diff --git a/commands/audit/audit.go b/commands/audit/audit.go
index 81b531e94..a29570a6c 100644
--- a/commands/audit/audit.go
+++ b/commands/audit/audit.go
@@ -483,7 +483,6 @@ func populateScanTargets(cmdResults *results.SecurityCommandResults, params *Aud
 		bom.GenerateSbomForTarget(params.BomGenerator().WithOptions(
 			buildinfo.WithDescriptors(targetResult.GetDescriptors()),
 			xrayplugin.WithSnippetDetection(shouldIncludeSnippetDetection(params)),
-			xrayplugin.WithServerDetails(params.serverDetails),
 		),
 			bom.SbomGeneratorParams{
 				Target:               targetResult,
diff --git a/commands/scan/scan.go b/commands/scan/scan.go
index 099f09465..ad9bfb80e 100644
--- a/commands/scan/scan.go
+++ b/commands/scan/scan.go
@@ -367,7 +367,11 @@ func (scanCmd *ScanCommand) prepareForScan(cmdResults *results.SecurityCommandRe
 	scaErrGroup := new(errgroup.Group)
 	if cmdResults.ResultContext.IncludeSbom || utils.IsScanRequested(cmdResults.CmdType, utils.ScaScan, cmdResults.IsScanRequestedByCentralConfig(utils.ScaScan), scanCmd.scansToPerform...) {
 		scaErrGroup.Go(func() error {
-			return scanCmd.bomGenerator.WithOptions(indexer.WithXray(xrayManager, scanCmd.xrayVersion), indexer.WithBypassArchiveLimits(scanCmd.bypassArchiveLimits)).PrepareGenerator()
+			return scanCmd.bomGenerator.WithOptions(
+				indexer.WithXray(xrayManager, scanCmd.xrayVersion),
+				indexer.WithBypassArchiveLimits(scanCmd.bypassArchiveLimits),
+				indexer.WithServerDetails(scanCmd.serverDetails),
+			).PrepareGenerator()
 		})
 	} else {
 		log.Debug("SCA scans were not initiated, so SCA scan preparation was skipped...")
diff --git a/sca/bom/indexer/indexerbom.go b/sca/bom/indexer/indexerbom.go
index a468d0002..3d1871302 100644
--- a/sca/bom/indexer/indexerbom.go
+++ b/sca/bom/indexer/indexerbom.go
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 
 	"github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-go"
 
+	"github.com/jfrog/jfrog-cli-core/v2/utils/config"
 	"github.com/jfrog/jfrog-client-go/utils/errorutils"
 	"github.com/jfrog/jfrog-client-go/utils/io/fileutils"
 	"github.com/jfrog/jfrog-client-go/utils/log"
@@ -24,12 +26,20 @@ import (
 const (
 	indexingCommand          = "graph"
 	fileNotSupportedExitCode = 3
+
+	XrayUrlEnvVariable  = "JFROG_XRAY_PLATFORM_URL"
+	XrayUserEnvVariable = "JFROG_XRAY_USER"
+	// #nosec G101 -- Not credentials.
+	XrayPasswordEnvVariable = "JFROG_XRAY_PASSWORD"
+	// #nosec G101 -- Not credentials.
+	XrayTokenEnvVariable = "JFROG_XRAY_TOKEN"
 )
 
 // IndexerBomGenerator is a BomGenerator that uses the Xray Indexer to generate a CycloneDX SBOM.
 // It indexes a file and converts the resulting component graph to a CycloneDX SBOM.
 type IndexerBomGenerator struct {
 	bypassArchiveLimits bool
+	serverDetails       *config.ServerDetails
 
 	xrayManager *xray.XrayServicesManager
 	xrayVersion string
@@ -59,6 +69,14 @@ func WithBypassArchiveLimits(bypass bool) bom.SbomGeneratorOption {
 	}
 }
 
+func WithServerDetails(serverDetails *config.ServerDetails) bom.SbomGeneratorOption {
+	return func(sg bom.SbomGenerator) {
+		if ibg, ok := sg.(*IndexerBomGenerator); ok {
+			ibg.serverDetails = serverDetails
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func (ibg *IndexerBomGenerator) WithOptions(options ...bom.SbomGeneratorOption) bom.SbomGenerator {
 	for _, option := range options {
 		option(ibg)
@@ -116,12 +134,32 @@ func CreateTargetEmptySbom(target results.ScanTarget) *cyclonedx.BOM {
 	return sbom
 }
 
+func (ibg *IndexerBomGenerator) getIndexerEnvVars() utils.EnvironmentVariables {
+	platformEnv := utils.EnvironmentVariables{}
+	if ibg.serverDetails != nil {
+		platformEnv[XrayUrlEnvVariable] = ibg.serverDetails.XrayUrl
+		if ibg.serverDetails.AccessToken != "" {
+			platformEnv[XrayTokenEnvVariable] = ibg.serverDetails.AccessToken
+		} else {
+			platformEnv[XrayUserEnvVariable] = ibg.serverDetails.User
+			platformEnv[XrayPasswordEnvVariable] = ibg.serverDetails.Password
+		}
+	}
+	if len(platformEnv) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return utils.EnvironmentVariables(utils.MergeMaps(utils.ToEnvVarsMap(os.Environ()), platformEnv))
+}
+
 func (ibg *IndexerBomGenerator) IndexFile(filePath string) (*xrayClientUtils.BinaryGraphNode, error) {
 	var indexerResults xrayClientUtils.BinaryGraphNode
 	indexerCmd := exec.Command(ibg.indexerPath, indexingCommand, filePath, "--temp-dir", ibg.indexerTempDir)
 	if ibg.bypassArchiveLimits {
 		indexerCmd.Args = append(indexerCmd.Args, "--bypass-archive-limits")
 	}
+	if envVars := ibg.getIndexerEnvVars(); len(envVars) > 0 {
+		indexerCmd.Env = envVars.ToCommandEnvVars()
+	}
 	var stderr bytes.Buffer
 	var stdout bytes.Buffer
 	indexerCmd.Stdout = &stdout
diff --git a/sca/bom/indexer/indexerbom_test.go b/sca/bom/indexer/indexerbom_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f5f068d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sca/bom/indexer/indexerbom_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package indexer
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/jfrog/jfrog-cli-core/v2/utils/config"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestGetIndexerEnvVars(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name          string
+		serverDetails *config.ServerDetails
+		wantKeys      map[string]string
+		wantAbsent    []string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:          "nil server details",
+			serverDetails: nil,
+			wantAbsent:    []string{XrayUrlEnvVariable, XrayUserEnvVariable, XrayPasswordEnvVariable, XrayTokenEnvVariable},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "access token preferred",
+			serverDetails: &config.ServerDetails{
+				XrayUrl:     "https://xray.example/",
+				AccessToken: "tok",
+				User:        "u",
+				Password:    "p",
+			},
+			wantKeys: map[string]string{
+				XrayUrlEnvVariable:   "https://xray.example/",
+				XrayTokenEnvVariable: "tok",
+			},
+			wantAbsent: []string{XrayUserEnvVariable, XrayPasswordEnvVariable},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "user and password",
+			serverDetails: &config.ServerDetails{
+				XrayUrl:  "https://xray.example/",
+				User:     "u",
+				Password: "p",
+			},
+			wantKeys: map[string]string{
+				XrayUrlEnvVariable:      "https://xray.example/",
+				XrayUserEnvVariable:     "u",
+				XrayPasswordEnvVariable: "p",
+			},
+			wantAbsent: []string{XrayTokenEnvVariable},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			ibg := &IndexerBomGenerator{serverDetails: tt.serverDetails}
+			env := ibg.getIndexerEnvVars()
+			for k, v := range tt.wantKeys {
+				assert.Equal(t, v, env[k], "key %s", k)
+			}
+			for _, k := range tt.wantAbsent {
+				_, ok := env[k]
+				assert.False(t, ok, "key %s should be absent", k)
+			}
+			// When server details are set, env must include process env (PATH at minimum).
+			if tt.serverDetails != nil {
+				require.NotEmpty(t, env["PATH"])
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/sca/bom/xrayplugin/plugin/plugin.go b/sca/bom/xrayplugin/plugin/plugin.go
index c808f3256..00713c7db 100644
--- a/sca/bom/xrayplugin/plugin/plugin.go
+++ b/sca/bom/xrayplugin/plugin/plugin.go
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@ const (
 	defaultXrayLibPluginVersion     = "1.4.0"
 
 	SnippetDetectionEnvVariable = "JFROG_XRAY_SNIPPET_SCAN_ENABLE"
-	XrayUrlEnvVariable          = "JFROG_XRAY_PLATFORM_URL"
-	XrayUserEnvVariable         = "JFROG_XRAY_USER"
-	// #nosec G101 -- Not credentials.
-	XrayPasswordEnvVariable = "JFROG_XRAY_PASSWORD"
-	// #nosec G101 -- Not credentials.
-	XrayTokenEnvVariable = "JFROG_XRAY_TOKEN"
 
 	xrayLibPluginRtRepository   = "xray-scan-lib"
 	XrayLibPluginExecutableName = "xray-scan-plugin"
diff --git a/sca/bom/xrayplugin/xraylibbom.go b/sca/bom/xrayplugin/xraylibbom.go
index eaf342d04..908ef10af 100644
--- a/sca/bom/xrayplugin/xraylibbom.go
+++ b/sca/bom/xrayplugin/xraylibbom.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ type XrayLibBomGenerator struct {
 	binaryPath       string
 	snippetDetection bool
 	specificTechs    []techutils.Technology
-	ServerDetails    *config.ServerDetails
 
 	// Artifactory Repository params
 	DownloadServerDetails  *config.ServerDetails
@@ -70,14 +69,6 @@ func WithSnippetDetection(snippetDetection bool) bom.SbomGeneratorOption {
 	}
 }
 
-func WithServerDetails(serverDetails *config.ServerDetails) bom.SbomGeneratorOption {
-	return func(sg bom.SbomGenerator) {
-		if sbg, ok := sg.(*XrayLibBomGenerator); ok {
-			sbg.ServerDetails = serverDetails
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func (sbg *XrayLibBomGenerator) WithOptions(options ...bom.SbomGeneratorOption) bom.SbomGenerator {
 	for _, option := range options {
 		option(sbg)
@@ -154,15 +145,6 @@ func (sbg *XrayLibBomGenerator) executeScanner(scanner plugin.Scanner, target re
 
 func (sbg *XrayLibBomGenerator) getPluginEnvVars() utils.EnvironmentVariables {
 	envVars := utils.EnvironmentVariables{}
-	if sbg.ServerDetails != nil {
-		envVars[plugin.XrayUrlEnvVariable] = sbg.ServerDetails.XrayUrl
-		if sbg.ServerDetails.AccessToken != "" {
-			envVars[plugin.XrayTokenEnvVariable] = sbg.ServerDetails.AccessToken
-		} else {
-			envVars[plugin.XrayUserEnvVariable] = sbg.ServerDetails.User
-			envVars[plugin.XrayPasswordEnvVariable] = sbg.ServerDetails.Password
-		}
-	}
 	if sbg.snippetDetection {
 		envVars[plugin.SnippetDetectionEnvVariable] = "true"
 	}