diff --git a/changes/23540-pe-sfx b/changes/23540-pe-sfx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..63c241a8be83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/23540-pe-sfx
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed name/version parsing issue with PE (EXE) installer self-extracting archives such as Opera.
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 822b953698bc..778e211419e0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/quasilyte/go-ruleguard/dsl v0.3.22
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.32.0
 	github.com/russellhaering/goxmldsig v1.2.0
-	github.com/saferwall/pe v1.5.2
+	github.com/saferwall/pe v1.5.5
 	github.com/sassoftware/relic/v8 v8.0.1
 	github.com/scjalliance/comshim v0.0.0-20230315213746-5e51f40bd3b9
 	github.com/sethvargo/go-password v0.3.0
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.12.0 // indirect
 	github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics v0.0.0-20200313005456-10cdbea86bc0 // indirect
 	github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/secDre4mer/pkcs7 v0.0.0-20240322103146-665324a4461d // indirect
 	github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/shoenig/go-m1cpu v0.1.6 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 36ba36ea7db0..515f77b00eb9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1034,14 +1034,16 @@ github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQD
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 h1:JIOH55/0cWyOuilr9/qlrm0BSXldqnqwMsf35Ld67mk=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
 github.com/ryanuber/columnize v0.0.0-20160712163229-9b3edd62028f/go.mod h1:sm1tb6uqfes/u+d4ooFouqFdy9/2g9QGwK3SQygK0Ts=
-github.com/saferwall/pe v1.5.2 h1:h5lLtLsyxGHQ9dN6cd8EfeLEBEo5gdqJpkuw4o4vTMY=
-github.com/saferwall/pe v1.5.2/go.mod h1:SNzv3cdgk8SBI0UwHfyTcdjawfdnN+nbydnEL7GZ25s=
+github.com/saferwall/pe v1.5.5 h1:GGbzKjXDm7i+1K6riOgtgblyTdRmTbr3r11IzjovAK8=
+github.com/saferwall/pe v1.5.5/go.mod h1:mJx+PuptmNpoPFBNhWs/uDMFL/kTHVZIkg0d4OUJFbQ=
 github.com/sassoftware/relic/v8 v8.0.1 h1:uYUoaoTQMs67up8/46NgrSxSftgfY4VWBusDVg56k7I=
 github.com/sassoftware/relic/v8 v8.0.1/go.mod h1:s/MwugRcovgYcNJNOyvLfqRHDX7iArHtFtUR9kEodz8=
 github.com/scjalliance/comshim v0.0.0-20230315213746-5e51f40bd3b9 h1:rc/CcqLH3lh8n+csdOuDfP+NuykE0U6AeYSJJHKDgSg=
 github.com/scjalliance/comshim v0.0.0-20230315213746-5e51f40bd3b9/go.mod h1:a/83NAfUXvEuLpmxDssAXxgUgrEy12MId3Wd7OTs76s=
 github.com/sean-/seed v0.0.0-20170313163322-e2103e2c3529/go.mod h1:DxrIzT+xaE7yg65j358z/aeFdxmN0P9QXhEzd20vsDc=
 github.com/sebdah/goldie v1.0.0/go.mod h1:jXP4hmWywNEwZzhMuv2ccnqTSFpuq8iyQhtQdkkZBH4=
+github.com/secDre4mer/pkcs7 v0.0.0-20240322103146-665324a4461d h1:RQqyEogx5J6wPdoxqL132b100j8KjcVHO1c0KLRoIhc=
+github.com/secDre4mer/pkcs7 v0.0.0-20240322103146-665324a4461d/go.mod h1:PegD7EVqlN88z7TpCqH92hHP+GBpfomGCCnw1PFtNOA=
 github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.5.0 h1:oTiNu0QnulMQgN/hLK124wJD/r2f9ZhIUuKIeBsCBT8=
 github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.5.0/go.mod h1:uoCqUC0Ap7jrBSEanxT+SdACYJTVplRXWLkGMuDjXqk=
 github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0CfEIISq7TuYL3j771MWULgwwjU+GofnZX9QAmXWZgo=
diff --git a/pkg/file/pe.go b/pkg/file/pe.go
index 27e872221d00..4516b5a25e15 100644
--- a/pkg/file/pe.go
+++ b/pkg/file/pe.go
@@ -48,21 +48,51 @@ func ExtractPEMetadata(tfr *fleet.TempFileReader) (*InstallerMetadata, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error parsing PE file: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	v, err := pep.ParseVersionResources()
+	resources, err := pep.ParseVersionResourcesForEntries()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error parsing PE version resources: %w", err)
 	}
-	name := strings.TrimSpace(v["ProductName"])
+	var name, version, sfxName, sfxVersion string
+
+	for _, e := range resources {
+		productName, ok := e["ProductName"]
+		if !ok {
+			productName = e["productname"] // used by Opera SFX (self-extracting archive)
+		}
+		productVersion := strings.TrimSpace(e["ProductVersion"])
+		if productName != "" {
+			productName = strings.TrimSpace(productName)
+			if productName == "7-Zip" {
+				// This may be a 7-Zip self-extracting archive.
+				sfxName = productName
+				sfxVersion = productVersion
+				continue
+			}
+			name = productName
+		}
+		if productVersion != "" {
+			version = productVersion
+		}
+	}
+	if name == "" && sfxName != "" {
+		// If we didn't find a ProductName, we may be
+		// dealing with an archive executable (e.g., if we're dealing with the 7-Zip executable itself rather than Opera)
+		name = sfxName
+		if sfxVersion != "" {
+			version = sfxVersion
+		}
+	}
+
 	return applySpecialCases(&InstallerMetadata{
 		Name:       name,
-		Version:    strings.TrimSpace(v["ProductVersion"]),
+		Version:    version,
 		PackageIDs: []string{name},
 		SHASum:     h.Sum(nil),
-	}, v), nil
+	}, resources), nil
 }
 
-var exeSpecialCases = map[string]func(*InstallerMetadata, map[string]string) *InstallerMetadata{
-	"Notion": func(meta *InstallerMetadata, resources map[string]string) *InstallerMetadata {
+var exeSpecialCases = map[string]func(*InstallerMetadata, []map[string]string) *InstallerMetadata{
+	"Notion": func(meta *InstallerMetadata, _ []map[string]string) *InstallerMetadata {
 		if meta.Version != "" {
 			meta.Name = meta.Name + " " + meta.Version
 		}
@@ -82,7 +112,7 @@ var exeSpecialCases = map[string]func(*InstallerMetadata, map[string]string) *In
 // least for the most popular apps that use unusual naming.
 //
 // See https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/issues/20440#issuecomment-2260500661
-func applySpecialCases(meta *InstallerMetadata, resources map[string]string) *InstallerMetadata {
+func applySpecialCases(meta *InstallerMetadata, resources []map[string]string) *InstallerMetadata {
 	if fn := exeSpecialCases[meta.Name]; fn != nil {
 		return fn(meta, resources)
 	}