diff --git a/internal/formats/common/spdxhelpers/source_info.go b/internal/formats/common/spdxhelpers/source_info.go
index 81c63348d652..fd692cd69393 100644
--- a/internal/formats/common/spdxhelpers/source_info.go
+++ b/internal/formats/common/spdxhelpers/source_info.go
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ func SourceInfo(p pkg.Package) string {
 	default:
 		answer = "acquired package info from the following paths"
 	}
+	if p.FoundBy == "sbom-cataloger" {
+		answer = "acquired package info from SBOM"
+	}
 	var paths []string
 	for _, l := range p.Locations.ToSlice() {
 		paths = append(paths, l.RealPath)
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/cataloger.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/cataloger.go
index 98d98436d2d7..20afe542cb0d 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/cataloger.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/cataloger.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/ruby"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/rust"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/swift"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/sbom"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/source"
 )
 
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ func ImageCatalogers(cfg Config) []Cataloger {
 		golang.NewGoModuleBinaryCataloger(),
 		dotnet.NewDotnetDepsCataloger(),
 		portage.NewPortageCataloger(),
+		sbom.NewSBOMCataloger(),
 	}, cfg.Catalogers)
 }
 
@@ -84,6 +86,7 @@ func DirectoryCatalogers(cfg Config) []Cataloger {
 		cpp.NewConanfileCataloger(),
 		portage.NewPortageCataloger(),
 		haskell.NewHackageCataloger(),
+		sbom.NewSBOMCataloger(),
 	}, cfg.Catalogers)
 }
 
@@ -113,6 +116,7 @@ func AllCatalogers(cfg Config) []Cataloger {
 		cpp.NewConanfileCataloger(),
 		portage.NewPortageCataloger(),
 		haskell.NewHackageCataloger(),
+		sbom.NewSBOMCataloger(),
 	}, cfg.Catalogers)
 }
 
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/sbom/cataloger.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/sbom/cataloger.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..31a0d4611c9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/sbom/cataloger.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package sbom
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/formats/cyclonedxjson"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/formats/cyclonedxxml"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/formats/spdx22json"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/formats/spdx22tagvalue"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/formats/syftjson"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/artifact"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/common"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/sbom"
+	"io"
+)
+
+// NewSBOMCataloger returns a new SBOM cataloger object loaded from saved SBOM JSON.
+func NewSBOMCataloger() *common.GenericCataloger {
+	globParsers := map[string]common.ParserFn{
+		"**/*.syft.json": parseSyftJSON,
+		"**/bom.json":    parseCyclonedxJSON,
+		"**/bom.xml":     parseCyclonedxXML,
+		"**/*.cdx.json":  parseCyclonedxJSON,
+		"**/*.cdx.xml":   parseCyclonedxXML,
+		"**/*.spdx.json": parseSpdxJSON,
+		"**/*.spdx":      parseSpdx,
+	}
+	return common.NewGenericCataloger(nil, globParsers, "sbom-cataloger")
+}
+
+func parseSyftJSON(path string, reader io.Reader) ([]*pkg.Package, []artifact.Relationship, error) {
+	return parseSBOM(path, reader, syftjson.Format())
+}
+
+func parseCyclonedxJSON(path string, reader io.Reader) ([]*pkg.Package, []artifact.Relationship, error) {
+	return parseSBOM(path, reader, cyclonedxjson.Format())
+}
+
+func parseCyclonedxXML(path string, reader io.Reader) ([]*pkg.Package, []artifact.Relationship, error) {
+	return parseSBOM(path, reader, cyclonedxxml.Format())
+}
+
+func parseSpdxJSON(path string, reader io.Reader) ([]*pkg.Package, []artifact.Relationship, error) {
+	return parseSBOM(path, reader, spdx22json.Format())
+}
+
+func parseSpdx(path string, reader io.Reader) ([]*pkg.Package, []artifact.Relationship, error) {
+	return parseSBOM(path, reader, spdx22tagvalue.Format())
+}
+
+func parseSBOM(_ string, reader io.Reader, format sbom.Format) ([]*pkg.Package, []artifact.Relationship, error) {
+	by, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to read sbom: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	s, err := format.Decode(bytes.NewReader(by))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to decode sbom: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	var packages []*pkg.Package
+	for _, p := range s.Artifacts.PackageCatalog.Sorted() {
+		x := p // copy
+		packages = append(packages, &x)
+	}
+
+	return packages, nil, nil
+}