diff --git a/pkg/containerprofilemanager/v1/event_reporting.go b/pkg/containerprofilemanager/v1/event_reporting.go
index 997065da3..077875fe1 100644
--- a/pkg/containerprofilemanager/v1/event_reporting.go
+++ b/pkg/containerprofilemanager/v1/event_reporting.go
@@ -32,17 +32,33 @@ func (cpm *ContainerProfileManager) ReportCapability(containerID, capability str
 	cpm.logEventError(err, "capability", containerID)
 }
 
+// resolveExecPath derives the path to record for an exec event. It is kept
+// symmetric with the rule-side resolver in
+// pkg/rulemanager/cel/libraries/parse/parse.go (parse.get_exec_path): prefer
+// the kernel-authoritative exepath, then argv[0] when non-empty, then comm.
+// Using args[0] unconditionally produces an empty Path when the syscall has
+// an empty pathname (fexecve / execveat AT_EMPTY_PATH — the libpam helper
+// invocation pattern), while the rule-side resolver falls back to comm —
+// leaving the AP entry unreachable to ap.was_executed and producing spurious
+// "Unexpected process launched" alerts.
+func resolveExecPath(exepath, comm string, args []string) string {
+	if exepath != "" {
+		return exepath
+	}
+	if len(args) > 0 && args[0] != "" {
+		return args[0]
+	}
+	return comm
+}
+
 // ReportFileExec reports a file execution event for a container
 func (cpm *ContainerProfileManager) ReportFileExec(containerID string, event utils.ExecEvent) {
 	err := cpm.withContainer(containerID, func(data *containerData) (int, error) {
 		if data.execs == nil {
 			data.execs = &maps.SafeMap[string, []string]{}
 		}
-		path := event.GetComm()
 		args := event.GetArgs()
-		if len(args) > 0 {
-			path = args[0]
-		}
+		path := resolveExecPath(event.GetExePath(), event.GetComm(), args)
 
 		// Use SHA256 hash of the exec to identify it uniquely
 		execIdentifier := utils.CalculateSHA256FileExecHash(path, args)
diff --git a/pkg/containerprofilemanager/v1/event_reporting_test.go b/pkg/containerprofilemanager/v1/event_reporting_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee38683d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/containerprofilemanager/v1/event_reporting_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package containerprofilemanager
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestResolveExecPath(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		exepath string
+		comm    string
+		args    []string
+		want    string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:    "exepath present (canonical exec)",
+			exepath: "/usr/sbin/unix_chkpwd",
+			comm:    "unix_chkpwd",
+			args:    []string{"/usr/sbin/unix_chkpwd", "root"},
+			want:    "/usr/sbin/unix_chkpwd",
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "fexecve / execveat AT_EMPTY_PATH — pathname empty, argv[0] non-empty",
+			exepath: "",
+			comm:    "unix_chkpwd",
+			args:    []string{"unix_chkpwd", "root"},
+			want:    "unix_chkpwd",
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "fexecve with empty argv[0] (older PAM convention)",
+			exepath: "",
+			comm:    "unix_chkpwd",
+			args:    []string{"", "root"},
+			want:    "unix_chkpwd",
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "no exepath, no args — fall back to comm",
+			exepath: "",
+			comm:    "some_proc",
+			args:    nil,
+			want:    "some_proc",
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "exepath wins even when argv[0] disagrees (argv[0] spoofing)",
+			exepath: "/usr/bin/curl",
+			comm:    "curl",
+			args:    []string{"sshd", "-i"},
+			want:    "/usr/bin/curl",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := resolveExecPath(tt.exepath, tt.comm, tt.args)
+			if got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("resolveExecPath(%q, %q, %v) = %q, want %q", tt.exepath, tt.comm, tt.args, got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}