diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
index 4cbd2f6f393..ac5d0555553 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
@@ -2151,6 +2151,28 @@ func Test_Cataloger_PositiveCases(t *testing.T) {
 				Metadata:  metadata("istio-binary"),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "istio_pilot-discovery/1.19.0-rc.0/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "pilot-discovery",
+				Version:   "1.19.0-rc.0",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/istio@1.19.0-rc.0",
+				Locations: locations("pilot-discovery"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("istio-binary"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "istio_pilot-discovery/1.15.0-beta.0/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "pilot-discovery",
+				Version:   "1.15.0-beta.0",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/istio@1.15.0-beta.0",
+				Locations: locations("pilot-discovery"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("istio-binary"),
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			logicalFixture: "istio_pilot-discovery/1.10-dev/linux-amd64",
 			expected: pkg.Package{
@@ -2173,6 +2195,17 @@ func Test_Cataloger_PositiveCases(t *testing.T) {
 				Metadata:  metadata("istio-binary"),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "istio_pilot-discovery/1.5.0-alpha.0/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "pilot-discovery",
+				Version:   "1.5.0-alpha.0",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/istio@1.5.0-alpha.0",
+				Locations: locations("pilot-discovery"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("istio-binary"),
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			logicalFixture: "istio_pilot-discovery/1.3.8/linux-amd64",
 			expected: pkg.Package{
@@ -2195,6 +2228,17 @@ func Test_Cataloger_PositiveCases(t *testing.T) {
 				Metadata:  metadata("istio-binary"),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "istio_pilot-discovery/1.0.0-snapshot.0/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "pilot-discovery",
+				Version:   "1.0.0-snapshot.0",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/istio@1.0.0-snapshot.0",
+				Locations: locations("pilot-discovery"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("istio-binary"),
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			logicalFixture: "istio_pilot-agent/1.29.0-alpha.0/linux-amd64",
 			expected: pkg.Package{
@@ -2239,6 +2283,28 @@ func Test_Cataloger_PositiveCases(t *testing.T) {
 				Metadata:  metadata("istio-binary"),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "istio_pilot-agent/1.19.0-rc.0/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "pilot-agent",
+				Version:   "1.19.0-rc.0",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/istio@1.19.0-rc.0",
+				Locations: locations("pilot-agent"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("istio-binary"),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "istio_pilot-agent/1.15.0-beta.0/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "pilot-agent",
+				Version:   "1.15.0-beta.0",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/istio@1.15.0-beta.0",
+				Locations: locations("pilot-agent"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("istio-binary"),
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			logicalFixture: "istio_pilot-agent/1.10-dev/linux-amd64",
 			expected: pkg.Package{
@@ -2261,6 +2327,17 @@ func Test_Cataloger_PositiveCases(t *testing.T) {
 				Metadata:  metadata("istio-binary"),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "istio_pilot-agent/1.5.0-alpha.0/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "pilot-agent",
+				Version:   "1.5.0-alpha.0",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/istio@1.5.0-alpha.0",
+				Locations: locations("pilot-agent"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("istio-binary"),
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			logicalFixture: "istio_pilot-agent/1.1.17/linux-amd64",
 			expected: pkg.Package{
@@ -2272,6 +2349,17 @@ func Test_Cataloger_PositiveCases(t *testing.T) {
 				Metadata:  metadata("istio-binary"),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "istio_pilot-agent/1.0.0-snapshot.0/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "pilot-agent",
+				Version:   "1.0.0-snapshot.0",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/istio@1.0.0-snapshot.0",
+				Locations: locations("pilot-agent"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("istio-binary"),
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			logicalFixture: "grafana/12.4.0-22081664032/linux-amd64",
 			expected: pkg.Package{
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
index afd4c7536cb..7733869629e 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
@@ -1014,13 +1014,16 @@ func DefaultClassifiers() []binutils.Classifier {
 			EvidenceMatcher: binutils.MatchAny(
 				// [NUL]1.26.8[NUL][NUL]1.26.8[NUL]
 				// [NUL]1.3.7[NUL][NUL][NUL]1.3.8[NUL]
-				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\x00+(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-alpha\.[0-9]+|-beta\.[0-9]+|-rc\.[0-9]+|-dev)?)\x00+`),
+				// [NUL]1.15.0-beta.0[NUL][NUL][NUL]1.15.0-beta.0[NUL]  (pre-release builds repeat the full version, suffix included)
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-alpha\.[0-9]+|-beta\.[0-9]+|-rc\.[0-9]+|-snapshot\.[0-9]+|-dev)?\x00+(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-alpha\.[0-9]+|-beta\.[0-9]+|-rc\.[0-9]+|-snapshot\.[0-9]+|-dev)?)\x00+`),
+				// [NUL][NUL][NUL]1.0.0-snapshot.0[NUL][NUL][NUL] (snapshot builds record the version only once)
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`\x00+(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+-snapshot\.[0-9]+)\x00+`),
 				// Clean[NUL][NUL][NUL]1.8.0[NUL]
-				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`Clean\x00+(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-alpha\.[0-9]+|-beta\.[0-9]+|-rc\.[0-9]+|-dev)?)\x00+`),
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`Clean\x00+(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-alpha\.[0-9]+|-beta\.[0-9]+|-rc\.[0-9]+|-snapshot\.[0-9]+|-dev)?)\x00+`),
 				// Modified[NUL][NUL][NUL][NUL][NUL][NUL][NUL][NUL]1.10-dev[NUL][NUL][NUL]
 				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`Modified\x00+(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+-dev)\x00+`),
 				// 1.1.17[NUL]...S=v<y5
-				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`(?s)(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-alpha\.[0-9]+|-beta\.[0-9]+|-rc\.[0-9]+|-dev)?)\x00+.{1,100}S?=v<y5`),
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`(?s)(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-alpha\.[0-9]+|-beta\.[0-9]+|-rc\.[0-9]+|-snapshot\.[0-9]+|-dev)?)\x00+.{1,100}S?=v<y5`),
 			),
 			Package: "pilot-discovery",
 			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/istio@version"),
@@ -1031,13 +1034,16 @@ func DefaultClassifiers() []binutils.Classifier {
 			FileGlob: "**/pilot-agent",
 			EvidenceMatcher: binutils.MatchAny(
 				// [NUL]1.26.8[NUL][NUL]1.26.8[NUL]
-				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\x00+(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-alpha\.[0-9]+|-beta\.[0-9]+|-rc\.[0-9]+|-dev)?)\x00+`),
+				// [NUL]1.15.0-beta.0[NUL][NUL][NUL]1.15.0-beta.0[NUL]  (pre-release builds repeat the full version, suffix included)
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-alpha\.[0-9]+|-beta\.[0-9]+|-rc\.[0-9]+|-snapshot\.[0-9]+|-dev)?\x00+(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-alpha\.[0-9]+|-beta\.[0-9]+|-rc\.[0-9]+|-snapshot\.[0-9]+|-dev)?)\x00+`),
+				// [NUL][NUL][NUL]1.0.0-snapshot.0[NUL][NUL][NUL] (snapshot builds record the version only once)
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`\x00+(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+-snapshot\.[0-9]+)\x00+`),
 				// Clean[NUL][NUL][NUL]1.8.0[NUL]
-				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`Clean\x00+(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-alpha\.[0-9]+|-beta\.[0-9]+|-rc\.[0-9]+|-dev)?)\x00+`),
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`Clean\x00+(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-alpha\.[0-9]+|-beta\.[0-9]+|-rc\.[0-9]+|-snapshot\.[0-9]+|-dev)?)\x00+`),
 				// Modified[NUL][NUL][NUL][NUL][NUL][NUL][NUL][NUL]1.10-dev[NUL][NUL][NUL]
 				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`Modified\x00+(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+-dev)\x00+`),
 				// 1.1.17[NUL]...S=v<y5
-				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`(?s)(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-alpha\.[0-9]+|-beta\.[0-9]+|-rc\.[0-9]+|-dev)?)\x00+.{1,100}S?=v<y5`),
+				m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(`(?s)(?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-alpha\.[0-9]+|-beta\.[0-9]+|-rc\.[0-9]+|-snapshot\.[0-9]+|-dev)?)\x00+.{1,100}S?=v<y5`),
 			),
 			Package: "pilot-agent",
 			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/istio@version"),
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/istio_pilot-agent/1.0.0-snapshot.0/linux-amd64/pilot-agent b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/istio_pilot-agent/1.0.0-snapshot.0/linux-amd64/pilot-agent
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7a387bd4d7f
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/istio_pilot-agent/1.0.0-snapshot.0/linux-amd64/pilot-agent differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/istio_pilot-agent/1.15.0-beta.0/linux-amd64/pilot-agent b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/istio_pilot-agent/1.15.0-beta.0/linux-amd64/pilot-agent
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6eb3c58abe5
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/istio_pilot-agent/1.15.0-beta.0/linux-amd64/pilot-agent differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/istio_pilot-agent/1.19.0-rc.0/linux-amd64/pilot-agent b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/istio_pilot-agent/1.19.0-rc.0/linux-amd64/pilot-agent
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..581c08576dc
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/istio_pilot-agent/1.19.0-rc.0/linux-amd64/pilot-agent differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/istio_pilot-agent/1.5.0-alpha.0/linux-amd64/pilot-agent b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/istio_pilot-agent/1.5.0-alpha.0/linux-amd64/pilot-agent
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8c6b56662d2
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/istio_pilot-agent/1.5.0-alpha.0/linux-amd64/pilot-agent differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/istio_pilot-discovery/1.0.0-snapshot.0/linux-amd64/pilot-discovery b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/istio_pilot-discovery/1.0.0-snapshot.0/linux-amd64/pilot-discovery
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b0e96259ef6
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/istio_pilot-discovery/1.0.0-snapshot.0/linux-amd64/pilot-discovery differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/istio_pilot-discovery/1.15.0-beta.0/linux-amd64/pilot-discovery b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/istio_pilot-discovery/1.15.0-beta.0/linux-amd64/pilot-discovery
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..526da02a06e
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/istio_pilot-discovery/1.15.0-beta.0/linux-amd64/pilot-discovery differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/istio_pilot-discovery/1.19.0-rc.0/linux-amd64/pilot-discovery b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/istio_pilot-discovery/1.19.0-rc.0/linux-amd64/pilot-discovery
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4ee78a5e385
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/istio_pilot-discovery/1.19.0-rc.0/linux-amd64/pilot-discovery differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/istio_pilot-discovery/1.5.0-alpha.0/linux-amd64/pilot-discovery b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/istio_pilot-discovery/1.5.0-alpha.0/linux-amd64/pilot-discovery
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1b646522eef
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/classifiers/snippets/istio_pilot-discovery/1.5.0-alpha.0/linux-amd64/pilot-discovery differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/config.yaml b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/config.yaml
index 9e619735316..0418c37a933 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/config.yaml
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/testdata/config.yaml
@@ -1203,6 +1203,22 @@ from-images:
     paths:
       - /usr/local/bin/pilot-discovery
 
+  - name: istio_pilot-discovery
+    version: 1.19.0-rc.0
+    images:
+      - ref: istio/pilot:1.19.0-rc.0@sha256:09c3c80be369a9724f11e1edfc60cc0b4d58612a6a99ac7314f620254986b159
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/local/bin/pilot-discovery
+
+  - name: istio_pilot-discovery
+    version: 1.15.0-beta.0
+    images:
+      - ref: istio/pilot:1.15.0-beta.0@sha256:07a1fd1b14ce51c47f0051f597e9b581020a2e5cc53d144592e85f3fa07bbef6
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/local/bin/pilot-discovery
+
   - name: istio_pilot-discovery
     version: 1.10-dev
     images:
@@ -1219,6 +1235,14 @@ from-images:
     paths:
       - /usr/local/bin/pilot-discovery
 
+  - name: istio_pilot-discovery
+    version: 1.5.0-alpha.0
+    images:
+      - ref: istio/pilot:1.5.0-alpha.0@sha256:b372bcbacd5af241afe097bd017e16773514b6ba17152ca02b7d5285e290b110
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/local/bin/pilot-discovery
+
   - name: istio_pilot-discovery
     version: 1.3.8
     images:
@@ -1235,6 +1259,14 @@ from-images:
     paths:
       - /usr/local/bin/pilot-discovery
 
+  - name: istio_pilot-discovery
+    version: 1.0.0-snapshot.0
+    images:
+      - ref: istio/pilot:1.0.0-snapshot.0@sha256:3b32619b36014eeafaad8199d8af48f7725e9e75a01c0b1abfba1d7166e53b66
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/local/bin/pilot-discovery
+
   - name: istio_pilot-agent
     version: 1.29.0-alpha.0
     images:
@@ -1267,6 +1299,22 @@ from-images:
     paths:
       - /usr/local/bin/pilot-agent
 
+  - name: istio_pilot-agent
+    version: 1.19.0-rc.0
+    images:
+      - ref: istio/proxyv2:1.19.0-rc.0@sha256:8c23abb1663e83ec19cac1e3de46c3cf7e942329936463646ca7a8d8088806b4
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/local/bin/pilot-agent
+
+  - name: istio_pilot-agent
+    version: 1.15.0-beta.0
+    images:
+      - ref: istio/proxyv2:1.15.0-beta.0@sha256:9f54e6fa64c6ef6bb8b3e72e513c4f0415f1576ae755b4fe9a5be8c8b38694de
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/local/bin/pilot-agent
+
   - name: istio_pilot-agent
     version: 1.10-dev
     images:
@@ -1283,6 +1331,14 @@ from-images:
     paths:
       - /usr/local/bin/pilot-agent
 
+  - name: istio_pilot-agent
+    version: 1.5.0-alpha.0
+    images:
+      - ref: istio/proxyv2:1.5.0-alpha.0@sha256:6d31b7e373622b2d483124bdc46974ff7b39c9b3fff8a9dc73a47d91344a24f6
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/local/bin/pilot-agent
+
   - name: istio_pilot-agent
     version: 1.1.17
     images:
@@ -1291,6 +1347,14 @@ from-images:
     paths:
       - /usr/local/bin/pilot-agent
 
+  - name: istio_pilot-agent
+    version: 1.0.0-snapshot.0
+    images:
+      - ref: istio/proxyv2:1.0.0-snapshot.0@sha256:13c352cd8b82c326d6e36a8d0a1eed9debe6b1816e30cfe79970d316c9e59714
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/local/bin/pilot-agent
+
   - name: grafana
     version: 12.3.1
     images: