diff --git a/audit_test.go b/audit_test.go
index 8a5b4780a..1eb3c44f1 100644
--- a/audit_test.go
+++ b/audit_test.go
@@ -544,7 +544,16 @@ func addDummyPackageDescriptor(t *testing.T, hasPackageJson bool) {
 // JAS
 
 func TestXrayAuditSastCppFlagSimpleJson(t *testing.T) {
-	output := testXrayAuditJas(t, securityTests.PlatformCli, filepath.Join("package-managers", "c"), "3", false, true)
+	output := testXrayAuditJas(t, securityTests.PlatformCli, filepath.Join("package-managers", "c"), "3", false, true, false, "")
+	validations.VerifySimpleJsonResults(t, output, validations.ValidationParams{
+		Vulnerabilities: 1,
+		Sast:            1,
+	})
+}
+func TestXrayAuditSastCSharpFlagSimpleJson(t *testing.T) {
+	// Placeholder until C# Sast is implemented
+	t.Skip()
+	output := testXrayAuditJas(t, securityTests.PlatformCli, filepath.Join("package-managers", "dotnet", "dotnet-single"), "3", false, false, true, "")
 	validations.VerifySimpleJsonResults(t, output, validations.ValidationParams{
 		Vulnerabilities: 1,
 		Sast:            1,
@@ -552,13 +561,13 @@ func TestXrayAuditSastCppFlagSimpleJson(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestXrayAuditWithoutSastCppFlagSimpleJson(t *testing.T) {
-	output := testXrayAuditJas(t, securityTests.PlatformCli, filepath.Join("package-managers", "c"), "3", false, false)
+	output := testXrayAuditJas(t, securityTests.PlatformCli, filepath.Join("package-managers", "c"), "3", false, false, false, "")
 	// verify no results for Sast
 	validations.VerifySimpleJsonResults(t, output, validations.ValidationParams{})
 }
 
 func TestXrayAuditJasMissingContextSimpleJson(t *testing.T) {
-	output := testXrayAuditJas(t, securityTests.PlatformCli, filepath.Join("package-managers", "maven", "missing-context"), "3", false, false)
+	output := testXrayAuditJas(t, securityTests.PlatformCli, filepath.Join("package-managers", "maven", "missing-context"), "3", false, false, false, "")
 	validations.VerifySimpleJsonResults(t, output, validations.ValidationParams{MissingContext: 1})
 }
 
@@ -566,7 +575,7 @@ func TestXrayAuditNotEntitledForJas(t *testing.T) {
 	integration.InitAuditGeneralTests(t, scangraph.GraphScanMinXrayVersion)
 	cliToRun, cleanUp := integration.InitTestWithMockCommandOrParams(t, false, getNoJasAuditMockCommand)
 	defer cleanUp()
-	output := testXrayAuditJas(t, cliToRun, filepath.Join("jas", "jas"), "3", false, false)
+	output := testXrayAuditJas(t, cliToRun, filepath.Join("jas", "jas"), "3", false, false, false, "")
 	validations.VerifySimpleJsonResults(t, output, validations.ValidationParams{Vulnerabilities: 8})
 }
 
@@ -587,7 +596,7 @@ func getNoJasAuditMockCommand() components.Command {
 }
 
 func TestXrayAuditJasSimpleJson(t *testing.T) {
-	output := testXrayAuditJas(t, securityTests.PlatformCli, filepath.Join("jas", "jas"), "3", false, false)
+	output := testXrayAuditJas(t, securityTests.PlatformCli, filepath.Join("jas", "jas"), "3", false, false, false, "")
 	validations.VerifySimpleJsonResults(t, output, validations.ValidationParams{
 		Sast:    1,
 		Iac:     9,
@@ -603,12 +612,12 @@ func TestXrayAuditJasSimpleJson(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestXrayAuditJasSimpleJsonWithTokenValidation(t *testing.T) {
 	integration.InitAuditGeneralTests(t, jasutils.DynamicTokenValidationMinXrayVersion)
-	output := testXrayAuditJas(t, securityTests.PlatformCli, filepath.Join("jas", "jas"), "3", true, false)
+	output := testXrayAuditJas(t, securityTests.PlatformCli, filepath.Join("jas", "jas"), "3", true, false, false, "")
 	validations.VerifySimpleJsonResults(t, output, validations.ValidationParams{Vulnerabilities: 5, Inactive: 5})
 }
 
 func TestXrayAuditJasSimpleJsonWithOneThread(t *testing.T) {
-	output := testXrayAuditJas(t, securityTests.PlatformCli, filepath.Join("jas", "jas"), "1", false, false)
+	output := testXrayAuditJas(t, securityTests.PlatformCli, filepath.Join("jas", "jas"), "1", false, false, false, "")
 	validations.VerifySimpleJsonResults(t, output, validations.ValidationParams{
 		Sast:    1,
 		Iac:     9,
@@ -623,7 +632,7 @@ func TestXrayAuditJasSimpleJsonWithOneThread(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestXrayAuditJasSimpleJsonWithConfig(t *testing.T) {
-	output := testXrayAuditJas(t, securityTests.PlatformCli, filepath.Join("jas", "jas-config"), "3", false, false)
+	output := testXrayAuditJas(t, securityTests.PlatformCli, filepath.Join("jas", "jas-config"), "3", false, false, false, "")
 	validations.VerifySimpleJsonResults(t, output, validations.ValidationParams{
 		Secrets: 1,
 
@@ -636,11 +645,11 @@ func TestXrayAuditJasSimpleJsonWithConfig(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestXrayAuditJasNoViolationsSimpleJson(t *testing.T) {
-	output := testXrayAuditJas(t, securityTests.PlatformCli, filepath.Join("package-managers", "npm", "npm"), "3", false, false)
+	output := testXrayAuditJas(t, securityTests.PlatformCli, filepath.Join("package-managers", "npm", "npm"), "3", false, false, false, "")
 	validations.VerifySimpleJsonResults(t, output, validations.ValidationParams{Vulnerabilities: 1, NotApplicable: 1})
 }
 
-func testXrayAuditJas(t *testing.T, testCli *coreTests.JfrogCli, project string, threads string, validateSecrets, validateSastCpp bool) string {
+func testXrayAuditJas(t *testing.T, testCli *coreTests.JfrogCli, project string, threads string, validateSecrets bool, validateSastCpp bool, validateSastCSharp bool, customExclusion string) string {
 	integration.InitAuditGeneralTests(t, scangraph.GraphScanMinXrayVersion)
 	_, cleanUp := securityTestUtils.CreateTestProjectEnvAndChdir(t, filepath.Join(filepath.FromSlash(securityTests.GetTestResourcesPath()), filepath.Join("projects", project)))
 	defer cleanUp()
@@ -655,6 +664,13 @@ func testXrayAuditJas(t *testing.T, testCli *coreTests.JfrogCli, project string,
 		unsetEnv := clientTests.SetEnvWithCallbackAndAssert(t, "JFROG_SAST_ENABLE_CPP", "1")
 		defer unsetEnv()
 	}
+	if validateSastCSharp {
+		unsetEnv := clientTests.SetEnvWithCallbackAndAssert(t, "JFROG_SAST_ENABLE_CS", "1")
+		defer unsetEnv()
+	}
+	if len(customExclusion) != 0 {
+		args = append(args, "--exclusions", customExclusion)
+	}
 	return testCli.WithoutCredentials().RunCliCmdWithOutput(t, args...)
 }
 
@@ -714,7 +730,7 @@ func TestAuditOnEmptyProject(t *testing.T) {
 func TestXrayAuditNotEntitledForJasWithXrayUrl(t *testing.T) {
 	cliToRun, cleanUp := integration.InitTestWithMockCommandOrParams(t, true, getNoJasAuditMockCommand)
 	defer cleanUp()
-	output := testXrayAuditJas(t, cliToRun, filepath.Join("jas", "jas"), "3", false, false)
+	output := testXrayAuditJas(t, cliToRun, filepath.Join("jas", "jas"), "3", false, false, false, "")
 	// Verify that scan results are printed
 	validations.VerifySimpleJsonResults(t, output, validations.ValidationParams{Vulnerabilities: 8})
 	// Verify that JAS results are not printed
@@ -723,7 +739,7 @@ func TestXrayAuditNotEntitledForJasWithXrayUrl(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestXrayAuditJasSimpleJsonWithXrayUrl(t *testing.T) {
 	cliToRun := integration.GetTestCli(cli.GetJfrogCliSecurityApp(), true)
-	output := testXrayAuditJas(t, cliToRun, filepath.Join("jas", "jas"), "3", false, false)
+	output := testXrayAuditJas(t, cliToRun, filepath.Join("jas", "jas"), "3", false, false, false, "")
 	validations.VerifySimpleJsonResults(t, output, validations.ValidationParams{
 		Sast:    1,
 		Iac:     9,
@@ -736,3 +752,22 @@ func TestXrayAuditJasSimpleJsonWithXrayUrl(t *testing.T) {
 		NotApplicable:   2,
 	})
 }
+
+// custom excluded folders
+
+func TestXrayAuditJasSimpleJsonWithCustomExclusions(t *testing.T) {
+	cliToRun := integration.GetTestCli(cli.GetJfrogCliSecurityApp(), true)
+
+	output := testXrayAuditJas(t, cliToRun, filepath.Join("jas", "jas"), "3", false, false, false, "non_existing_folder")
+	validations.VerifySimpleJsonResults(t, output, validations.ValidationParams{
+		Sast:    2,
+		Iac:     9,
+		Secrets: 6,
+
+		Vulnerabilities: 8,
+		Applicable:      3,
+		Undetermined:    1,
+		NotCovered:      1,
+		NotApplicable:   2,
+	})
+}
diff --git a/commands/audit/sca/common_test.go b/commands/audit/sca/common_test.go
index e04f713fa..0d97c5f45 100644
--- a/commands/audit/sca/common_test.go
+++ b/commands/audit/sca/common_test.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func TestGetExcludePattern(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:     "Test no exclude pattern recursive",
 			params:   func() *utils.AuditBasicParams { return (&utils.AuditBasicParams{}).SetIsRecursiveScan(true) },
-			expected: "(^.*\\.git.*$)|(^.*node_modules.*$)|(^.*target.*$)|(^.*venv.*$)|(^.*test.*$)",
+			expected: "(^.*\\.git.*$)|(^.*node_modules.*$)|(^.*target.*$)|(^.*venv.*$)|(^.*test.*$)|(^dist$)",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Test exclude pattern not recursive",
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func TestGetExcludePattern(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:     "Test no exclude pattern",
 			params:   func() *utils.AuditBasicParams { return &utils.AuditBasicParams{} },
-			expected: "(^.*\\.git.*$)|(^.*node_modules.*$)|(^.*target.*$)|(^.*venv.*$)|(^.*test.*$)",
+			expected: "(^.*\\.git.*$)|(^.*node_modules.*$)|(^.*target.*$)|(^.*venv.*$)|(^.*test.*$)|(^dist$)",
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/testdata/projects/jas/jas/sast/flask_webgoat/dist/init_file_to_ignore.py b/tests/testdata/projects/jas/jas/sast/flask_webgoat/dist/init_file_to_ignore.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9edb3ff9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testdata/projects/jas/jas/sast/flask_webgoat/dist/init_file_to_ignore.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Copy of __init__ - inside the dist folder - which we expect not to be scanned
+
+import os
+import sqlite3
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from flask import Flask, g
+
+DB_FILENAME = "database.db"
+
+
+def query_db(query, args=(), one=False, commit=False):
+    with sqlite3.connect(DB_FILENAME) as conn:
+        # vulnerability: Sensitive Data Exposure
+        conn.set_trace_callback(print)
+        cur = conn.cursor().execute(query, args)
+        if commit:
+            conn.commit()
+        return cur.fetchone() if one else cur.fetchall()
+
+
+def create_app():
+    app = Flask(__name__)
+    # jfrog-ignore - disable secrets scan findings
+    app.secret_key = "aeZ1iwoh2ree2mo0Eereireong4baitixaixu5Ee"
+
+    db_path = Path(DB_FILENAME)
+    if db_path.exists():
+        db_path.unlink()
+
+    conn = sqlite3.connect(DB_FILENAME)
+    create_table_query = """CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS user
+    (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, username TEXT, password TEXT, access_level INTEGER)"""
+    conn.execute(create_table_query)
+
+    insert_admin_query = """INSERT INTO user (id, username, password, access_level)
+    VALUES (1, 'admin', 'admin', 0)"""
+    conn.execute(insert_admin_query)
+    conn.commit()
+    conn.close()
+
+    with app.app_context():
+        from . import actions
+        from . import auth
+        from . import status
+        from . import ui
+        from . import users
+
+        app.register_blueprint(actions.bp)
+        app.register_blueprint(auth.bp)
+        app.register_blueprint(status.bp)
+        app.register_blueprint(ui.bp)
+        app.register_blueprint(users.bp)
+        return app
diff --git a/tests/testdata/projects/package-managers/dotnet/dotnet-single/sample_sast_vulnerability.cs b/tests/testdata/projects/package-managers/dotnet/dotnet-single/sample_sast_vulnerability.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc7fe0f4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testdata/projects/package-managers/dotnet/dotnet-single/sample_sast_vulnerability.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Web;
+
+public class TaintedPathHandler : IHttpHandler
+{
+    public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext ctx)
+    {
+        String path = ctx.Request.QueryString["path"];
+        // BAD: This could read any file on the filesystem.
+        ctx.Response.Write(File.ReadAllText(path));
+
+        // BAD: This could still read any file on the filesystem.
+        ctx.Response.Write(File.ReadAllText("/home/user/" + path));
+
+        // GOOD: MapPath ensures the path is safe to read from.
+        string safePath = ctx.Request.MapPath(path, ctx.Request.ApplicationPath, false);
+        ctx.Response.Write(File.ReadAllText(safePath));
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index cc72bd0cb..aa5f5d2b0 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ var (
 	// Exclude pattern for files.
 	DefaultJasExcludePatterns = []string{"**/.git/**", "**/*test*/**", "**/*venv*/**", NodeModulesPattern, "**/target/**", "**/dist/**"}
 	// Exclude pattern for directories.
-	DefaultScaExcludePatterns = []string{"*.git*", "*node_modules*", "*target*", "*venv*", "*test*"}
+	DefaultScaExcludePatterns = []string{"*.git*", "*node_modules*", "*target*", "*venv*", "*test*", "dist"}
 )
 
 const (