diff --git a/lib/hypatia/scanner_suppression.ex b/lib/hypatia/scanner_suppression.ex
index d84a819c..0fdc7340 100644
--- a/lib/hypatia/scanner_suppression.ex
+++ b/lib/hypatia/scanner_suppression.ex
@@ -78,8 +78,21 @@ defmodule Hypatia.ScannerSuppression do
 
   `file` is matched as a normalised relative path. Absolute paths are
   normalised by stripping the leading repo_path when supplied.
+
+  ## Unsuppressible findings
+
+  The banned-language ban (`cicd_rules/banned_language_file`) is **total
+  with no exceptions** as of org policy 2026-05-18 — including the former
+  SaltStack carve-out. No `.hypatia-ignore` entry, built-in default
+  exemption, universal exclude, or training-corpus path may suppress it;
+  this clause short-circuits every suppression vector for that rule so the
+  gate cannot be silenced repo-side.
   """
-  def suppressed?(file, rule_module, rule_type, opts \\ []) do
+  def suppressed?(file, rule_module, rule_type, opts \\ [])
+
+  def suppressed?(_file, "cicd_rules", "banned_language_file", _opts), do: false
+
+  def suppressed?(file, rule_module, rule_type, opts) do
     repo_path = Keyword.get(opts, :repo_path, nil)
     rel = relative(file, repo_path)
 
diff --git a/lib/rules/cicd_rules.ex b/lib/rules/cicd_rules.ex
index c1f1d4b9..3685490b 100644
--- a/lib/rules/cicd_rules.ex
+++ b/lib/rules/cicd_rules.ex
@@ -65,8 +65,10 @@ defmodule Hypatia.Rules.CicdRules do
     %{id: :typescript_detected, glob: "*.ts", reason: "TypeScript banned -- use ReScript"},
     %{id: :nodejs_detected, glob: "package-lock.json", reason: "Node.js banned -- use Deno"},
     %{id: :golang_detected, glob: "*.go", reason: "Go banned -- use Rust"},
-    %{id: :python_detected, glob: "*.py", reason: "Python banned -- use Julia/Rust",
-      exception: "SaltStack"},
+    # Python ban is total — no exceptions (the former SaltStack carve-out
+    # was removed by org policy 2026-05-18). ScannerSuppression also
+    # hard-refuses to suppress cicd_rules/banned_language_file.
+    %{id: :python_detected, glob: "*.py", reason: "Python banned -- use Julia/Rust"},
     %{id: :makefile_detected, glob: "Makefile", reason: "Makefiles banned -- use justfile"},
     %{id: :unpinned_action,
       pattern: ~r/uses:\s+[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+\/[a-zA-Z0-9_.\/-]+@(v[0-9][a-zA-Z0-9.-]*|main|master)/,
diff --git a/test/scanner_suppression_test.exs b/test/scanner_suppression_test.exs
index 1433167b..ffca6e55 100644
--- a/test/scanner_suppression_test.exs
+++ b/test/scanner_suppression_test.exs
@@ -68,6 +68,51 @@ defmodule Hypatia.ScannerSuppressionTest do
     end
   end
 
+  describe "suppressed?/4 — banned_language_file is total, no exceptions" do
+    test "never suppressed even on a universal-exclude path" do
+      refute ScannerSuppression.suppressed?(
+               "node_modules/tool/helper.py",
+               "cicd_rules",
+               "banned_language_file"
+             )
+    end
+
+    test "never suppressed even for a training-corpus path" do
+      refute ScannerSuppression.suppressed?(
+               ".audittraining/security-errors/sample.py",
+               "cicd_rules",
+               "banned_language_file"
+             )
+    end
+
+    test "never suppressed even with a matching .hypatia-ignore entry" do
+      tmp = Path.join(System.tmp_dir!(), "hyp-ban-#{System.unique_integer([:positive])}")
+      File.mkdir_p!(Path.join(tmp, "scripts"))
+
+      File.write!(
+        Path.join(tmp, ".hypatia-ignore"),
+        "cicd_rules/banned_language_file:scripts/legacy.py\n"
+      )
+
+      refute ScannerSuppression.suppressed?(
+               "scripts/legacy.py",
+               "cicd_rules",
+               "banned_language_file",
+               repo_path: tmp
+             )
+
+      File.rm_rf!(tmp)
+    end
+
+    test "an unrelated rule on the same path is still suppressible" do
+      assert ScannerSuppression.suppressed?(
+               "node_modules/foo/index.js",
+               "security_errors",
+               "secret_detected"
+             )
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "context_safe_line?/2 — line-level exemptions for secret_detected" do
     test "GitHub Actions secrets reference is not a leak" do
       assert ScannerSuppression.context_safe_line?(