diff --git a/src/artifacts/ReleaseExposureReader.test.ts b/src/artifacts/ReleaseExposureReader.test.ts
index 91e0849c0a..5a37ae887c 100644
--- a/src/artifacts/ReleaseExposureReader.test.ts
+++ b/src/artifacts/ReleaseExposureReader.test.ts
@@ -1260,6 +1260,34 @@ describe("ReleaseExposureReader member allowances", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("ReleaseExposureReader nested packages in a host", () => {
+  it("leaves coverage unknown for an ASAR a PyInstaller host carries", async () => {
+    const root = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-release-exposure-nest-");
+    await writeFile(
+      join(root, "app.exe"),
+      cArchiveExecutable({
+        carrier: "pe",
+        layout: "2.1",
+        pythonVersion: 310,
+        members: [
+          {
+            name: "resources",
+            typeCode: "x",
+            compress: true,
+            payload: asarArchive([
+              { name: "app.js.map", bytes: Buffer.from("{}") },
+            ]),
+          },
+        ],
+      }),
+    );
+    const scanned = await inspect(root);
+    expect(scanned.coverage).toBe("unknown");
+    expect(scanned.extractable.formats).toContain("asar");
+    expect(scanned.limitations.join("\n")).toContain("was not expanded");
+  });
+});
+
 describe("ReleaseExposureReader source-map count", () => {
   it.each([
     [
diff --git a/src/artifacts/ReleaseExposureReader.ts b/src/artifacts/ReleaseExposureReader.ts
index 02916e16c6..0e41e89670 100644
--- a/src/artifacts/ReleaseExposureReader.ts
+++ b/src/artifacts/ReleaseExposureReader.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {
 } from "./ArtifactFileOperation.js";
 import { decodeBinaryPlistText } from "./apple/BinaryPlistMaterializer.js";
 import { ArtifactEmbeddedFormatProbes } from "./ArtifactEmbeddedFormatProbes.js";
+import { createAsarHeaderSignatureProbe } from "./AsarHeader.js";
 import { ArtifactTraversalObservation } from "./ArtifactTraversalObservation.js";
 import { classifyEmbeddedExecutablePackage } from "./inventory/classify.js";
 import { inventoryArtifact } from "./inventory/ArtifactInventory.js";
@@ -546,13 +547,11 @@ const scanOccurrences = async (
       packageKind !== null &&
       !parentsWithChildren.has(occurrence.occurrence_id)
     ) {
-      state.formats.add(packageKind);
-      noteUnexaminedPackage(state);
+      noteNestedPackage(state, packageKind, location);
       if (!occurrence.encrypted) {
         state.readable += 1;
         pushSample(state.memberSamples, location);
       }
-      pushLimitation(state, `Nested package ${location} was not expanded.`);
       continue;
     }
     await examineMember(state, {
@@ -1491,6 +1490,10 @@ const examinePackagedBinary = async (
       notePeNotExamined(state, member.location);
     }
   }
+  if (native === null && header !== null && holdsAsarHeader(header)) {
+    noteNestedPackage(state, "asar", member.location);
+    return true;
+  }
   if (native !== null) state.packagedNative += 1;
   else await examineProbedText(state, member, probe);
   if (native !== "pe") return true;
@@ -1841,6 +1844,20 @@ const noteUnexaminedPackage = (state: ScanState): void => {
   state.coverageUnknown = true;
 };
 
+const noteNestedPackage = (
+  state: ScanState,
+  format: PackageFormat,
+  location: string,
+): void => {
+  state.formats.add(format);
+  noteUnexaminedPackage(state);
+  pushLimitation(state, `Nested package ${location} was not expanded.`);
+};
+
+/** The ASAR owner's signature test. A match does not establish a valid archive. */
+const holdsAsarHeader = (bytes: Buffer): boolean =>
+  createAsarHeaderSignatureProbe().write(bytes).state === "matched";
+
 const readListedEntry = async (
   container: OpenContainer | undefined,
   entry: ArtifactEntry,