diff --git a/src/skillspector/nodes/analyzers/static_patterns_supply_chain.py b/src/skillspector/nodes/analyzers/static_patterns_supply_chain.py
index 5bbba8e2..b6a380ea 100644
--- a/src/skillspector/nodes/analyzers/static_patterns_supply_chain.py
+++ b/src/skillspector/nodes/analyzers/static_patterns_supply_chain.py
@@ -417,6 +417,32 @@ def _is_typosquat(pkg_name: str, popular: set[str], max_distance: int = 2) -> st
 }
 
 
+def _pinned_version(operator: str | None, version: str | None) -> str | None:
+    """Return *version* only when the specifier pins one concrete release.
+
+    A vulnerability lookup answers "is THIS release affected?". That question is only
+    meaningful when the manifest admits exactly one release. Under PEP 440 that is ``==``
+    with a fully concrete version: floors (``>=``, ``>``), caps (``<=``, ``<``), exclusions
+    (``!=``), compatible releases (``~=``) and wildcard equality (``==1.*``) all admit more
+    than one, so the installed version is unknown and must not be passed off as a pin.
+    """
+    if operator != "==" or not version or "*" in version:
+        return None
+    return version
+
+
+def _pinned_npm_version(spec: str) -> str | None:
+    """Return the pinned version of an npm dependency spec, or None for any range.
+
+    npm defaults to caret ranges, so ``"^1.8.3"`` is *not* a pin: stripping the operator
+    turns a range into a concrete release that the project may never install.
+    """
+    candidate = spec.strip()
+    if re.fullmatch(r"\d+\.\d+\.\d+(?:[-+][0-9A-Za-z.-]+)?", candidate):
+        return candidate
+    return None
+
+
 def _extract_packages_from_requirements(content: str) -> list[tuple[str, str | None, int]]:
     """Extract (package_name, version_or_None, line_number) from requirements.txt format."""
     results: list[tuple[str, str | None, int]] = []
@@ -427,7 +453,7 @@ def _extract_packages_from_requirements(content: str) -> list[tuple[str, str | N
         m = re.match(r"^([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9._-]*)(?:\[.*?\])?\s*(?:([=<>!~]=?)\s*([\d.*]+))?", line)
         if m:
             name = m.group(1)
-            version = m.group(3) if m.group(2) else None
+            version = _pinned_version(m.group(2), m.group(3))
             results.append((name, version, i))
     return results
 
@@ -448,8 +474,7 @@ def _extract_packages_from_package_json(content: str) -> list[tuple[str, str | N
             m = re.match(r'"([^"]+)"\s*:\s*"([^"]*)"', stripped)
             if m:
                 name = m.group(1)
-                ver_str = m.group(2).lstrip("^~>=<")
-                version = ver_str if re.match(r"^\d", ver_str) else None
+                version = _pinned_npm_version(m.group(2))
                 results.append((name, version, i))
     return results
 
@@ -495,7 +520,7 @@ def _extract_packages_from_pyproject(content: str) -> list[tuple[str, str | None
         if not m:
             continue
         name = m.group(1)
-        version = m.group(3) if m.group(2) in ("==", "<=") else None
+        version = _pinned_version(m.group(2), m.group(3))
         idx = content.find(spec)
         line_num = get_line_number(content, idx) if idx >= 0 else 1
         results.append((name, version, line_num))
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_patterns_new.py b/tests/unit/test_patterns_new.py
index 5c0525d3..e52bfc0f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_patterns_new.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_patterns_new.py
@@ -1262,6 +1262,83 @@ def test_extract_packages_requirements(self) -> None:
         assert "numpy" in names
         assert "flask" in names
 
+    def test_pinned_version_only_accepts_exact_concrete_pins(self) -> None:
+        # A vulnerability lookup asks "is THIS release affected?", which is only meaningful
+        # when the manifest admits exactly one release. Everything else must yield None.
+        assert sc_mod._pinned_version("==", "2.31.0") == "2.31.0"
+        assert sc_mod._pinned_version("==", "1.*") is None      # wildcard equality
+        assert sc_mod._pinned_version("<=", "8.1.0") is None    # cap: admits every earlier
+        assert sc_mod._pinned_version("<", "8.1.0") is None
+        assert sc_mod._pinned_version(">=", "10.0.0") is None   # floor
+        assert sc_mod._pinned_version(">", "10.0.0") is None
+        assert sc_mod._pinned_version("~=", "1.26.0") is None   # compatible release
+        assert sc_mod._pinned_version("!=", "3.0.0") is None    # exclusion
+        assert sc_mod._pinned_version(None, None) is None       # bare dependency
+
+    def test_pinned_npm_version_rejects_ranges(self) -> None:
+        # npm defaults to caret ranges: stripping the operator turns a range into a concrete
+        # release the project may never install (regression: "^1.8.3" -> "1.8.3").
+        assert sc_mod._pinned_npm_version("4.17.21") == "4.17.21"
+        assert sc_mod._pinned_npm_version("1.2.3-rc.1") == "1.2.3-rc.1"
+        assert sc_mod._pinned_npm_version("^1.8.3") is None
+        assert sc_mod._pinned_npm_version("~4.18.0") is None
+        assert sc_mod._pinned_npm_version(">=1.2.3") is None
+        assert sc_mod._pinned_npm_version("1.x") is None
+        assert sc_mod._pinned_npm_version("*") is None
+        assert sc_mod._pinned_npm_version(">=1.2.3 <2.0.0") is None
+        assert sc_mod._pinned_npm_version("") is None
+
+    def test_extract_packages_requirements_specifier_is_not_a_pin(self) -> None:
+        # Regression: any specifier was treated as "==", so the floor "pillow>=10.0.0" was
+        # scanned as the exact release 10.0.0 and flagged with that release's CVEs.
+        content = (
+            "requests==2.31.0\n"      # exact pin  -> kept
+            "pillow>=10.0.0\n"        # floor      -> None
+            "click<=8.1.0\n"          # cap        -> None
+            "urllib3~=1.26.0\n"       # compatible -> None
+            "jinja2!=3.0.0\n"         # exclusion  -> None
+            "boto3==1.*\n"            # wildcard   -> None
+            "flask\n"                 # unpinned   -> None
+        )
+        versions = {p[0]: p[1] for p in sc_mod._extract_packages_from_requirements(content)}
+        assert versions["requests"] == "2.31.0"
+        assert versions["pillow"] is None
+        assert versions["click"] is None
+        assert versions["urllib3"] is None
+        assert versions["jinja2"] is None
+        assert versions["boto3"] is None
+        assert versions["flask"] is None
+
+    def test_extract_packages_pyproject_specifier_is_not_a_pin(self) -> None:
+        content = (
+            "[build-system]\n"
+            'requires = ["setuptools>=61", "wheel==0.42.0"]\n'
+            "[project]\n"
+            'dependencies = ["httpx<=0.27.0", "rich==13.*"]\n'
+        )
+        versions = {p[0]: p[1] for p in sc_mod._extract_packages_from_pyproject(content)}
+        assert versions["wheel"] == "0.42.0"
+        assert versions["setuptools"] is None
+        assert versions["httpx"] is None
+        assert versions["rich"] is None
+
+    def test_extract_packages_package_json_caret_is_not_a_pin(self) -> None:
+        content = (
+            "{\n"
+            '  "dependencies": {\n'
+            '    "shell-quote": "^1.8.3",\n'
+            '    "lodash": "4.17.21",\n'
+            '    "semver": "~7.5.0",\n'
+            '    "glob": "*"\n'
+            "  }\n"
+            "}"
+        )
+        versions = {p[0]: p[1] for p in sc_mod._extract_packages_from_package_json(content)}
+        assert versions["lodash"] == "4.17.21"
+        assert versions["shell-quote"] is None
+        assert versions["semver"] is None
+        assert versions["glob"] is None
+
     def test_extract_packages_package_json(self) -> None:
         content = (
             '{\n  "dependencies": {\n    "express": "^4.18.0",\n    "lodash": "4.17.21"\n  }\n}'