diff --git a/src/config/fact-core-config.toml b/src/config/fact-core-config.toml
index d114a1821..1ba4e420f 100644
--- a/src/config/fact-core-config.toml
+++ b/src/config/fact-core-config.toml
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ processes = 4
 [[backend.plugin]]
 name = "cve_lookup"
 processes = 4
+# match CVE entries without versions constraints (`false` by default due to the high risk of false positives)
+match-any = false
 
 [[backend.plugin]]
 name = "cwe_checker"
diff --git a/src/plugins/analysis/cve_lookup/code/cve_lookup.py b/src/plugins/analysis/cve_lookup/code/cve_lookup.py
index 489422832..9e01d457d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/analysis/cve_lookup/code/cve_lookup.py
+++ b/src/plugins/analysis/cve_lookup/code/cve_lookup.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
+import config
 from analysis.PluginBase import AnalysisBasePlugin
 from helperFunctions.tag import TagColor
 from plugins.mime_blacklists import MIME_BLACKLIST_NON_EXECUTABLE
@@ -31,16 +32,19 @@ class AnalysisPlugin(AnalysisBasePlugin):
     DESCRIPTION = 'lookup CVE vulnerabilities'
     MIME_BLACKLIST = MIME_BLACKLIST_NON_EXECUTABLE
     DEPENDENCIES = ['software_components']  # noqa: RUF012
-    VERSION = '0.1.0'
+    VERSION = '0.2.0'
     FILE = __file__
 
+    def additional_setup(self):
+        self.match_any = getattr(config.backend.plugin.get(self.NAME, {}), 'match-any', False)
+
     def process_object(self, file_object: FileObject) -> FileObject:
         """
         Process the given file object and look up vulnerabilities for each software component.
         """
         cves = {'cve_results': {}}
         connection = DbConnection(f'sqlite:///{DB_PATH}')
-        lookup = Lookup(file_object, connection)
+        lookup = Lookup(file_object, connection, match_any=self.match_any)
         for value in file_object.processed_analysis['software_components']['result'].values():
             product = value['meta']['software_name']
             version = value['meta']['version'][0]
diff --git a/src/plugins/analysis/cve_lookup/internal/lookup.py b/src/plugins/analysis/cve_lookup/internal/lookup.py
index e8dad5ee9..d83f00bf9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/analysis/cve_lookup/internal/lookup.py
+++ b/src/plugins/analysis/cve_lookup/internal/lookup.py
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@
 
 
 class Lookup:
-    def __init__(self, file_object: FileObject, connection: DbConnection):
+    def __init__(self, file_object: FileObject, connection: DbConnection, match_any: bool = False):
         self.file_object = file_object
         self.db_interface = DbInterface(connection)
+        self.match_any = match_any
 
     def lookup_vulnerabilities(
         self,
@@ -38,10 +39,8 @@ def lookup_vulnerabilities(
         Look up vulnerabilities for a given product and requested version.
         """
         vulnerabilities = {}
-        product_terms, version = (
-            self._generate_search_terms(product_name),
-            replace_wildcards([requested_version])[0],
-        )
+        product_terms = self._generate_search_terms(product_name)
+        version = replace_wildcards([requested_version])[0]
         cpe_matches = self.db_interface.match_cpes(product_terms)
         if len(cpe_matches) == 0:
             logging.debug(f'No CPEs were found for product {product_name}')
@@ -107,6 +106,8 @@ def _version_in_boundaries(self, associations: list[Association], requested_vers
                     association.version_end_excluding,
                 ]
             ):
+                if self.match_any and association.cpe.version == 'ANY':
+                    association_matches.append(association)
                 continue
             if self._is_version_in_boundaries(association, requested_version):
                 association_matches.append(association)