diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 59edae45..0c7d4a52 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
+  validate-actions:
+    name: Validate Action SHAs
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Validate GitHub Action SHA pins
+        run: ./scripts/validate-action-shas.sh
+
   lint:
     name: Lint
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/scripts/validate-action-shas.sh b/scripts/validate-action-shas.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..f72a157e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/validate-action-shas.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Validates that all GitHub Action SHA pins in workflow files are valid
+# Usage: ./scripts/validate-action-shas.sh
+
+set -e
+
+WORKFLOW_DIR=".github/workflows"
+ERRORS=0
+
+# Colors for output
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+NC='\033[0m' # No Color
+
+echo "Validating GitHub Action SHA pins..."
+echo ""
+
+# Find all uses: declarations with SHA pins
+while IFS= read -r line; do
+    # Extract file path and the action reference
+    file=$(echo "$line" | cut -d: -f1)
+    # Get the full action reference (owner/repo@sha)
+    action_ref=$(echo "$line" | grep -oE 'uses: [^#]+' | sed 's/uses: //' | tr -d ' ')
+
+    if [[ -z "$action_ref" ]]; then
+        continue
+    fi
+
+    # Skip local actions (starting with ./)
+    if [[ "$action_ref" == ./* ]]; then
+        continue
+    fi
+
+    # Skip reusable workflows (contain .github/workflows)
+    if [[ "$action_ref" == *".github/workflows"* ]]; then
+        continue
+    fi
+
+    # Parse owner/repo and SHA
+    if [[ "$action_ref" =~ ^([^/]+)/([^@]+)@([a-f0-9]{40})$ ]]; then
+        owner="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+        repo="${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
+        sha="${BASH_REMATCH[3]}"
+
+        # Handle nested paths like anchore/sbom-action/download-syft
+        repo=$(echo "$repo" | cut -d/ -f1)
+
+        # Validate SHA exists via GitHub API
+        http_code=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
+            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
+            "https://api.github.com/repos/${owner}/${repo}/git/commits/${sha}" 2>/dev/null || echo "000")
+
+        if [[ "$http_code" == "200" ]]; then
+            echo -e "${GREEN}✓${NC} ${owner}/${repo}@${sha:0:7}... (${file})"
+        elif [[ "$http_code" == "404" ]]; then
+            echo -e "${RED}✗${NC} ${owner}/${repo}@${sha:0:7}... - SHA not found! (${file})"
+            ERRORS=$((ERRORS + 1))
+        elif [[ "$http_code" == "403" ]]; then
+            echo -e "${YELLOW}?${NC} ${owner}/${repo}@${sha:0:7}... - Rate limited, skipping (${file})"
+        else
+            echo -e "${YELLOW}?${NC} ${owner}/${repo}@${sha:0:7}... - HTTP ${http_code} (${file})"
+        fi
+    elif [[ "$action_ref" =~ @[a-f0-9]{40}$ ]]; then
+        # Has SHA but didn't match pattern - might be malformed
+        echo -e "${YELLOW}?${NC} Could not parse: ${action_ref} (${file})"
+    fi
+done < <(grep -rn "uses:.*@[a-f0-9]\{40\}" "$WORKFLOW_DIR" 2>/dev/null || true)
+
+echo ""
+if [[ $ERRORS -gt 0 ]]; then
+    echo -e "${RED}Found $ERRORS invalid SHA(s)${NC}"
+    exit 1
+else
+    echo -e "${GREEN}All SHA pins are valid${NC}"
+    exit 0
+fi