@cdxgen/cdxgen 13.0.1 → 13.1.0

package/data/rules/package-integrity.yaml

@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
       and $prop($, 'cdx:cargo:hasNativeBuild') = 'true'
       and $count($$.components[
         $prop($, 'cdx:github:action:ecosystem') = 'cargo'
-        and $contains($prop($, 'cdx:github:action:role'), 'toolchain')
+        and $contains($nullSafeProp($, 'cdx:github:action:role'), 'toolchain')
         and $prop($, 'cdx:github:action:versionPinningType') != 'sha'
       ]) > 0
     ]
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
       "buildScriptCapabilities": $prop($, 'cdx:cargo:buildScriptCapabilities'),
       "toolchainActions": $$.components[
         $prop($, 'cdx:github:action:ecosystem') = 'cargo'
-        and $contains($prop($, 'cdx:github:action:role'), 'toolchain')
+        and $contains($nullSafeProp($, 'cdx:github:action:role'), 'toolchain')
         and $prop($, 'cdx:github:action:versionPinningType') != 'sha'
       ].$prop($, 'cdx:github:action:uses')
     }
@@ -283,17 +283,17 @@
       $prop($, 'cdx:rust:buildTool') = 'cargo'
       and $prop($, 'cdx:cargo:hasNativeBuild') = 'true'
       and (
-        $contains($prop($, 'cdx:cargo:buildScriptCapabilities'), 'process-execution')
-        or $contains($prop($, 'cdx:cargo:buildScriptCapabilities'), 'network-access')
-        or $contains($prop($, 'cdx:cargo:nativeBuildIndicators'), '-sys')
+        $contains($nullSafeProp($, 'cdx:cargo:buildScriptCapabilities'), 'process-execution')
+        or $contains($nullSafeProp($, 'cdx:cargo:buildScriptCapabilities'), 'network-access')
+        or $contains($nullSafeProp($, 'cdx:cargo:nativeBuildIndicators'), '-sys')
       )
       and $count($$.components[
         $prop($, 'cdx:github:step:usesCargo') = 'true'
         and (
-          $contains($prop($, 'cdx:github:step:cargoSubcommands'), 'build')
-          or $contains($prop($, 'cdx:github:step:cargoSubcommands'), 'test')
-          or $contains($prop($, 'cdx:github:step:cargoSubcommands'), 'package')
-          or $contains($prop($, 'cdx:github:step:cargoSubcommands'), 'publish')
+          $contains($nullSafeProp($, 'cdx:github:step:cargoSubcommands'), 'build')
+          or $contains($nullSafeProp($, 'cdx:github:step:cargoSubcommands'), 'test')
+          or $contains($nullSafeProp($, 'cdx:github:step:cargoSubcommands'), 'package')
+          or $contains($nullSafeProp($, 'cdx:github:step:cargoSubcommands'), 'publish')
         )
       ]) > 0
     ]
@@ -311,10 +311,10 @@
       "cargoCommands": $$.components[
         $prop($, 'cdx:github:step:usesCargo') = 'true'
         and (
-          $contains($prop($, 'cdx:github:step:cargoSubcommands'), 'build')
-          or $contains($prop($, 'cdx:github:step:cargoSubcommands'), 'test')
-          or $contains($prop($, 'cdx:github:step:cargoSubcommands'), 'package')
-          or $contains($prop($, 'cdx:github:step:cargoSubcommands'), 'publish')
+          $contains($nullSafeProp($, 'cdx:github:step:cargoSubcommands'), 'build')
+          or $contains($nullSafeProp($, 'cdx:github:step:cargoSubcommands'), 'test')
+          or $contains($nullSafeProp($, 'cdx:github:step:cargoSubcommands'), 'package')
+          or $contains($nullSafeProp($, 'cdx:github:step:cargoSubcommands'), 'publish')
         )
       ].$prop($, 'cdx:github:step:command')
     }

package/lib/audit/index.js

@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ import process from "node:process";
 import { createBom } from "../cli/index.js";
 import {
   isDryRun,
+  isSecureMode,
   readEnvironmentVariable,
   recordActivity,
 } from "../core/activity.js";
+import { getRemediationCatalog } from "../core/buildLedger.js";
 import {
   getTmpDir,
   safeExistsSync,
@@ -53,6 +55,12 @@ import {
   isHbomLikeBom,
   isObomLikeBom,
 } from "../stages/postgen/auditBom.js";
+import {
+  isIntrospectionEnabled,
+  reflectOnRun,
+} from "../stages/postgen/introspection/reflect.js";
+import { buildIntrospectionJson } from "../stages/postgen/introspection/report.js";
+import { scoreReflection } from "../stages/postgen/introspection/score.js";
 import { postProcess } from "../stages/postgen/postgen.js";
 import { formatTargetLabel } from "./progress.js";
 import { renderAuditReport } from "./reporters.js";
@@ -259,7 +267,7 @@ export async function runDirectBomAuditFromBoms(inputBoms, options = {}) {
       ...directAuditOptions,
       getBomWithOras,
     });
-    results.push({
+    const result = {
       auditOptions: directAuditOptions,
       bomFormat: getCycloneDxFormat(inputBom.bomJson),
       findings,
@@ -268,7 +276,43 @@ export async function runDirectBomAuditFromBoms(inputBoms, options = {}) {
       specVersion: inputBom.bomJson?.specVersion,
       status: "audited",
       summary: summarizeDirectAuditFindings(findings),
-    });
+    };
+    if (isIntrospectionEnabled(options)) {
+      // The audited BOM was not generated by this run, so there is no ledger
+      // of its own; the verdict rests on BOM structure alone and says so.
+      try {
+        const reflection = await reflectOnRun(inputBom.bomJson, options, {
+          ledgerEvents: [],
+          ledgerSource: "none",
+          projectPath: inputBom.source || "",
+        });
+        reflection.scoring = scoreReflection(
+          reflection,
+          getRemediationCatalog(),
+          {
+            secureMode: isSecureMode,
+            inContainer:
+              readEnvironmentVariable("CDXGEN_IN_CONTAINER") === "true",
+          },
+        );
+        reflection.bom = {
+          serialNumber: inputBom.bomJson?.serialNumber,
+          componentCount: Array.isArray(inputBom.bomJson?.components)
+            ? inputBom.bomJson.components.length
+            : 0,
+        };
+        result.introspection = buildIntrospectionJson(
+          reflection,
+          reflection.scoring,
+          options,
+        );
+      } catch (err) {
+        console.warn(
+          `Build introspection failed to complete and was skipped: ${err?.message}`,
+        );
+      }
+    }
+    results.push(result);
   }
   const summary = {
     findingsBySeverity: {
@@ -1744,7 +1788,7 @@ async function recheckFindingsAgainstDefaultBranch(
     if (!bomNSData?.bomJson) {
       return undefined;
     }
-    const processedBomNSData = postProcess(
+    const processedBomNSData = await postProcess(
       bomNSData,
       childOptions,
       defaultSourceSelection.scanDir,
@@ -1948,7 +1992,7 @@ export async function auditTarget(target, options) {
           options,
         );
       }
-      const processedBomNSData = postProcess(
+      const processedBomNSData = await postProcess(
         bomNSData,
         childOptions,
         sourceSelection.scanDir,

package/lib/audit/scoring.js

@@ -1,17 +1,11 @@
 import { thoughtLog } from "../core/logger.js";
+import { SEVERITY_ORDER } from "../core/severity.js";
 import {
   hasRegistryProvenanceEvidenceProperties,
   hasTrustedPublishingProperties,
 } from "../inventory/provenanceUtils.js";
 
-/** Map of severity names to numeric ordering used for threshold comparisons. */
-export const SEVERITY_ORDER = {
-  none: -1,
-  low: 0,
-  medium: 1,
-  high: 2,
-  critical: 3,
-};
+export { SEVERITY_ORDER };
 
 const BASE_FINDING_WEIGHT = {
   low: 4,

package/lib/cli/bomAssembly.js

@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ export const determineParentComponent = (options) => {
  * @param {object|undefined} detectedParent Parent the generator derived
  * @param {object[]} components The component list, appended to in place
  * @param {object[]} dependencies Edges the generator produced
+ * @param {object} options CLI options
+ * @param {string} ptype Package type
  * @returns {object[]} Edges to emit, re-anchored when an override applies
  */
 function anchorDetectedParent(
@@ -207,6 +209,8 @@ function anchorDetectedParent(
   detectedParent,
   components,
   dependencies,
+  options,
+  ptype,
 ) {
   const detectedRef = detectedParent?.["bom-ref"];
   const overrideRef = overrideParent?.["bom-ref"];
@@ -225,7 +229,20 @@ function anchorDetectedParent(
     // `metadata.component` is cleaned of. As a regular component it must go
     // through the same conversion or schema validation rejects the document
     // (issue #4320). The copy keeps the caller's context object untouched.
-    components.push(cleanParentComponent({ ...detectedParent }));
+    //
+    // Its workspace members go through `listComponents`, the same conversion
+    // `addMetadata` gives them when the detected parent is the one reaching
+    // `metadata.component`. Without it they keep the raw parser shape
+    // (`homepage: { url }`) that the nested Component schema rejects
+    // (issue #4326).
+    components.push(
+      cleanParentComponent({
+        ...detectedParent,
+        components: detectedParent.components?.length
+          ? listComponents(options, {}, detectedParent.components, ptype)
+          : undefined,
+      }),
+    );
   }
   // The caller owns the array it passed, and postProcess merges these edges
   // across generators, so the re-anchoring is returned rather than spliced in.
@@ -1446,6 +1463,8 @@ export const buildBomNSData = (options, pkgInfo, ptype, context) => {
     context.parentComponent,
     components,
     context.dependencies || [],
+    options,
+    ptype,
   );
   if (
     components &&

package/lib/cli/cliOptions.js

@@ -88,6 +88,21 @@ const POST_BUILD_SUPPORTED_PROJECT_TYPES = new Set([
 // Helpers
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+/**
+ * The formulation privacy notice, shared by every path that turns formulation
+ * collection on automatically: the warning about emails and secrets is
+ * identical whichever caller adds the section.
+ *
+ * @returns {OptionsWarning} The notice.
+ */
+function formulationPrivacyNotice() {
+  return {
+    level: "info",
+    message:
+      "NOTE: Automatically collecting formulation information. The section may include sensitive data such as emails and secrets.\nPlease review the generated SBOM before distribution or LLM training.",
+  };
+}
+
 /**
  * Check whether a value was explicitly provided by the user (i.e., is not
  * the yargs default). Yargs always populates default values, so we cannot
@@ -175,7 +190,39 @@ function resolveOutputTarget(args, { filePath, isRemoteOrPurl }) {
     : resolve(join(filePath, args.output));
 }
 
-export function buildInitialOptions(args, { filePath, isRemoteOrPurl }) {
+/**
+ * Resolve the introspection opt-in from the flag and the environment.
+ *
+ * The parser maps `CDXGEN_INTROSPECT` onto the same boolean the flag sets, so
+ * a value outside the documented opt-in vocabulary — an exported but empty
+ * variable most of all — arrives indistinguishable from `--no-introspect`.
+ * The command line is therefore the authority on refusal, and the environment
+ * speaks only through `true` and `1`. An unmentioned flag stays undefined so a
+ * profile can still enable it.
+ *
+ * @param {Object} args Parsed CLI arguments.
+ * @param {string[]} argv Raw command-line arguments the parser was given.
+ * @returns {boolean|undefined} The requested state, or undefined when nothing asked.
+ */
+function resolveIntrospectOption(args, argv) {
+  const refused =
+    args.introspect === false &&
+    argv.some((argument) =>
+      ["--no-introspect", "--introspect=false"].includes(argument),
+    );
+  if (refused) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return args.introspect === true ||
+    ["true", "1"].includes(readEnvironmentVariable("CDXGEN_INTROSPECT"))
+    ? true
+    : undefined;
+}
+
+export function buildInitialOptions(
+  args,
+  { filePath, isRemoteOrPurl, argv = process.argv },
+) {
   const res = Object.assign({}, args, {
     projectType: args.type,
     multiProject: args.recurse,
@@ -188,6 +235,10 @@ export function buildInitialOptions(args, { filePath, isRemoteOrPurl }) {
     include: args.include || args.includeRegex,
     noIgnore: args.noIgnore,
     gitAiNotesRef: args.gitAiNotesRef || "refs/notes/ai",
+    // Introspection: the flag or the documented environment opt-in. An
+    // explicit --no-introspect stays `false` and beats both, while an
+    // unmentioned flag stays undefined so a profile can still enable it.
+    introspect: resolveIntrospectOption(args, argv),
     // License normalization and enrichment are on by default; the only escape
     // hatch is the corresponding environment variable.
     licenseEnhance:
@@ -318,6 +369,20 @@ export function applyPostConstructionOverrides(options, context) {
     options.installDeps = false;
   }
 
+  // --- Introspection CI gate threshold -----------------------------------
+  if (options.introspectFailBelow !== undefined) {
+    const threshold = Number(options.introspectFailBelow);
+    if (!Number.isFinite(threshold) || threshold < 0 || threshold > 100) {
+      warnings.push({
+        level: "error",
+        message:
+          "--introspect-fail-below requires a number between 0 and 100, where absent means the gate never fails.",
+      });
+    } else {
+      options.introspectFailBelow = threshold;
+    }
+  }
+
   // When a standard is requested, the minimum spec version is 1.6
   if (options.standard) {
     if (!userSetSpecVersion) {
@@ -381,6 +446,8 @@ export function applyAdvancedOptions(options, context = {}) {
   const secureMode = context.isSecureMode ?? isSecureMode;
   const warnings = [];
   const isHbomOnly = isHbomOnlyProjectTypes(options.projectType);
+  const includeFormulationBeforeProfiles = options.includeFormulation === true;
+  const introspectExplicitlyDisabled = options.introspect === false;
 
   // --- Profile expansion -------------------------------------------------
   switch (options.profile) {
@@ -412,6 +479,14 @@ export function applyAdvancedOptions(options, context = {}) {
     case "license-compliance":
       process.env.FETCH_LICENSE = "true";
       break;
+    case "introspect":
+      options.introspect = true;
+      options.introspectAnnotate = options.introspectAnnotate !== false;
+      // The ledger's own record of what ran; formulation is where a consumer
+      // looks for the build environment the SBOM was produced in.
+      options.includeFormulation = !isHbomOnly;
+      options.evidence = true;
+      break;
     case "ml-tiny":
       process.env.FETCH_LICENSE = "true";
       options.deep = false;
@@ -471,17 +546,29 @@ export function applyAdvancedOptions(options, context = {}) {
     }
   }
 
+  // An explicit --no-introspect negates the introspect profile's headline
+  // capability while keeping the bundle's other effects: the user asked for
+  // the profile minus introspection.
+  if (options.profile === "introspect" && introspectExplicitlyDisabled) {
+    options.introspect = false;
+    warnings.push({
+      level: "info",
+      message:
+        "NOTE: Introspection stays off because --no-introspect was passed explicitly; the other introspect profile settings still apply.",
+    });
+  }
+
   // --- BOM audit → auto-formulation --------------------------------------
-  if (options.bomAudit) {
+  const introspectProfileAddsFormulation =
+    options.profile === "introspect" && !includeFormulationBeforeProfiles;
+  if (options.bomAudit || introspectProfileAddsFormulation) {
     if (isHbomOnly) {
       // HBOM-only: skip formulation
     } else if (!options.includeFormulation) {
-      warnings.push({
-        level: "info",
-        message:
-          "NOTE: Automatically collecting formulation information. The section may include sensitive data such as emails and secrets.\nPlease review the generated SBOM before distribution or LLM training.",
-      });
+      warnings.push(formulationPrivacyNotice());
       options.includeFormulation = true;
+    } else if (introspectProfileAddsFormulation) {
+      warnings.push(formulationPrivacyNotice());
     }
   }
 

package/lib/cli/index.js

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
   recordActivity,
   setActivityContext,
 } from "../core/activity.js";
+import { recordDegradation } from "../core/buildLedger.js";
 import { hasAnyProjectType, PROJECT_TYPE_ALIASES } from "../core/env.js";
 import {
   clearFileDiscoveryCache,
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ import {
 } from "../ecosystems/parsers-misc.js";
 import { isPyLockFile } from "../ecosystems/pylockutils.js";
 import {
-  buildDependencyTrackBomPayload,
+  buildDependencyTrackBomRequest,
   getDependencyTrackBomApiUrl,
 } from "../helpers/remote/dependency-track.js";
 import { optionIncludesAiInventoryProjectType } from "../inventory/aiInventory.js";
@@ -173,6 +174,11 @@ export {
   createZigBom,
 } from "./nativeBom.js";
 
+import {
+  deferFailOnError,
+  isDeferredFailOnError,
+} from "../core/deferredExit.js";
+
 const dirName = dirNameStr;
 
 const isWin = _platform() === "win32";
@@ -816,6 +822,23 @@ export async function createMultiXBom(pathList, options) {
   // from here on, so repeated walks of them can share one view of the tree.
   setDirWalkCacheRoot(options.allLayersExplodedDir);
   const scanOnePath = async (path) => {
+    try {
+      return await scanOnePathInner(path);
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (!isDeferredFailOnError(err)) {
+        throw err;
+      }
+      // The failing path contributes nothing, and the remaining paths still
+      // do: fail-on-error scopes the loss to the leg that failed.
+      return {
+        components: [],
+        dependencies: [],
+        options: { ...sharedOptions },
+        parentSubComponents: [],
+      };
+    }
+  };
+  const scanOnePathInner = async (path) => {
     // Each path accumulates into its own lists and its own view of options, so
     // that legs which record a parent component or a tool cannot overwrite
     // another path's. The lists are merged below in pathList order.
@@ -1433,6 +1456,14 @@ export async function createMultiXBom(pathList, options) {
         );
       }
       setProjectTypeActivityContext("jar", path);
+      recordDegradation("jvm.jar.heuristic", {
+        ecosystem: "java",
+        tool: "jar",
+        impact: "versions",
+        path,
+        detail:
+          "Components are being inferred by scanning jar/war/ear files from disk.",
+      });
       bomData = await createJarBom(path, options);
       if (bomData?.bomJson?.components?.length) {
         thoughtLog(
@@ -2292,7 +2323,28 @@ export async function createHBom(_path, options) {
  * @param {Object} options Parse options from the cli
  * @returns {Promise<Object>} Promise resolving to BOM object
  */
+/**
+ * Generate a BOM for one path, letting a deferred fail-on-error abort return
+ * the empty BOM the flag promises rather than unwinding past the reports.
+ *
+ * @param {string} path Source path.
+ * @param {Object} options CLI options.
+ * @returns {Promise<Object>} BOM NS data.
+ */
 export async function createBom(path, options) {
+  try {
+    return await createBomForPath(path, options);
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (!isDeferredFailOnError(err)) {
+      throw err;
+    }
+    // fail-on-error forbids an incomplete result, so the extractor kept
+    // nothing; the CLI still writes the reports and exits non-zero.
+    return buildBomNSData(options, [], "", { src: path, filename: "" });
+  }
+}
+
+async function createBomForPath(path, options) {
   clearFileDiscoveryCache();
   let { projectType } = options;
   if (!projectType) {
@@ -2327,7 +2379,11 @@ export async function createBom(path, options) {
       console.log(
         `OS BOM generation has failed due to problems with exporting the image ${path}`,
       );
-      options.failOnError && process.exit(1);
+      deferFailOnError(options, {
+        ecosystem: "container",
+        tool: "docker",
+        detail: "exporting the image for the OS BOM failed",
+      });
       return {};
     }
     isContainerMode = true;
@@ -2367,7 +2423,11 @@ export async function createBom(path, options) {
         console.log(
           `OCI BOM generation has failed due to problems with exporting the image ${path}.`,
         );
-        options.failOnError && process.exit(1);
+        deferFailOnError(options, {
+          ecosystem: "container",
+          tool: "docker",
+          detail: "exporting the image for the OCI BOM failed",
+        });
         return {};
       }
       if (DEBUG_MODE) {
@@ -2660,8 +2720,8 @@ export async function submitBom(args, bomContents) {
     });
     return undefined;
   }
-  const bomPayload = buildDependencyTrackBomPayload(args, bomContents);
-  if (!bomPayload) {
+  const bomRequest = buildDependencyTrackBomRequest(args, bomContents);
+  if (!bomRequest) {
     console.log(
       "Invalid Dependency-Track submission arguments. Provide projectId or projectName (projectVersion defaults to main) and specify parent project either by UUID or by parent project name + version.",
     );
@@ -2674,21 +2734,21 @@ export async function submitBom(args, bomContents) {
       serverUrl,
       "params",
       args.projectName,
-      bomPayload.projectVersion,
+      args.projectVersion || "main",
     );
   }
   try {
     const requestOptions = {
-      method: "PUT",
+      method: "POST",
       followRedirect: false,
       https: {
         rejectUnauthorized: !args.skipDtTlsCheck,
       },
       headers: {
         "X-Api-Key": (args.apiKey || "").replace(/[\r\n]/g, ""),
-        "Content-Type": "application/json",
+        "Content-Type": bomRequest.contentType,
       },
-      json: bomPayload,
+      body: bomRequest.body,
       responseType: "json",
       context: {
         activityIntent: "bom-submit",
@@ -2711,47 +2771,15 @@ export async function submitBom(args, bomContents) {
       );
     } else if (error.response && error.response.statusCode === 405) {
       console.log(
-        "Method PUT not allowed on Dependency-Track server. Trying with POST ...",
+        `The server at ${serverUrl} does not accept a multipart/form-data POST on /api/v1/bom. Check that the URL points to a Dependency-Track 4.x or later API server.`,
+      );
+    } else if (DEBUG_MODE) {
+      console.log(
+        "Unable to submit the SBOM to the Dependency-Track server",
+        error,
       );
-      // Method not allowed errors
-      try {
-        return await cdxgenAgent(dependencyTrackApiUrl, {
-          method: "POST",
-          followRedirect: false,
-          https: {
-            rejectUnauthorized: !args.skipDtTlsCheck,
-          },
-          headers: {
-            "X-Api-Key": (args.apiKey || "").replace(/[\r\n]/g, ""),
-            "Content-Type": "application/json",
-          },
-          json: bomPayload,
-          responseType: "json",
-          context: {
-            activityIntent: "bom-submit",
-          },
-        }).json();
-      } catch (error) {
-        if (DEBUG_MODE) {
-          console.log(
-            "Unable to submit the SBOM to the Dependency-Track server using POST method",
-            error,
-          );
-        } else {
-          console.log(
-            "Unable to submit the SBOM to the Dependency-Track server using POST method",
-          );
-        }
-      }
     } else {
-      if (DEBUG_MODE) {
-        console.log(
-          "Unable to submit the SBOM to the Dependency-Track server using POST method",
-          error,
-        );
-      } else {
-        console.log("Unable to submit the SBOM to the Dependency-Track server");
-      }
+      console.log("Unable to submit the SBOM to the Dependency-Track server");
     }
     // rethrow error as function is async and we should try to catch it in the caller
     throw error;

package/lib/cli/jsBom.js

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import {
   readEnvironmentVariable,
   recordSensitiveFileRead,
 } from "../core/activity.js";
+import { recordDegradation } from "../core/buildLedger.js";
+import { deferFailOnError } from "../core/deferredExit.js";
 import { hasAnyProjectType, isPackageManagerAllowed } from "../core/env.js";
 import { getAllFiles, safeExistsSync, safeSpawnSync } from "../core/fs.js";
 import { thoughtLog } from "../core/logger.js";
@@ -529,6 +531,14 @@ export async function createNodejsBom(path, options) {
         isSecureMode &&
         !installArgs.join(" ").includes("--allow-git")
       ) {
+        recordDegradation("js.git-dependency", {
+          ecosystem: "npm",
+          tool: pkgMgr,
+          impact: "integrity",
+          command: `${pkgMgr} ${installArgs.join(" ")}`,
+          detail:
+            "Secure mode npm install may still fetch and install git dependencies.",
+        });
         console.log(
           "Consider passing '--allow-git=none' via the environment variable NPM_INSTALL_ARGS to prevent any git dependencies from being fetched and installed via npm.",
         );
@@ -580,6 +590,13 @@ export async function createNodejsBom(path, options) {
           `**PACKAGE MANAGER**: Let's run the '${pkgMgr}' command with the arguments '${installArgs.join(" ")}' to generate the needed lock files.`,
         );
       }
+      recordDegradation("js.no-lockfile", {
+        ecosystem: "npm",
+        tool: pkgMgr,
+        impact: "versions",
+        detail:
+          "No lockfile was found for this project, so the SBOM is generated without pinned dependency versions.",
+      });
       console.warn(
         "\x1b[1;35mNotice: Generating an SBOM without a lockfile is risky and non-deterministic. Consider generating and committing the lockfile to your repository to ensure reproducible builds and SBOMs.\x1b[0m",
       );
@@ -640,7 +657,11 @@ export async function createNodejsBom(path, options) {
           console.log("---------------");
           console.log(result.stderr);
         }
-        options.failOnError && process.exit(1);
+        deferFailOnError(options, {
+          ecosystem: "npm",
+          tool: "npm",
+          detail: "the npm command failed",
+        });
       } else {
         anyInstallSuccess = true;
       }
@@ -936,7 +957,11 @@ export async function createNodejsBom(path, options) {
       );
       if (result.status === 1 || result.error) {
         console.error(result.stdout, result.stderr);
-        options.failOnError && process.exit(1);
+        deferFailOnError(options, {
+          ecosystem: "npm",
+          tool: "npm",
+          detail: "the yarn or pnpm command failed",
+        });
       }
     }
     // Look for shrinkwrap file
@@ -1013,7 +1038,11 @@ export async function createNodejsBom(path, options) {
       pnpmLock,
       "was found!",
     );
-    options.failOnError && process.exit(1);
+    deferFailOnError(options, {
+      ecosystem: "npm",
+      tool: "npm",
+      detail: "no JavaScript dependency evidence could be collected",
+    });
   }
   if (
     yarnLockFiles?.length &&