diff --git a/pkg/app/master/command/cliflags.go b/pkg/app/master/command/cliflags.go
index 842d908d..96997f4c 100644
--- a/pkg/app/master/command/cliflags.go
+++ b/pkg/app/master/command/cliflags.go
@@ -75,9 +75,10 @@ const (
 
 // Shared command flag names
 const (
-	FlagCommandParamsFile = "command-params-file"
-	FlagTarget            = "target"
-	FlagPull              = "pull"
+	FlagCommandParamsFile    = "command-params-file"
+	FlagTarget               = "target"
+	FlagTargetImageArchive   = "target-image-archive"
+	FlagPull                 = "pull"
 	FlagDockerConfigPath  = "docker-config-path"
 	FlagRegistryAccount   = "registry-account"
 	FlagRegistrySecret    = "registry-secret"
@@ -200,9 +201,10 @@ const (
 
 // Shared command flag usage info
 const (
-	FlagCommandParamsFileUsage = "JSON file with all command parameters"
-	FlagTargetUsage            = "Target container image (name or ID)"
-	FlagPullUsage              = "Try pulling target if it's not available locally"
+	FlagCommandParamsFileUsage   = "JSON file with all command parameters"
+	FlagTargetUsage              = "Target container image (name or ID)"
+	FlagTargetImageArchiveUsage  = "Target container image archive (tar file path)"
+	FlagPullUsage                = "Try pulling target if it's not available locally"
 	FlagDockerConfigPathUsage  = "Docker config path (used to fetch registry credentials)"
 	FlagRegistryAccountUsage   = "Target registry account used when pulling images from private registries"
 	FlagRegistrySecretUsage    = "Target registry secret used when pulling images from private registries"
@@ -467,6 +469,12 @@ var CommonFlags = map[string]cli.Flag{
 		Usage:   FlagTargetUsage,
 		EnvVars: []string{"DSLIM_TARGET"},
 	},
+	FlagTargetImageArchive: &cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:    FlagTargetImageArchive,
+		Value:   "",
+		Usage:   FlagTargetImageArchiveUsage,
+		EnvVars: []string{"DSLIM_TARGET_IMAGE_ARCHIVE"},
+	},
 	FlagPull: &cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:    FlagPull,
 		Value:   true, //enabled by default
diff --git a/pkg/app/master/command/xray/cli.go b/pkg/app/master/command/xray/cli.go
index cbbb831f..530dd6bd 100644
--- a/pkg/app/master/command/xray/cli.go
+++ b/pkg/app/master/command/xray/cli.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ var XRayFlags = []cli.Flag{
 	command.Cflag(command.FlagRuntime),
 	command.Cflag(command.FlagCommandParamsFile),
 	command.Cflag(command.FlagTarget),
+	command.Cflag(command.FlagTargetImageArchive),
 	command.Cflag(command.FlagPull),
 	command.Cflag(command.FlagDockerConfigPath),
 	command.Cflag(command.FlagRegistryAccount),
@@ -114,9 +115,10 @@ var CLI = &cli.Command{
 		}
 
 		targetRef := ctx.String(command.FlagTarget)
-		if targetRef == "" {
+		targetImageArchive := ctx.String(command.FlagTargetImageArchive)
+		if targetRef == "" && targetImageArchive == "" {
 			if ctx.Args().Len() < 1 {
-				xc.Out.Error("param.target", "missing image ID/name")
+				xc.Out.Error("param.target", "missing image ID/name or archive path")
 				cli.ShowCommandHelp(ctx, Name)
 				return nil
 			} else {
@@ -345,6 +347,7 @@ var CLI = &cli.Command{
 			gcvalues,
 			cparams,
 			targetRef,
+			targetImageArchive,
 			doPull,
 			dockerConfigPath,
 			registryAccount,
diff --git a/pkg/app/master/command/xray/handler.go b/pkg/app/master/command/xray/handler.go
index 258d52d1..ad53b392 100644
--- a/pkg/app/master/command/xray/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/app/master/command/xray/handler.go
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ func OnCommand(
 	gparams *command.GenericParams,
 	cparams *CommandParams,
 	targetRef string,
+	targetImageArchive string,
 	doPull bool,
 	dockerConfigPath string,
 	registryAccount string,
@@ -162,13 +163,100 @@ func OnCommand(
 
 	xc.Out.Info("cmd.input.params",
 		ovars{
-			"runtime":            rr,
-			"target":             targetRef,
-			"add-image-manifest": doAddImageManifest,
-			"add-image-config":   doAddImageConfig,
-			"rm-file-artifacts":  doRmFileArtifacts,
+			"runtime":              rr,
+			"target":               targetRef,
+			"target-image-archive": targetImageArchive,
+			"add-image-manifest":   doAddImageManifest,
+			"add-image-config":     doAddImageConfig,
+			"rm-file-artifacts":    doRmFileArtifacts,
 		})
 
+	// Handle archive-based analysis (when --target-image-archive is provided)
+	if targetImageArchive != "" {
+		logger.Debugf("using target image archive: %s", targetImageArchive)
+
+		if !fsutil.IsRegularFile(targetImageArchive) {
+			xc.Out.Error("target.image.archive", "archive file not found")
+			exitCode := command.ECTCommon | command.ECCImageNotFound
+			xc.Out.State("exited", ovars{"exit.code": exitCode})
+			xc.Exit(exitCode)
+		}
+
+		// Get image info from archive
+		archiveInfo, err := dockerimage.GetArchiveInfo(targetImageArchive)
+		if err != nil {
+			xc.Out.Error("target.image.archive", fmt.Sprintf("error reading archive info: %v", err))
+			xc.Out.State("exited", ovars{"exit.code": -1})
+			xc.Exit(-1)
+		}
+
+		imageID := archiveInfo.ImageID
+		logger.Debugf("archive image ID: %s, tags: %v", imageID, archiveInfo.RepoTags)
+
+		cmdReport.TargetReference = targetImageArchive
+		if len(archiveInfo.RepoTags) > 0 {
+			cmdReport.TargetReference = archiveInfo.RepoTags[0]
+		}
+
+		xc.Out.State("image.data.inspection.start")
+		xc.Out.Info("image.archive",
+			ovars{
+				"path":      targetImageArchive,
+				"image.id":  imageID,
+				"repo.tags": strings.Join(archiveInfo.RepoTags, ","),
+			})
+
+		pp := &dockerimage.ProcessorParams{
+			DetectIdentities: &dockerimage.DetectOpParam{
+				Enabled:      cparams.DetectIdentities.Enabled,
+				DumpRaw:      cparams.DetectIdentities.DumpRaw,
+				IsConsoleOut: cparams.DetectIdentities.IsConsoleOut,
+				IsDirOut:     cparams.DetectIdentities.IsDirOut,
+				OutputPath:   cparams.DetectIdentities.OutputPath,
+				InputParams:  cparams.DetectIdentities.InputParams,
+			},
+			DetectAllCertFiles:   cparams.DetectAllCertFiles,
+			DetectAllCertPKFiles: cparams.DetectAllCertPKFiles,
+		}
+
+		xc.Out.Info("image.data.inspection.process.image.start")
+		_, err = dockerimage.LoadPackage(
+			targetImageArchive,
+			imageID,
+			false,
+			topChangesMax,
+			doHashData,
+			doDetectDuplicates,
+			changeDataHashMatchers,
+			changePathMatchers,
+			changeDataMatchers,
+			utf8Detector,
+			pp)
+
+		if err != nil {
+			xc.Out.Error("image.data.inspection", fmt.Sprintf("error loading package: %v", err))
+			xc.Out.State("exited", ovars{"exit.code": -1})
+			xc.Exit(-1)
+		}
+		xc.Out.Info("image.data.inspection.process.image.end")
+
+		if utf8Detector != nil {
+			errutil.FailOn(utf8Detector.Close())
+		}
+
+		xc.Out.State("image.data.inspection.done")
+
+		cmdReport.ImageArchiveLocation = targetImageArchive
+		cmdReport.State = cmd.StateCompleted
+		cmdReport.Save()
+
+		vinfo := <-viChan
+		version.PrintCheckVersion(xc, "", vinfo)
+
+		xc.Out.State("done")
+		return
+	}
+
 	resolved := command.ResolveAutoRuntime(cparams.Runtime)
 	logger.Tracef("runtime.handler: rt=%s resolved=%s", cparams.Runtime, resolved)
 
diff --git a/pkg/docker/dockerimage/dockerimage.go b/pkg/docker/dockerimage/dockerimage.go
index 2ff3665a..c13c2f48 100644
--- a/pkg/docker/dockerimage/dockerimage.go
+++ b/pkg/docker/dockerimage/dockerimage.go
@@ -516,6 +516,72 @@ const (
 	OCIImageManifestLocation     = "ll.oci.imagemanifest"
 )
 
+// ArchiveInfo contains basic information extracted from an image archive
+type ArchiveInfo struct {
+	ImageID  string
+	RepoTags []string
+}
+
+// GetArchiveInfo extracts basic image information from a Docker image archive
+// by reading the manifest.json file. This is useful when you have an archive
+// but don't have the image ID.
+func GetArchiveInfo(archivePath string) (*ArchiveInfo, error) {
+	afile, err := os.Open(archivePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("dockerimage.GetArchiveInfo: os.Open error - %v", err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer afile.Close()
+
+	tr := tar.NewReader(afile)
+	for {
+		hdr, err := tr.Next()
+		if err != nil {
+			if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+				break
+			}
+			log.Errorf("dockerimage.GetArchiveInfo: error reading archive - %v", err)
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		if hdr == nil || hdr.Name == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if hdr.Name == "manifest.json" {
+			var manifests []DockerManifestObject
+			if err := json.NewDecoder(tr).Decode(&manifests); err != nil {
+				log.Errorf("dockerimage.GetArchiveInfo: error decoding manifest - %v", err)
+				return nil, err
+			}
+
+			if len(manifests) == 0 {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("no manifests found in archive")
+			}
+
+			// Extract image ID from config path (e.g., "abc123.json" -> "abc123")
+			// or for OCI format: "blobs/sha256/DIGEST" -> "sha256:DIGEST"
+			configPath := manifests[0].Config
+			var imageID string
+			if strings.HasPrefix(configPath, "blobs/sha256/") {
+				// OCI format
+				digest := strings.TrimPrefix(configPath, "blobs/sha256/")
+				imageID = "sha256:" + digest
+			} else {
+				// Docker v1 format - strip .json extension
+				imageID = strings.TrimSuffix(configPath, ".json")
+			}
+
+			return &ArchiveInfo{
+				ImageID:  imageID,
+				RepoTags: manifests[0].RepoTags,
+			}, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("manifest.json not found in archive")
+}
+
 func LoadPackage(archivePath string,
 	imageID string,
 	skipObjects bool,
@@ -1130,10 +1196,35 @@ func LoadPackage(archivePath string,
 						layerID = hdr.Name
 					}
 
+					// Handle gzip-compressed OCI image layers
+					// Many Docker/OCI images use gzip-compressed layers with media types like:
+					// - application/vnd.docker.image.rootfs.diff.tar.gzip
+					// - application/vnd.oci.image.layer.v1.tar+gzip
+					var layerReader io.Reader = tr
+					mediaType, hasMediaType := nonLayerFileNames[hdr.Name]
+					isGzipByMediaType := hasMediaType && (strings.Contains(mediaType, "gzip") || strings.Contains(mediaType, "+gzip"))
+
+					// Try gzip decompression - gzip.NewReader validates the gzip header
+					gzReader, gzErr := gzip.NewReader(tr)
+					if gzErr == nil {
+						layerReader = gzReader
+						defer gzReader.Close()
+						if isGzipByMediaType {
+							log.Debugf("dockerimage.LoadPackage: using gzip decompression for layer '%s' (mediaType: %s)", hdr.Name, mediaType)
+						} else {
+							log.Debugf("dockerimage.LoadPackage: auto-detected gzip compression for layer '%s'", hdr.Name)
+						}
+					} else if isGzipByMediaType {
+						// Media type indicates gzip but decompression failed - this is an error
+						log.Errorf("dockerimage.LoadPackage: gzip decompression failed for layer(%s/%s) with gzip mediaType '%s' - %v", archivePath, hdr.Name, mediaType, gzErr)
+						return nil, gzErr
+					}
+					// else: not gzip compressed, use raw tar reader
+
 					layer, err := layerFromStream(
 						pkg,
 						hdr.Name,
-						tar.NewReader(tr),
+						tar.NewReader(layerReader),
 						layerID,
 						topChangesMax,
 						doHashData,