diff --git a/internal/services/realtimeengine/containersrealtime/containers-realtime.go b/internal/services/realtimeengine/containersrealtime/containers-realtime.go
index 03b9aa9d3..d312c19d4 100644
--- a/internal/services/realtimeengine/containersrealtime/containers-realtime.go
+++ b/internal/services/realtimeengine/containersrealtime/containers-realtime.go
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
+const defaultTag = "latest"
+
 // ContainersRealtimeService is the service responsible for performing real-time container scanning.
 type ContainersRealtimeService struct {
 	JwtWrapper             wrappers.JWTWrapper
@@ -218,26 +220,31 @@ func mergeImagesToResults(listOfImages []wrappers.ContainerImageResponseItem, re
 
 func getImageLocations(images *[]types.ImageModel, imageName, imageTag string) (location []realtimeengine.Location, filePath string) {
 	for i, img := range *images {
-		if img.Name == imageName+":"+imageTag || img.Name == imageName+"@"+imageTag {
-			location := convertLocations(&img.ImageLocations)
-			filePath := ""
-			if len(img.ImageLocations) > 0 {
-				filePath = img.ImageLocations[0].Path
-			}
-			*images = append((*images)[:i], (*images)[i+1:]...)
-			return location, filePath
+		if !isSameImage(img.Name, imageName, imageTag) {
+			continue
 		}
+		location := convertLocations(&img.ImageLocations)
+		filePath := ""
+		if len(img.ImageLocations) > 0 {
+			filePath = img.ImageLocations[0].Path
+		}
+		*images = append((*images)[:i], (*images)[i+1:]...)
+		return location, filePath
 	}
 	return []realtimeengine.Location{}, ""
 }
 
+func isSameImage(curImage, imageName, imageTag string) bool {
+	return curImage == imageName+":"+imageTag || curImage == imageName+"@"+imageTag || curImage == imageName && imageTag == defaultTag
+}
+
 // splitToImageAndTag splits the image string into name and tag components.
 func splitToImageAndTag(image string) (imageName, imageTag string) {
 	// Split the image string by the last colon to separate name and tag
 	lastColonIndex := strings.LastIndex(image, ":")
 
 	if lastColonIndex == len(image)-1 || lastColonIndex == -1 {
-		return image, "latest" // No tag specified, default to "latest"
+		return image, defaultTag // No tag specified, default to "latest"
 	}
 
 	imageName = image[:lastColonIndex]