diff --git a/.github/workflows/apps/govulncheck-contribs-sarif.sh b/.github/workflows/apps/govulncheck-contribs-sarif.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..d6f6f873e53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/apps/govulncheck-contribs-sarif.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Scans each contrib module with govulncheck in SARIF format and merges the
+# results into a single SARIF file for upload to GitHub Code Scanning.
+#
+# Usage: govulncheck-contribs-sarif.sh [output-file]
+#   output-file  Path for the merged SARIF output (default: govulncheck-contribs.sarif)
+#
+# Requires: govulncheck, jq
+
+OUTPUT="${1:-govulncheck-contribs.sarif}"
+SARIF_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
+trap 'rm -rf "$SARIF_DIR"' EXIT
+
+count=0
+# Use go.work as the authoritative module list — avoids picking up nested
+# test-only go.mod files (e.g. contrib/aws/datadog-lambda-go/test/...) that
+# are not workspace members and cause govulncheck package-load errors.
+grep -E '^\s+\./contrib/' go.work | awk '{print $1}' | while read -r dir; do
+  echo "Scanning $dir"
+  # Capture the module path (repo-root-relative) before any fallback rewrites
+  # $dir — used as the URI prefix when rewriting SARIF paths below.
+  module_dir="${dir#./}"  # strip leading "./" → "contrib/aws/aws-sdk-go"
+
+  # govulncheck requires at least one .go file in the target directory;
+  # fall back to the first subdirectory when the module root has none.
+  go_files=$(find "$dir" -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.go' | wc -l)
+  [[ $go_files -eq 0 ]] && dir=$(realpath "$(ls -d "$dir"/*/ | head -1)")
+
+  safe_name=$(printf '%s' "$module_dir" | tr '/' '_')
+  # -format sarif exits 0 even when vulnerabilities are found.
+  govulncheck -format sarif -C "$dir" . >"$SARIF_DIR/${safe_name}.sarif"
+
+  # Rewrite URIs to be repo-root-relative so Code Scanning annotations resolve
+  # correctly. govulncheck emits paths relative to the module dir with
+  # uriBaseId="%SRCROOT%". Prefix each with the module dir and drop uriBaseId
+  # so the merged single-run file has unambiguous repo-root-relative paths.
+  jq --arg prefix "${module_dir}/" '
+    walk(
+      if type == "object" and (.uriBaseId? == "%SRCROOT%") and has("uri")
+      then .uri = ($prefix + .uri) | del(.uriBaseId)
+      else .
+      end
+    )
+  ' "$SARIF_DIR/${safe_name}.sarif" >"$SARIF_DIR/${safe_name}.tmp"
+  mv "$SARIF_DIR/${safe_name}.tmp" "$SARIF_DIR/${safe_name}.sarif"
+
+  count=$((count + 1))
+done
+
+sarif_files=("$SARIF_DIR"/*.sarif)
+if [[ ! -e "${sarif_files[0]}" ]]; then
+  echo "No contrib modules found; skipping SARIF merge."
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# Merge all per-module SARIF files into one file with a single run.
+# CodeQL upload-sarif rejects files with multiple runs under the same category
+# (https://github.blog/changelog/2025-07-21-code-scanning-will-stop-combining-multiple-sarif-runs-uploaded-in-the-same-sarif-file/).
+# govulncheck uses URI-based artifact locations (not index-based), so merging
+# results across runs is safe — no artifact re-indexing required.
+#
+# tool.driver.rules is merged and deduplicated across all runs: each run only
+# carries the rules referenced by its own results, so a naïve first-wins merge
+# would lose rule descriptors (title, help) for vulns found in later modules.
+jq -s '
+  . as $all |
+  {
+    "version": .[0].version,
+    "$schema": (.[0]."$schema" // ""),
+    "runs": [{
+      "tool": (
+        .[0].runs[0].tool |
+        .driver.rules = ([$all[].runs[].tool.driver.rules[]?] | unique_by(.id))
+      ),
+      "results": [$all[].runs[].results[]?]
+    }]
+  }
+' "$SARIF_DIR"/*.sarif >"$OUTPUT"
+
+echo "Merged $(echo "$SARIF_DIR"/*.sarif | wc -w) SARIF files into $OUTPUT"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/apps/govulncheck-contribs-v2.sh b/.github/workflows/apps/govulncheck-contribs-v2.sh
index fa5c2e03f22..803969529d2 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/apps/govulncheck-contribs-v2.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/apps/govulncheck-contribs-v2.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-find ./contrib -mindepth 2 -type f -name go.mod -exec dirname {} \; | while read dir ; do
+# Use go.work as the authoritative module list — avoids nested test go.mod files.
+grep -E '^\s+\./contrib/' go.work | awk '{print $1}' | while read -r dir; do
   echo "Checking $dir"
   # govulncheck doesn't support modules with only a go.mod in the root
   go_files=$(find $dir -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.go' | wc -l)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/govulncheck.yml b/.github/workflows/govulncheck.yml
index 1641d42856b..45c3faa9c85 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/govulncheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/govulncheck.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ on:
       - "go.work.sum"
       - ".github/workflows/govulncheck.yml"
       - ".github/workflows/apps/govulncheck-contribs-v2.sh"
+      - ".github/workflows/apps/govulncheck-contribs-sarif.sh"
   workflow_call: # allows to reuse this workflow
     inputs:
       ref:
@@ -40,11 +41,11 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   # Non-blocking: generates SARIF and uploads to GitHub Code Scanning.
   # Replaces Dependabot Security Alerts with reachability-aware findings.
-  # Uses govulncheck@latest installed directly (golang/govulncheck-action is
-  # not in the DataDog enterprise action allowlist).
-  # NOTE: Only core packages are scanned here. Contrib modules (each with
-  # their own go.mod) are scanned in govulncheck-tests, which blocks merges,
-  # but contrib vulnerabilities do not appear in GitHub Code Scanning alerts.
+  # Uses the official golang/govulncheck-action — see PR description for
+  # the enterprise allowlist request context.
+  # NOTE: Only core packages are scanned here. Contrib modules are scanned
+  # separately in govulncheck-contribs-analysis (SARIF, non-blocking) and
+  # in govulncheck-tests (blocking, sandboxed).
   govulncheck-analysis:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -52,26 +53,80 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.ref || github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.ref }}
           persist-credentials: false
-      - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@40f1582b2485089dde7abd97c1529aa768e1baff # v5.6.0
-        with:
-          go-version: stable
-          cache-dependency-path: '**/go.sum'
-      - name: Install govulncheck
-        run: go install golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck@latest
-      - name: Run govulncheck (SARIF)
+      - name: Run govulncheck
+        # golang/govulncheck-action is the official Go Security Team action.
+        # It handles Go setup internally and always uses the latest govulncheck.
         # -format sarif exits 0 even when vulnerabilities are found, so the
         # upload step always runs. The blocking check is in govulncheck-tests.
-        run: |-
-          govulncheck -format sarif \
-            ./ddtrace/... ./appsec/... ./profiler/... ./internal/... ./instrumentation/... \
-            > govulncheck.sarif || true
+        uses: golang/govulncheck-action@31f7c5463448f83528bd771c2d978d940080c9fd # master @ 2026-02-26
+        with:
+          output-format: sarif
+          output-file: govulncheck.sarif
+          go-version-input: stable
+          # Disable the action's implicit checkout — we already checked out the
+          # correct ref above with persist-credentials: false. Without this, the
+          # action re-runs actions/checkout with default credentials and the
+          # event ref, which can diverge from inputs.ref on workflow_call.
+          repo-checkout: false
       - name: Upload SARIF to GitHub Code Scanning
         if: always()
         uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@38697555549f1db7851b81482ff19f1fa5c4fedc # v4.34.1
         with:
           sarif_file: govulncheck.sarif
           category: govulncheck
+      - name: Run govulncheck (OpenVEX)
+        if: always()
+        run: |-
+          govulncheck -format openvex \
+            ./ddtrace/... ./appsec/... ./profiler/... ./internal/... ./instrumentation/... \
+            > govulncheck-raw.vex || true
+      - name: Patch OpenVEX author and product
+        if: always() && hashFiles('govulncheck-raw.vex') != ''
+        run: |-
+          MODULE_PATH=$(go list -m -f '{{ .Path }}' github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-go/v2)
+          COMMIT=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+          VERSION=$(GOPROXY=direct GONOSUMDB="${MODULE_PATH}" go list -m -json "${MODULE_PATH}@${COMMIT}" | jq -r .Version)
+          PRODUCT="pkg:golang/${MODULE_PATH}@${VERSION}"
+          jq --arg author "security@datadoghq.com" \
+            --arg product "${PRODUCT}" \
+            '.author = $author | (.statements[]?.products[]?["@id"]) = $product' \
+            govulncheck-raw.vex > govulncheck.vex
+      - name: Upload OpenVEX artifact
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          name: govulncheck-openvex
+          path: govulncheck.vex
+          if-no-files-found: warn
+
+  # Non-blocking: scans all contrib modules for vulnerabilities and uploads
+  # the merged SARIF to GitHub Code Scanning for Security tab visibility.
+  # Contrib vulns are also caught by govulncheck-tests (blocking, sandboxed).
+  govulncheck-contribs-analysis:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.ref || github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.ref }}
+          persist-credentials: false
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@40f1582b2485089dde7abd97c1529aa768e1baff # v5.6.0
+        with:
+          go-version: stable
+          cache-dependency-path: '**/go.sum'
+      - name: Run govulncheck on contrib modules (SARIF)
+        # Installs govulncheck and runs govulncheck-contribs-sarif.sh, which
+        # scans each contrib module and merges results into one SARIF file.
+        # -format sarif exits 0 even when vulnerabilities are found.
+        run: |
+          go install golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck@latest
+          ./.github/workflows/apps/govulncheck-contribs-sarif.sh govulncheck-contribs.sarif
+      - name: Upload contrib SARIF to GitHub Code Scanning
+        if: always()
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@38697555549f1db7851b81482ff19f1fa5c4fedc # v4.34.1
+        with:
+          sarif_file: govulncheck-contribs.sarif
+          category: govulncheck-contribs
 
   # Blocking: fails the build if any reachable vulnerability is found.
   # Scans both core packages and all contrib modules (each with its own go.mod).