayVarP(&cfg.SelectCatalogers, "select-catalogers", "",
-		"add, remove, and filter the catalogers to be used")
-
 	flags.StringArrayVarP(&cfg.Enrich, "enrich", "",
 		fmt.Sprintf("enable package data enrichment from local and online sources (options: %s)", strings.Join(publicisedEnrichmentOptions, ", ")))
 
@@ -274,22 +261,8 @@ Available options are: %s`, strings.Join(publicisedEnrichmentOptions, ", ")))
 }
 
 func (cfg *Catalog) PostLoad() error {
-	usingLegacyCatalogers := len(cfg.Catalogers) > 0
-	usingNewCatalogers := len(cfg.DefaultCatalogers) > 0 || len(cfg.SelectCatalogers) > 0
-
-	if usingLegacyCatalogers && usingNewCatalogers {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot use both 'catalogers' and 'select-catalogers'/'default-catalogers' flags")
-	}
-
 	cfg.From = Flatten(cfg.From)
-
-	cfg.Catalogers = Flatten(cfg.Catalogers)
-	cfg.DefaultCatalogers = Flatten(cfg.DefaultCatalogers)
-	cfg.SelectCatalogers = Flatten(cfg.SelectCatalogers)
-	cfg.Enrich = Flatten(cfg.Enrich)
-
-	// for backwards compatibility
-	cfg.DefaultCatalogers = append(cfg.DefaultCatalogers, cfg.Catalogers...)
+	cfg.Enrich = FlattenAndSort(cfg.Enrich)
 
 	s := source.ParseScope(cfg.Scope)
 	if s == source.UnknownScope {
@@ -311,6 +284,11 @@ func Flatten(commaSeparatedEntries []string) []string {
 			out = append(out, strings.TrimSpace(s))
 		}
 	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func FlattenAndSort(commaSeparatedEntries []string) []string {
+	out := Flatten(commaSeparatedEntries)
 	sort.Strings(out)
 	return out
 }
@@ -320,6 +298,7 @@ var publicisedEnrichmentOptions = []string{
 	task.Golang,
 	task.Java,
 	task.JavaScript,
+	task.Python,
 }
 
 func enrichmentEnabled(enrichDirectives []string, features ...string) *bool {
@@ -335,10 +314,8 @@ func enrichmentEnabled(enrichDirectives []string, features ...string) *bool {
 				directive = directive[1:]
 				enable = false
 			}
-			for _, feature := range features {
-				if directive == feature {
-					return &enable
-				}
+			if slices.Contains(features, directive) {
+				return &enable
 			}
 		}
 		return nil

cmd/syft/internal/options/catalog_test.go

@@ -8,55 +8,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestCatalog_PostLoad(t *testing.T) {
-
 	tests := []struct {
 		name    string
 		options Catalog
 		assert  func(t *testing.T, options Catalog)
 		wantErr assert.ErrorAssertionFunc
 	}{
-		{
-			name: "mutually exclusive cataloger flags (cat / def-cat)",
-			options: Catalog{
-				Catalogers:        []string{"foo,bar", "42"},
-				DefaultCatalogers: []string{"some,thing"},
-				Scope:             "squashed",
-			},
-			wantErr: assert.Error,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "mutually exclusive cataloger flags (cat / sel-cat)",
-			options: Catalog{
-				Catalogers:       []string{"foo,bar", "42"},
-				SelectCatalogers: []string{"some,thing"},
-				Scope:            "squashed",
-			},
-			wantErr: assert.Error,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "allow old cataloger flags",
-			options: Catalog{
-				Catalogers: []string{"foo,bar"},
-				Scope:      "squashed",
-			},
-			assert: func(t *testing.T, options Catalog) {
-				assert.Equal(t, []string{"bar", "foo"}, options.DefaultCatalogers) // note: sorted order
-				assert.Equal(t, []string{"bar", "foo"}, options.Catalogers)        // note: sorted order
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			name: "allow new cataloger flags",
-			options: Catalog{
-				SelectCatalogers:  []string{"foo,bar", "42"},
-				DefaultCatalogers: []string{"some,thing"},
-				Scope:             "squashed",
-			},
-			assert: func(t *testing.T, options Catalog) {
-				assert.Equal(t, []string{"42", "bar", "foo"}, options.SelectCatalogers) // note: sorted order
-				assert.Equal(t, []string{"some", "thing"}, options.DefaultCatalogers)   // note: sorted order
-				assert.Empty(t, options.Catalogers)
-			},
-		},
 		{
 			name: "must have package overlap flag when pruning binaries by overlap",
 			options: Catalog{
@@ -79,6 +36,98 @@ func TestCatalog_PostLoad(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestFlatten(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		input    []string
+		expected []string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "preserves order of comma-separated values",
+			input:    []string{"registry,docker,oci-dir"},
+			expected: []string{"registry", "docker", "oci-dir"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "preserves order across multiple entries",
+			input:    []string{"registry,docker", "oci-dir"},
+			expected: []string{"registry", "docker", "oci-dir"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "trims whitespace",
+			input:    []string{"  registry  ,  docker  ", "  oci-dir  "},
+			expected: []string{"registry", "docker", "oci-dir"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "handles single value",
+			input:    []string{"registry"},
+			expected: []string{"registry"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "handles empty input",
+			input:    []string{},
+			expected: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "preserves reverse alphabetical order",
+			input:    []string{"zebra,yankee,xray"},
+			expected: []string{"zebra", "yankee", "xray"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := Flatten(tt.input)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.expected, got)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFlattenAndSort(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		input    []string
+		expected []string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "sorts comma-separated values",
+			input:    []string{"registry,docker,oci-dir"},
+			expected: []string{"docker", "oci-dir", "registry"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "sorts across multiple entries",
+			input:    []string{"registry,docker", "oci-dir"},
+			expected: []string{"docker", "oci-dir", "registry"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "trims whitespace and sorts",
+			input:    []string{"  registry  ,  docker  ", "  oci-dir  "},
+			expected: []string{"docker", "oci-dir", "registry"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "handles single value",
+			input:    []string{"registry"},
+			expected: []string{"registry"},
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "handles empty input",
+			input:    []string{},
+			expected: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "sorts reverse alphabetical order",
+			input:    []string{"zebra,yankee,xray"},
+			expected: []string{"xray", "yankee", "zebra"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := FlattenAndSort(tt.input)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.expected, got)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func Test_enrichmentEnabled(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		directives string
@@ -139,7 +188,7 @@ func Test_enrichmentEnabled(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.directives, func(t *testing.T) {
-			got := enrichmentEnabled(Flatten([]string{test.directives}), test.test)
+			got := enrichmentEnabled(FlattenAndSort([]string{test.directives}), test.test)
 			assert.Equal(t, test.expected, got)
 		})
 	}

cmd/syft/internal/options/cataloger_selection.go

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package options
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/anchore/clio"
+	"github.com/anchore/fangs"
+)
+
+type CatalogerSelection struct {
+	// high-level cataloger configuration
+	Catalogers        []string `yaml:"-" json:"catalogers" mapstructure:"catalogers"` // deprecated and not shown in yaml output
+	DefaultCatalogers []string `yaml:"default-catalogers" json:"default-catalogers" mapstructure:"default-catalogers"`
+	SelectCatalogers  []string `yaml:"select-catalogers" json:"select-catalogers" mapstructure:"select-catalogers"`
+}
+
+var _ interface {
+	clio.FlagAdder
+	clio.PostLoader
+} = (*CatalogerSelection)(nil)
+
+func (cfg *CatalogerSelection) AddFlags(flags clio.FlagSet) {
+	flags.StringArrayVarP(&cfg.Catalogers, "catalogers", "",
+		"enable one or more package catalogers")
+
+	if pfp, ok := flags.(fangs.PFlagSetProvider); ok {
+		if err := pfp.PFlagSet().MarkDeprecated("catalogers", "use: override-default-catalogers and select-catalogers"); err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+	} else {
+		panic("unable to mark flags as deprecated")
+	}
+
+	flags.StringArrayVarP(&cfg.DefaultCatalogers, "override-default-catalogers", "",
+		"set the base set of catalogers to use (defaults to 'image' or 'directory' depending on the scan source)")
+
+	flags.StringArrayVarP(&cfg.SelectCatalogers, "select-catalogers", "",
+		"add, remove, and filter the catalogers to be used")
+}
+
+func (cfg *CatalogerSelection) PostLoad() error {
+	usingLegacyCatalogers := len(cfg.Catalogers) > 0
+	usingNewCatalogers := len(cfg.DefaultCatalogers) > 0 || len(cfg.SelectCatalogers) > 0
+
+	if usingLegacyCatalogers && usingNewCatalogers {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot use both 'catalogers' and 'select-catalogers'/'default-catalogers' flags %q | %q %q", cfg.Catalogers, cfg.SelectCatalogers, cfg.DefaultCatalogers)
+	}
+
+	cfg.Catalogers = FlattenAndSort(cfg.Catalogers)
+	cfg.DefaultCatalogers = FlattenAndSort(cfg.DefaultCatalogers)
+	cfg.SelectCatalogers = FlattenAndSort(cfg.SelectCatalogers)
+
+	// for backwards compatibility
+	cfg.DefaultCatalogers = append(cfg.DefaultCatalogers, cfg.Catalogers...)
+
+	return nil
+}

cmd/syft/internal/options/cataloger_selection_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package options
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestCatalogerSelection_PostLoad(t *testing.T) {
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		options CatalogerSelection
+		assert  func(t *testing.T, options CatalogerSelection)
+		wantErr assert.ErrorAssertionFunc
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "mutually exclusive cataloger flags (cat / def-cat)",
+			options: CatalogerSelection{
+				Catalogers:        []string{"foo,bar", "42"},
+				DefaultCatalogers: []string{"some,thing"},
+			},
+			wantErr: assert.Error,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "mutually exclusive cataloger flags (cat / sel-cat)",
+			options: CatalogerSelection{
+				Catalogers:       []string{"foo,bar", "42"},
+				SelectCatalogers: []string{"some,thing"},
+			},
+			wantErr: assert.Error,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "allow old cataloger flags",
+			options: CatalogerSelection{
+				Catalogers: []string{"foo,bar"},
+			},
+			assert: func(t *testing.T, options CatalogerSelection) {
+				assert.Equal(t, []string{"bar", "foo"}, options.DefaultCatalogers) // note: sorted order
+				assert.Equal(t, []string{"bar", "foo"}, options.Catalogers)        // note: sorted order
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "allow new cataloger flags",
+			options: CatalogerSelection{
+				SelectCatalogers:  []string{"foo,bar", "42"},
+				DefaultCatalogers: []string{"some,thing"},
+			},
+			assert: func(t *testing.T, options CatalogerSelection) {
+				assert.Equal(t, []string{"42", "bar", "foo"}, options.SelectCatalogers) // note: sorted order
+				assert.Equal(t, []string{"some", "thing"}, options.DefaultCatalogers)   // note: sorted order
+				assert.Empty(t, options.Catalogers)
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if tt.wantErr == nil {
+				tt.wantErr = assert.NoError
+			}
+			tt.wantErr(t, tt.options.PostLoad(), fmt.Sprintf("PostLoad()"))
+			if tt.assert != nil {
+				tt.assert(t, tt.options)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

cmd/syft/internal/options/dotnet.go

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ type dotnetConfig struct {
 	PropagateDLLClaimsToParents bool `mapstructure:"propagate-dll-claims-to-parents" json:"propagate-dll-claims-to-parents" yaml:"propagate-dll-claims-to-parents"`
 
 	RelaxDLLClaimsWhenBundlingDetected bool `mapstructure:"relax-dll-claims-when-bundling-detected" json:"relax-dll-claims-when-bundling-detected" yaml:"relax-dll-claims-when-bundling-detected"`
+
+	ExcludeProjectReferences bool `mapstructure:"exclude-project-references" json:"exclude-project-references" yaml:"exclude-project-references"`
 }
 
 var _ interface {
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ func (o *dotnetConfig) DescribeFields(descriptions clio.FieldDescriptionSet) {
 	descriptions.Add(&o.DepPackagesMustClaimDLL, `only keep dep.json packages which have a runtime/resource DLL claimed in the deps.json targets section (but not necessarily found on disk). The package is also included if any child package claims a DLL, even if the package itself does not claim a DLL.`)
 	descriptions.Add(&o.PropagateDLLClaimsToParents, `treat DLL claims or on-disk evidence for child packages as DLL claims or on-disk evidence for any parent package`)
 	descriptions.Add(&o.RelaxDLLClaimsWhenBundlingDetected, `show all packages from the deps.json if bundling tooling is present as a dependency (e.g. ILRepack)`)
+	descriptions.Add(&o.ExcludeProjectReferences, `exclude packages with type "project" from deps.json output (these are internal project references, not NuGet packages)`)
 }
 
 func defaultDotnetConfig() dotnetConfig {
@@ -33,5 +36,6 @@ func defaultDotnetConfig() dotnetConfig {
 		DepPackagesMustClaimDLL:            def.DepPackagesMustClaimDLL,
 		PropagateDLLClaimsToParents:        def.PropagateDLLClaimsToParents,
 		RelaxDLLClaimsWhenBundlingDetected: def.RelaxDLLClaimsWhenBundlingDetected,
+		ExcludeProjectReferences:           def.ExcludeProjectReferences,
 	}
 }

cmd/syft/internal/options/golang.go

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ type golangConfig struct {
 	Proxy                       string                        `json:"proxy" yaml:"proxy" mapstructure:"proxy"`
 	NoProxy                     string                        `json:"no-proxy" yaml:"no-proxy" mapstructure:"no-proxy"`
 	MainModuleVersion           golangMainModuleVersionConfig `json:"main-module-version" yaml:"main-module-version" mapstructure:"main-module-version"`
+	UsePackagesLib              *bool                         `json:"use-packages-lib" yaml:"use-packages-lib" mapstructure:"use-packages-lib"`
 }
 
 var _ interface {
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ if unset this defaults to $GONOPROXY`)
 	descriptions.Add(&o.MainModuleVersion, `the go main module version discovered from binaries built with the go compiler will
 always show (devel) as the version. Use these options to control heuristics to guess
 a more accurate version from the binary.`)
+	descriptions.Add(&o.UsePackagesLib, `use the golang.org/x/tools/go/packages library, which executes golang tooling found on the path in addition to potential network access to get the most accurate results`)
 	descriptions.Add(&o.MainModuleVersion.FromLDFlags, `look for LD flags that appear to be setting a version (e.g. -X main.version=1.0.0)`)
 	descriptions.Add(&o.MainModuleVersion.FromBuildSettings, `use the build settings (e.g. vcs.version & vcs.time) to craft a v0 pseudo version 
 (e.g. v0.0.0-20220308212642-53e6d0aaf6fb) when a more accurate version cannot be found otherwise`)
@@ -64,5 +66,6 @@ func defaultGolangConfig() golangConfig {
 			FromContents:      def.MainModuleVersion.FromContents,
 			FromBuildSettings: def.MainModuleVersion.FromBuildSettings,
 		},
+		UsePackagesLib: nil, // this defaults to true, which is the API default
 	}
 }

cmd/syft/internal/options/javascript.go

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package options
 
-import "github.com/anchore/clio"
+import (
+	"github.com/anchore/clio"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/javascript"
+)
 
 type javaScriptConfig struct {
 	SearchRemoteLicenses   *bool  `json:"search-remote-licenses" yaml:"search-remote-licenses" mapstructure:"search-remote-licenses"`
@@ -12,6 +15,24 @@ var _ interface {
 	clio.FieldDescriber
 } = (*javaScriptConfig)(nil)
 
+func defaultJavaScriptConfig() javaScriptConfig {
+	def := javascript.DefaultCatalogerConfig()
+	var includeDevDependencies *bool
+	if def.IncludeDevDependencies {
+		includeDevDependencies = &def.IncludeDevDependencies
+	}
+
+	var searchRemoteLicenses *bool
+	if def.SearchRemoteLicenses {
+		searchRemoteLicenses = &def.SearchRemoteLicenses
+	}
+	return javaScriptConfig{
+		NpmBaseURL:             def.NPMBaseURL,
+		SearchRemoteLicenses:   searchRemoteLicenses,
+		IncludeDevDependencies: includeDevDependencies,
+	}
+}
+
 func (o *javaScriptConfig) DescribeFields(descriptions clio.FieldDescriptionSet) {
 	descriptions.Add(&o.SearchRemoteLicenses, `enables Syft to use the network to fill in more detailed license information`)
 	descriptions.Add(&o.NpmBaseURL, `base NPM url to use`)

cmd/syft/internal/options/linux_kernel.go

@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 package options
 
-import "github.com/anchore/clio"
+import (
+	"github.com/anchore/clio"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/kernel"
+)
 
 type linuxKernelConfig struct {
 	CatalogModules bool `json:"catalog-modules" yaml:"catalog-modules" mapstructure:"catalog-modules"`
 }
 
 func defaultLinuxKernelConfig() linuxKernelConfig {
+	def := kernel.DefaultLinuxKernelCatalogerConfig()
 	return linuxKernelConfig{
-		CatalogModules: true,
+		CatalogModules: def.CatalogModules,
 	}
 }
 

cmd/syft/internal/options/python.go

@@ -1,16 +1,30 @@
 package options
 
-import "github.com/anchore/clio"
+import (
+	"github.com/anchore/clio"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/python"
+)
 
 type pythonConfig struct {
-	GuessUnpinnedRequirements bool `json:"guess-unpinned-requirements" yaml:"guess-unpinned-requirements" mapstructure:"guess-unpinned-requirements"`
+	SearchRemoteLicenses      *bool  `json:"search-remote-licenses" yaml:"search-remote-licenses" mapstructure:"search-remote-licenses"`
+	PypiBaseURL               string `json:"pypi-base-url" yaml:"pypi-base-url" mapstructure:"pypi-base-url"`
+	GuessUnpinnedRequirements *bool  `json:"guess-unpinned-requirements" yaml:"guess-unpinned-requirements" mapstructure:"guess-unpinned-requirements"`
 }
 
 var _ interface {
 	clio.FieldDescriber
 } = (*pythonConfig)(nil)
 
+func defaultPythonConfig() pythonConfig {
+	def := python.DefaultCatalogerConfig()
+	return pythonConfig{
+		GuessUnpinnedRequirements: &def.GuessUnpinnedRequirements,
+	}
+}
+
 func (o *pythonConfig) DescribeFields(descriptions clio.FieldDescriptionSet) {
+	descriptions.Add(&o.SearchRemoteLicenses, `enables Syft to use the network to fill in more detailed license information`)
+	descriptions.Add(&o.PypiBaseURL, `base Pypi url to use`)
 	descriptions.Add(&o.GuessUnpinnedRequirements, `when running across entries in requirements.txt that do not specify a specific version 
 (e.g. "sqlalchemy >= 1.0.0, <= 2.0.0, != 3.0.0, <= 3.0.0"), attempt to guess what the version could
 be based on the version requirements specified (e.g. "1.0.0"). When enabled the lowest expressible version 

cmd/syft/internal/options/writer.go

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func formatVersionOptions(nameVersionPairs []string) string {
 	for _, name := range sortedAvailableFormats {
 		s.WriteString("\n")
 
-		s.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("   - %s", name))
+		fmt.Fprintf(&s, "   - %s", name)
 
 		if len(availableVersions[name]) > 0 {
 			s.WriteString(" @ ")

cmd/syft/internal/options/writer_test.go

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func Test_MakeSBOMWriter(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:    "unknown format",
 			outputs: []string{"unknown"},
-			wantErr: func(t assert.TestingT, err error, bla ...interface{}) bool {
+			wantErr: func(t assert.TestingT, err error, bla ...any) bool {
 				return assert.ErrorContains(t, err, `unsupported output format "unknown", supported formats are:`)
 			},
 		},

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

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ var imageOnlyTestCases = []testCase{
 			"Serilog.Sinks.Console":                                 "4.0.1",
 			//"System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource":                   "6.0.0", // no dll claims in deps.json targets section
 			//"System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe":                "6.0.0", // no dll claims in deps.json targets section
-			"TestCommon":  "1.0.0",
+			//"TestCommon":  "1.0.0",
 			"TestLibrary": "1.0.0",
 		},
 	},
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ var dirOnlyTestCases = []testCase{
 			"Serilog.Sinks.Console":                                 "4.0.1",
 			//"System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource":                   "6.0.0", // no dll claims in deps.json targets section
 			//"System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe":                "6.0.0", // no dll claims in deps.json targets section
-			"TestCommon":  "1.0.0",
+			//"TestCommon":  "1.0.0",
 			"TestLibrary": "1.0.0",
 		},
 	},

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

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package integration
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ func BenchmarkImagePackageCatalogers(b *testing.B) {
 	// get the source object for the image
 	theSource, err := syft.GetSource(context.Background(), tarPath, syft.DefaultGetSourceConfig().WithSources("docker-archive"))
 	require.NoError(b, err)
-
 	b.Cleanup(func() {
 		require.NoError(b, theSource.Close())
 	})
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ 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...)
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ func TestPkgCoverageImage(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestPkgCoverageDirectory(t *testing.T) {
-	sbom, _ := catalogDirectory(t, "test-fixtures/image-pkg-coverage")
+	sbom, _ := catalogDirectory(t, "testdata/image-pkg-coverage")
 
 	observedLanguages := strset.New()
 	definedLanguages := strset.New()
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ 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))
@@ -193,11 +195,8 @@ func assertPackages(t *testing.T, sbom sbom.SBOM, test testCase, observedLanguag
 		}
 
 		var foundLang bool
-		for _, lang := range strings.Split(test.pkgLanguage.String(), ",") {
-			if actualPkg.Language.String() == lang {
-				foundLang = true
-				break
-			}
+		if slices.Contains(strings.Split(test.pkgLanguage.String(), ","), actualPkg.Language.String()) {
+			foundLang = true
 		}
 		if !foundLang {
 			t.Errorf("bad language (pkg=%+v): %+v", actualPkg.Name, actualPkg.Language)
@@ -260,7 +259,7 @@ func TestPkgCoverageImage_HasEvidence(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestPkgCoverageDirectory_HasEvidence(t *testing.T) {
-	sbom, _ := catalogDirectory(t, "test-fixtures/image-pkg-coverage")
+	sbom, _ := catalogDirectory(t, "testdata/image-pkg-coverage")
 
 	var cases []testCase
 	cases = append(cases, commonTestCases...)

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

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 func TestFileCataloging_Default(t *testing.T) {
 	cfg := options.DefaultCatalog().ToSBOMConfig(clio.Identification{})
 	cfg = cfg.WithFilesConfig(filecataloging.DefaultConfig())
-	sbom, _ := catalogDirectoryWithConfig(t, "test-fixtures/files", cfg)
+	sbom, _ := catalogDirectoryWithConfig(t, "testdata/files", cfg)
 
 	var metadata map[file.Coordinates]file.Metadata
 
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ func TestFileCataloging_AllFiles(t *testing.T) {
 			SkipFilesAboveSize: 30,
 		},
 	})
-	sbom, _ := catalogDirectoryWithConfig(t, "test-fixtures/files", cfg)
+	sbom, _ := catalogDirectoryWithConfig(t, "testdata/files", cfg)
 
 	pwd, err := os.Getwd()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	testPath := func(path string) string {
-		return filepath.Join(pwd, "test-fixtures/files", path)
+		return filepath.Join(pwd, "testdata/files", path)
 	}
 
 	metadata := map[file.Coordinates]file.Metadata{

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

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestNpmPackageLockDirectory(t *testing.T) {
-	sbom, _ := catalogDirectory(t, "test-fixtures/npm-lock")
+	sbom, _ := catalogDirectory(t, "testdata/npm-lock")
 
 	foundPackages := strset.New()
 
@@ -32,10 +32,11 @@ func TestNpmPackageLockDirectory(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestYarnPackageLockDirectory(t *testing.T) {
-	sbom, _ := catalogDirectory(t, "test-fixtures/yarn-lock")
+	sbom, _ := catalogDirectory(t, "testdata/yarn-lock")
 
 	foundPackages := strset.New()
-	expectedPackages := strset.New("async@0.9.2", "async@3.2.3", "merge-objects@1.0.5", "should-type@1.3.0", "@4lolo/resize-observer-polyfill@1.5.2")
+	// merge-objects and should-type are devDependencies in package.json and are excluded by default
+	expectedPackages := strset.New("async@0.9.2", "async@3.2.3", "@4lolo/resize-observer-polyfill@1.5.2")
 
 	for actualPkg := range sbom.Artifacts.Packages.Enumerate(pkg.NpmPkg) {
 		for _, actualLocation := range actualPkg.Locations.ToSlice() {

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

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func TestBinaryElfRelationships(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// run the test...
-	sbom, _ := catalogFixtureImage(t, "elf-test-fixtures", source.SquashedScope)
+	sbom, _ := catalogFixtureImage(t, "elf-testdata", source.SquashedScope)
 
 	// get a mapping of package names to their IDs
 	nameToId := map[string]artifact.ID{}

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

@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ func packageCatalogerExports(t *testing.T) map[string]exportTokenSet {
 		if info.IsDir() ||
 			!strings.HasSuffix(info.Name(), ".go") ||
 			strings.HasSuffix(info.Name(), "_test.go") ||
-			strings.Contains(path, "test-fixtures") ||
+			strings.Contains(path, "testdata") ||
 			strings.Contains(path, "internal") {
 			return nil
 		}
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ func packageCatalogerExports(t *testing.T) map[string]exportTokenSet {
 					}
 					exportsPerPackage[pkg].Add(exportToken{
 						Name:            decl.Name.Name,
-						Type:            reflect.TypeOf(decl.Type).String(),
+						Type:            reflect.TypeFor[*ast.FuncType]().String(),
 						SignatureSize:   len(decl.Type.Params.List),
 						ReturnTypeNames: returnTypes,
 					})

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

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package integration
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -11,47 +10,52 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestPackageDeduplication(t *testing.T) {
+	// this test verifies that package deduplication works correctly across layers.
+	// The test fixture installs/upgrades packages in multiple stages, creating
+	// duplicate RPM DB entries across layers. Without deduplication, we'd see ~600 packages.
+	//
+	// Note: we index by package name (not name-version) to be resilient to Rocky Linux
+	// repo updates. Location counts are summed across all versions of each package.
 	tests := []struct {
 		scope         source.Scope
 		packageCount  int
-		instanceCount map[string]int
-		locationCount map[string]int
+		instanceCount map[string]int // how many distinct package instances (by name)
+		locationCount map[string]int // total locations across ALL versions of each package
 	}{
 		{
 			scope:        source.AllLayersScope,
-			packageCount: 175, // without deduplication this would be ~600
+			packageCount: 176, // without deduplication this would be ~600
 			instanceCount: map[string]int{
 				"basesystem":   1,
 				"wget":         1,
-				"curl-minimal": 2, // upgraded in the image
+				"curl-minimal": 2, // base + upgraded (2 different versions)
 				"vsftpd":       1,
-				"httpd":        1, // rpm, - we exclude binary
+				"httpd":        1,
 			},
 			locationCount: map[string]int{
-				"basesystem-11-13.el9":               5, // in all layers
-				"curl-minimal-7.76.1-26.el9_3.2.0.1": 2, // base + wget layer
-				"curl-minimal-7.76.1-31.el9":         3, // curl upgrade layer + all above layers
-				"wget-1.21.1-8.el9_4":                4, // wget + all above layers
-				"vsftpd-3.0.5-6.el9":                 2, // vsftpd + all above layers
-				"httpd-2.4.62-4.el9":                 1, // last layer
+				"basesystem":   5, // in all layers
+				"curl-minimal": 5, // total across both versions (2 + 3)
+				"wget":         4, // wget + all above layers
+				"vsftpd":       2, // vsftpd + all above layers
+				"httpd":        1, // last layer
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			scope:        source.SquashedScope,
-			packageCount: 169,
+			packageCount: 170,
 			instanceCount: map[string]int{
 				"basesystem":   1,
 				"wget":         1,
-				"curl-minimal": 1, // upgraded, but the most recent
+				"curl-minimal": 1, // deduped to latest
 				"vsftpd":       1,
-				"httpd":        1, // rpm, binary is now excluded by overlap
+				"httpd":        1,
 			},
 			locationCount: map[string]int{
-				"basesystem-11-13.el9":       1,
-				"curl-minimal-7.76.1-31.el9": 1, // upgrade
-				"wget-1.21.1-8.el9_4":        1,
-				"vsftpd-3.0.5-6.el9":         1,
-				"httpd-2.4.62-4.el9":         1,
+				"basesystem":   1,
+				"curl-minimal": 1,
+				"wget":         1,
+				"vsftpd":       1,
+				"httpd":        1,
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -59,35 +63,32 @@ func TestPackageDeduplication(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(string(tt.scope), func(t *testing.T) {
 			sbom, _ := catalogFixtureImage(t, "image-vertical-package-dups", tt.scope)
+
+			// verify binary packages have names
 			for _, p := range sbom.Artifacts.Packages.Sorted() {
 				if p.Type == pkg.BinaryPkg {
 					assert.NotEmpty(t, p.Name)
 				}
 			}
 
+			// verify exact package count
 			assert.Equal(t, tt.packageCount, sbom.Artifacts.Packages.PackageCount())
-			for name, expectedInstanceCount := range tt.instanceCount {
+
+			// verify instance count by package name
+			for name, expectedCount := range tt.instanceCount {
 				pkgs := sbom.Artifacts.Packages.PackagesByName(name)
-
-				// with multiple packages with the same name, something is wrong (or this is the wrong fixture)
-				if assert.Len(t, pkgs, expectedInstanceCount, "unexpected package count for %s", name) {
-					for _, p := range pkgs {
-						nameVersion := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", name, p.Version)
-						expectedLocationCount, ok := tt.locationCount[nameVersion]
-						if !ok {
-							t.Errorf("missing name-version: %s", nameVersion)
-							continue
-						}
-
-						// we should see merged locations (assumption, there was 1 location for each package)
-						assert.Len(t, p.Locations.ToSlice(), expectedLocationCount, "unexpected location count for %s", nameVersion)
-
-						// all paths should match
-						assert.Len(t, p.Locations.CoordinateSet().Paths(), 1, "unexpected location count for %s", nameVersion)
-					}
-				}
+				assert.Len(t, pkgs, expectedCount, "unexpected instance count for %s", name)
 			}
 
+			// verify total location count across all versions of each package
+			for name, expectedLocCount := range tt.locationCount {
+				pkgs := sbom.Artifacts.Packages.PackagesByName(name)
+				totalLocations := 0
+				for _, p := range pkgs {
+					totalLocations += len(p.Locations.ToSlice())
+				}
+				assert.Equal(t, expectedLocCount, totalLocations, "unexpected total location count for %s", name)
+			}
 		})
 	}
 }

cmd/syft/internal/test/integration/test-fixtures/elf-test-fixtures

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../../../syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/elf-test-fixtures

cmd/syft/internal/test/integration/test-fixtures/image-pkg-coverage/pkgs/java/generate-fixtures.md

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-See the syft/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/java-builds dir to generate test fixtures and copy to here manually.

cmd/syft/internal/test/integration/testdata/.gitignore

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # we should strive to not commit blobs to the repo and strive to keep the build process of how blobs are acquired in-repo.
-# this blob is generated from syft/syft/catalogers/java/test-fixtures/java-builds , however, preserving the build process
+# this blob is generated from syft/syft/catalogers/java/testdata/java-builds , however, preserving the build process
 # twice in the repo seems redundant (even via symlink). Given that the fixture is a few kilobytes in size, the build process is already
 # captured, and integration tests should only be testing if jars can be discovered (not necessarily depth in java detection
 # functionality), committing it seems like an acceptable exception.

cmd/syft/internal/test/integration/testdata/elf-testdata

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../../../syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/elf-testdata