diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e42ae6c4a7..6d01029edc 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
         "@astronautlabs/amf": "^0.0.6",
         "@blu3r4y/lzma": "^2.3.3",
         "@noble/hashes": "2.2.0",
+        "@virustotal/yara-x": "^1.15.0",
         "@wavesenterprise/crypto-gost-js": "^2.1.0-RC1",
         "@xmldom/xmldom": "^0.8.13",
         "argon2-browser": "^1.18.0",
@@ -4851,6 +4852,12 @@
         "url": "https://opencollective.com/typescript-eslint"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@virustotal/yara-x": {
+      "version": "1.15.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@virustotal/yara-x/-/yara-x-1.15.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-tR+Ue5ci9bURbD7/qjXY0VLVXDUP+NK/uvvgjX6UvSXN+3msfMtpAMaiCdsltFEciU+tXaZeGbHu3N07bvfjsw==",
+      "license": "BSD-3-Clause"
+    },
     "node_modules/@wavesenterprise/crypto-gost-js": {
       "version": "2.1.0-RC1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@wavesenterprise/crypto-gost-js/-/crypto-gost-js-2.1.0-RC1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ed678f3350..aea97063d3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
     "@astronautlabs/amf": "^0.0.6",
     "@blu3r4y/lzma": "^2.3.3",
     "@noble/hashes": "2.2.0",
+    "@virustotal/yara-x": "^1.15.0",
     "@wavesenterprise/crypto-gost-js": "^2.1.0-RC1",
     "@xmldom/xmldom": "^0.8.13",
     "argon2-browser": "^1.18.0",
diff --git a/src/core/config/Categories.json b/src/core/config/Categories.json
index 2879a13a76..ea8bae57ef 100644
--- a/src/core/config/Categories.json
+++ b/src/core/config/Categories.json
@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@
             "Scan for Embedded Files",
             "Extract Files",
             "YARA Rules",
+            "YARA-X Scan",
             "Remove EXIF",
             "Extract EXIF",
             "Extract RGBA",
@@ -603,4 +604,4 @@
             "Comment"
         ]
     }
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+]
diff --git a/src/core/operations/YARAXScan.mjs b/src/core/operations/YARAXScan.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ade021c25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/operations/YARAXScan.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,324 @@
+/**
+ * @author Zain Nadeem [zainnadeemzainnadeem80@gmail.com]
+ * @copyright Crown Copyright 2026
+ * @license Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import Operation from "../Operation.mjs";
+import OperationError from "../errors/OperationError.mjs";
+import Utils, { isWorkerEnvironment } from "../Utils.mjs";
+import initYaraX, { Compiler } from "@virustotal/yara-x";
+
+let yaraXInitPromise = null;
+
+/**
+ * YARA-X Scan operation
+ */
+class YARAXScan extends Operation {
+
+    /**
+     * YARAXScan constructor
+     */
+    constructor() {
+        super();
+
+        this.name = "YARA-X Scan";
+        this.module = "Yara";
+        this.description = "Scans the input with YARA-X rules using the official YARA-X WebAssembly package.";
+        this.infoURL = "https://virustotal.github.io/yara-x/";
+        this.inputType = "ArrayBuffer";
+        this.outputType = "string";
+        this.args = [
+            {
+                name: "Rules",
+                type: "text",
+                value: "",
+                rows: 5,
+                allowEmpty: false
+            },
+            {
+                name: "Show matching patterns",
+                type: "boolean",
+                value: true
+            },
+            {
+                name: "Show metadata",
+                type: "boolean",
+                value: true
+            },
+            {
+                name: "Show warnings",
+                type: "boolean",
+                value: true
+            },
+            {
+                name: "Timeout (ms)",
+                type: "number",
+                value: 0,
+                min: 0,
+                integer: true
+            },
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param {ArrayBuffer} input
+     * @param {Object[]} args
+     * @returns {string}
+     */
+    async run(input, args) {
+        const [rulesText, showPatterns, showMetadata, showWarnings, timeout] = args;
+
+        if (!rulesText.trim()) {
+            throw new OperationError("Rules cannot be empty.");
+        }
+
+        await initialiseYaraX();
+
+        const inputBytes = new Uint8Array(input);
+        let compiler = null,
+            rules = null,
+            scanner = null,
+            result = null,
+            compilerWarnings = [];
+
+        try {
+            compiler = new Compiler();
+
+            try {
+                compiler.addSource(rulesText);
+                compilerWarnings = compiler.warnings;
+                rules = compiler.build();
+            } catch (err) {
+                throw new OperationError(`Error compiling YARA-X rules. (${formatError(err)})`);
+            }
+
+            try {
+                if (timeout > 0) {
+                    scanner = rules.scanner();
+                    scanner.setTimeoutMs(timeout);
+                    result = scanner.scan(inputBytes);
+                } else {
+                    result = rules.scan(inputBytes);
+                }
+            } catch (err) {
+                throw new OperationError(`Error scanning input with YARA-X. (${formatError(err)})`);
+            }
+
+            if (!result || result.valid !== true || !Array.isArray(result.matches)) {
+                throw new OperationError(`Invalid YARA-X scan result. (${formatResultErrors(result)})`);
+            }
+
+            return formatScanResult(
+                result,
+                inputBytes,
+                collectWarnings(compilerWarnings, rules.warnings, result.warnings),
+                showPatterns,
+                showMetadata,
+                showWarnings
+            );
+        } finally {
+            if (scanner) scanner.free();
+            if (rules) rules.free();
+            if (compiler) compiler.free();
+        }
+    }
+
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Initialises the YARA-X WASM module once per worker.
+ *
+ * @returns {Promise<void>}
+ */
+async function initialiseYaraX() {
+    if (!yaraXInitPromise) {
+        if (isWorkerEnvironment()) {
+            self.sendStatusMessage("Instantiating YARA-X...");
+        }
+
+        yaraXInitPromise = initYaraX().catch(err => {
+            yaraXInitPromise = null;
+            throw new OperationError(`Error initialising YARA-X. (${formatError(err)})`);
+        });
+    }
+
+    await yaraXInitPromise;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {Object} result
+ * @param {Uint8Array} inputBytes
+ * @param {string[]} warnings
+ * @param {boolean} showPatterns
+ * @param {boolean} showMetadata
+ * @param {boolean} showWarnings
+ * @returns {string}
+ */
+function formatScanResult(result, inputBytes, warnings, showPatterns, showMetadata, showWarnings) {
+    const output = [];
+
+    if (showWarnings && warnings.length) {
+        output.push("Warnings:");
+        warnings.forEach(warning => output.push(`  ${warning}`));
+        output.push("");
+    }
+
+    if (result.matches.length === 0) {
+        output.push("No matches");
+        return output.join("\n");
+    }
+
+    result.matches.forEach((rule, i) => {
+        if (i > 0) output.push("");
+
+        output.push(`Rule: ${rule.identifier}`);
+        output.push(`Namespace: ${rule.namespace || "default"}`);
+
+        if (Array.isArray(rule.tags) && rule.tags.length) {
+            output.push(`Tags: ${rule.tags.join(", ")}`);
+        }
+
+        if (showMetadata && Array.isArray(rule.metadata) && rule.metadata.length) {
+            output.push("Metadata:");
+            rule.metadata.forEach(metadata => {
+                output.push(`  ${metadata.identifier}: ${formatValue(metadata.value)}`);
+            });
+        }
+
+        if (showPatterns && Array.isArray(rule.patterns)) {
+            const lines = formatPatternMatches(rule.patterns, inputBytes);
+            if (lines.length) {
+                output.push("Patterns:");
+                output.push(...lines);
+            }
+        }
+    });
+
+    return output.join("\n");
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {Object[]} patterns
+ * @param {Uint8Array} inputBytes
+ * @returns {string[]}
+ */
+function formatPatternMatches(patterns, inputBytes) {
+    const lines = [];
+
+    patterns.forEach(pattern => {
+        if (!Array.isArray(pattern.matches)) return;
+
+        pattern.matches.forEach(match => {
+            if (!Number.isInteger(match.offset) ||
+                !Number.isInteger(match.length) ||
+                match.offset < 0 ||
+                match.length < 0 ||
+                match.offset + match.length > inputBytes.length) {
+                throw new OperationError("Invalid YARA-X pattern match.");
+            }
+
+            lines.push(
+                `  ${pattern.identifier} at 0x${match.offset.toString(16)}: ` +
+                formatMatchedBytes(inputBytes, match.offset, match.length)
+            );
+        });
+    });
+
+    return lines;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {Uint8Array} inputBytes
+ * @param {number} offset
+ * @param {number} length
+ * @returns {string}
+ */
+function formatMatchedBytes(inputBytes, offset, length) {
+    const bytes = inputBytes.slice(offset, offset + length);
+    let output = "";
+
+    bytes.forEach(byte => {
+        switch (byte) {
+            case 0x09:
+                output += "\\t";
+                break;
+            case 0x0a:
+                output += "\\n";
+                break;
+            case 0x0d:
+                output += "\\r";
+                break;
+            case 0x22:
+                output += "\\\"";
+                break;
+            case 0x5c:
+                output += "\\\\";
+                break;
+            default:
+                output += byte >= 0x20 && byte <= 0x7e ?
+                    String.fromCharCode(byte) :
+                    `\\x${Utils.hex(byte)}`;
+        }
+    });
+
+    return `"${output}"`;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {...string[]} warningLists
+ * @returns {string[]}
+ */
+function collectWarnings(...warningLists) {
+    const warnings = new Set();
+
+    warningLists.forEach(warningList => {
+        if (Array.isArray(warningList)) {
+            warningList.forEach(warning => warnings.add(warning));
+        }
+    });
+
+    return [...warnings];
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {*} value
+ * @returns {string}
+ */
+function formatValue(value) {
+    if (typeof value === "string") return value;
+    if (value === null) return "null";
+    if (typeof value === "object") return JSON.stringify(value);
+    return String(value);
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {*} err
+ * @returns {string}
+ */
+function formatError(err) {
+    if (!err) return "Unknown error";
+    if (typeof err === "string") return err;
+    return err.message || err.toString();
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {*} result
+ * @returns {string}
+ */
+function formatResultErrors(result) {
+    if (result && Array.isArray(result.errors) && result.errors.length) {
+        return result.errors.join("\n");
+    }
+    return "Unknown error";
+}
+
+export default YARAXScan;
diff --git a/tests/lib/wasmFetchPolyfill.mjs b/tests/lib/wasmFetchPolyfill.mjs
index cc1a6a393d..5247bfb388 100644
--- a/tests/lib/wasmFetchPolyfill.mjs
+++ b/tests/lib/wasmFetchPolyfill.mjs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  */
 
 import { readFile } from "fs/promises";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
 
 if (globalThis.fetch) {
     const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;
@@ -26,6 +27,13 @@ if (globalThis.fetch) {
                 headers: { "Content-Type": "application/wasm" },
             });
         }
+        if (urlStr.startsWith("file:")) {
+            const buffer = await readFile(fileURLToPath(urlStr));
+            return new Response(buffer, {
+                status: 200,
+                headers: { "Content-Type": "application/wasm" },
+            });
+        }
         return originalFetch(url, options);
     };
 }
diff --git a/tests/operations/tests/YARAX.mjs b/tests/operations/tests/YARAX.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..891103e488
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/operations/tests/YARAX.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+/**
+ * YARA-X Scan tests.
+ *
+ * @author Zain Nadeem [zainnadeemzainnadeem80@gmail.com]
+ *
+ * @copyright Crown Copyright 2026
+ * @license Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import TestRegister from "../../lib/TestRegister.mjs";
+
+const SIMPLE_RULE = "rule ExampleRule { strings: $a = \"hello\" condition: $a }";
+const METADATA_RULE = `rule MetadataRule : test_tag
+{
+    meta:
+        author = "test"
+        score = 7
+    strings:
+        $a = "hello"
+    condition:
+        $a
+}`;
+const WITH_RULE = `rule WithRule
+{
+    condition:
+        with size = filesize : (
+            size == 3
+        )
+}`;
+
+TestRegister.addTests([
+    {
+        name: "YARA-X Scan: simple match",
+        input: "hello world",
+        expectedOutput: "Rule: ExampleRule\n" +
+            "Namespace: default\n" +
+            "Patterns:\n" +
+            "  $a at 0x0: \"hello\"",
+        recipeConfig: [
+            {
+                op: "YARA-X Scan",
+                args: [SIMPLE_RULE, true, true, true, 0],
+            }
+        ],
+    },
+    {
+        name: "YARA-X Scan: no match",
+        input: "goodbye world",
+        expectedOutput: "No matches",
+        recipeConfig: [
+            {
+                op: "YARA-X Scan",
+                args: [SIMPLE_RULE, true, true, true, 0],
+            }
+        ],
+    },
+    {
+        name: "YARA-X Scan: empty rules",
+        input: "hello world",
+        expectedOutput: "Rules cannot be empty.",
+        recipeConfig: [
+            {
+                op: "YARA-X Scan",
+                args: ["   ", true, true, true, 0],
+            }
+        ],
+    },
+    {
+        name: "YARA-X Scan: invalid rule syntax",
+        input: "hello world",
+        expectedOutput: "Error compiling YARA-X rules. (error[E001]: syntax error\n" +
+            " --> line:1:23\n" +
+            "  |\n" +
+            "1 | rule bad { condition: }\n" +
+            "  |                       ^ expecting expression or identifier, found `}`)",
+        recipeConfig: [
+            {
+                op: "YARA-X Scan",
+                args: ["rule bad { condition: }", true, true, true, 0],
+            }
+        ],
+    },
+    {
+        name: "YARA-X Scan: with statement match",
+        input: "abc",
+        expectedOutput: "Rule: WithRule\n" +
+            "Namespace: default",
+        recipeConfig: [
+            {
+                op: "YARA-X Scan",
+                args: [WITH_RULE, true, true, true, 0],
+            }
+        ],
+    },
+    {
+        name: "YARA-X Scan: binary input match",
+        input: "\x00A\xff",
+        expectedOutput: "Rule: BinaryRule\n" +
+            "Namespace: default\n" +
+            "Patterns:\n" +
+            "  $a at 0x0: \"\\x00A\\xff\"",
+        recipeConfig: [
+            {
+                op: "YARA-X Scan",
+                args: ["rule BinaryRule { strings: $a = { 00 41 FF } condition: $a }", true, true, true, 0],
+            }
+        ],
+    },
+    {
+        name: "YARA-X Scan: metadata output",
+        input: "hello world",
+        expectedOutput: "Rule: MetadataRule\n" +
+            "Namespace: default\n" +
+            "Tags: test_tag\n" +
+            "Metadata:\n" +
+            "  author: test\n" +
+            "  score: 7\n" +
+            "Patterns:\n" +
+            "  $a at 0x0: \"hello\"",
+        recipeConfig: [
+            {
+                op: "YARA-X Scan",
+                args: [METADATA_RULE, true, true, true, 0],
+            }
+        ],
+    },
+]);