diff --git a/cve_bin_tool/cvedb.py b/cve_bin_tool/cvedb.py
index e8e4fde342..0ffd045cf3 100644
--- a/cve_bin_tool/cvedb.py
+++ b/cve_bin_tool/cvedb.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import datetime
 import json
 import logging
+import re
 import shutil
 import sqlite3
 import tempfile
@@ -643,9 +644,11 @@ def metric_finder(self, cursor, cve):
             metric = "unknown"
         else:
             cursor.execute(query, [cve.get("CVSS_version")])
-            # Fetch all the results of the query and use 'map' to extract only the 'metrics_name' from the result
+            # Fetch all the results of the query and use 'map' to extract only the
+            # 'metrics_name' from the result
             metric = list(map(lambda x: x[0], cursor.fetchall()))
-            # Since the query is expected to return a single result, extract the first item from the list and store it in 'metric'
+            # Since the query is expected to return a single result, extract the first
+            # item from the list and store it in 'metric'
             metric = metric[0]
         return metric
 
@@ -752,6 +755,32 @@ def update_vendors(self, cve_data):
 
         return updated_severity, updated_affected
 
+    async def cpe2vendors(self, cpe_string):
+        match = re.match(r"cpe:2\.3:[aho]:(.*?):", cpe_string)
+        if match:
+            yield match.group(1)
+
+    async def find_vendor_from_purl(self, purl):
+        param1 = f"pkg:{purl.type}/{purl.name}"
+        param2 = f"pkg:{purl.type}/%/{purl.name}"
+
+        query = """
+            SELECT cpe FROM purl2cpe WHERE purl LIKE ?
+            UNION
+            SELECT cpe FROM purl2cpe WHERE purl LIKE ?
+        """
+        try:
+            vendors = set()
+            async with self.get_db() as db:
+                async with db.execute(query, (param1, param2)) as cursor:
+                    for row in await cursor.fetchall():
+                        async for vendor in self.cpe2vendors(row[0]):
+                            vendors.add(vendor)
+            return vendors
+        except Exception as err:
+            LOGGER.opt(exception=err).debug("Unable to access purl2cpe database.")
+            return set()
+
     def db_open_and_get_cursor(self) -> sqlite3.Cursor:
         """Opens connection to sqlite database, returns cursor object."""
 
diff --git a/cve_bin_tool/sbom_manager/parse.py b/cve_bin_tool/sbom_manager/parse.py
index 2827bae083..8069ad8cfb 100644
--- a/cve_bin_tool/sbom_manager/parse.py
+++ b/cve_bin_tool/sbom_manager/parse.py
@@ -392,26 +392,28 @@ def parse_ext_ref(self, ext_ref) -> (str | None, str | None, str | None):
             LOGGER.debug("Nothing found")
             return [None, None, None]
 
-    def decode_purl(self, purl) -> (str | None, str | None, str | None):
+    async def decode_purl(self, purl) -> (str | None, str | None, str | None):
         """
-        Decode a Package URL (purl) to extract version information.
+        Decode a Package URL (purl) to extract vendor, product, and version information.
 
         Args:
         - purl (str): Package URL (purl) string.
 
         Returns:
-        - Tuple[str | None, str | None, str | None]: A tuple containing the vendor (which is always None for purl),
-          product, and version information extracted from the purl string, or None if the purl is invalid or incomplete.
-
+        - Tuple[str | None, str | None, str | None]: A tuple containing vendor, product, and version extracted
+          from the purl string.
         """
-        vendor = None  # Because the vendor and product identifiers in the purl don't always align
-        product = None  # with the CVE DB, only the version is parsed.
-        version = None
-        # Process purl identifier
         purl_info = PackageURL.from_string(purl).to_dict()
         version = purl_info.get("version")
+        product = purl_info.get("name")
+
+        vendorlist, success = self.cvedb.find_vendor_from_purl(
+            PackageURL.from_string(purl), version
+        )
+
+        vendor = vendorlist[0].product_info.vendor if success and vendorlist else None
 
-        return [vendor or None, product or None, version or None]
+        return [vendor, product, version]
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":