diff --git a/pkg/parallel/pipeline.go b/pkg/parallel/pipeline.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f19f064d61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/parallel/pipeline.go
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+package parallel
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/cheggaaa/pb/v3"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
+)
+
+// Pipeline represents a structure for performing parallel processing.
+// T represents the input element type and U represents the output element type.
+type Pipeline[T, U any] struct {
+	numWorkers int
+	items      []T
+	onItem     onItem[T, U]
+	onResult   onResult[U]
+	progress   bool
+}
+
+// onItem represents a function type that takes an input element and returns an output element.
+type onItem[T, U any] func(T) (U, error)
+
+// onResult represents a function type that takes an output element.
+type onResult[U any] func(U) error
+
+func NewPipeline[T, U any](numWorkers int, progress bool, items []T,
+	fn1 onItem[T, U], fn2 onResult[U]) Pipeline[T, U] {
+	return Pipeline[T, U]{
+		numWorkers: numWorkers,
+		progress:   progress,
+		items:      items,
+		onItem:     fn1,
+		onResult:   fn2,
+	}
+}
+
+// Do executes pipeline processing.
+// It exits when any error occurs.
+func (p *Pipeline[T, U]) Do(ctx context.Context) error {
+	// progress bar
+	var bar *pb.ProgressBar
+	if p.progress {
+		bar = pb.StartNew(len(p.items))
+		defer bar.Finish()
+	}
+
+	g, ctx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
+	itemCh := make(chan T)
+
+	// Start a goroutine to send input data
+	g.Go(func() error {
+		defer close(itemCh)
+		for _, item := range p.items {
+			if p.progress {
+				bar.Increment()
+			}
+			select {
+			case itemCh <- item:
+			case <-ctx.Done():
+				return ctx.Err()
+			}
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	// Generate a channel for sending output data
+	results := make(chan U)
+
+	// Start a fixed number of goroutines to process items.
+	for i := 0; i < p.numWorkers; i++ {
+		g.Go(func() error {
+			for item := range itemCh {
+				res, err := p.onItem(item)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				select {
+				case results <- res:
+				case <-ctx.Done():
+					return ctx.Err()
+				}
+			}
+			return nil
+		})
+	}
+
+	go func() {
+		_ = g.Wait()
+		close(results)
+	}()
+
+	// Process output data received from the channel
+	for res := range results {
+		if err := p.onResult(res); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Check whether any of the goroutines failed. Since g is accumulating the
+	// errors, we don't need to send them (or check for them) in the individual
+	// results sent on the channel.
+	if err := g.Wait(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/parallel/pipeline_test.go b/pkg/parallel/pipeline_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c4a064e695
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/parallel/pipeline_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package parallel_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"math"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/parallel"
+)
+
+func TestPipeline_Do(t *testing.T) {
+	type field struct {
+		numWorkers int
+		items      []float64
+		onItem     func(float64) (float64, error)
+	}
+	type testCase struct {
+		name    string
+		field   field
+		want    float64
+		wantErr bool
+	}
+	tests := []testCase{
+		{
+			name: "pow",
+			field: field{
+				numWorkers: 5,
+				items: []float64{
+					1,
+					2,
+					3,
+					4,
+					5,
+					6,
+					7,
+					8,
+					9,
+					10,
+				},
+				onItem: func(f float64) (float64, error) {
+					return math.Pow(f, 2), nil
+				},
+			},
+			want: 385,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "ceil",
+			field: field{
+				numWorkers: 3,
+				items: []float64{
+					1.1,
+					2.2,
+					3.3,
+					4.4,
+					5.5,
+					-1.1,
+					-2.2,
+					-3.3,
+				},
+				onItem: func(f float64) (float64, error) {
+					return math.Round(f), nil
+				},
+			},
+			want: 10,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var got float64
+			p := parallel.NewPipeline(tt.field.numWorkers, false, tt.field.items, tt.field.onItem, func(f float64) error {
+				got += f
+				return nil
+			})
+			err := p.Do(context.Background())
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, got)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/parallel/walk.go b/pkg/parallel/walk.go
index e1bd8796a7..4cf832381d 100644
--- a/pkg/parallel/walk.go
+++ b/pkg/parallel/walk.go
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 type onFile[T any] func(string, fs.FileInfo, dio.ReadSeekerAt) (T, error)
-type onResult[T any] func(T) error
+type onWalkResult[T any] func(T) error
 
 func WalkDir[T any](ctx context.Context, fsys fs.FS, root string, slow bool,
-	onFile onFile[T], onResult onResult[T]) error {
+	onFile onFile[T], onResult onWalkResult[T]) error {
 
 	g, ctx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
 	paths := make(chan string)