diff --git a/crane-check/Makefile b/crane-check/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc1d21d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crane-check/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+PROJECT = crane-check
+MELANGE_CONTEXTDIR ?= /tmp/melange-context/$(PROJECT)
+MELANGE_INSTALL_PATH = $(MELANGE_CONTEXTDIR)/usr/bin
+
+.PHONY: build tidy vet test clean melange-install
+
+build:
+	go build -o crane-check
+
+test:
+	go test -v ./...
+
+tidy:
+	go mod tidy
+
+vet:
+	go vet ./...
+
+clean:
+	rm -f crane-check
+
+melange-install: build
+	mkdir -p $(MELANGE_INSTALL_PATH)
+	install -Dm755 crane-check $(MELANGE_INSTALL_PATH)/crane-check
diff --git a/crane-check/go.mod b/crane-check/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fa9891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crane-check/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+module chainguard.dev/tw/crane-check
+
+go 1.25
+
+require (
+	github.com/chainguard-dev/clog v1.7.0
+	github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.20.6
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.1
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/containerd/stargz-snapshotter/estargz v0.18.0 // indirect
+	github.com/docker/cli v28.5.2+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.3+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.9.4 // indirect
+	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.1 // indirect
+	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
+	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.10 // indirect
+	github.com/vbatts/tar-split v0.12.2 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.17.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.37.0 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/crane-check/go.sum b/crane-check/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01d78d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crane-check/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
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diff --git a/crane-check/main.go b/crane-check/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..138debb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crane-check/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/chainguard-dev/clog"
+	"github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/crane"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+type cfg struct {
+	Image       string
+	Environment string
+	MatchMode   string
+}
+
+type ImageConfig struct {
+	Config struct {
+		Env []string `json:"Env"`
+	} `json:"config"`
+}
+
+var validMatchModes = []string{"exact", "prefix", "relative", "contains"}	
+
+func main() {
+	cmd := Command()
+	if err := cmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		clog.ErrorContextf(cmd.Context(), "failed to execute command: %v", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
+
+func isValidMatchMode(mode string) bool {
+	for _, valid := range validMatchModes {
+		if mode == valid {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func Command() *cobra.Command {
+	cfg := &cfg{}
+
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "crane-check",
+		Short: "Check image config using crane",
+		Long: `Tool that evaluates image configuration using crane.
+
+The image to evaluate is simply passed via the '--image' argument (required)
+
+Environment variables (required, --env) can be specified in two formats:
+  - Space-separated: ENV_VAR1=value1 ENV_VAR2=value2
+  - Newline-separated (useful for multi-line input)
+
+Match modes (--match):
+  - exact: Provided value and image value must match exactly (default)
+  - prefix: Provided value is a prefix of the image value
+  - relative: Either value is a prefix of the other
+  - contains: The provided value is a substring within the image value
+
+Usage:
+  crane-check --image=cgr.dev/chainguard/go:latest --env="GOPATH=/go GOROOT=/usr/lib/go"
+  crane-check --image=alpine:latest --env="PATH=/usr/lib" --match=relative`,
+  		// We don't want to print usage every single time there's an error
+		SilenceUsage: true,
+		// We don't want duplicate error output
+		SilenceErrors: true,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			// Throw an error early if we provide an invalid match mode
+			if !isValidMatchMode(cfg.MatchMode) {
+				return fmt.Errorf("invalid match-mode: %s (must be one of: %s)", cfg.MatchMode, strings.Join(validMatchModes, ", "))
+			}
+			return cfg.Run(cmd.Context())
+		},
+	}
+
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&cfg.Image, "image", "", "Image to be assessed (e.g., cgr.dev/chainguard/crane:latest) [required]")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&cfg.Environment, "env", "", "Environment variables to check (space or newline-separated, format: ENV_VAR=VALUE) [required]")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&cfg.MatchMode, "match", "exact", "Match mode: 'exact', 'relative', or 'contains'")
+
+	cmd.MarkFlagRequired("image")
+	cmd.MarkFlagRequired("env")
+
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func (c *cfg) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
+	log := clog.FromContext(ctx).With("image", c.Image)
+
+	// Parse passed environment variables
+	envVars := parseEnvironmentVariables(c.Environment)
+	if envVars == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("no environment variables provided")
+	}
+	log.InfoContext(ctx, "retrieving image configuration")
+
+	// Get the image config with crane
+	imageConfig, err := getCraneConfig(ctx, c.Image)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get image configuration: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Parse the config
+	var imgCfg ImageConfig
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(imageConfig), &imgCfg); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse image configuration: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Ensure environment exists in config
+	if imgCfg.Config.Env == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse environment from image config")
+	}
+	log.InfoContext(ctx, "successfully parsed environment from image config")
+
+	// Check each environment variable
+	for _, envVar := range envVars {
+		if err := matchEnvironmentVariable(ctx, envVar, imgCfg.Config.Env, c.MatchMode); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	log.InfoContext(ctx, "all environment variables match expected values")
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func parseEnvironmentVariables(envStr string) []string {
+	envStr = strings.TrimSpace(envStr)
+	if envStr == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Attempt to split input via newlines first
+	// I want newline separation to "just" work in our pipelines
+	lines := strings.Split(envStr, "\n")
+	var envVars []string
+
+	for _, line := range lines {
+		line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
+
+		// Ignore commented out lines and skip empty ones
+		if line == "" || strings.HasPrefix(line, "#") {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Account for space separated env vars
+		if strings.Contains(line, " ") && strings.Count(line, "=") > 1 {
+			envs := strings.Fields(line)
+			envVars = append(envVars, envs...)
+		} else {
+			envVars = append(envVars, line)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return envVars
+}
+
+func getCraneConfig(ctx context.Context, image string) (string, error) {
+	log := clog.FromContext(ctx)
+
+	// Get image config with crane
+	configJSON, err := crane.Config(image, crane.WithContext(ctx))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.ErrorContextf(ctx, "crane config failed: %v", err)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("crane config failed: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return string(configJSON), nil
+}
+
+func matchEnvironmentVariable(ctx context.Context, envStr string, imageEnv []string, matchMode string) error {
+	log := clog.FromContext(ctx)
+
+	// Split env var and value
+	parts := strings.SplitN(envStr, "=", 2)
+	if len(parts) != 2 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid environment variable format: %s (expected KEY=VALUE)", envStr)
+	}
+
+	envVar := parts[0]
+	envVal := parts[1]
+
+	// Make sure environment variable is in image config
+	var foundEnv string
+	found := false
+	for _, imageEnvVar := range imageEnv {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(imageEnvVar, envVar+"=") {
+			foundEnv = imageEnvVar
+			found = true
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	if !found {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to find %s in image config", envVar)
+	}
+	log.InfoContext(ctx, "found variable in image config", "var", envVar)
+
+	// Now split the env from the image config
+	imageParts := strings.SplitN(foundEnv, "=", 2)
+	imageVal := ""
+	if len(imageParts) == 2 {
+		imageVal = imageParts[1]
+	}
+
+	matched := false
+	switch matchMode {
+	case "exact":
+		matched = envVal == imageVal
+	case "prefix":
+		matched = strings.HasPrefix(imageVal, envVal)
+	case "relative":
+		matched = strings.HasPrefix(imageVal, envVal) || strings.HasPrefix(envVal, imageVal)
+	case "contains":
+		matched = strings.Contains(imageVal, envVal)
+	default:
+		// We should never ever reach this point, but if we do...
+		return fmt.Errorf("unsupported match mode: %s", matchMode)
+	}
+
+	if !matched {
+		return fmt.Errorf(`invalid value provided for %s:
+  Provided value: %s
+  Image value:    %s
+  Match mode:     %s`, envVar, envVal, imageVal, matchMode)
+	}
+	log.InfoContext(ctx, "environment variable successfully matched", "var", envVar, "value", envVal, "match", matchMode)
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/go.work b/go.work
index 1589ced..c4358bd 100644
--- a/go.work
+++ b/go.work
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 go 1.25
 
 use (
+	./crane-check
 	./gosh
 	./no-docs-check
 	./package-type-check
diff --git a/go.work.sum b/go.work.sum
index a8729c1..aa7cdb2 100644
--- a/go.work.sum
+++ b/go.work.sum
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@ github.com/coreos/pkg v0.0.0-20180928190104-399ea9e2e55f/go.mod h1:E3G3o1h8I7cfc
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man v1.0.10/go.mod h1:SmD6nW6nTyfqj6ABTjUi3V3JVMnlJmwcJI5acqYI6dE=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0-20190314233015-f79a8a8ca69d/go.mod h1:maD7wRr/U5Z6m/iR4s+kqSMx2CaBsrgA7czyZG/E6dU=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:maD7wRr/U5Z6m/iR4s+kqSMx2CaBsrgA7czyZG/E6dU=
+github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.5/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.6 h1:XJtiaUW6dEEqVuZiMTn1ldk455QWwEIsMIJlo5vtkx0=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.7/go.mod h1:oOW0eioCTA6cOiMLiUPZOpcVxMig6NIQQ7OS05n1F4g=
 github.com/creack/goselect v0.1.2/go.mod h1:a/NhLweNvqIYMuxcMOuWY516Cimucms3DglDzQP3hKY=
@@ -559,6 +560,7 @@ github.com/cyberphone/json-canonicalization v0.0.0-20231011164504-785e29786b46/g
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 github.com/danieljoos/wincred v1.2.2/go.mod h1:w7w4Utbrz8lqeMbDAK0lkNJUv5sAOkFi7nd/ogr0Uh8=
+github.com/danieljoos/wincred v1.2.3/go.mod h1:6qqX0WNrS4RzPZ1tnroDzq9kY3fu1KwE7MRLQK4X0bs=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v0.0.0-20161028175848-04cdfd42973b/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
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diff --git a/pipelines/check/tw/crane.yaml b/pipelines/check/tw/crane.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7687b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pipelines/check/tw/crane.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Some packages require pinned dependency versions
+# In a lot of cases, those versions are declared as environment variables
+# This allows us to prevent drift between our packaging and upstream images
+# This could also easily be expanded to compare other keys in image configs
+name: Check image environment with crane
+
+needs:
+  packages:
+    - busybox
+    - crane-check
+
+inputs:
+  image:
+    description: Image to be assessed (i.e. cgr.dev/chainguard/crane:latest).
+    required: true
+  environment:
+    description: |
+      Check package vars align with image environment. Expected input is ENV_VAR=VALUE.
+      For example, CUDA_VERSION=${{vars.cuda-version}}.
+    required: true
+  match:
+    description: Whether to use exact or relative version matching. Supported modes are 'exact' and 'relative'.
+    default: exact
+
+pipeline:
+  - name: Crane check
+    runs: crane-check --image "${{inputs.image}}" --env "${{inputs.environment}}" --match "${{inputs.match}}"