diff --git a/docs/javascript-artifact-reconstruction.md b/docs/javascript-artifact-reconstruction.md
index 88d97864a9..7ec2febebb 100644
--- a/docs/javascript-artifact-reconstruction.md
+++ b/docs/javascript-artifact-reconstruction.md
@@ -1002,7 +1002,12 @@ reason in the renderer observations.
 HTML script source ranges follow the HTML parser across LF, CRLF, and bare CR
 line endings, preserving UTF-16 columns.
 Inline JavaScript in local HTML, meaning classic or module `<script>` bodies
-without a `src` attribute, is not analyzed. Each HTML file that has one gets an
+without a `src` attribute, is not analyzed. Embedded SVG scripts use `href`
+(or `xlink:href` when `href` is absent) instead: an existing reference, even
+an empty one, suppresses the inline body. SVG's `src` and HTML-only `language`
+attributes do not suppress its JavaScript body. SVG references and inline
+bodies share the same inert parsing and source coordinates as HTML scripts;
+template content stays inert. Each HTML file that has an inline body gets an
 unknown `parse-html-inline-scripts` scope with the exact body count and the
 script type and source range of the first 100 bodies; beyond that, coverage is
 truncated under the `html_inline_script_locations_per_file` limit, and the
diff --git a/src/domain/javascript/htmlArtifactReferences.test.ts b/src/domain/javascript/htmlArtifactReferences.test.ts
index 7dbf2f363f..e1e5b44d8e 100644
--- a/src/domain/javascript/htmlArtifactReferences.test.ts
+++ b/src/domain/javascript/htmlArtifactReferences.test.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ it.each([
   ['<script language="vbscript">run()</script>', []],
   ["<!-- <script>run();</script> -->", []],
   ["<template><script>run();</script></template>", []],
-  ["<svg><script>run();</script></svg>", []],
+  ["<svg><script>run();</script></svg>", ["classic"]],
 ])("classifies inline JavaScript in %s", (text, expected) => {
   expect(
     htmlArtifactReferences(text).inlineScripts.map(
@@ -115,6 +115,65 @@ it.each([
   ).toEqual(expected);
 });
 
+it.each([
+  ['src="ignored.js"', "classic"],
+  ['language="vbscript"', "classic"],
+  ['xlink:type="simple"', "classic"],
+  ['type=" Text/JavaScript "', "classic"],
+  ['type="MODULE"', "module"],
+  ['type=" module "', null],
+  ['type="application/json"', null],
+  ['type="text/javascript; charset=utf-8"', null],
+  ['href="external.js"', null],
+  ['href=""', null],
+  ['xlink:href="external.js"', null],
+] as const)("classifies SVG inline bodies using %s", (attributes, expected) => {
+  const result = htmlArtifactReferences(
+    `<svg><script ${attributes}>run();</script></svg>`,
+  );
+  expect(result.inlineScripts.map(({ scriptType }) => scriptType)).toEqual(
+    expected === null ? [] : [expected],
+  );
+  expect(result.inlineScriptCount).toBe(expected === null ? 0 : 1);
+});
+
+it.each([
+  ['href="external.js"', ["external.js"]],
+  ['xlink:href="external.js"', ["external.js"]],
+  ['href="first.js" xlink:href="second.js"', ["first.js"]],
+  ['xlink:href="second.js" href="first.js"', ["first.js"]],
+  ['href="" xlink:href="ignored.js"', []],
+  ['other:href="ignored.js"', []],
+  ['src="ignored.js"', []],
+])("extracts SVG script URL from %s", (attributes, paths) => {
+  const result = htmlArtifactReferences(
+    `<svg><script ${attributes}></script></svg>`,
+  );
+  expect(result.scripts.map(({ scriptPath }) => scriptPath)).toEqual(paths);
+  expect(result.inlineScriptCount).toBe(0);
+});
+
+it("shares precise body coordinates and location limits across HTML and SVG", () => {
+  const prefix = '<!doctype html>\n<svg><script src="ignored.js">';
+  const body = "\nrun();\n";
+  expect(
+    htmlArtifactReferences(`${prefix}${body}</script></svg>`).inlineScripts,
+  ).toEqual([
+    {
+      scriptType: "classic",
+      location: { start: { line: 2, column: 30 }, end: { line: 4, column: 0 } },
+    },
+  ]);
+  const repeated = "<script>x</script><svg><script>y</script></svg>".repeat(60);
+  const result = htmlArtifactReferences(repeated);
+  expect(result.inlineScriptCount).toBe(120);
+  expect(result.inlineScripts).toHaveLength(HTML_INLINE_SCRIPT_LOCATION_LIMIT);
+  expect(
+    htmlArtifactReferences("<template><svg><script>x</script></svg></template>")
+      .inlineScriptCount,
+  ).toBe(0);
+});
+
 it("retains exact inline script body coordinates, including unclosed scripts", () => {
   const prefix = "<!doctype html>\n<script>";
   const body = "\nfetch('/api');\n";
diff --git a/src/domain/javascript/htmlArtifactReferences.ts b/src/domain/javascript/htmlArtifactReferences.ts
index 0edb22fb69..29635482c0 100644
--- a/src/domain/javascript/htmlArtifactReferences.ts
+++ b/src/domain/javascript/htmlArtifactReferences.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,30 @@ const javaScriptType = (
 const asciiLowercase = (value: string): string =>
   value.replace(/[A-Z]/gu, (letter) => letter.toLowerCase());
 
+/** SVG uses href/XLink and has no HTML language fallback or src attribute. */
+const scriptAttributes = (node: DefaultTreeAdapterTypes.Element) => {
+  const html = node.namespaceURI === "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";
+  const source = html
+    ? node.attrs.find(({ name }) => name === "src")
+    : (node.attrs.find(
+        ({ name, namespace }) => name === "href" && namespace === undefined,
+      ) ??
+      node.attrs.find(
+        ({ name, namespace }) =>
+          name === "href" && namespace === "http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink",
+      ));
+  return {
+    source,
+    scriptType: javaScriptType(
+      html
+        ? node.attrs
+        : node.attrs.filter(
+            ({ name, namespace }) => name === "type" && namespace === undefined,
+          ),
+    ),
+  };
+};
+
 /**
  * Extract inert HTML script references, inline JavaScript bodies, and the
  * first document base href.
@@ -105,15 +129,19 @@ export const htmlArtifactReferences = (
     if (node === undefined) continue;
     if (
       defaultTreeAdapter.isElementNode(node) &&
-      node.namespaceURI === "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
+      (node.namespaceURI === "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" ||
+        node.namespaceURI === "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg")
     ) {
-      if (node.tagName === "base" && baseHref === null) {
+      if (
+        node.namespaceURI === "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" &&
+        node.tagName === "base" &&
+        baseHref === null
+      ) {
         const href = node.attrs.find(({ name }) => name === "href");
         if (href !== undefined) baseHref = href.value;
       }
       if (node.tagName === "script") {
-        const scriptType = javaScriptType(node.attrs);
-        const src = node.attrs.find(({ name }) => name === "src");
+        const { scriptType, source: src } = scriptAttributes(node);
         const location = node.sourceCodeLocation?.startTag;
         if (src !== undefined && src.value !== "" && location !== undefined) {
           scripts.push({
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/applications/javascriptUnavailableHtmlCli.test.ts b/tests/acceptance/applications/javascriptUnavailableHtmlCli.test.ts
index 357cd3ebc1..c9a34537d1 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/applications/javascriptUnavailableHtmlCli.test.ts
+++ b/tests/acceptance/applications/javascriptUnavailableHtmlCli.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,83 @@ import { javascriptApplicationAnalysisResultSchema } from "../../../src/domain/j
 import { createTestTempDirectory } from "../../fixtures/temporaryDirectory.js";
 import { cliTest } from "../../support/cli/cliFixture.js";
 
+cliTest(
+  "preserves SVG script references and reports skipped executable bodies",
+  async ({ cli }) => {
+    const root = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-svg-html-cli-");
+    const inlineUrl = "https://example.test/svg-inline";
+    const html = [
+      "<!doctype html><svg>",
+      `<script src="ignored.js" language="vbscript">fetch("${inlineUrl}");</script>`,
+      '<script href="main.js">ignored();</script>',
+      '<script xlink:href="main.js">ignored();</script>',
+      '<script href="" xlink:href="main.js">ignored();</script>',
+      '<script type="application/json">{"x":1}</script>',
+      "</svg><template><svg><script>ignored();</script></svg></template>",
+    ].join("\n");
+    await writeFile(join(root, "index.html"), html);
+    await writeFile(
+      join(root, "main.js"),
+      'fetch("https://example.test/external");',
+    );
+    const response = await cli.run({
+      arguments: [
+        "analyze-javascript-application",
+        root,
+        "--source-path",
+        "index.html",
+        "--source-path",
+        "main.js",
+        "--format",
+        "json",
+      ],
+    });
+    expect(response.exitCode, response.stderr).toBe(0);
+    const result = javascriptApplicationAnalysisResultSchema.parse(
+      parseEvidence(response.json).normalized_result,
+    );
+    const observations = result.graph.nodes.flatMap(
+      ({ observations }) => observations,
+    );
+    const scopes = observations.filter(
+      ({ properties }) => properties.operation === "parse-html-inline-scripts",
+    );
+    expect(scopes).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(scopes[0]).toMatchObject({
+      properties: {
+        path: "index.html",
+        inline_script_count: 1,
+        inline_scripts: [
+          {
+            script_type: "classic",
+            location: {
+              start: { line: 2, column: 45 },
+              end: { line: 2, column: 86 },
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+      evidence: {
+        state: "unavailable",
+        confidence: "unknown",
+        coverage: { status: "partial" },
+      },
+    });
+    expect(
+      result.graph.edges.filter(
+        ({ relation, properties }) =>
+          relation === "loads" && properties.resolved_path === "main.js",
+      ),
+    ).toHaveLength(2);
+    const endpoints = result.graph.nodes
+      .filter(({ kind }) => kind === "endpoint")
+      .flatMap(({ observations }) => observations)
+      .map(({ properties }) => properties.value);
+    expect(endpoints).toContain("https://example.test/external");
+    expect(endpoints).not.toContain(inlineUrl);
+  },
+);
+
 cliTest.for([
   "invalid-html",
   "empty-html",