diff --git a/.github/workflows/automatus-debian12.yaml b/.github/workflows/automatus-debian12.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f5a6ca69201
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/automatus-debian12.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+name: Automatus Debian 12
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master, 'stabilization*' ]
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.number || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+env:
+  DATASTREAM: ssg-debian12-ds.xml
+jobs:
+  build-content:
+    name: Build Content
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Install Deps
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y cmake ninja-build python3-yaml python3-jinja2 git python3-deepdiff python3-requests jq python3-pip libxml2-utils xsltproc ansible-lint wget libdbus-1-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libgcrypt20-dev libselinux1-dev libxslt1-dev libgconf2-dev libacl1-dev libblkid-dev libcap-dev libxml2-dev libldap2-dev libpcre3-dev python3 swig libxml-parser-perl libxml-xpath-perl libperl-dev libbz2-dev librpm-dev g++ libyaml-dev libxmlsec1-dev libxmlsec1-openssl
+      - name: Install deps python
+        run: pip3 install gitpython xmldiff compliance-trestle==2.4.0 lxml lxml-stubs requests
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Checkout (CTF)
+        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4
+        with:
+          repository: ComplianceAsCode/content-test-filtering
+          path: ctf
+      # https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/766
+      - name: Set git safe directory
+        run: git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
+      - name: Find forking point
+        env:
+          BASE_BRANCH: ${{ github.base_ref }}
+        run: echo "FORK_POINT=$(git merge-base origin/$BASE_BRANCH ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }})" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        id: fork_point
+      - name: Detect content changes in the PR
+        run: python3 ./ctf/content_test_filtering.py pr --base ${{ steps.fork_point.outputs.FORK_POINT }} --remote_repo ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}  --verbose --rule --output json ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} > output.json
+      - name: Test if there are no content changes
+        run: echo "CTF_OUTPUT_SIZE=$(stat --printf="%s" output.json)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        id: ctf
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@65462800fd760344b1a7b4382951275a0abb4808 # v4
+        if: ${{ steps.ctf.outputs.CTF_OUTPUT_SIZE != '0' }}
+        with:
+          name: output.json
+          path: output.json
+      - name: Print changes to content detected if any
+        if: ${{ steps.ctf.outputs.CTF_OUTPUT_SIZE != '0' }}
+        run: cat output.json
+      - name: Get product attribute
+        if: ${{ steps.ctf.outputs.CTF_OUTPUT_SIZE != '0' }}
+        id: product
+        uses: notiz-dev/github-action-json-property@a5a9c668b16513c737c3e1f8956772c99c73f6e8 # v0.2.0
+        with:
+          path: 'output.json'
+          prop_path: 'product'
+      - name: Download OpenSCAP
+        run: wget https://github.com/OpenSCAP/openscap/releases/download/1.3.10/openscap-1.3.10.tar.gz
+      - name: Extract OpenSCAP
+        run: tar xf openscap-1.3.10.tar.gz
+      - name: Build OpenSCAP
+        run: |
+          cd openscap-1.3.10
+          cmake -Bbuild -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr .
+          sudo cmake --build build --target install
+      - name: Build product
+        if: ${{ steps.ctf.outputs.CTF_OUTPUT_SIZE != '0' }}
+        run: ./build_product debian12
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@65462800fd760344b1a7b4382951275a0abb4808 # v4
+        if: ${{ steps.ctf.outputs.CTF_OUTPUT_SIZE != '0' }}
+        with:
+          name: ${{ env.DATASTREAM }}
+          path: build/${{ env.DATASTREAM }}
+  validate-ubuntu:
+    name: Run Tests
+    needs: build-content
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Install Deps
+        run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y cmake ninja-build libxml2-utils xsltproc python3-jinja2 python3-yaml ansible-lint podman wget libdbus-1-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libgcrypt20-dev libselinux1-dev libxslt1-dev libgconf2-dev libacl1-dev libblkid-dev libcap-dev libxml2-dev libldap2-dev libpcre3-dev python3 swig libxml-parser-perl libxml-xpath-perl libperl-dev libbz2-dev librpm-dev g++ libyaml-dev libxmlsec1-dev libxmlsec1-openssl
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4
+      - name: Get cached CTF output
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@65a9edc5881444af0b9093a5e628f2fe47ea3b2e # v4
+        id: get_ctf_output
+        with:
+          name: output.json
+        # continue even if the file is unavailable that
+        # means there are no changes detected by CTF in the previous job
+        continue-on-error: true
+      - name: Download OpenSCAP
+        run: wget https://github.com/OpenSCAP/openscap/releases/download/1.3.10/openscap-1.3.10.tar.gz
+      - name: Extract OpenSCAP
+        run: tar xf openscap-1.3.10.tar.gz
+      - name: Build OpenSCAP
+        run: |
+          cd openscap-1.3.10
+          cmake -Bbuild -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr .
+          sudo cmake --build build --target install
+      - name: Test if there are no content changes
+        if: ${{ steps.get_ctf_output.outcome == 'success' }}
+        run: echo "CTF_OUTPUT_SIZE=$(stat --printf="%s" output.json)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        id: ctf
+      - name: Print changes to content detected if any
+        if: ${{ steps.ctf.outputs.CTF_OUTPUT_SIZE != '0' }}
+        run: cat output.json
+      - name: Generate id_rsa key
+        if: ${{ steps.ctf.outputs.CTF_OUTPUT_SIZE != '0' }}
+        run: ssh-keygen -N '' -t rsa -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa
+      - name: Build test suite container
+        if: ${{ steps.ctf.outputs.CTF_OUTPUT_SIZE != '0' }}
+        run: podman build --build-arg "CLIENT_PUBLIC_KEY=$(cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub)" -t ssg_test_suite -f test_suite-debian12
+        working-directory: ./Dockerfiles
+      - name: Get oscap-ssh
+        if: ${{ steps.ctf.outputs.CTF_OUTPUT_SIZE != '0' }}
+        run: |
+          wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenSCAP/openscap/maint-1.3/utils/oscap-ssh
+          sudo chmod 755 oscap-ssh
+          sudo mv -v oscap-ssh /usr/local/bin
+          sudo chown root:root /usr/local/bin/oscap-ssh
+          rm -f oscap-ssh
+      - name: Get rule ids to be tested
+        if: ${{ steps.ctf.outputs.CTF_OUTPUT_SIZE != '0' }}
+        id: rules
+        uses: notiz-dev/github-action-json-property@a5a9c668b16513c737c3e1f8956772c99c73f6e8 # v0.2.0
+        with:
+          path: 'output.json'
+          prop_path: 'rules'
+      - name: Get product attribute
+        if: ${{ steps.ctf.outputs.CTF_OUTPUT_SIZE != '0' }}
+        id: product
+        uses: notiz-dev/github-action-json-property@a5a9c668b16513c737c3e1f8956772c99c73f6e8 # v0.2.0
+        with:
+          path: 'output.json'
+          prop_path: 'product'
+      - name: Get bash attribute
+        if: ${{ steps.ctf.outputs.CTF_OUTPUT_SIZE != '0' }}
+        id: bash
+        uses: notiz-dev/github-action-json-property@a5a9c668b16513c737c3e1f8956772c99c73f6e8 # v0.2.0
+        with:
+          path: 'output.json'
+          prop_path: 'bash'
+      - name: Get ansible attribute
+        if: ${{ steps.ctf.outputs.CTF_OUTPUT_SIZE != '0' }}
+        id: ansible
+        uses: notiz-dev/github-action-json-property@a5a9c668b16513c737c3e1f8956772c99c73f6e8 # v0.2.0
+        with:
+          path: 'output.json'
+          prop_path: 'ansible'
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@65a9edc5881444af0b9093a5e628f2fe47ea3b2e # v4
+        if: ${{ steps.ctf.outputs.CTF_OUTPUT_SIZE != '0' }}
+        with:
+          name: ${{ env.DATASTREAM }}
+      - name: Run tests in a container - Bash
+        if: ${{steps.bash.outputs.prop == 'True' && steps.ctf.outputs.CTF_OUTPUT_SIZE != '0' }}
+        run: tests/test_rule_in_container.sh --no-remove-machine-only --dontclean --logdir logs_bash --remediate-using bash --name ssg_test_suite --datastream $DATASTREAM ${{join(fromJSON(steps.rules.outputs.prop))}}
+        env:
+          ADDITIONAL_TEST_OPTIONS: "--duplicate-templates --remove-fips-certified"
+      - name: Check for ERROR in logs
+        if: ${{steps.bash.outputs.prop == 'True' && steps.ctf.outputs.CTF_OUTPUT_SIZE != '0' }}
+        run: grep -q "^ERROR" logs_bash/test_suite.log
+        id: check_results_bash
+        # when grep returns 1 means it didn't find the ^ERROR string in the test_suite.log file
+        # and this means tests finished successfully without errors. So the job needs to keep going.
+        # By using continue-on-error: true the "conclusion" parameter is set to true so it's not possible to use
+        # it to determine whether the task has failed or succeed. The "outcome" parameter has to be used instead.
+        # See the step below
+        continue-on-error: true
+      - name: Upload logs in case of failure
+        if: ${{steps.bash.outputs.prop == 'True' && steps.check_results_bash.outcome == 'success' && steps.ctf.outputs.CTF_OUTPUT_SIZE != '0' }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65462800fd760344b1a7b4382951275a0abb4808 # v4
+        with:
+          name: logs_bash
+          path: logs_bash/
+      - name: Run tests in a container - Ansible
+        if: ${{ steps.ansible.outputs.prop == 'True' && steps.ctf.outputs.CTF_OUTPUT_SIZE != '0' }}
+        run: tests/test_rule_in_container.sh --no-remove-machine-only --dontclean --logdir logs_ansible --remediate-using ansible --name ssg_test_suite --datastream $DATASTREAM ${{join(fromJSON(steps.rules.outputs.prop))}}
+        env:
+          ADDITIONAL_TEST_OPTIONS: "--duplicate-templates --remove-fips-certified --product debian12"
+      - name: Check for ERROR in logs
+        if: ${{steps.ansible.outputs.prop == 'True' && steps.ctf.outputs.CTF_OUTPUT_SIZE != '0' }}
+        run: grep -q "^ERROR" logs_ansible/test_suite.log
+        id: check_results_ansible
+        continue-on-error: true
+      - name: Upload logs in case of failure
+        if: ${{ steps.ansible.outputs.prop == 'True' && steps.check_results_ansible.outcome == 'success' && steps.ctf.outputs.CTF_OUTPUT_SIZE != '0' }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65462800fd760344b1a7b4382951275a0abb4808 # v4
+        with:
+          name: logs_ansible
+          path: logs_ansible/
+      - name: Fail in case of ERROR present in logs_bash/test_suite.log or logs_ansible/test_suite.log
+        if: ${{ (steps.check_results_bash.outcome == 'success' || steps.check_results_ansible.outcome == 'success') && steps.ctf.outputs.CTF_OUTPUT_SIZE != '0' }}
+        run: |
+          [[ -f logs_bash/test_suite.log ]] && echo "---------Bash Remediation Logs---------" && cat logs_bash/test_suite.log | grep -v "DEBUG - "
+          [[ -f logs_ansible/test_suite.log ]] && echo "---------Ansible Remediation Logs---------" && cat logs_ansible/test_suite.log | grep -v "DEBUG - "
+          exit 1
diff --git a/Dockerfiles/test_suite-debian12 b/Dockerfiles/test_suite-debian12
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..78e1b32af05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfiles/test_suite-debian12
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# This Dockerfile is a minimal example for a Debian 12 test suite target container.
+FROM debian:12
+
+ENV AUTH_KEYS=/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+ARG CLIENT_PUBLIC_KEY
+ARG ADDITIONAL_PACKAGES
+
+# install additional packages
+RUN true \
+        && apt update \
+	&& apt install -y openssh-server python3 openscap-scanner \
+	   $ADDITIONAL_PACKAGES \
+        && true
+
+RUN true \
+        && ssh-keygen -A \
+	&& mkdir -p /root/.ssh \
+        && printf "%s\n" "$CLIENT_PUBLIC_KEY" >> "$AUTH_KEYS" \
+        && chmod og-rw /root/.ssh "$AUTH_KEYS" \
+        && sed -i '/session\s\+required\s\+pam_loginuid.so/d' /etc/pam.d/sshd \
+	&& echo CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12" >> /etc/os-release \
+	&& true
+
+RUN mkdir /run/sshd
+CMD ["/usr/sbin/sshd", "-D"]
diff --git a/tests/ssg_test_suite/common.py b/tests/ssg_test_suite/common.py
index a6ff30e8bed..85629eb2af3 100644
--- a/tests/ssg_test_suite/common.py
+++ b/tests/ssg_test_suite/common.py
@@ -576,6 +576,7 @@ def get_cpe_of_tested_os(test_env, log_file):
     rhel10=("dnf", "install", "-y"),
     sles=("zypper", "install", "-y"),
     ubuntu=("DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive", "apt", "install", "-y"),
+    debian=("DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive", "apt", "install", "-y"),
 )
 
 
@@ -609,7 +610,7 @@ def _match_rhel_version(cpe):
 
 
 def cpe_to_platform(cpe):
-    trivials = ["fedora", "sles", "ubuntu"]
+    trivials = ["fedora", "sles", "ubuntu", "debian"]
     for platform in trivials:
         if platform in cpe:
             return platform