diff --git a/internal/schemavalidators/schemavalidators.go b/internal/schemavalidators/schemavalidators.go
index 3d09c9925..4f2734dcd 100644
--- a/internal/schemavalidators/schemavalidators.go
+++ b/internal/schemavalidators/schemavalidators.go
@@ -138,11 +138,16 @@ func ValidateCycloneDX(data interface{}, version CycloneDXVersion) error {
 		}
 		var validationError *jsonschema.ValidationError
 		if errors.As(err, &validationError) {
-			if slices.ContainsFunc(validationError.Causes, func(v0 *jsonschema.ValidationError) bool {
-				return slices.ContainsFunc(v0.Causes, func(v1 *jsonschema.ValidationError) bool {
-					// workaround: Some scanners like Jfrog Xray might report null `cwes` element ("cwes": null)
+			if slices.ContainsFunc(validationError.Causes, func(cause *jsonschema.ValidationError) bool {
+				// Jfrog Xray: Do not fail in case of duplicated components. Policies will take care of validation and deduplication
+				if cause.KeywordLocation == "/properties/components/uniqueItems" {
+					return true
+				}
+				// Some validation errors are found deeper in the tree
+				return slices.ContainsFunc(cause.Causes, func(c1 *jsonschema.ValidationError) bool {
+					// Some scanners like Jfrog Xray might report null `cwes` element ("cwes": null)
 					// the validator would fail with "expected array, but got null"
-					return v1.KeywordLocation == "/properties/vulnerabilities/items/$ref/properties/cwes/type"
+					return c1.KeywordLocation == "/properties/vulnerabilities/items/$ref/properties/cwes/type"
 				})
 			}) {
 				return nil
diff --git a/internal/schemavalidators/schemavalidators_test.go b/internal/schemavalidators/schemavalidators_test.go
index 13b2ba2d2..75402a4df 100644
--- a/internal/schemavalidators/schemavalidators_test.go
+++ b/internal/schemavalidators/schemavalidators_test.go
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ func TestValidateCycloneDX1_6(t *testing.T) {
 			name:     "1.6 version",
 			filePath: "./testdata/sbom.cyclonedx-1.6.json",
 		},
+		{
+			name:     "1.6 version with duplicated element",
+			filePath: "./testdata/sbom.cyclonedx-duplicated.json",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
diff --git a/internal/schemavalidators/testdata/sbom.cyclonedx-duplicated.json b/internal/schemavalidators/testdata/sbom.cyclonedx-duplicated.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60bc30d74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/schemavalidators/testdata/sbom.cyclonedx-duplicated.json
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+{
+  "bomFormat": "CycloneDX",
+  "specVersion": "1.6",
+  "serialNumber": "urn:uuid:e8c355aa-2142-4084-a8c7-6d42c8610ba2",
+  "version": 1,
+  "metadata": {
+    "timestamp": "2024-01-09T12:00:00Z",
+    "component": {
+      "type": "application",
+      "name": "my application",
+      "version": "1.0"
+    }
+  },
+  "components": [
+    {
+      "name": "TLSv1.2",
+      "type": "cryptographic-asset",
+      "bom-ref": "crypto/protocol/tls@1.2",
+      "cryptoProperties": {
+        "assetType": "protocol",
+        "protocolProperties": {
+          "type": "tls",
+          "version": "1.2",
+          "cipherSuites": [
+            {
+              "name": "TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384",
+              "algorithms": [
+                "crypto/algorithm/ecdh-curve25519@1.3.132.1.12",
+                "crypto/algorithm/rsa-2048@1.2.840.113549.1.1.1",
+                "crypto/algorithm/aes-128-gcm@2.16.840.1.101.3.4.1.6",
+                "crypto/algorithm/sha-384@2.16.840.1.101.3.4.2.9"
+              ],
+              "identifiers": [ "0xC0", "0x30" ]
+            }
+          ],
+          "cryptoRefArray": [
+            "crypto/certificate/google.com@sha256:1e15e0fbd3ce95bde5945633ae96add551341b11e5bae7bba12e98ad84a5beb4"
+          ]
+        },
+        "oid": "1.3.18.0.2.32.104"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "TLSv1.2",
+      "type": "cryptographic-asset",
+      "bom-ref": "crypto/protocol/tls@1.2",
+      "cryptoProperties": {
+        "assetType": "protocol",
+        "protocolProperties": {
+          "type": "tls",
+          "version": "1.2",
+          "cipherSuites": [
+            {
+              "name": "TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384",
+              "algorithms": [
+                "crypto/algorithm/ecdh-curve25519@1.3.132.1.12",
+                "crypto/algorithm/rsa-2048@1.2.840.113549.1.1.1",
+                "crypto/algorithm/aes-128-gcm@2.16.840.1.101.3.4.1.6",
+                "crypto/algorithm/sha-384@2.16.840.1.101.3.4.2.9"
+              ],
+              "identifiers": [ "0xC0", "0x30" ]
+            }
+          ],
+          "cryptoRefArray": [
+            "crypto/certificate/google.com@sha256:1e15e0fbd3ce95bde5945633ae96add551341b11e5bae7bba12e98ad84a5beb4"
+          ]
+        },
+        "oid": "1.3.18.0.2.32.104"
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}
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