diff --git a/internal/report/lint.go b/internal/report/lint.go
index 2761fb40..5ef1f2bd 100644
--- a/internal/report/lint.go
+++ b/internal/report/lint.go
@@ -133,6 +133,34 @@ func (r *Report) lintCVEs(addIssue func(string)) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (r *Report) lintRelated(addIssue func(string)) {
+	if len(r.Related) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	aliases := r.Aliases()
+	for _, related := range r.Related {
+		// In most cases, the related list is very short, so there's no
+		// need create a map of aliases.
+		if slices.Contains(aliases, related) {
+			addIssue(fmt.Sprintf("related: identifier %s is also listed among aliases", related))
+		}
+		if !isIdentifier(related) {
+			addIssue(fmt.Sprintf("related: %s is not a recognized identifier (CVE, GHSA or Go ID)", related))
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func isIdentifier(id string) bool {
+	return cveschema5.IsCVE(id) || ghsa.IsGHSA(id) || IsGoID(id)
+}
+
+var goIDregexp = regexp.MustCompile(`^GO-\d{4}-\d{4,}$`)
+
+func IsGoID(s string) bool {
+	return goIDregexp.MatchString(s)
+}
+
 const maxLineLength = 80
 
 func (r *Report) lintLineLength(field, content string, addIssue func(string)) {
@@ -410,6 +438,7 @@ func (r *Report) lint(pc *proxy.Client) []string {
 		r.lintLineLength("cve_metadata.description", r.CVEMetadata.Description, addIssue)
 	}
 	r.lintCVEs(addIssue)
+	r.lintRelated(addIssue)
 
 	if isFirstParty && !r.IsExcluded() {
 		r.lintStdLibLinks(addIssue)
diff --git a/internal/report/lint_test.go b/internal/report/lint_test.go
index 41aaa80a..c10ede73 100644
--- a/internal/report/lint_test.go
+++ b/internal/report/lint_test.go
@@ -474,6 +474,23 @@ func TestLintOffline(t *testing.T) {
 				"excluded report must have at least one associated CVE or GHSA",
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			desc: "related field",
+			report: validReport(func(r *Report) {
+				r.CVEs = []string{"CVE-0000-1111"}
+				r.Related = []string{
+					"not-an-id",           // bad
+					"CVE-0000-1111",       // bad (duplicate)
+					"CVE-0000-1112",       // ok
+					"GHSA-0000-0000-0000", // ok
+					"GO-1990-0001",        // ok
+				}
+			}),
+			want: []string{
+				"not-an-id is not a recognized identifier",
+				"CVE-0000-1111 is also listed among aliases",
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			desc: "invalid module-version pair ignored",
 			report: validReport(func(r *Report) {
diff --git a/internal/report/report.go b/internal/report/report.go
index 9fa1ed9f..aa9ce428 100644
--- a/internal/report/report.go
+++ b/internal/report/report.go
@@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ type Report struct {
 	// the above CVEs.
 	GHSAs []string `yaml:",omitempty"`
 
+	// Related is a list of identifiers (e.g. CVEs or GHSAs)
+	// that are related to, but are not direct aliases of, this report.
+	Related []string `yaml:",omitempty"`
+
 	Credits    []string     `yaml:",omitempty"`
 	References []*Reference `yaml:",omitempty"`