diff --git a/strix/tools/reporting/tool.py b/strix/tools/reporting/tool.py
index 45f4f6586..6e72b9a06 100644
--- a/strix/tools/reporting/tool.py
+++ b/strix/tools/reporting/tool.py
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import asyncio
 import json
 import logging
 import re
-from pathlib import PurePosixPath
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
+from pathlib import Path, PurePosixPath
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, cast
 
 from agents import RunContextWrapper, function_tool
 
@@ -110,6 +110,108 @@ def _validate_code_locations(locations: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> list[str]:
     return errors
 
 
+def _repo_workspace_roots() -> list[Path]:
+    """Workspace directories that hold checked-out repo / source targets.
+
+    Sandbox targets land at ``/workspace/<workspace_subdir>``; ``/workspace``
+    itself covers root-level mounts. Best-effort: any lookup failure yields the
+    bare ``/workspace`` root.
+    """
+    roots = ["/workspace"]
+    try:
+        from strix.report.state import get_global_report_state
+
+        state = get_global_report_state()
+        config: dict[str, Any] = (state.scan_config if state else None) or {}
+        for target in cast("list[dict[str, Any]]", config.get("targets") or []):
+            details: dict[str, Any] = target.get("details") or {}
+            subdir = str(details.get("workspace_subdir") or "").strip("/")
+            if subdir:
+                roots.append(f"/workspace/{subdir}")
+    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 - opportunistic; never block a report on it
+        logger.debug("Could not resolve workspace roots for code-location re-anchoring")
+    return [Path(root) for root in dict.fromkeys(roots)]
+
+
+def _find_anchor(file_lines: list[str], anchor_lines: list[str], reported: int) -> int | None:
+    """1-based line where ``anchor_lines`` sits in ``file_lines``, nearest ``reported``.
+
+    Verbatim blocks (``fix_before``/``snippet``) are far more reliable than the
+    agent's reported line numbers, so locating the block in the real file is
+    the better source of truth. Trailing-whitespace differences are tolerated;
+    a dedented fallback applies to multi-line anchors or single lines found
+    exactly once (a lone generic line like ``}`` matches too many places to be
+    trusted otherwise).
+    """
+    count = len(anchor_lines)
+    if count == 0 or count > len(file_lines):
+        return None
+    wanted = [ln.rstrip() for ln in anchor_lines]
+    hits = [
+        i
+        for i in range(len(file_lines) - count + 1)
+        if [fl.rstrip() for fl in file_lines[i : i + count]] == wanted
+    ]
+    if not hits:
+        dedented = [ln.lstrip() for ln in anchor_lines]
+        hits = [
+            i
+            for i in range(len(file_lines) - count + 1)
+            if [fl.lstrip() for fl in file_lines[i : i + count]] == dedented
+        ]
+        if count == 1 and len(hits) != 1:
+            return None
+    if not hits:
+        return None
+    return min(hits, key=lambda i: (abs(i + 1 - reported), i)) + 1
+
+
+def _reanchor_code_locations(locations: list[dict[str, Any]] | None) -> None:
+    """Correct ``start_line``/``end_line`` against the checked-out files.
+
+    Agents report line numbers from memory and routinely get them wrong while
+    copying the vulnerable code verbatim. When a location carries such a block
+    (``fix_before``, else ``snippet``), locating it in the real file yields a
+    trustworthy range; locations whose anchor is not found keep their reported
+    numbers.
+    """
+    if not locations:
+        return
+    roots: list[Path] | None = None
+    for loc in locations:
+        anchor = loc.get("fix_before") or loc.get("snippet")
+        rel = str(loc.get("file") or "").strip()
+        if not anchor or not rel:
+            continue
+        if roots is None:
+            roots = _repo_workspace_roots()
+        reported = loc.get("start_line")
+        reported = reported if isinstance(reported, int) and reported > 0 else 1
+        anchor_lines = anchor.split("\n")
+        best: tuple[int, int] | None = None
+        for root in roots:
+            try:
+                text = (root / rel).read_text(encoding="utf-8", errors="replace")
+            except OSError:
+                continue
+            found = _find_anchor(text.splitlines(), anchor_lines, reported)
+            if found is not None and (
+                best is None or abs(found - reported) < abs(best[0] - reported)
+            ):
+                best = (found, found + len(anchor_lines) - 1)
+        if best is None or best == (loc.get("start_line"), loc.get("end_line")):
+            continue
+        logger.info(
+            "Re-anchored %s lines %s-%s -> %s-%s",
+            rel,
+            loc.get("start_line"),
+            loc.get("end_line"),
+            best[0],
+            best[1],
+        )
+        loc["start_line"], loc["end_line"] = best
+
+
 def _extract_cve(cve: str) -> str:
     match = re.search(r"CVE-\d{4}-\d{4,}", cve)
     return match.group(0) if match else cve.strip()
@@ -444,6 +546,7 @@ def _collect_update_changes(  # noqa: PLR0912, PLR0915
     raw_locations = fields.get("code_locations")
     locations = _normalize_code_locations(raw_locations)
     if locations:
+        _reanchor_code_locations(locations)
         errors.extend(_validate_code_locations(locations))
         errors.extend(_validate_fix_verification(locations, changes.get("fix_verification")))
         changes["code_locations"] = locations
@@ -841,6 +944,7 @@ async def _do_create(
 
     parsed_locations = _normalize_code_locations(code_locations)
     if parsed_locations:
+        _reanchor_code_locations(parsed_locations)
         errors.extend(_validate_code_locations(parsed_locations))
     errors.extend(_validate_fix_verification(parsed_locations, fix_verification))
     cve, cwe, identifier_errors = _validate_identifiers(cve, cwe)
diff --git a/tests/test_reporting_fields.py b/tests/test_reporting_fields.py
index 46d55af34..1cc9e7709 100644
--- a/tests/test_reporting_fields.py
+++ b/tests/test_reporting_fields.py
@@ -1169,6 +1169,108 @@ async def test_informational_location_needs_no_verification(report_state: Report
     assert "fix_verification" not in report_state.vulnerability_reports[0]
 
 
+async def test_code_locations_reanchored_to_verbatim_block(
+    report_state: ReportState, tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+) -> None:
+    """Agents report line numbers from memory; the verbatim block is the
+    trustworthy anchor, so mis-reported ranges are corrected against the
+    checked-out file."""
+    source = tmp_path / "server" / "routes" / "index.js"
+    source.parent.mkdir(parents=True)
+    source.write_text(
+        "const a = 1\n"
+        "const b = 2\n"
+        "            let order = {\n"
+        "                residentId: req.body.residentId,\n"
+        "                numCredits: req.body.numCredits,\n"
+        "                price: req.body.price\n"
+        "            }\n"
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(reporting_tool, "_repo_workspace_roots", lambda: [tmp_path])
+    result = await _create_with(
+        report_state,
+        code_locations=[
+            {
+                "file": "server/routes/index.js",
+                "start_line": 40,
+                "end_line": 46,
+                "fix_before": (
+                    "            let order = {\n"
+                    "                residentId: req.body.residentId,\n"
+                    "                numCredits: req.body.numCredits,\n"
+                    "                price: req.body.price\n"
+                    "            }"
+                ),
+            }
+        ],
+    )
+    assert result["success"] is True
+    loc = report_state.vulnerability_reports[0]["code_locations"][0]
+    assert loc["start_line"] == 3
+    assert loc["end_line"] == 7
+
+
+async def test_code_locations_kept_when_anchor_not_found(
+    report_state: ReportState, tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+) -> None:
+    source = tmp_path / "app" / "views.py"
+    source.parent.mkdir(parents=True)
+    source.write_text("def show():\n    return 1\n")
+    monkeypatch.setattr(reporting_tool, "_repo_workspace_roots", lambda: [tmp_path])
+    result = await _create_with(report_state, code_locations=[_INFO_LOCATION])
+    assert result["success"] is True
+    loc = report_state.vulnerability_reports[0]["code_locations"][0]
+    assert loc["start_line"] == _INFO_LOCATION["start_line"]
+    assert loc["end_line"] == _INFO_LOCATION["end_line"]
+
+
+async def test_code_locations_reanchored_on_update(
+    report_state: ReportState, tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+) -> None:
+    result = await _create_with(report_state)
+    report_id = result["report_id"]
+    source = tmp_path / "app" / "views.py"
+    source.parent.mkdir(parents=True)
+    source.write_text("alpha\nbeta\ngamma\ndelta\n")
+    monkeypatch.setattr(reporting_tool, "_repo_workspace_roots", lambda: [tmp_path])
+    update = _do_update(
+        report_id=report_id,
+        update_reason="Pinpoint the vulnerable call.",
+        fields={
+            "code_locations": [
+                {
+                    "file": "app/views.py",
+                    "start_line": 99,
+                    "snippet": "beta",
+                }
+            ]
+        },
+    )
+    assert update["success"] is True
+    loc = report_state.vulnerability_reports[0]["code_locations"][0]
+    assert loc["start_line"] == 2
+    assert loc["end_line"] == 2
+
+
+def test_find_anchor_picks_nearest_match() -> None:
+    file_lines = ["x = 1"] * 20
+    anchor = ["x = 1"]
+    assert reporting_tool._find_anchor(file_lines, anchor, 12) == 12
+
+
+def test_find_anchor_dedented_multiline() -> None:
+    file_lines = ["def f():", "    inner()", "    other()", "end"]
+    anchor = ["inner()", "other()"]
+    assert reporting_tool._find_anchor(file_lines, anchor, 99) == 2
+
+
+def test_find_anchor_single_line_ambiguous_dedented() -> None:
+    file_lines = ["}", "    }", "}"]
+    assert reporting_tool._find_anchor(file_lines, ["}"], 1) == 1
+    file_lines = ["    }", "    }"]
+    assert reporting_tool._find_anchor(file_lines, ["}"], 1) is None
+
+
 def test_vuln_tool_exposes_fix_verification() -> None:
     assert "fix_verification" in create_vulnerability_report.params_json_schema["properties"]