diff --git a/src/anchore_security_cli/cli/root.py b/src/anchore_security_cli/cli/root.py
index 9861d7b..f661386 100644
--- a/src/anchore_security_cli/cli/root.py
+++ b/src/anchore_security_cli/cli/root.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from anchore_security_cli.cli.config import Application
 from anchore_security_cli.cli.id.commands import group as id_group
 from anchore_security_cli.cli.legacy.commands import group as legacy_group
+from anchore_security_cli.cli.snapshot.commands import group as snapshot_group
 from anchore_security_cli.cli.vuln_index.commands import group as vuln_index_group
 
 
@@ -75,3 +76,4 @@ def root(ctx: click.core.Context, verbose: bool) -> None:
 root.add_command(id_group)
 root.add_command(legacy_group)
 root.add_command(vuln_index_group)
+root.add_command(snapshot_group)
diff --git a/src/anchore_security_cli/cli/snapshot/__init__.py b/src/anchore_security_cli/cli/snapshot/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/anchore_security_cli/cli/snapshot/commands.py b/src/anchore_security_cli/cli/snapshot/commands.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21e874c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/anchore_security_cli/cli/snapshot/commands.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import click
+
+from anchore_security_cli.cli.config import Application
+from anchore_security_cli.snapshots.cve5 import CVE5Snapshotter
+
+
+@click.group(name="snapshot")
+@click.pass_obj
+def group(_: Application):
+    pass
+
+
+@group.command(name="cve5", help="Allocate Anchore security identifiers")
+@click.option("--repo-root", help="Path to the root of the existing CVE5 dataset git repo", required=True)
+@click.option("--commit/--no-commit", default=True)
+@click.option("--push/--no-push", default=False)
+@click.pass_obj
+def cve5_snapshot(cfg: Application, repo_root: str, commit: bool, push: bool) -> None:
+    CVE5Snapshotter(repo_root).process(commit=commit, push=push)
diff --git a/src/anchore_security_cli/snapshots/__init__.py b/src/anchore_security_cli/snapshots/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/anchore_security_cli/snapshots/cve5.py b/src/anchore_security_cli/snapshots/cve5.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f81bc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/anchore_security_cli/snapshots/cve5.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import json
+import os
+import shlex
+import shutil
+import tempfile
+from glob import iglob
+
+import requests
+
+from anchore_security_cli.utils import execute_command, timer
+
+
+class CVE5Snapshotter:
+    def __init__(self, repo_root: str):
+        self._github_repo = "CVEProject/cvelistV5"
+        self._default_branch = "main"
+        self._repo_root = repo_root
+
+    def _process_files(self, tmp_path: str):
+        for file in iglob(os.path.join(tmp_path, "**/CVE-*.json"), recursive=True):
+            if not os.path.isfile(file):
+                continue
+
+            with open(file) as f:
+                data = json.load(f)
+
+            output_path = os.path.join(self._repo_root, "cves", file.removeprefix(tmp_path).removeprefix(os.sep))
+            os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(output_path), exist_ok=True)
+            with open(output_path, "w") as f:
+                json.dump(data, f, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2, sort_keys=True)
+
+    def process(self, commit: bool=True, push: bool = False):
+        r = requests.get(
+            f"https://api.github.com/repos/{self._github_repo}/commits/{self._default_branch}",
+            timeout=10,
+        )
+
+        r.raise_for_status()
+
+        latest_commit = r.json()["sha"]
+        url = f"https://github.com/{self._github_repo}/archive/{latest_commit}.zip"
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            with timer(f"downloading from {url}"):
+                cmd = f"curl -f -L -o content.zip -X GET {shlex.quote(url)}"
+                execute_command(cmd, cwd=tmp)
+
+            with timer(f"extracting archive content from {url}"):
+                execute_command("unzip content.zip", cwd=tmp)
+
+            repo_path = os.path.join(self._repo_root, "cves")
+            with timer(f"processing data from {url}"):
+                if os.path.exists(repo_path):
+                    shutil.rmtree(repo_path)
+                tmp_path = os.path.join(tmp, f"cvelistV5-{latest_commit}", "cves")
+                self._process_files(tmp_path)
+
+            if commit:
+                execute_command("git add cves", cwd=self._repo_root)
+                execute_command(f'git commit -s -m "syncing data from https://github.com/{self._github_repo}/commits/{latest_commit}"', cwd=self._repo_root)  # noqa: E501
+
+                if push:
+                    execute_command("git push origin main")
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index cd73de1..a2663cb 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ requires-python = ">=3.13, <3.15"
 exclude-newer = "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z" # This has no effect and is included for backwards compatibility when using relative exclude-newer values.
 exclude-newer-span = "P1W"
 
+[options.exclude-newer-package]
+grype-db-manager = { timestamp = "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", span = "PT2H" }
+vunnel = { timestamp = "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", span = "PT2H" }
+uv = { timestamp = "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", span = "P7D" }
+yardstick = { timestamp = "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", span = "PT2H" }
+ruff = { timestamp = "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", span = "P7D" }
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anchore-security-cli"
 source = { editable = "." }