diff --git a/server/vulnerabilities/nvd/cpe_matching_rules.go b/server/vulnerabilities/nvd/cpe_matching_rules.go
index 01fa401bb2..2eca77e570 100644
--- a/server/vulnerabilities/nvd/cpe_matching_rules.go
+++ b/server/vulnerabilities/nvd/cpe_matching_rules.go
@@ -209,6 +209,15 @@ func GetKnownNVDBugRules() (CPEMatchingRules, error) {
 				return cpeMeta.Product == "visual_studio_code" && cpeMeta.TargetSW == wfn.Any
 			},
 		},
+		// Old macos CPEs without version constraints that should be ignored
+		CPEMatchingRule{
+			CVEs: map[string]struct{}{
+				"CVE-2001-0102": {},
+				"CVE-1999-0590": {},
+				"CVE-1999-0524": {},
+			},
+			IgnoreAll: true,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for i, rule := range rules {
diff --git a/server/vulnerabilities/nvd/cve_test.go b/server/vulnerabilities/nvd/cve_test.go
index 924c6b7a10..0197928ae9 100644
--- a/server/vulnerabilities/nvd/cve_test.go
+++ b/server/vulnerabilities/nvd/cve_test.go
@@ -312,6 +312,21 @@ func TestTranslateCPEToCVE(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			continuesToUpdate: true,
 		},
+		"cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:17.0:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*": {
+			includedCVEs: []cve{
+				{ID: "CVE-2023-42852", resolvedInVersion: "17.1"},
+				{ID: "CVE-2023-42950", resolvedInVersion: "17.2"},
+				{ID: "CVE-2024-23273", resolvedInVersion: "17.4"},
+			},
+			excludedCVEs:      []string{"CVE-2023-28205"},
+			continuesToUpdate: true,
+		},
+		"cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:16.4.0:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*": {
+			includedCVEs: []cve{
+				{ID: "CVE-2023-28205", resolvedInVersion: "16.4.1"},
+			},
+			continuesToUpdate: true,
+		},
 	}
 
 	cveOSTests := []struct {
@@ -474,7 +489,9 @@ func TestTranslateCPEToCVE(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			for _, cve := range tc.excludedCVEs {
-				require.NotContains(t, cvesFound[cpe], cve, tc.cpe)
+				for _, cveFound := range cvesFound[cpe] {
+					require.NotEqual(t, cve, cveFound.ID, fmt.Sprintf("%s should not contain %s", cpe, cve))
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/server/vulnerabilities/nvd/tools/cvefeed/nvd/match_cpe.go b/server/vulnerabilities/nvd/tools/cvefeed/nvd/match_cpe.go
index f82866a3dc..ce0d271844 100644
--- a/server/vulnerabilities/nvd/tools/cvefeed/nvd/match_cpe.go
+++ b/server/vulnerabilities/nvd/tools/cvefeed/nvd/match_cpe.go
@@ -69,13 +69,42 @@ func (cm *cpeMatch) Match(attrs []*wfn.Attributes, requireVersion bool) (matches
 		if cm.match(attr, requireVersion) {
 			matches = append(matches, attr)
 		}
-		if osMatch := cm.MatchTargetSW(attr); osMatch != nil {
+		if osMatch := cm.matchTargetSW(attr); osMatch != nil {
 			matches = append(matches, osMatch)
 		}
 	}
 	return matches
 }
 
+// matchTargetSW returns an OS CPE for the given application CPE
+// if the application CPE has a target software attribute and
+// matches the given cpeMatch
+func (cm *cpeMatch) matchTargetSW(attr *wfn.Attributes) *wfn.Attributes {
+	if cm == nil || attr == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if attr.Part != "a" || attr.TargetSW == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	osAttr := &wfn.Attributes{
+		Part:    "o",
+		Product: attr.TargetSW,
+	}
+
+	partMatches := cm.Part == osAttr.Part
+	productMatches := cm.Product == osAttr.Product
+	versionMatches := cm.Version == wfn.NA || cm.Version == wfn.Any
+	noVersionRanges := !cm.hasVersionRanges
+
+	if partMatches && productMatches && versionMatches && noVersionRanges {
+		return osAttr
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Match implements wfn.Matcher interface
 func (cm *cpeMatch) match(attr *wfn.Attributes, requireVersion bool) bool {
 	if cm == nil || cm.Attributes == nil {
diff --git a/server/vulnerabilities/nvd/tools/wfn/matcher.go b/server/vulnerabilities/nvd/tools/wfn/matcher.go
index 8278a371c5..ddde1bed13 100644
--- a/server/vulnerabilities/nvd/tools/wfn/matcher.go
+++ b/server/vulnerabilities/nvd/tools/wfn/matcher.go
@@ -51,29 +51,6 @@ func (a *Attributes) MatchWithoutVersion(attr *Attributes) bool {
 		matchAttr(a.Other, attr.Other)
 }
 
-func (a *Attributes) MatchTargetSW(attr *Attributes) *Attributes {
-	if a == nil || attr == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	var osMatch bool
-	var osAttr *Attributes
-	if attr.Part == "a" && attr.TargetSW != "" {
-		osAttr = &Attributes{
-			Part:    "o",
-			Product: attr.TargetSW,
-		}
-
-		osMatch = matchAttr(a.Part, osAttr.Part) && matchAttr(a.Product, osAttr.Product)
-	}
-
-	if !osMatch {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	return osAttr
-}
-
 // MatchAll returns a Matcher which matches only if all matchers match
 func MatchAll(ms ...Matcher) Matcher {
 	return &multiMatcher{matchers: ms, allMatch: true}