diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-build-push.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-build-push.yml
index 0d6090b8b58..2eb7a52895f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-build-push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-build-push.yml
@@ -706,8 +706,11 @@ jobs:
   notify-on-failure:
     name: Notify Cats on nightly build failure
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [build-and-push-docker]
-    if: always() && needs.build-and-push-docker.result == 'failure' && github.event_name == 'schedule'
+    needs: [build-and-push-docker, sbom-attestation]
+    if: |
+      always() && github.event_name == 'schedule' &&
+      (needs.build-and-push-docker.result == 'failure' ||
+       needs.sbom-attestation.result == 'failure')
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
         with:
@@ -719,4 +722,4 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           node .github/scripts/slack/notify.mjs \
             --channel '#team-catalysts' \
-            --text 'Nightly Docker build failed - ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}'
+            --text 'Nightly Docker build failed (build=${{ needs.build-and-push-docker.result }}, sbom=${{ needs.sbom-attestation.result }}) - ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}'
diff --git a/scripts/licenses/enrich-sbom.mjs b/scripts/licenses/enrich-sbom.mjs
index 8d4837e4732..c43470c0a95 100644
--- a/scripts/licenses/enrich-sbom.mjs
+++ b/scripts/licenses/enrich-sbom.mjs
@@ -75,6 +75,16 @@ function srcFileOf(component) {
 	return null;
 }
 
+/**
+ * An npm name is `name` or `@scope/name` — neither part may contain a slash. A
+ * further slash means the scanner named a directory inside a package, i.e. an
+ * `exports` subpath (@google/genai/node, @linear/sdk/webhooks).
+ */
+function isExportsSubpath(component) {
+	const qualified = qualifiedName(component) ?? '';
+	return qualified.replace(/^@[^/]+\//, '').includes('/');
+}
+
 /**
  * A scan of a container image filesystem (unlike the pnpm-lockfile scan of the
  * release closure) deep-walks node_modules and mis-catalogs nested package.json
@@ -91,6 +101,11 @@ export function isPhantomNpm(component) {
 	const purl = component.purl ?? '';
 	if (!purl.startsWith('pkg:npm/')) return false;
 
+	// Checked before the path rules: a subpath stub lives at
+	// node_modules/@google/genai/node/package.json, which *does* end with its own
+	// qualified name, so the canonical-path check below would call it real.
+	if (isExportsSubpath(component)) return true;
+
 	const src = srcFileOf(component);
 	// syft writes "UNKNOWN" where cdxgen omits the field. Neither is a real
 	// version. cdxgen emits `exports`-subpath phantoms with no path either, so
diff --git a/scripts/licenses/enrich-sbom.test.mjs b/scripts/licenses/enrich-sbom.test.mjs
index 49738f12282..5376f7a3b3b 100644
--- a/scripts/licenses/enrich-sbom.test.mjs
+++ b/scripts/licenses/enrich-sbom.test.mjs
@@ -204,6 +204,42 @@ describe('isPhantomNpm (cdxgen image-scan noise)', () => {
 
 	const syftSrc = (p) => ({ properties: [{ name: 'syft:location:0:path', value: p }] });
 
+	it('flags an exports subpath whose syft path matches its own qualified name', () => {
+		assert.equal(
+			isPhantomNpm({
+				name: 'genai/node',
+				group: '@google',
+				version: 'UNKNOWN',
+				purl: 'pkg:npm/%40google/genai%2Fnode',
+				...syftSrc('/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/@google/genai/node/package.json'),
+			}),
+			true,
+		);
+		assert.equal(
+			isPhantomNpm({
+				name: 'sdk/webhooks',
+				group: '@linear',
+				version: 'UNKNOWN',
+				purl: 'pkg:npm/%40linear/sdk%2Fwebhooks',
+				...syftSrc('/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/@linear/sdk/webhooks/package.json'),
+			}),
+			true,
+		);
+	});
+
+	it('keeps an unscoped package whose name is a prefix of a subpath', () => {
+		assert.equal(
+			isPhantomNpm({
+				name: 'genai',
+				group: '@google',
+				version: '1.19.0',
+				purl: 'pkg:npm/%40google/genai@1.19.0',
+				...syftSrc('/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/@google/genai/package.json'),
+			}),
+			false,
+		);
+	});
+
 	it('keeps an application root outside node_modules (runners ship the task runner there)', () => {
 		assert.equal(
 			isPhantomNpm({
diff --git a/scripts/licenses/properties.test.mjs b/scripts/licenses/properties.test.mjs
index 2304c5ef46a..a79996e946a 100644
--- a/scripts/licenses/properties.test.mjs
+++ b/scripts/licenses/properties.test.mjs
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ describe('isPhantomNpm — properties', () => {
 		}
 	});
 
-	it('CANONICAL-PATH-WITH-VERSION-NEVER-PHANTOM', () => {
+	it('CANONICAL-PATH-WITH-VERSION-NEVER-PHANTOM (for a well-formed npm name)', () => {
 		const node = (group, name) => ({
 			group,
 			name,
@@ -255,6 +255,27 @@ describe('isPhantomNpm — properties', () => {
 		assert.equal(isPhantomNpm(node('@n8n', 'db')), false);
 	});
 
+	it('SUBPATH-NAME-ALWAYS-PHANTOM: a slash past the scope is never a real npm name', () => {
+		const atCanonicalPath = (group, name) => ({
+			group,
+			name,
+			version: '1.0.0',
+			purl: `pkg:npm/${group ? group + '/' : ''}${name}@1.0.0`,
+			properties: [
+				{
+					name: 'syft:location:0:path',
+					value: `/x/node_modules/${group ? group + '/' : ''}${name}/package.json`,
+				},
+			],
+		});
+		// Canonical path AND a resolved version — every other signal says "real".
+		assert.equal(isPhantomNpm(atCanonicalPath('@google', 'genai/node')), true);
+		assert.equal(isPhantomNpm(atCanonicalPath('@linear', 'sdk/webhooks')), true);
+		assert.equal(isPhantomNpm(atCanonicalPath('', 'foo/bar')), true);
+		// The scope slash alone must not trip it.
+		assert.equal(isPhantomNpm(atCanonicalPath('@google', 'genai')), false);
+	});
+
 	it('NON-NPM-NEVER-PHANTOM: OS and other ecosystems are out of scope', () => {
 		for (const purl of ['pkg:apk/alpine/busybox@1', 'pkg:deb/debian/libc@2', 'pkg:cargo/x@1']) {
 			assert.equal(isPhantomNpm({ purl, name: 'x' }), false, purl);