diff --git a/internal/scan/frameworks/cve_internal_test.go b/internal/scan/frameworks/cve_internal_test.go
index a36a0df..e8d58f3 100644
--- a/internal/scan/frameworks/cve_internal_test.go
+++ b/internal/scan/frameworks/cve_internal_test.go
@@ -65,6 +65,18 @@ func TestResolveVersionFeedsCVELookup(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Drupal's generator meta only exposes a bare major, so the extracted version
+// is "10"/"9". the cve lookup must still surface the matching CVE instead of
+// missing it because the affected entries are dotted.
+func TestGetVulnerabilitiesBareMajor(t *testing.T) {
+	if cves, _ := getVulnerabilities("Drupal", "10"); len(cves) == 0 {
+		t.Error("expected Drupal 10 to surface CVE-2023-44487, got none")
+	}
+	if cves, _ := getVulnerabilities("Drupal", "9"); len(cves) == 0 {
+		t.Error("expected Drupal 9 to surface CVE-2023-44487, got none")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestVersionAffected(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		version  string
@@ -77,6 +89,13 @@ func TestVersionAffected(t *testing.T) {
 		{"4.20", "4.2", false}, // the boundary bug: 4.20 is not a 4.2.x release
 		{"4.20.0", "4.2", false},
 		{"5.0", "4.2", false},
+		// a coarser version covers the listed sub-versions: Drupal's generator
+		// only emits a bare major, which must still match its dotted entries.
+		{"10", "10.0", true},
+		{"9", "9.3", true},
+		// coarser matching stays on dotted boundaries: "1" is not "10.x".
+		{"1", "10.0", false},
+		{"10", "100.0", false},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
diff --git a/internal/scan/frameworks/detect.go b/internal/scan/frameworks/detect.go
index bf2dd2a..e57277d 100644
--- a/internal/scan/frameworks/detect.go
+++ b/internal/scan/frameworks/detect.go
@@ -219,8 +219,13 @@ func getVulnerabilities(framework, version string) ([]string, []string) {
 }
 
 // versionAffected reports whether version falls under an affected-version
-// entry. the entry is a version prefix, matched only on dotted boundaries, so
-// "4.2" covers 4.2 and 4.2.1 but not 4.20.
+// entry. matching is on dotted component boundaries in either direction, so
+// "4.2" covers 4.2 and 4.2.1 but not 4.20, and a coarser version covers the
+// listed sub-versions. the latter matters because some detectors only recover
+// a bare major (Drupal's generator emits "10"); without it a bare major never
+// matches a dotted affected entry and the CVE is silently missed.
 func versionAffected(version, affected string) bool {
-	return version == affected || strings.HasPrefix(version, affected+".")
+	return version == affected ||
+		strings.HasPrefix(version, affected+".") ||
+		strings.HasPrefix(affected, version+".")
 }