diff --git a/commands/audit/audit.go b/commands/audit/audit.go
index a29570a6c..6de28407f 100644
--- a/commands/audit/audit.go
+++ b/commands/audit/audit.go
@@ -474,6 +474,13 @@ func isEntitledForSnippetDetection(isEntitledForJas bool, xrayManager *xray.Xray
 func populateScanTargets(cmdResults *results.SecurityCommandResults, params *AuditParams) {
 	// Populate x scan targets based on the provided parameters.
 	detectScanTargets(cmdResults, params)
+	if detectedTechsGuardCallback := params.DetectedTechnologiesGuardCallback(); detectedTechsGuardCallback != nil {
+		if err := detectedTechsGuardCallback(cmdResults.GetTechnologies()); err != nil {
+			// allowSkippingError is hardcoded to false: this check must never be bypassable via AllowPartialResults.
+			cmdResults.AddGeneralError(err, false)
+			return
+		}
+	}
 	// Populate target information for the scans
 	for _, targetResult := range cmdResults.Targets {
 		// Generate SBOM for the target if requested or for SCA scans.
diff --git a/commands/audit/audit_test.go b/commands/audit/audit_test.go
index e760c9faa..2256e844f 100644
--- a/commands/audit/audit_test.go
+++ b/commands/audit/audit_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package audit
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -603,6 +604,49 @@ func TestDetectScanTargetsNewFlowCliExcludedCwdWithNonExcludedInclude(t *testing
 	assert.True(t, hasNpm, "expected Npm among detected technologies")
 }
 
+func TestPopulateScanTargetsDetectedTechnologiesGuardCallbackIsNotSkippable(t *testing.T) {
+	baseDir, cleanUp := createTestDir(t)
+	defer cleanUp()
+
+	mavenDir := filepath.Join(baseDir, "maven-wd")
+	assert.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(mavenDir, 0o755))
+	createEmptyFile(t, filepath.Join(mavenDir, "pom.xml"))
+
+	callbackErr := errors.New("environment guard failed")
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name                string
+		allowPartialResults bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:                "Partial results disabled - fail upon every error",
+			allowPartialResults: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:                "allowPartialResults=true - callback error must still propagate",
+			allowPartialResults: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			cmdRes := results.NewCommandResults(utils.SourceCode).SetEntitledForJas(true).SetSecretValidation(true).SetAllowPartialResults(tt.allowPartialResults)
+			params := NewAuditParams()
+			params.SetWorkingDirs([]string{mavenDir})
+			params.SetIsRecursiveScan(false)
+			params.SetBomGenerator(xrayplugin.NewXrayLibBomGenerator())
+			params.SetDetectedTechnologiesGuardCallback(func(detected []techutils.Technology) error {
+				return callbackErr
+			})
+
+			populateScanTargets(cmdRes, params)
+
+			// The callback error must surface via GetErrors() regardless of AllowPartialResults
+			assert.ErrorContains(t, cmdRes.GetErrors(), callbackErr.Error())
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestShouldGenerateSbom(t *testing.T) {
 	configProfileModulesWithSca := []services.Module{{
 		ScanConfig: services.ScanConfig{
diff --git a/commands/audit/auditparams.go b/commands/audit/auditparams.go
index 80ff8e26f..67087d107 100644
--- a/commands/audit/auditparams.go
+++ b/commands/audit/auditparams.go
@@ -24,12 +24,14 @@ type AuditParams struct {
 	appsConfig  *jfrogappsconfig.JFrogAppsConfig
 	workingDirs []string
 	// Common params to all scan routines
-	resultsContext    results.ResultContext
-	gitContext        *xscServices.XscGitInfoContext
-	rootDir           string
-	installFunc       func(tech string) error
-	fixableOnly       bool
-	minSeverityFilter severityutils.Severity
+	resultsContext results.ResultContext
+	gitContext     *xscServices.XscGitInfoContext
+	rootDir        string
+	installFunc    func(tech string) error
+	// Optional hook invoked once technologies are detected for all targets, before any SBOM/dependency-tree generation runs (i.e. before any build-tool plugin executes untrusted code). A non-nil error aborts the scan.
+	detectedTechnologiesGuardCallback func(detectedTechnologies []techutils.Technology) error
+	fixableOnly                       bool
+	minSeverityFilter                 severityutils.Severity
 	*AuditBasicParams
 	multiScanId string
 	// Include third party dependencies source code in the applicability scan.
@@ -163,6 +165,15 @@ func (params *AuditParams) SetInstallFunc(installFunc func(tech string) error) *
 	return params
 }
 
+func (params *AuditParams) SetDetectedTechnologiesGuardCallback(callback func(detectedTechnologies []techutils.Technology) error) *AuditParams {
+	params.detectedTechnologiesGuardCallback = callback
+	return params
+}
+
+func (params *AuditParams) DetectedTechnologiesGuardCallback() func(detectedTechnologies []techutils.Technology) error {
+	return params.detectedTechnologiesGuardCallback
+}
+
 func (params *AuditParams) FixableOnly() bool {
 	return params.fixableOnly
 }