diff --git a/.github/workflows/debos.yml b/.github/workflows/debos.yml
index 7adb0c36..7ae357de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/debos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/debos.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,13 @@ concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
+env:
+  # image build id; used for SBOM generation; TODO: should be used in image metadata too
+  BUILD_ID: ${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}
+
 jobs:
   build-debos:
+    name: Build and upload debos recipes
     outputs:
       url: ${{ steps.upload_artifacts.outputs.url }}
     runs-on: [self-hosted, qcom-u2404, arm64]
@@ -86,23 +91,23 @@ jobs:
           debos -t u_boot_rb1:rb1-boot.img \
                  debos-recipes/qualcomm-linux-debian-flash.yaml
 
-      - name: Stage build artifacts for publishing
+      - name: Stage debos artifacts for publishing
         run: |
           set -ux
           # create a directory for the current run
-          BUILD_DIR="./uploads"
-          mkdir -vp "${BUILD_DIR}"
+          dir="debos-artifacts"
+          mkdir -v "${dir}"
           # copy output files
-          cp -av rootfs.tar.gz "${BUILD_DIR}"
-          cp -av dtbs.tar.gz "${BUILD_DIR}"
-          cp -av disk-ufs.img.gz "${BUILD_DIR}"
-          cp -av disk-sdcard.img.gz "${BUILD_DIR}"
+          cp -av rootfs.tar.gz "${dir}"
+          cp -av dtbs.tar.gz "${dir}"
+          cp -av disk-ufs.img.gz "${dir}"
+          cp -av disk-sdcard.img.gz "${dir}"
           # TODO: separate flash_* directories between UFS and eMMC
-          tar -cvf "${BUILD_DIR}"/flash-ufs.tar.gz \
+          tar -cvf "${dir}"/flash-ufs.tar.gz \
               disk-ufs.img1 \
               disk-ufs.img2 \
               flash_rb3*
-          tar -cvf "${BUILD_DIR}"/flash-emmc.tar.gz \
+          tar -cvf "${dir}"/flash-emmc.tar.gz \
               disk-sdcard.img1 \
               disk-sdcard.img2 \
               flash_rb1*
@@ -111,4 +116,54 @@ jobs:
         uses: qualcomm-linux/upload-private-artifact-action@v1
         id: upload_artifacts
         with:
-          path: ./uploads
+          path: debos-artifacts
+
+      - name: Unpack rootfs to generate SBOM
+        run: mkdir -v rootfs && tar -C rootfs -xf rootfs.tar.gz
+
+      # Syft is not packaged in Debian; it's available as a binary tarball or
+      # as container image from upstream; it's available on arm64 and x86
+      - name: Install Syft
+        run: |
+          set -ux
+          apt -y install curl
+          curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anchore/syft/main/install.sh | sh
+
+      - name: Generate SBOMs with Syft
+        run: |
+          set -ux
+          bin/syft --version
+          SYFT_FORMAT_PRETTY=true bin/syft \
+              -o cyclonedx-json=rootfs-sbom.cyclonedx.json \
+              -o spdx-json=rootfs-sbom.spdx.json \
+              -o syft-json=rootfs-sbom.syft.json \
+              -o syft-text=rootfs-sbom.syft.txt \
+              -o syft-table \
+              --parallelism `nproc` \
+              --select-catalogers debian \
+              --source-name qualcomm-linux-debian-rootfs \
+              --source-version "${BUILD_ID}" \
+              -v \
+              scan rootfs
+
+      - name: Generate license summary from Syft report
+        run: |
+          set -ux
+          scripts/syft-license-summary.py \
+              --rootfs rootfs rootfs-sbom.syft.json |
+                  tee rootfs-sbom.syft-license-summary.csv.txt
+
+      - name: Stage SBOMs for publishing
+        run: |
+          set -ux
+          gzip rootfs-sbom.*
+          dir="sboms"
+          mkdir -v sboms
+          cp -av rootfs-sbom.*.gz sboms
+
+      - name: Upload SBOMs as private artifacts
+        uses: qualcomm-linux/upload-private-artifact-action@v1
+        id: upload_sbom_artifacts
+        with:
+          path: sboms
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/static-checks.yml
similarity index 50%
rename from .github/workflows/shellcheck.yml
rename to .github/workflows/static-checks.yml
index d3ce9e5d..ea9e47c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/shellcheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/static-checks.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Static analysis of shell scripts with ShellCheck
+name: Static analysis of scripts
 
 on:
   # run on pull requests to the main branch
@@ -19,6 +19,34 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
+  flake8:
+    name: Install and run Flake8 on Python scripts
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Install flake8
+        run: sudo apt update && sudo apt -y install flake8
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Run Flake8
+        run: flake8 scripts/*.py
+
+  pylint:
+    name: Install and run Pylint on Python scripts
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Install Pylint
+        run: sudo apt update && sudo apt -y install pylint
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Run Pylint (error mode)
+        run: pylint --errors-only scripts/*.py
+
   shellcheck:
     name: Install and run ShellCheck on shell scripts
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -31,5 +59,5 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Run ShellCheck
-        run: shellcheck scripts/*
+        run: shellcheck scripts/*.sh
 
diff --git a/scripts/syft-license-summary.py b/scripts/syft-license-summary.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..3284d27f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/syft-license-summary.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright (c) Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+# input is a Syft JSON file as the first argument; output is a
+# human-readable summary of source packages and their licenses in CSV
+# format
+
+import json
+import hashlib
+import argparse
+import os
+from collections import defaultdict
+
+
+def load_syft_json(file_path):
+    with open(file_path, 'r') as f:
+        return json.load(f)
+
+
+def sha256_of_file(path):
+    try:
+        with open(path, 'rb') as f:
+            return hashlib.sha256(f.read()).hexdigest()
+    except Exception:
+        return "unreadable"
+
+
+def group_by_source_package(data):
+    grouped = defaultdict(lambda: {
+        "binaries": set(),
+        "licenses": set(),
+        "copyrights": {},
+        "source_version": None
+    })
+    for artifact in data.get("artifacts", []):
+        metadata = artifact.get("metadata", {})
+        binary = metadata.get("package", "unknown")
+        source = metadata.get("source") or binary
+        version = metadata.get("version", "")
+        source_version = metadata.get("sourceVersion") or version
+        grouped[source]["binaries"].add(binary)
+        grouped[source]["source_version"] = source_version
+        for lic in artifact.get("licenses", []):
+            grouped[source]["licenses"].add(lic.get("value", "unknown"))
+        for loc in artifact.get("locations", []):
+            path = loc.get("path", "")
+            if "copyright" in path:
+                grouped[source]["copyrights"][binary] = path
+    return grouped
+
+
+def print_table(grouped, rootfs_path):
+    print("source,version,binaries,licenses,copyright_sha256")
+    for source, data in grouped.items():
+        binaries = " ".join(sorted(data["binaries"]))
+        licenses = " ".join(sorted(data["licenses"]))
+        version = data["source_version"] or "unknown"
+        hashes = set()
+        for path in data["copyrights"].values():
+            full_path = os.path.join(rootfs_path, path.lstrip('/'))
+            hashes.add(sha256_of_file(full_path))
+        hash_summary = " ".join(sorted(hashes))
+        print(f"{source},{version},{binaries},{licenses},{hash_summary}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+                 description="Summarize Syft license data.")
+    parser.add_argument("syft_json", help="Path to the Syft JSON file")
+    parser.add_argument("--rootfs", required=True,
+                        help="Base path to the root filesystem")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    syft_data = load_syft_json(args.syft_json)
+    syft_grouped = group_by_source_package(syft_data)
+    print_table(syft_grouped, args.rootfs)