diff --git a/changes/37111-ninxsoft-mist-cve b/changes/37111-ninxsoft-mist-cve
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9923a352c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/37111-ninxsoft-mist-cve
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed CVE false positive on ninxsoft/Mist.
diff --git a/server/vulnerabilities/nvd/cpe.go b/server/vulnerabilities/nvd/cpe.go
index 480287a246..d3612e4854 100644
--- a/server/vulnerabilities/nvd/cpe.go
+++ b/server/vulnerabilities/nvd/cpe.go
@@ -444,6 +444,17 @@ var (
 				s.Name = "integrative-modeling-platform"
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			// ninxsoft/Mist (macOS installer download tool) is incorrectly matched against
+			// mist.io/Mist CPEs. Rename the app to prevent incorrect CPE matching with mist:mist.
+			// See https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/issues/37111
+			matches: func(s *fleet.Software) bool {
+				return s.BundleIdentifier == "com.ninxsoft.mist" && s.Source == "apps"
+			},
+			mutate: func(s *fleet.Software, logger log.Logger) {
+				s.Name = "ninxsoft-mist"
+			},
+		},
 	}
 )
 
diff --git a/server/vulnerabilities/nvd/cpe_test.go b/server/vulnerabilities/nvd/cpe_test.go
index 911df1afb2..0b84026481 100644
--- a/server/vulnerabilities/nvd/cpe_test.go
+++ b/server/vulnerabilities/nvd/cpe_test.go
@@ -2428,6 +2428,21 @@ func TestMutateSoftware(t *testing.T) {
 				Source:  "homebrew_packages",
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "ninxsoft Mist (macOS installer download tool)",
+			s: &fleet.Software{
+				Name:             "Mist",
+				Version:          "0.30",
+				Source:           "apps",
+				BundleIdentifier: "com.ninxsoft.mist",
+			},
+			sanitized: &fleet.Software{
+				Name:             "ninxsoft-mist",
+				Version:          "0.30",
+				Source:           "apps",
+				BundleIdentifier: "com.ninxsoft.mist",
+			},
+		},
 	} {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NotPanics(t, func() { mutateSoftware(tc.s, log.NewNopLogger()) })