diff --git a/grype/matcher/apk/matcher.go b/grype/matcher/apk/matcher.go
index f3bf4b4037d..6822ab6d44e 100644
--- a/grype/matcher/apk/matcher.go
+++ b/grype/matcher/apk/matcher.go
@@ -28,15 +28,15 @@ func (m *Matcher) Type() match.MatcherType {
 func (m *Matcher) Match(store vulnerability.Provider, d *distro.Distro, p pkg.Package) ([]match.Match, error) {
 	var matches = make([]match.Match, 0)
 
-	// direct matches with package
-	directMatches, err := m.findApkPackage(store, d, p)
+	// direct matches with package itself
+	directMatches, err := m.findMatchesForPackage(store, d, p)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	matches = append(matches, directMatches...)
 
-	// indirect matches with package source
-	indirectMatches, err := m.matchBySourceIndirection(store, d, p)
+	// indirect matches, via package's origin package
+	indirectMatches, err := m.findMatchesForOriginPackage(store, d, p)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ func (m *Matcher) cpeMatchesWithoutSecDBFixes(store vulnerability.Provider, d *d
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	for _, upstreamPkg := range pkg.UpstreamPackages(p) {
+		secDBVulnerabilitiesForUpstream, err := store.GetByDistro(d, upstreamPkg)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		secDBVulnerabilities = append(secDBVulnerabilities, secDBVulnerabilitiesForUpstream...)
+	}
+
 	secDBVulnerabilitiesByID := vulnerabilitiesByID(secDBVulnerabilities)
 
 	verObj, err := version.NewVersionFromPkg(p)
@@ -139,8 +147,8 @@ func vulnerabilitiesByID(vulns []vulnerability.Vulnerability) map[string][]vulne
 	return results
 }
 
-func (m *Matcher) findApkPackage(store vulnerability.Provider, d *distro.Distro, p pkg.Package) ([]match.Match, error) {
-	// find Alpine SecDB matches for the given package name and version
+func (m *Matcher) findMatchesForPackage(store vulnerability.Provider, d *distro.Distro, p pkg.Package) ([]match.Match, error) {
+	// find SecDB matches for the given package name and version
 	secDBMatches, err := search.ByPackageDistro(store, d, p, m.Type())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -163,11 +171,11 @@ func (m *Matcher) findApkPackage(store vulnerability.Provider, d *distro.Distro,
 	return matches, nil
 }
 
-func (m *Matcher) matchBySourceIndirection(store vulnerability.Provider, d *distro.Distro, p pkg.Package) ([]match.Match, error) {
+func (m *Matcher) findMatchesForOriginPackage(store vulnerability.Provider, d *distro.Distro, p pkg.Package) ([]match.Match, error) {
 	var matches []match.Match
 
 	for _, indirectPackage := range pkg.UpstreamPackages(p) {
-		indirectMatches, err := m.findApkPackage(store, d, indirectPackage)
+		indirectMatches, err := m.findMatchesForPackage(store, d, indirectPackage)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to find vulnerabilities for apk upstream source package: %w", err)
 		}
diff --git a/grype/matcher/apk/matcher_test.go b/grype/matcher/apk/matcher_test.go
index 6b046024946..45c4619ffa8 100644
--- a/grype/matcher/apk/matcher_test.go
+++ b/grype/matcher/apk/matcher_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ type mockStore struct {
 }
 
 func (s *mockStore) GetVulnerability(namespace, id string) ([]grypeDB.Vulnerability, error) {
-	//TODO implement me
+	// TODO implement me
 	panic("implement me")
 }
 
@@ -556,6 +556,62 @@ func TestNvdMatchesNoConstraintWithSecDBFix(t *testing.T) {
 	assertMatches(t, expected, actual)
 }
 
+func TestNVDMatchCanceledByOriginPackageInSecDB(t *testing.T) {
+	nvdVuln := grypeDB.Vulnerability{
+		ID:            "CVE-2015-3211",
+		VersionFormat: "unknown",
+		CPEs:          []string{"cpe:2.3:a:php-fpm:php-fpm:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"},
+		Namespace:     "nvd:cpe",
+	}
+	secDBVuln := grypeDB.Vulnerability{
+		ID:                "CVE-2015-3211",
+		VersionConstraint: "< 0",
+		VersionFormat:     "apk",
+		Namespace:         "wolfi:distro:wolfi:rolling",
+	}
+	store := mockStore{
+		backend: map[string]map[string][]grypeDB.Vulnerability{
+			"nvd:cpe": {
+				"php-fpm": []grypeDB.Vulnerability{nvdVuln},
+			},
+			"wolfi:distro:wolfi:rolling": {
+				"php-8.3": []grypeDB.Vulnerability{secDBVuln},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	provider, err := db.NewVulnerabilityProvider(&store)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	m := Matcher{}
+	d, err := distro.New(distro.Wolfi, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create a new distro: %+v", err)
+	}
+	p := pkg.Package{
+		ID:      pkg.ID(uuid.NewString()),
+		Name:    "php-8.3-fpm",
+		Version: "8.3.11-r0",
+		Type:    syftPkg.ApkPkg,
+		CPEs: []cpe.CPE{
+			cpe.Must("cpe:2.3:a:php-fpm:php-fpm:8.3.11-r0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", ""),
+		},
+		Upstreams: []pkg.UpstreamPackage{
+			{
+				Name:    "php-8.3",
+				Version: "8.3.11-r0",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	expected := []match.Match{}
+
+	actual, err := m.Match(provider, d, p)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assertMatches(t, expected, actual)
+}
+
 func TestDistroMatchBySourceIndirection(t *testing.T) {
 
 	secDbVuln := grypeDB.Vulnerability{