diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/advisory-match.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/advisory-match.rb
index ff6c22dfccf65..f4f2457ec6c86 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/advisory-match.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/advisory-match.rb
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ class AdvisoryMatch < AbstractCommand
                             "<file> instead of the published `data/repology.json`."
         flag   "--overrides=",
                description: "Load reviewed formula and advisory matching overrides from <file>."
+        flag   "--rejected-candidates=",
+               depends_on:  "--output=",
+               description: "Skip new comparable candidates whose record IDs are listed in <file>, before history."
         switch "--no-history",
                description: "Skip `FormulaVersions` walks for new ranges; use " \
                             "zero/current `pkg_version` as unverified boundaries."
@@ -82,6 +85,15 @@ def run
         formula_names = if (list = args.formula_list)
           File.readlines(list, chomp: true).reject(&:empty?).uniq
         end
+        rejected_candidates = if (path = args.rejected_candidates)
+          File.readlines(path, chomp: true).filter_map do |line|
+            id = line.sub(/#.*/, "").strip
+            id unless id.empty?
+          end.to_set
+        else
+          Set.new
+        end
+        prefiltered = T.let([], T::Array[String])
         Formulary.enable_factory_cache!
         Homebrew::API.with_no_api_env do
           latest_macos = MacOSVersion.new((HOMEBREW_MACOS_NEWEST_UNSUPPORTED.to_i - 1).to_s).to_sym
@@ -127,6 +139,23 @@ def run
                   next
                 end
 
+                # Alias preparation must still see every actionable hit. Only
+                # absent records can be rejected before their initial history;
+                # existing records remain subject to the database's checks.
+                if rejected_candidates.any? && !args.no_history? && emitter.is_a?(DirEmitter)
+                  actionable.reject! do |hit, status|
+                    next false unless status
+
+                    id = matcher.record_id(formula, hit)
+                    next false unless rejected_candidates.include?(id)
+                    next false if emitter.alias_protected?(id) || emitter.reviewed_range_state(id)
+                    next false if emitter.alias_target_paths(id).any? { |target| File.exist?(target) }
+
+                    prefiltered << id
+                    true
+                  end
+                end
+
                 new_histories = T.let({}, T::Hash[String, Homebrew::Vulns::Match::ReconciledHistory])
                 actionable.each do |hit, status|
                   record_id = matcher.record_id(formula, hit)
@@ -263,6 +292,10 @@ def run
               Homebrew.failed = true
             end
             emitter.finish
+            if prefiltered.any?
+              puts "  #{prefiltered.length} rejected candidates skipped before history"
+              prefiltered.sort.each { |id| puts "    #{id}" }
+            end
             report_history_load_failures(matcher) if args.reconcile_history?
           end
         end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/sorbet/rbi/dsl/homebrew/dev_cmd/advisory_match.rbi b/Library/Homebrew/sorbet/rbi/dsl/homebrew/dev_cmd/advisory_match.rbi
index 11ba6c176e653..1409b4e3cc5c9 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/sorbet/rbi/dsl/homebrew/dev_cmd/advisory_match.rbi
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/sorbet/rbi/dsl/homebrew/dev_cmd/advisory_match.rbi
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ class Homebrew::DevCmd::AdvisoryMatch::Args < Homebrew::CLI::Args
   sig { returns(T::Boolean) }
   def reconcile_history?; end
 
+  sig { returns(T.nilable(String)) }
+  def rejected_candidates; end
+
   sig { returns(T.nilable(String)) }
   def repology; end
 end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/dev-cmd/advisory-match_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/dev-cmd/advisory-match_spec.rb
index 86b479fc5246a..7c87761b0ab5a 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/dev-cmd/advisory-match_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/dev-cmd/advisory-match_spec.rb
@@ -2554,6 +2554,193 @@ def run_formula_list(contents, *extra_args, mode: "--reconcile-history")
     expect(index.dig("requests", "primary_package", "ecosystem")).to eq "PyPI"
   end
 
+  context "with --rejected-candidates" do
+    let(:dir) { Dir.mktmpdir }
+    let(:record_id) { "BREW-requests-CVE-2024-1234" }
+    let(:record_path) { File.join(dir, "#{record_id}.json") }
+    let(:rejected_path) { File.join(dir, "rejected-candidates.txt") }
+    let(:rejected_contents) { "#{record_id}\n" }
+    let(:history_option) { "--new-history" }
+    let(:command) do
+      cmd_for("requests", "--output", dir, history_option, "--rejected-candidates", rejected_path)
+    end
+    let(:matcher) { Homebrew::Vulns::Match.new }
+    let(:stored) do
+      hit = matcher.advisories_for(requests).fetch(0)
+      JSON.parse(JSON.generate(matcher.to_brew_record(requests, hit, now: Time.utc(2020))))
+    end
+
+    before do
+      stub_osv_hit("CVE-2024-1234", fixed: "2.28.1", aliases: ["GHSA-example"])
+      allow(matcher).to receive(:reconcile_history).and_return(history_result)
+      allow(Homebrew::Vulns::Match).to receive(:new).and_return(matcher)
+      File.write(rejected_path, rejected_contents)
+    end
+
+    after do
+      FileUtils.remove_entry(dir)
+    end
+
+    it "reports a rejected new candidate without extra platform queries or history" do
+      expect(matcher).not_to receive(:advisories_for)
+      expect(matcher).not_to receive(:reconcile_history)
+
+      output = capture_stdout { command.run }
+      expect([File.exist?(record_path), output]).to match [
+        false, a_string_matching(/1 rejected candidates skipped before history\n    #{record_id}\n/)
+      ]
+    end
+
+    it "processes an existing rejected record exactly as without the flag" do
+      stored["summary"] = "old summary"
+      original = JSON.generate(stored)
+      allow(Time).to receive(:now).and_return(Time.utc(2026))
+      File.write(record_path, original)
+      baseline_output = capture_stdout { cmd_for("requests", "--output", dir, "--new-history").run }
+      baseline = File.read(record_path)
+      File.write(record_path, original)
+
+      output = capture_stdout { command.run }
+      expect([File.read(record_path), output, JSON.parse(File.read(record_path))["summary"]])
+        .to eq [baseline, baseline_output, "s"]
+    end
+
+    it "does not skip an existing record with no reviewed range" do
+      stored.fetch("affected").fetch(0)["ranges"] = []
+      File.write(record_path, JSON.generate(stored))
+      expect(matcher).to receive(:reconcile_history).exactly(4).times.and_return(history_result)
+
+      output = capture_stdout { command.run }
+      expect([JSON.parse(File.read(record_path)).dig("affected", 0, "ranges", 0, "events"), output])
+        .to match [[{ "introduced" => "2.27.0" }, { "fixed" => "2.28.1" }], a_string_matching(/4 history walks/)]
+    end
+
+    it "does not skip an existing unreviewed alias of a rejected canonical ID" do
+      stored["id"] = "BREW-requests-GHSA-example"
+      stored.fetch("affected").fetch(0)["ranges"] = []
+      alias_path = File.join(dir, "#{stored.fetch("id")}.json")
+      File.write(alias_path, JSON.generate(stored))
+      expect(matcher).to receive(:reconcile_history).exactly(4).times.and_return(history_result)
+
+      command.run
+      expect(JSON.parse(File.read(alias_path)).dig("affected", 0, "ranges", 0, "events"))
+        .to eq [{ "introduced" => "2.27.0" }, { "fixed" => "2.28.1" }]
+    end
+
+    it "does not treat a listed non-canonical alias as a rejected record ID" do
+      File.write(rejected_path, "BREW-requests-GHSA-example\n")
+      expect(matcher).to receive(:reconcile_history).exactly(4).times.and_return(history_result)
+
+      command.run
+      expect(JSON.parse(File.read(record_path)).fetch("id")).to eq record_id
+    end
+
+    it "strips comments and whitespace and ignores blank lines and duplicate IDs" do
+      File.write(rejected_path,
+                 " # comment\n\n\t#{record_id} \t # trailing comment\r\n #{record_id} # duplicate\n \t\n")
+      expect { command.run }
+        .to output(/1 rejected candidates skipped before history\n    #{record_id}\n\z/).to_stdout
+    end
+
+    it "matches record IDs case-sensitively and without prefix matching" do
+      File.write(rejected_path, "#{record_id.downcase}\n#{record_id}-extra\n")
+      expect(matcher).to receive(:reconcile_history).exactly(4).times.and_return(history_result)
+
+      command.run
+      expect(File.exist?(record_path)).to be true
+    end
+
+    it "keeps the part-1 output and four-platform walk when the flag is absent" do
+      expect(matcher).to receive(:reconcile_history).exactly(4).times.and_return(history_result)
+
+      output = capture_stdout { cmd_for("requests", "--output", dir, "--new-history").run }
+      expect([JSON.parse(File.read(record_path)).dig("affected", 0, "ranges", 0, "events"), output])
+        .to match [[{ "introduced" => "2.27.0" }, { "fixed" => "2.28.1" }], a_string_matching(/4 history walks/)]
+      expect(output).not_to include("rejected candidates")
+    end
+
+    it "keeps full history for an allowed candidate when the rejected hit comes first" do
+      stub_osv_hit("CVE-2024-5678", fixed: "2.28.1")
+      ids = %w[CVE-2024-1234 CVE-2024-5678]
+      allow(Homebrew::Vulns::OSV).to receive(:query_batch).and_return([ids.map { |id| { "id" => id } }, []])
+      walked = []
+      allow(matcher).to receive(:reconcile_history) do |_, hit|
+        walked << hit.canonical_id
+        history_result
+      end
+      expect(matcher).to receive(:advisories_for).exactly(3).times.and_call_original
+
+      command.run
+      expect([Dir.glob(File.join(dir, "BREW-*.json")).map { |path| File.basename(path) }, walked])
+        .to eq [["BREW-requests-CVE-2024-5678.json"], Array.new(4, "CVE-2024-5678")]
+    end
+
+    it "keeps full history for an allowed candidate when the rejected hit comes last" do
+      stub_osv_hit("CVE-2024-5678", fixed: "2.28.1")
+      ids = %w[CVE-2024-5678 CVE-2024-1234]
+      allow(Homebrew::Vulns::OSV).to receive(:query_batch).and_return([ids.map { |id| { "id" => id } }, []])
+      walked = []
+      allow(matcher).to receive(:reconcile_history) do |_, hit|
+        walked << hit.canonical_id
+        history_result
+      end
+      expect(matcher).to receive(:advisories_for).exactly(3).times.and_call_original
+
+      command.run
+      expect([Dir.glob(File.join(dir, "BREW-*.json")).map { |path| File.basename(path) }, walked])
+        .to eq [["BREW-requests-CVE-2024-5678.json"], Array.new(4, "CVE-2024-5678")]
+    end
+
+    it "still reports malformed existing records during alias preparation" do
+      File.write(record_path, "{")
+      expect { command.run }.to output(/malformed alias/).to_stderr
+      expect([Homebrew.failed?, File.read(record_path)]).to eq [true, "{"]
+    end
+
+    it "fails when the rejection file is missing" do
+      File.unlink(rejected_path)
+      expect { command.run }.to raise_error(Errno::ENOENT)
+    end
+
+    it "fails when the rejection file is unreadable" do
+      allow(File).to receive(:readlines).with(rejected_path, chomp: true).and_raise(Errno::EACCES)
+      expect { command.run }.to raise_error(Errno::EACCES)
+    end
+
+    it "requires an output directory" do
+      expect { cmd_for("requests", "--rejected-candidates", rejected_path) }
+        .to raise_error(UsageError, /--rejected-candidates.*--output/)
+    end
+
+    context "with --no-history" do
+      let(:history_option) { "--no-history" }
+
+      it "leaves unchecked authoring unchanged" do
+        expect(matcher).not_to receive(:reconcile_history)
+        command.run
+        expect(File.exist?(record_path)).to be true
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "with --reconcile-history" do
+      let(:command) do
+        overrides_path = File.join(dir, "overrides.yml")
+        File.write(overrides_path, "{}")
+        cmd_for("requests", "--output", dir, "--reconcile-history", "--overrides", overrides_path,
+                "--rejected-candidates", rejected_path)
+      end
+
+      it "still reconciles an existing rejected record" do
+        File.write(record_path, JSON.generate(stored))
+        expect(matcher).to receive(:reconcile_history).exactly(4).times.and_return(history_result)
+
+        command.run
+        expect(JSON.parse(File.read(record_path)).dig("affected", 0, "ranges", 0, "events"))
+          .to eq [{ "introduced" => "2.27.0" }, { "fixed" => "2.28.1" }]
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   def capture_stdout
     out = StringIO.new
     old = $stdout
diff --git a/completions/bash/brew b/completions/bash/brew
index 0d46ed0133d59..b0a317dcb75f1 100644
--- a/completions/bash/brew
+++ b/completions/bash/brew
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ _brew_advisory_match() {
       --overrides
       --quiet
       --reconcile-history
+      --rejected-candidates
       --repology
       --verbose
       "
diff --git a/completions/fish/brew.fish b/completions/fish/brew.fish
index 6a31e7016df43..b081608a005d0 100644
--- a/completions/fish/brew.fish
+++ b/completions/fish/brew.fish
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ __fish_brew_complete_arg 'advisory-match' -l output -d 'Write each record to dir
 __fish_brew_complete_arg 'advisory-match' -l overrides -d 'Load reviewed formula and advisory matching overrides from file'
 __fish_brew_complete_arg 'advisory-match' -l quiet -d 'Make some output more quiet'
 __fish_brew_complete_arg 'advisory-match' -l reconcile-history -d 'Reconcile existing matched terminal ranges against complete history; requires `--overrides`'
+__fish_brew_complete_arg 'advisory-match' -l rejected-candidates -d 'Skip new comparable candidates whose record IDs are listed in file, before history'
 __fish_brew_complete_arg 'advisory-match' -l repology -d 'Load the formula to distro-package index from file instead of the published `data/repology.json`'
 __fish_brew_complete_arg 'advisory-match' -l verbose -d 'Make some output more verbose'
 __fish_brew_complete_arg 'advisory-match' -a '(__fish_brew_suggest_formulae_all)'
diff --git a/completions/zsh/_brew b/completions/zsh/_brew
index df8b1c2188839..dad448dce3efe 100644
--- a/completions/zsh/_brew
+++ b/completions/zsh/_brew
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ _brew_advisory_match() {
     '--overrides[Load reviewed formula and advisory matching overrides from file]' \
     '--quiet[Make some output more quiet]' \
     '(--new-history --no-history --json --index)--reconcile-history[Reconcile existing matched terminal ranges against complete history; requires `--overrides`]' \
+    '--rejected-candidates[Skip new comparable candidates whose record IDs are listed in file, before history]' \
     '--repology[Load the formula to distro-package index from file instead of the published `data/repology.json`]' \
     '--verbose[Make some output more verbose]' \
     - formula \
diff --git a/docs/Advisory-Matching.md b/docs/Advisory-Matching.md
index 8c882b64726a5..443bc9b4af040 100644
--- a/docs/Advisory-Matching.md
+++ b/docs/Advisory-Matching.md
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ Existing reviewed ranges are preserved rather than replaced with guessed introdu
 `--no-history` explicitly uses unverified zero/current-version boundaries for new ranges and cannot be combined with `--new-history`.
 It is an unchecked authoring mode, not a way to validate a skipped candidate.
 
+`--rejected-candidates=<file>` requires `--output` and reads an explicit local rejection list; it never fetches one.
+The file contains exact, case-sensitive record IDs, one per line, with `#` comments, surrounding whitespace and blank lines ignored.
+With history enabled, listed new comparable candidates are skipped before additional platform queries or history walks, and their count and IDs are reported.
+Alias preparation still sees all actionable hits, and a listed non-canonical alias does not reject the canonical ID.
+Existing records, including unreviewed aliases, are processed normally so downstream validation can still reject listed records on disk.
+This option does not change `--no-history` or `--reconcile-history`; an unreadable rejection file fails the command.
+
 ## Reconciling existing ranges
 
 `--reconcile-history --output advisories --overrides data/overrides.yml` explicitly revisits existing `source: matched`, bump-fixed records with terminal introduced/fixed intervals.