diff --git a/cve_bin_tool/util.py b/cve_bin_tool/util.py
index 11ee0533f4..cf745cc493 100644
--- a/cve_bin_tool/util.py
+++ b/cve_bin_tool/util.py
@@ -534,6 +534,7 @@ def walk(self, roots: list[str] | None = None) -> Iterator[str]:
                             filenames.remove(filename)
                     except PermissionError:
                         filenames.remove(filename)
+
                 dirnames[:] = [
                     dirname
                     for dirname in dirnames
@@ -558,7 +559,9 @@ def pattern_match(text: str, patterns: str) -> bool:
         if not patterns:
             return False
         for pattern in patterns.split(";"):
-            if fnmatch.fnmatch(text, pattern):
+            if fnmatch.fnmatch(
+                str(Path(text).absolute()), str(Path(pattern).absolute())
+            ):
                 return True
         return False