diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
index c1bfbb322f0..22f59b1b39e 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
@@ -1082,6 +1082,94 @@ func Test_Cataloger_PositiveCases(t *testing.T) {
 				Metadata:  metadata("wordpress-cli-binary"),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "lighttpd/1.4.76/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "lighttpd",
+				Version:   "1.4.76",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/lighttpd@1.4.76",
+				Locations: locations("lighttpd"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("lighttpd-binary"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "proftpd/1.3.8b/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "proftpd",
+				Version:   "1.3.8b",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/proftpd@1.3.8b",
+				Locations: locations("proftpd"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("proftpd-binary"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "zstd/1.5.6/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "zstd",
+				Version:   "1.5.6",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/zstd@1.5.6",
+				Locations: locations("zstd"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("zstd-binary"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "zstd/1.5.6/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "zstd",
+				Version:   "1.5.6",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/zstd@1.5.6",
+				Locations: locations("zstd"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("zstd-binary"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "xz/5.6.2/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "xz",
+				Version:   "5.6.2",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/xz@5.6.2",
+				Locations: locations("xz"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("xz-binary"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "gzip/1.12/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "gzip",
+				Version:   "1.12",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/gzip@1.12",
+				Locations: locations("gzip"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("gzip-binary"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "sqlcipher/4.5.5/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "sqlcipher",
+				Version:   "4.5.5",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/sqlcipher@4.5.5",
+				Locations: locations("sqlcipher"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("sqlcipher-binary"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "jq/1.7.1/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "jq",
+				Version:   "1.7.1",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/jq@1.7.1",
+				Locations: locations("jq"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("jq-binary"),
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
index 5290b4d984e..0a2a1a9b856 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
@@ -574,6 +574,76 @@ func DefaultClassifiers() []Classifier {
 			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/curl@version"),
 			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:haxx:curl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", cpe.NVDDictionaryLookupSource),
 		},
+		{
+			Class:    "lighttpd-binary",
+			FileGlob: "**/lighttpd",
+			EvidenceMatcher: FileContentsVersionMatcher(
+				`\x00lighttpd/(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)\x00`,
+			),
+			Package: "lighttpd",
+			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/lighttpd@version"),
+			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", cpe.NVDDictionaryLookupSource),
+		},
+		{
+			Class:    "proftpd-binary",
+			FileGlob: "**/proftpd",
+			EvidenceMatcher: FileContentsVersionMatcher(
+				`\x00ProFTPD Version (?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+[a-z]?)\x00`,
+			),
+			Package: "proftpd",
+			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/proftpd@version"),
+			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", cpe.NVDDictionaryLookupSource),
+		},
+		{
+			Class:    "zstd-binary",
+			FileGlob: "**/zstd",
+			EvidenceMatcher: FileContentsVersionMatcher(
+				`\x00v(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)\x00`,
+			),
+			Package: "zstd",
+			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/zstd@version"),
+			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:facebook:zstandard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", cpe.NVDDictionaryLookupSource),
+		},
+		{
+			Class:    "xz-binary",
+			FileGlob: "**/xz",
+			EvidenceMatcher: FileContentsVersionMatcher(
+				`\x00xz \(XZ Utils\) (?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)\x00`,
+			),
+			Package: "xz",
+			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/xz@version"),
+			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:tukaani:xz:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", cpe.NVDDictionaryLookupSource),
+		},
+		{
+			Class:    "gzip-binary",
+			FileGlob: "**/gzip",
+			EvidenceMatcher: FileContentsVersionMatcher(
+				`\x00(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)\x00`,
+			),
+			Package: "gzip",
+			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/gzip@version"),
+			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", cpe.NVDDictionaryLookupSource),
+		},
+		{
+			Class:    "sqlcipher-binary",
+			FileGlob: "**/sqlcipher",
+			EvidenceMatcher: FileContentsVersionMatcher(
+				`[^0-9]\x00(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)\x00`,
+			),
+			Package: "sqlcipher",
+			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/sqlcipher@version"),
+			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:zetetic:sqlcipher:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", cpe.NVDDictionaryLookupSource),
+		},
+		{
+			Class:    "jq-binary",
+			FileGlob: "**/jq",
+			EvidenceMatcher: FileContentsVersionMatcher(
+				`\x00(?P<version>[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}(\.[0-9]+)?)\x00`,
+			),
+			Package: "jq",
+			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/jq@version"),
+			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:jqlang:jq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", cpe.NVDDictionaryLookupSource),
+		},
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/gzip/1.12/linux-amd64/gzip b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/gzip/1.12/linux-amd64/gzip
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..64510d6c4de
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/gzip/1.12/linux-amd64/gzip differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/jq/1.7.1/linux-amd64/jq b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/jq/1.7.1/linux-amd64/jq
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4adbcf60024
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/jq/1.7.1/linux-amd64/jq differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/lighttpd/1.4.76/linux-amd64/lighttpd b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/lighttpd/1.4.76/linux-amd64/lighttpd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c6147b7a9bb
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/lighttpd/1.4.76/linux-amd64/lighttpd differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/proftpd/1.3.8b/linux-amd64/proftpd b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/proftpd/1.3.8b/linux-amd64/proftpd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f9bc1cae5a5
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/proftpd/1.3.8b/linux-amd64/proftpd differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/sqlcipher/4.5.5/linux-amd64/sqlcipher b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/sqlcipher/4.5.5/linux-amd64/sqlcipher
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..111cab34911
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/sqlcipher/4.5.5/linux-amd64/sqlcipher differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/xz/5.6.2/linux-amd64/xz b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/xz/5.6.2/linux-amd64/xz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ed3dc45093f
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/xz/5.6.2/linux-amd64/xz differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/zstd/1.5.6/linux-amd64/zstd b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/zstd/1.5.6/linux-amd64/zstd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..31944cb002b
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/zstd/1.5.6/linux-amd64/zstd differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/config.yaml b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/config.yaml
index 58408325be8..51607b51a96 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/config.yaml
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/config.yaml
@@ -610,3 +610,58 @@ from-images:
     paths:
       - /usr/bin/curl
 
+  - name: lighttpd
+    version: 1.4.76
+    images:
+      - ref: jitesoft/lighttpd:1.4.76-cgi@sha256:f5d4500bfb992a20ca39369ae1ca1d8a7a9463bb8c59ee8dd85ddb6d96fc9fc1
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/local/sbin/lighttpd
+
+  - name: proftpd
+    version: 1.3.8b
+    images:
+      - ref: mekayelanik/proftpd-server-alpine:1.3.8b-r2@sha256:a1ef73a2de04999e53bf728b548ef9922febab8f5709037e40e0141cedcd66db
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/sbin/proftpd
+
+  - name: zstd
+    version: 1.5.6
+    images:
+      - ref: danysk/zstd:1.5.6@sha256:5eceba085b3a399592755dd66a37b8adfb83538af3f56b51bec6e6cc955e3b5f
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/local/bin/zstd
+
+  - name: xz
+    version: 5.6.2
+    images:
+      - ref: docker:27.2.1@sha256:c51fa20028ff6590588d9ed97d3b16865d503a3d7228aa885871c5c292afa5ca
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/bin/xz
+
+  - name: gzip
+    version: 1.12
+    images:
+      - ref: ubuntu:24.04@sha256:d35dfc2fe3ef66bcc085ca00d3152b482e6cafb23cdda1864154caf3b19094ba
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/bin/gzip
+
+  - name: sqlcipher
+    version: 4.5.5
+    images:
+      - ref: yspreen/sqlcipher@sha256:93189cc465661f16ad23f3ace4206179bdd19967deaf08c54da5ac1e34bb6fb7
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/local/bin/sqlcipher
+
+  - name: jq
+    version: 1.7.1
+    images:
+      - ref: efrecon/jq:1.7.1@sha256:0ad05e2e6d1dea5fe0852ecc23114eb768d60c4ce0985d729eb958809e7f31dd
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/local/bin/jq