Introduce indexed embedded CPE dictionary (#1897)

* Introduce indexed embedded CPE dictionary

Signed-off-by: Dan Luhring <dluhring@chainguard.dev>

* Don't generate cpe-index on make snapshot

Signed-off-by: Dan Luhring <dluhring@chainguard.dev>

* Add unit tests for individual addEntry funcs

Signed-off-by: Dan Luhring <dluhring@chainguard.dev>

* migrate CPE index build to go generate and add periodic workflow

Signed-off-by: Alex Goodman <wagoodman@users.noreply.github.com>

* add test to ensure generated cpe index is wired up to function that uses it

Signed-off-by: Alex Goodman <wagoodman@users.noreply.github.com>

---------

Signed-off-by: Dan Luhring <dluhring@chainguard.dev>
Signed-off-by: Alex Goodman <wagoodman@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Alex Goodman <wagoodman@users.noreply.github.com>

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

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
-  GO_VERSION: "1.19.x"
+  GO_VERSION: "1.20.x"
   GO_STABLE_VERSION: true
 
 jobs:

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

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+name: PR to update CPE dictionary index
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 1 * * 1" # every monday at 1 AM
+
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+env:
+  GO_VERSION: "1.20.x"
+  GO_STABLE_VERSION: true
+
+jobs:
+  upgrade-cpe-dictionary-index:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.repository == 'anchore/syft' # only run for main repo
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
+          stable: ${{ env.GO_STABLE_VERSION }}
+
+      - run: |
+          make generate-cpe-dictionary-index
+
+      - uses: tibdex/github-app-token@v1
+        id: generate-token
+        with:
+          app_id: ${{ secrets.TOKEN_APP_ID }}
+          private_key: ${{ secrets.TOKEN_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
+      - uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5
+        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 }}

.github/workflows/update-stereoscope-release.yml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
-  GO_VERSION: "1.19.x"
+  GO_VERSION: "1.20.x"
   GO_STABLE_VERSION: true
 
 jobs:

Makefile

@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ compare-test-rpm-package-install: $(TEMP_DIR) $(SNAPSHOT_DIR)
 			$(TEMP_DIR)
 
 
-## Code generation targets #################################
+## Code and data generation targets #################################
 
 .PHONY: generate-json-schema
 generate-json-schema:  ## Generate a new json schema
@@ -309,6 +309,11 @@ generate-license-list:  ## Generate an updated spdx license list
 	go generate ./internal/spdxlicense/...
 	gofmt -s -w ./internal/spdxlicense
 
+.PHONY: generate-cpe-dictionary-index
+generate-cpe-dictionary-index:  ## Build the CPE index based off of the latest available CPE dictionary
+	$(call title,Building CPE index)
+	go generate ./syft/pkg/cataloger/common/cpe/dictionary
+
 
 ## Build-related targets #################################
 

syft/pkg/cataloger/catalog.go

@@ -76,7 +76,14 @@ func runCataloger(cataloger pkg.Cataloger, resolver file.Resolver) (catalogerRes
 	for _, p := range packages {
 		// generate CPEs (note: this is excluded from package ID, so is safe to mutate)
 		// we might have binary classified CPE already with the package so we want to append here
+
+		dictionaryCPE, ok := cpe.DictionaryFind(p)
+		if ok {
+			log.Debugf("used CPE dictionary to find CPE for %s package %q: %s", p.Type, p.Name, dictionaryCPE.BindToFmtString())
+			p.CPEs = append(p.CPEs, dictionaryCPE)
+		} else {
 			p.CPEs = append(p.CPEs, cpe.Generate(p)...)
+		}
 
 		// if we were not able to identify the language we have an opportunity
 		// to try and get this value from the PURL. Worst case we assert that

syft/pkg/cataloger/common/cpe/dictionary/generate_index.go

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package dictionary
+
+//go:generate go run ./index-generator/ -o data/cpe-index.json

syft/pkg/cataloger/common/cpe/dictionary/index-generator/generate.go

@@ -0,0 +1,230 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"encoding/xml"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"log"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/facebookincubator/nvdtools/wfn"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
+
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/common/cpe/dictionary"
+)
+
+func generateIndexedDictionaryJSON(rawGzipData io.Reader) ([]byte, error) {
+	gzipReader, err := gzip.NewReader(rawGzipData)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to decompress CPE dictionary: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer gzipReader.Close()
+
+	// Read XML data
+	data, err := io.ReadAll(gzipReader)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to read CPE dictionary: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Unmarshal XML
+	var cpeList CpeList
+	if err := xml.Unmarshal(data, &cpeList); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to unmarshal CPE dictionary XML: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Filter out data that's not applicable here
+	cpeList = filterCpeList(cpeList)
+
+	// Create indexed dictionary to help with looking up CPEs
+	indexedDictionary := indexCPEList(cpeList)
+
+	// Convert to JSON
+	jsonData, err := json.MarshalIndent(indexedDictionary, "", "  ")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to marshal CPE dictionary to JSON: %w", err)
+	}
+	return jsonData, nil
+}
+
+// filterCpeList removes CPE items that are not applicable to software packages.
+func filterCpeList(cpeList CpeList) CpeList {
+	var processedCpeList CpeList
+
+	seen := make(map[string]struct{})
+
+	for _, cpeItem := range cpeList.CpeItems {
+		// Skip CPE items that don't have any references.
+		if len(cpeItem.References) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Skip CPE items where the CPE URI doesn't meet our criteria.
+		parsedName, err := wfn.Parse(cpeItem.Name)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("unable to parse CPE URI %q: %s", cpeItem.Name, err)
+		}
+
+		if slices.Contains([]string{"h", "o"}, parsedName.Part) {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		normalizedName := normalizeCPE(parsedName).BindToURI()
+		if _, ok := seen[normalizedName]; ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		seen[normalizedName] = struct{}{}
+		cpeItem.Name = normalizedName
+
+		parsedCPE, err := wfn.Parse(cpeItem.Cpe23Item.Name)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("unable to parse CPE value %q: %s", cpeItem.Cpe23Item.Name, err)
+		}
+
+		cpeItem.Cpe23Item.Name = normalizeCPE(parsedCPE).BindToFmtString()
+
+		processedCpeList.CpeItems = append(processedCpeList.CpeItems, cpeItem)
+	}
+
+	return processedCpeList
+}
+
+// normalizeCPE removes the version and update parts of a CPE.
+func normalizeCPE(cpe *wfn.Attributes) *wfn.Attributes {
+	cpeCopy := *cpe
+
+	cpeCopy.Version = ""
+	cpeCopy.Update = ""
+
+	return &cpeCopy
+}
+
+const (
+	prefixForNPMPackages    = "https://www.npmjs.com/package/"
+	prefixForRubyGems       = "https://rubygems.org/gems/"
+	prefixForRubyGemsHTTP   = "http://rubygems.org/gems/"
+	prefixForNativeRubyGems = "https://github.com/ruby/"
+	prefixForPyPIPackages   = "https://pypi.org/project/"
+	prefixForJenkinsPlugins = "https://github.com/jenkinsci/"
+	prefixForRustCrates     = "https://crates.io/crates/"
+)
+
+// indexCPEList creates an index of CPEs by ecosystem.
+func indexCPEList(list CpeList) *dictionary.Indexed {
+	indexed := &dictionary.Indexed{
+		EcosystemPackages: make(map[string]dictionary.Packages),
+	}
+
+	for _, cpeItem := range list.CpeItems {
+		cpeItemName := cpeItem.Cpe23Item.Name
+
+		for _, reference := range cpeItem.References {
+			ref := reference.Reference.Href
+
+			switch {
+			case strings.HasPrefix(ref, prefixForNPMPackages):
+				addEntryForNPMPackage(indexed, ref, cpeItemName)
+
+			case strings.HasPrefix(ref, prefixForRubyGems), strings.HasPrefix(ref, prefixForRubyGemsHTTP):
+				addEntryForRubyGem(indexed, ref, cpeItemName)
+
+			case strings.HasPrefix(ref, prefixForNativeRubyGems):
+				addEntryForNativeRubyGem(indexed, ref, cpeItemName)
+
+			case strings.HasPrefix(ref, prefixForPyPIPackages):
+				addEntryForPyPIPackage(indexed, ref, cpeItemName)
+
+			case strings.HasPrefix(ref, prefixForJenkinsPlugins):
+				// It _might_ be a jenkins plugin!
+				addEntryForJenkinsPlugin(indexed, ref, cpeItemName)
+
+			case strings.HasPrefix(ref, prefixForRustCrates):
+				addEntryForRustCrate(indexed, ref, cpeItemName)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return indexed
+}
+
+func addEntryForRustCrate(indexed *dictionary.Indexed, ref string, cpeItemName string) {
+	// Prune off the non-package-name parts of the URL
+	ref = strings.TrimPrefix(ref, prefixForRustCrates)
+	ref = strings.Split(ref, "/")[0]
+
+	if _, ok := indexed.EcosystemPackages[dictionary.EcosystemRustCrates]; !ok {
+		indexed.EcosystemPackages[dictionary.EcosystemRustCrates] = make(dictionary.Packages)
+	}
+
+	indexed.EcosystemPackages[dictionary.EcosystemRustCrates][ref] = cpeItemName
+}
+
+func addEntryForJenkinsPlugin(indexed *dictionary.Indexed, ref string, cpeItemName string) {
+	// Prune off the non-package-name parts of the URL
+	ref = strings.TrimPrefix(ref, prefixForJenkinsPlugins)
+	ref = strings.Split(ref, "/")[0]
+
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(ref, "-plugin") {
+		// It's not a jenkins plugin!
+		return
+	}
+
+	ref = strings.TrimSuffix(ref, "-plugin")
+
+	if _, ok := indexed.EcosystemPackages[dictionary.EcosystemJenkinsPlugins]; !ok {
+		indexed.EcosystemPackages[dictionary.EcosystemJenkinsPlugins] = make(dictionary.Packages)
+	}
+
+	indexed.EcosystemPackages[dictionary.EcosystemJenkinsPlugins][ref] = cpeItemName
+}
+
+func addEntryForPyPIPackage(indexed *dictionary.Indexed, ref string, cpeItemName string) {
+	// Prune off the non-package-name parts of the URL
+	ref = strings.TrimPrefix(ref, prefixForPyPIPackages)
+	ref = strings.Split(ref, "/")[0]
+
+	if _, ok := indexed.EcosystemPackages[dictionary.EcosystemPyPI]; !ok {
+		indexed.EcosystemPackages[dictionary.EcosystemPyPI] = make(dictionary.Packages)
+	}
+
+	indexed.EcosystemPackages[dictionary.EcosystemPyPI][ref] = cpeItemName
+}
+
+func addEntryForNativeRubyGem(indexed *dictionary.Indexed, ref string, cpeItemName string) {
+	// Prune off the non-package-name parts of the URL
+	ref = strings.TrimPrefix(ref, prefixForNativeRubyGems)
+	ref = strings.Split(ref, "/")[0]
+
+	if _, ok := indexed.EcosystemPackages[dictionary.EcosystemRubyGems]; !ok {
+		indexed.EcosystemPackages[dictionary.EcosystemRubyGems] = make(dictionary.Packages)
+	}
+
+	indexed.EcosystemPackages[dictionary.EcosystemRubyGems][ref] = cpeItemName
+}
+
+func addEntryForRubyGem(indexed *dictionary.Indexed, ref string, cpeItemName string) {
+	// Prune off the non-package-name parts of the URL
+	ref = strings.TrimPrefix(ref, prefixForRubyGems)
+	ref = strings.TrimPrefix(ref, prefixForRubyGemsHTTP)
+	ref = strings.Split(ref, "/")[0]
+
+	if _, ok := indexed.EcosystemPackages[dictionary.EcosystemRubyGems]; !ok {
+		indexed.EcosystemPackages[dictionary.EcosystemRubyGems] = make(dictionary.Packages)
+	}
+
+	indexed.EcosystemPackages[dictionary.EcosystemRubyGems][ref] = cpeItemName
+}
+
+func addEntryForNPMPackage(indexed *dictionary.Indexed, ref string, cpeItemName string) {
+	// Prune off the non-package-name parts of the URL
+	ref = strings.Split(ref, "/v/")[0]
+	ref = strings.Split(ref, "?")[0]
+	ref = strings.TrimPrefix(ref, prefixForNPMPackages)
+
+	if _, ok := indexed.EcosystemPackages[dictionary.EcosystemNPM]; !ok {
+		indexed.EcosystemPackages[dictionary.EcosystemNPM] = make(dictionary.Packages)
+	}
+
+	indexed.EcosystemPackages[dictionary.EcosystemNPM][ref] = cpeItemName
+}

syft/pkg/cataloger/common/cpe/dictionary/index-generator/generate_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/common/cpe/dictionary"
+)
+
+func Test_generateIndexedDictionaryJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	f, err := os.Open("testdata/official-cpe-dictionary_v2.3.xml")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Create a buffer to store the gzipped data in memory
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+
+	w := gzip.NewWriter(buf)
+	_, err = io.Copy(w, f)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// (finalize the gzip stream)
+	err = w.Close()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	dictionaryJSON, err := generateIndexedDictionaryJSON(buf)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	expected, err := os.ReadFile("./testdata/expected-cpe-index.json")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	expectedDictionaryJSONString := string(expected)
+	dictionaryJSONString := string(dictionaryJSON)
+
+	if diff := cmp.Diff(expectedDictionaryJSONString, dictionaryJSONString); diff != "" {
+		t.Errorf("generateIndexedDictionaryJSON() mismatch (-want +got):\n%s", diff)
+	}
+}
+
+func Test_addEntryFuncs(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name             string
+		addEntryFunc     func(indexed *dictionary.Indexed, ref string, cpeItemName string)
+		inputRef         string
+		inputCpeItemName string
+		expectedIndexed  dictionary.Indexed
+	}{
+		{
+			name:             "addEntryForRustCrate",
+			addEntryFunc:     addEntryForRustCrate,
+			inputRef:         "https://crates.io/crates/unicycle/versions",
+			inputCpeItemName: "cpe:2.3:a:unicycle_project:unicycle:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*",
+			expectedIndexed: dictionary.Indexed{
+				EcosystemPackages: map[string]dictionary.Packages{
+					dictionary.EcosystemRustCrates: {
+						"unicycle": "cpe:2.3:a:unicycle_project:unicycle:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "addEntryForJenkinsPlugin",
+			addEntryFunc:     addEntryForJenkinsPlugin,
+			inputRef:         "https://github.com/jenkinsci/sonarqube-plugin",
+			inputCpeItemName: "cpe:2.3:a:sonarsource:sonarqube_scanner:2.7:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*",
+			expectedIndexed: dictionary.Indexed{
+				EcosystemPackages: map[string]dictionary.Packages{
+					dictionary.EcosystemJenkinsPlugins: {
+						"sonarqube": "cpe:2.3:a:sonarsource:sonarqube_scanner:2.7:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "addEntryForJenkinsPlugin: not actually a plugin",
+			addEntryFunc:     addEntryForJenkinsPlugin,
+			inputRef:         "https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins",
+			inputCpeItemName: "cpe:2.3:a:jenkins:jenkinsci:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
+			expectedIndexed: dictionary.Indexed{
+				EcosystemPackages: map[string]dictionary.Packages{},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "addEntryForPyPIPackage",
+			addEntryFunc:     addEntryForPyPIPackage,
+			inputRef:         "https://pypi.org/project/vault-cli/#history",
+			inputCpeItemName: "cpe:2.3:a:vault-cli_project:vault-cli:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*",
+			expectedIndexed: dictionary.Indexed{
+				EcosystemPackages: map[string]dictionary.Packages{
+					dictionary.EcosystemPyPI: {
+						"vault-cli": "cpe:2.3:a:vault-cli_project:vault-cli:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "addEntryForNativeRubyGem",
+			addEntryFunc:     addEntryForNativeRubyGem,
+			inputRef:         "https://github.com/ruby/openssl/releases",
+			inputCpeItemName: "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:openssl:-:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*",
+			expectedIndexed: dictionary.Indexed{
+				EcosystemPackages: map[string]dictionary.Packages{
+					dictionary.EcosystemRubyGems: {
+						"openssl": "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:openssl:-:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "addEntryForRubyGem: https",
+			addEntryFunc:     addEntryForRubyGem,
+			inputRef:         "https://rubygems.org/gems/actionview/versions",
+			inputCpeItemName: "cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*",
+			expectedIndexed: dictionary.Indexed{
+				EcosystemPackages: map[string]dictionary.Packages{
+					dictionary.EcosystemRubyGems: {
+						"actionview": "cpe:2.3:a:action_view_project:action_view:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "addEntryForRubyGem: http",
+			addEntryFunc:     addEntryForRubyGem,
+			inputRef:         "http://rubygems.org/gems/rbovirt",
+			inputCpeItemName: "cpe:2.3:a:amos_benari:rbovirt:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*",
+			expectedIndexed: dictionary.Indexed{
+				EcosystemPackages: map[string]dictionary.Packages{
+					dictionary.EcosystemRubyGems: {
+						"rbovirt": "cpe:2.3:a:amos_benari:rbovirt:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:             "addEntryForNPMPackage",
+			addEntryFunc:     addEntryForNPMPackage,
+			inputRef:         "https://www.npmjs.com/package/@nubosoftware/node-static",
+			inputCpeItemName: "cpe:2.3:a:\\@nubosoftware\\/node-static_project:\\@nubosoftware\\/node-static:-:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
+			expectedIndexed: dictionary.Indexed{
+				EcosystemPackages: map[string]dictionary.Packages{
+					dictionary.EcosystemNPM: {
+						"@nubosoftware/node-static": "cpe:2.3:a:\\@nubosoftware\\/node-static_project:\\@nubosoftware\\/node-static:-:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			indexed := &dictionary.Indexed{
+				EcosystemPackages: make(map[string]dictionary.Packages),
+			}
+
+			tt.addEntryFunc(indexed, tt.inputRef, tt.inputCpeItemName)
+
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.expectedIndexed, *indexed); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("addEntry* mismatch (-want +got):\n%s", diff)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

syft/pkg/cataloger/common/cpe/dictionary/index-generator/main.go

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// This program downloads the latest CPE dictionary from NIST and processes it into a JSON file that can be embedded into Syft for more accurate CPE results.
+package main
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+)
+
+func mainE() error {
+	var outputFilename string
+	flag.StringVar(&outputFilename, "o", "", "file location to save CPE index")
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	if outputFilename == "" {
+		return errors.New("-o is required")
+	}
+
+	// Download and decompress file
+	fmt.Println("Fetching CPE dictionary...")
+	resp, err := http.Get(cpeDictionaryURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to get CPE dictionary: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	fmt.Println("Generating index...")
+	dictionaryJSON, err := generateIndexedDictionaryJSON(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Write CPE index (JSON data) to disk
+	err = os.WriteFile(outputFilename, dictionaryJSON, 0600)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to write processed CPE dictionary to file: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println("Done!")
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// errExit prints an error and exits with a non-zero exit code.
+func errExit(err error) {
+	log.Printf("command failed: %s", err)
+	os.Exit(1)
+}
+
+func main() {
+	if err := mainE(); err != nil {
+		errExit(err)
+	}
+}

syft/pkg/cataloger/common/cpe/dictionary/index-generator/nvd.go

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package main
+
+type CpeItem struct {
+	Name       string `xml:"name,attr"`
+	Title      string `xml:"title"`
+	References []struct {
+		Reference struct {
+			Href string `xml:"href,attr"`
+			Body string `xml:",chardata"`
+		} `xml:"reference"`
+	} `xml:"references"`
+	Cpe23Item struct {
+		Name string `xml:"name,attr"`
+	} `xml:"cpe23-item"`
+}
+
+type CpeList struct {
+	CpeItems []CpeItem `xml:"cpe-item"`
+}
+
+const cpeDictionaryURL = "https://nvd.nist.gov/feeds/xml/cpe/dictionary/official-cpe-dictionary_v2.3.xml.gz"

syft/pkg/cataloger/common/cpe/dictionary/index-generator/testdata/expected-cpe-index.json

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "ecosystems": {
+    "jenkins_plugins": {
+      "sonarqube": "cpe:2.3:a:sonarsource:sonarqube_scanner:*:*:*:*:*:jenkins:*:*"
+    },
+    "npm": {
+      "merge-recursive": "cpe:2.3:a:umbraengineering:merge-recursive:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
+      "static-dev-server": "cpe:2.3:a:static-dev-server_project:static-dev-server:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
+      "umount": "cpe:2.3:a:umount_project:umount:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
+      "undefsafe": "cpe:2.3:a:undefsafe_project:undefsafe:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
+      "underscore": "cpe:2.3:a:underscorejs:underscore:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
+      "underscore-99xp": "cpe:2.3:a:underscore-99xp_project:underscore-99xp:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
+      "unicode": "cpe:2.3:a:unicode_project:unicode:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
+      "unicorn-list": "cpe:2.3:a:unicorn-list_project:unicorn-list:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*"
+    },
+    "rubygems": {
+      "openssl": "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
+    },
+    "rust_crates": {
+      "unicycle": "cpe:2.3:a:unicycle_project:unicycle:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*"
+    }
+  }
+}

syft/pkg/cataloger/common/cpe/dictionary/types.go

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package dictionary
+
+const (
+	EcosystemNPM            = "npm"
+	EcosystemRubyGems       = "rubygems"
+	EcosystemPyPI           = "pypi"
+	EcosystemJenkinsPlugins = "jenkins_plugins"
+	EcosystemRustCrates     = "rust_crates"
+)
+
+type Indexed struct {
+	EcosystemPackages map[string]Packages `json:"ecosystems"`
+}
+
+type Packages map[string]string

syft/pkg/cataloger/common/cpe/generate.go

@@ -3,16 +3,21 @@ package cpe
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
+	_ "embed"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/facebookincubator/nvdtools/wfn"
 	"github.com/scylladb/go-set/strset"
 
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/log"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/cpe"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/common/cpe/dictionary"
 )
 
 // knownVendors contains vendor strings that are known to exist in
@@ -32,6 +37,77 @@ func newCPE(product, vendor, version, targetSW string) *wfn.Attributes {
 	return &c
 }
 
+//go:embed dictionary/data/cpe-index.json
+var indexedCPEDictionaryData []byte
+
+var indexedCPEDictionary *dictionary.Indexed
+var indexedCPEDictionaryOnce sync.Once
+
+func GetIndexedDictionary() (_ *dictionary.Indexed, err error) {
+	indexedCPEDictionaryOnce.Do(func() {
+		err = json.Unmarshal(indexedCPEDictionaryData, &indexedCPEDictionary)
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if indexedCPEDictionary == nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal indexed CPE dictionary")
+		return
+	}
+
+	return indexedCPEDictionary, err
+}
+
+func DictionaryFind(p pkg.Package) (cpe.CPE, bool) {
+	dict, err := GetIndexedDictionary()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Debugf("dictionary CPE lookup not available: %+v", err)
+		return cpe.CPE{}, false
+	}
+
+	var (
+		cpeString string
+		ok        bool
+	)
+
+	switch p.Type {
+	case pkg.NpmPkg:
+		cpeString, ok = dict.EcosystemPackages[dictionary.EcosystemNPM][p.Name]
+
+	case pkg.GemPkg:
+		cpeString, ok = dict.EcosystemPackages[dictionary.EcosystemRubyGems][p.Name]
+
+	case pkg.PythonPkg:
+		cpeString, ok = dict.EcosystemPackages[dictionary.EcosystemPyPI][p.Name]
+
+	case pkg.JenkinsPluginPkg:
+		cpeString, ok = dict.EcosystemPackages[dictionary.EcosystemJenkinsPlugins][p.Name]
+
+	case pkg.RustPkg:
+		cpeString, ok = dict.EcosystemPackages[dictionary.EcosystemRustCrates][p.Name]
+
+	default:
+		// The dictionary doesn't support this package type yet.
+		return cpe.CPE{}, false
+	}
+
+	if !ok {
+		// The dictionary doesn't have a CPE for this package.
+		return cpe.CPE{}, false
+	}
+
+	parsedCPE, err := cpe.New(cpeString)
+	if err != nil {
+		return cpe.CPE{}, false
+	}
+
+	parsedCPE.Version = p.Version
+
+	return parsedCPE, true
+}
+
 // Generate Create a list of CPEs for a given package, trying to guess the vendor, product tuple. We should be trying to
 // generate the minimal set of representative CPEs, which implies that optional fields should not be included
 // (such as target SW).

syft/pkg/cataloger/common/cpe/generate_test.go

@@ -969,3 +969,33 @@ func Test_addSeparatorVariations(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestDictionaryFindIsWired(t *testing.T) {
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		pkg        pkg.Package
+		want       string
+		wantExists bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "sanity check that cpe data is wired up",
+			pkg: pkg.Package{
+				Name:    "openssl",
+				Version: "1.0.2k",
+				Type:    pkg.GemPkg,
+			},
+			want: "cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:openssl:1.0.2k:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
+			// without the cpe data wired up, this would be empty (generation also creates cpe:2.3:a:openssl:openssl:1.0.2k:*:*:*:*:*:*:*)
+			wantExists: true,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got, gotExists := DictionaryFind(tt.pkg)
+
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, got.BindToFmtString())
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.wantExists, gotExists)
+		})
+	}
+}