diff --git a/cli/scancommands.go b/cli/scancommands.go
index 3eb215a5d..458f31281 100644
--- a/cli/scancommands.go
+++ b/cli/scancommands.go
@@ -194,7 +194,14 @@ func EnrichCmd(c *components.Context) error {
 func ScanCmd(c *components.Context) error {
 	if len(c.Arguments) == 0 && !c.IsFlagSet(flags.SpecFlag) {
 		return pluginsCommon.PrintHelpAndReturnError("providing either a <source pattern> argument or the 'spec' option is mandatory", c)
+	} else if len(c.Arguments) > 1 {
+		// If a non-existing flag was provided AFTER the provided source_pattern - it will be captured as another argument. Since 'scan' command
+		// Expects only a single argument, we use this check to verify all provided flags are valid.
+		// If a non exiting flag was provided BEFORE the source_pattern, the CLI will return an error before reaching this point.
+		errorMessage := fmt.Sprintf("Too many arguments provided (%d in total).\nSome flags may be incorrectly specified, causing them to be misinterpreted as arguments and ignored. Please verify that all flags are valid.", len(c.Arguments))
+		return pluginsCommon.PrintHelpAndReturnError(errorMessage, c)
 	}
+
 	serverDetails, err := createServerDetailsWithConfigOffer(c)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/scans_test.go b/scans_test.go
index b3a0cdb5f..d11cc59db 100644
--- a/scans_test.go
+++ b/scans_test.go
@@ -76,6 +76,44 @@ func TestXrayBinaryScanSimpleJsonWithProgress(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+// This test verifies the correctness of a use case in 'scan' command, where a user provides the command's arguments before the command's flags, and there is an incorrect flag.
+// Since the library that parses the command expects the flags to be provided before the arguments, it cannot recognize a wrongly provided flag when the order is reversed.
+// This test checks the fix for this issue.
+func TestXrayBinaryScanWithIncorrectFlagsAfterArgs(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name            string
+		flagsBeforeArgs bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:            "flags before args",
+			flagsBeforeArgs: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:            "args before flags",
+			flagsBeforeArgs: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	callback := commonTests.MockProgressInitialization()
+	defer callback()
+	integration.InitScanTest(t, scangraph.GraphScanMinXrayVersion)
+	binariesPath := filepath.Join(filepath.FromSlash(securityTests.GetTestResourcesPath()), "projects", "binaries", "*")
+
+	for _, test := range testCases {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var args []string
+			if test.flagsBeforeArgs {
+				args = []string{"scan", "--watch=my-watch", binariesPath}
+			} else {
+				args = []string{"scan", binariesPath, "--watch=my-watch"}
+			}
+
+			err := securityTests.PlatformCli.Exec(args...)
+			assert.Error(t, err)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func testXrayBinaryScan(t *testing.T, format, policyName, watchName string, errorExpected bool) string {
 	binariesPath := filepath.Join(filepath.FromSlash(securityTests.GetTestResourcesPath()), "projects", "binaries", "*")
 	args := []string{"scan", binariesPath, "--licenses", "--format=" + format}