diff --git a/src/DockerUpdateGuard.Data/Entities/VulnerabilityAssessmentStatus.cs b/src/DockerUpdateGuard.Data/Entities/VulnerabilityAssessmentStatus.cs
index a51c079..7056ada 100644
--- a/src/DockerUpdateGuard.Data/Entities/VulnerabilityAssessmentStatus.cs
+++ b/src/DockerUpdateGuard.Data/Entities/VulnerabilityAssessmentStatus.cs
@@ -33,5 +33,10 @@ public enum VulnerabilityAssessmentStatus
     /// <summary>
     /// Vulnerability evaluation failed
     /// </summary>
-    Failed = 5
+    Failed = 5,
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The image is no longer available in the registry and could not be scanned
+    /// </summary>
+    Unavailable = 6
 }
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diff --git a/src/DockerUpdateGuard/Images/VulnerabilityEnrichmentService.cs b/src/DockerUpdateGuard/Images/VulnerabilityEnrichmentService.cs
index d4985c7..536f900 100644
--- a/src/DockerUpdateGuard/Images/VulnerabilityEnrichmentService.cs
+++ b/src/DockerUpdateGuard/Images/VulnerabilityEnrichmentService.cs
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ private static VulnerabilityAssessmentStatus MapAssessmentStatus(ExternalOperati
                {
                    ExternalOperationStatus.NotConfigured => VulnerabilityAssessmentStatus.NotConfigured,
                    ExternalOperationStatus.Unsupported => VulnerabilityAssessmentStatus.Unsupported,
+                   ExternalOperationStatus.NotFound => VulnerabilityAssessmentStatus.Unavailable,
                    _ => VulnerabilityAssessmentStatus.Failed,
                };
     }
diff --git a/src/DockerUpdateGuard/UI/ApplicationViewService.cs b/src/DockerUpdateGuard/UI/ApplicationViewService.cs
index 1920761..bacb547 100644
--- a/src/DockerUpdateGuard/UI/ApplicationViewService.cs
+++ b/src/DockerUpdateGuard/UI/ApplicationViewService.cs
@@ -707,6 +707,7 @@ private static string FormatVulnerabilityAssessmentStatus(VulnerabilityAssessmen
                    VulnerabilityAssessmentStatus.FindingsDetected => "Findings detected",
                    VulnerabilityAssessmentStatus.NotConfigured => "Not configured",
                    VulnerabilityAssessmentStatus.Unsupported => "Unsupported",
+                   VulnerabilityAssessmentStatus.Unavailable => "Unavailable",
                    VulnerabilityAssessmentStatus.Failed => "Failed",
                    _ => "Not scanned",
                };
diff --git a/src/DockerUpdateGuard/UI/VulnerabilityDisplayFormatter.cs b/src/DockerUpdateGuard/UI/VulnerabilityDisplayFormatter.cs
index 7d19fed..e676f3a 100644
--- a/src/DockerUpdateGuard/UI/VulnerabilityDisplayFormatter.cs
+++ b/src/DockerUpdateGuard/UI/VulnerabilityDisplayFormatter.cs
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public static Color GetStatusColor(string? status, VulnerabilitySeveritySummaryV
                    "FAILED" => Color.Error,
                    "NOT CONFIGURED" => Color.Default,
                    "UNSUPPORTED" => Color.Default,
+                   "UNAVAILABLE" => Color.Default,
                    "NOT SCANNED" => Color.Default,
                    _ => Color.Info,
                };
diff --git a/src/DockerUpdateGuard/Vulnerabilities/TrivyVulnerabilityProvider.cs b/src/DockerUpdateGuard/Vulnerabilities/TrivyVulnerabilityProvider.cs
index ac98f05..9174df1 100644
--- a/src/DockerUpdateGuard/Vulnerabilities/TrivyVulnerabilityProvider.cs
+++ b/src/DockerUpdateGuard/Vulnerabilities/TrivyVulnerabilityProvider.cs
@@ -200,6 +200,24 @@ private static string GetErrorExcerpt(string standardError)
         return string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(lastLine) ? "no error output" : lastLine;
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Determine whether the Trivy standard error indicates the image manifest is no longer available in the registry
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="standardError">Captured standard error output</param>
+    /// <returns>True when the manifest could not be found</returns>
+    private static bool IsManifestNotFound(string standardError)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(standardError))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return standardError.Contains("MANIFEST_UNKNOWN", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+               || standardError.Contains("manifest unknown", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+               || (standardError.Contains("manifest", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+                   && standardError.Contains("not found", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+    }
+
     #endregion // Static methods
 
     #region IVulnerabilityProvider
@@ -241,6 +259,13 @@ public async Task<ExternalOperationResult<IReadOnlyList<VulnerabilityAdvisoryDat
 
             if (executionResult.ExitCode != 0)
             {
+                if (IsManifestNotFound(executionResult.StandardError))
+                {
+                    _logger.TrivyManifestUnavailable(imageReference.FullReference);
+
+                    return ExternalOperationResult<IReadOnlyList<VulnerabilityAdvisoryData>>.NotFound("The image is no longer available in the registry. The tag was likely re-published with a newer digest, leaving this version orphaned.");
+                }
+
                 var error = GetErrorExcerpt(executionResult.StandardError);
 
                 _logger.TrivyCommandFailed(imageReference.FullReference,
diff --git a/src/DockerUpdateGuard/Vulnerabilities/TrivyVulnerabilityProviderLogging.cs b/src/DockerUpdateGuard/Vulnerabilities/TrivyVulnerabilityProviderLogging.cs
index c9239df..42cda84 100644
--- a/src/DockerUpdateGuard/Vulnerabilities/TrivyVulnerabilityProviderLogging.cs
+++ b/src/DockerUpdateGuard/Vulnerabilities/TrivyVulnerabilityProviderLogging.cs
@@ -65,5 +65,15 @@ public static partial void TrivyCommandFailed(this ILogger logger,
                    Message = "Trivy scan timed out for {ImageReference} after {TimeoutSeconds} seconds")]
     public static partial void TrivyScanTimedOut(this ILogger logger, string imageReference, int timeoutSeconds);
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Log that the Trivy scan target manifest is no longer available in the registry
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="logger">Logger</param>
+    /// <param name="imageReference">Image reference</param>
+    [LoggerMessage(EventId = 3425,
+                   Level = LogLevel.Information,
+                   Message = "Trivy could not scan {ImageReference} because its manifest is no longer available in the registry")]
+    public static partial void TrivyManifestUnavailable(this ILogger logger, string imageReference);
+
     #endregion // Methods
 }
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diff --git a/src/Tests/DockerUpdateGuard.Tests/TrivyVulnerabilityProviderTests.cs b/src/Tests/DockerUpdateGuard.Tests/TrivyVulnerabilityProviderTests.cs
index e0ac6fd..8b9cf2c 100644
--- a/src/Tests/DockerUpdateGuard.Tests/TrivyVulnerabilityProviderTests.cs
+++ b/src/Tests/DockerUpdateGuard.Tests/TrivyVulnerabilityProviderTests.cs
@@ -213,6 +213,48 @@ public async Task TrivyVulnerabilityProviderGetVulnerabilitiesAsyncReturnsFailed
                         "Trivy scan failures must report the process exit code");
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Verify a missing registry manifest is reported as not found with a user-friendly message instead of a failure
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <returns>Task</returns>
+    [TestMethod]
+    public async Task TrivyVulnerabilityProviderGetVulnerabilitiesAsyncReturnsNotFoundForMissingManifestAsync()
+    {
+        var processRunner = Substitute.For<IProcessRunner>();
+
+        processRunner.RunAsync(Arg.Any<string>(),
+                               Arg.Any<IReadOnlyList<string>>(),
+                               Arg.Any<TimeSpan>(),
+                               Arg.Any<CancellationToken>())
+                     .Returns(new ProcessExecutionResult
+                              {
+                                  ExitCode = 1,
+                                  StandardError = "2026-07-18T10:00:00Z\tFATAL\tremote error: GET https://mcr.microsoft.com/v2/dotnet/aspnet/manifests/sha256:9297ae3050f7e80428142f784a6d016f80bc8b5cd54e7fc1b596935911b1e58e: MANIFEST_UNKNOWN: manifest sha256:9297ae3050f7e80428142f784a6d016f80bc8b5cd54e7fc1b596935911b1e58e is not found",
+                              });
+
+        var provider = CreateProvider(processRunner, "http://trivy.local:4954");
+
+        var result = await provider.GetVulnerabilitiesAsync(new ImageReference
+                                                            {
+                                                                Registry = "mcr.microsoft.com",
+                                                                Repository = "dotnet/aspnet",
+                                                                Tag = "8.0",
+                                                            },
+                                                            CancellationToken.None)
+                                   .ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        Assert.AreEqual(ExternalOperationStatus.NotFound,
+                        result.Status,
+                        "Trivy scans must report not found when the registry manifest is no longer available");
+        Assert.IsNotNull(result.Message, "Trivy manifest-not-found results must expose a result message");
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("MANIFEST_UNKNOWN",
+                              result.Message,
+                              "Trivy manifest-not-found results must not surface the raw registry error to the user");
+        Assert.Contains("no longer available",
+                        result.Message,
+                        "Trivy manifest-not-found results must explain that the image is no longer available");
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Verify cancellation requested by the caller is propagated instead of being reported as a failed scan
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Tests/DockerUpdateGuard.Tests/VulnerabilityEnrichmentServiceTests.cs b/src/Tests/DockerUpdateGuard.Tests/VulnerabilityEnrichmentServiceTests.cs
index d9e4954..b53fa95 100644
--- a/src/Tests/DockerUpdateGuard.Tests/VulnerabilityEnrichmentServiceTests.cs
+++ b/src/Tests/DockerUpdateGuard.Tests/VulnerabilityEnrichmentServiceTests.cs
@@ -472,6 +472,78 @@ await service.RefreshAsync(ScanTriggerSource.Manual, CancellationToken.None)
         }
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Verify a not-found provider result marks the image as unavailable and keeps the run partial instead of failed
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <returns>Task</returns>
+    [TestMethod]
+    public async Task VulnerabilityEnrichmentServiceRefreshAsyncNotFoundResultMarksImageUnavailableAsync()
+    {
+        using (var database = new SqliteTestDatabase())
+        {
+            var dbContext = database.CreateDbContext();
+
+            await using (dbContext.ConfigureAwait(false))
+            {
+                var imageCatalogRepository = new ImageCatalogRepository(dbContext);
+                var currentImageVersion = await imageCatalogRepository.GetOrCreateImageVersionAsync("mcr.microsoft.com",
+                                                                                                    "dotnet/aspnet",
+                                                                                                    "8.0",
+                                                                                                    "sha256:aspnet",
+                                                                                                    cancellationToken: CancellationToken.None)
+                                                                      .ConfigureAwait(false);
+                var vulnerabilityProvider = Substitute.For<IVulnerabilityProvider>();
+                var vulnerabilityProviderResolver = Substitute.For<IVulnerabilityProviderResolver>();
+
+                vulnerabilityProviderResolver.Resolve().Returns(vulnerabilityProvider);
+
+                var optionsMonitor = new TestOptionsMonitor<DockerUpdateGuardOptions>(new DockerUpdateGuardOptions
+                                                                                      {
+                                                                                          Vulnerabilities = new VulnerabilityOptions
+                                                                                                            {
+                                                                                                                Enabled = true,
+                                                                                                                Provider = VulnerabilityProviderKind.Trivy,
+                                                                                                            },
+                                                                                      });
+
+                dbContext.ObservedImages.Add(new ObservedImage
+                                             {
+                                                 Name = "Dotnet Aspnet",
+                                                 CurrentImageVersionId = currentImageVersion.Id,
+                                             });
+
+                await dbContext.SaveChangesAsync(TestContext.CancellationToken)
+                               .ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+                vulnerabilityProvider.GetVulnerabilitiesAsync(Arg.Any<ImageReference>(), Arg.Any<CancellationToken>())
+                                     .Returns(ExternalOperationResult<IReadOnlyList<VulnerabilityAdvisoryData>>.NotFound("The image is no longer available in the registry."));
+
+                var service = new VulnerabilityEnrichmentService(new ApplicationTelemetry(),
+                                                                 dbContext,
+                                                                 new ImageReferenceParser(),
+                                                                 new LiveImageInventoryQueryService(dbContext),
+                                                                 new TestLogger<VulnerabilityEnrichmentService>(),
+                                                                 optionsMonitor,
+                                                                 vulnerabilityProviderResolver);
+
+                await service.RefreshAsync(ScanTriggerSource.Manual, CancellationToken.None)
+                             .ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+                var scanRun = await dbContext.ScanRuns.SingleAsync(entity => entity.Type == ScanRunType.Vulnerability, TestContext.CancellationToken)
+                                                      .ConfigureAwait(false);
+                var refreshedImageVersion = await dbContext.ImageVersions.SingleAsync(entity => entity.Id == currentImageVersion.Id, TestContext.CancellationToken)
+                                                                         .ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+                Assert.AreEqual(ScanRunStatus.Partial,
+                                scanRun.Status,
+                                "A not-found provider result must not fail the whole vulnerability scan run");
+                Assert.AreEqual(VulnerabilityAssessmentStatus.Unavailable,
+                                refreshedImageVersion.VulnerabilityAssessmentStatus,
+                                "A not-found provider result must mark the image version as unavailable");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Verify a failed vulnerability refresh is not downgraded to partial by a later soft failure
     /// </summary>