diff --git a/framework.go b/framework.go
index ea02fc3..51f83f3 100644
--- a/framework.go
+++ b/framework.go
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/Masterminds/semver"
 	"github.com/vulncheck-oss/go-exploit/c2"
 	"github.com/vulncheck-oss/go-exploit/c2/channel"
 	"github.com/vulncheck-oss/go-exploit/cli"
@@ -428,6 +429,27 @@ func StoreVersion(conf *config.Config, version string) {
 	db.UpdateVerified(conf.Product, true, version, conf.Rhost, conf.Rport)
 }
 
+// Compare a version to a semantic version constraint using the [Masterminds semver constraints](https://github.com/Masterminds/semver?tab=readme-ov-file#checking-version-constraints).
+// Provide a version string and a constraint and if the semver is within the constraint a boolean
+// response of whether the version is constrained or not will occur. Any errors from the constraint
+// or version will propagate through the framework errors and the value will be false.
+func CheckSemVer(version string, constraint string) bool {
+	c, err := semver.NewConstraint(constraint)
+	if err != nil {
+		output.PrintfFrameworkError("Invalid constraint: %s", err.Error())
+
+		return false
+	}
+	v, err := semver.NewVersion(version)
+	if err != nil {
+		output.PrintfFrameworkError("Invalid version: %s", err.Error())
+
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return c.Check(v)
+}
+
 // modify godebug to re-enable old cipher suites that were removed in 1.22. This does have implications for our
 // client fingerprint, and we should consider how to improve/fix that in the future. We also should be respectful
 // of other disabling this feature, so we will check for it before re-enabling it.
diff --git a/framework_test.go b/framework_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c79c48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/framework_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package exploit_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/vulncheck-oss/go-exploit"
+)
+
+func TestCheckSemVer_Full(t *testing.T) {
+	if !exploit.CheckSemVer("1.0.0", "<= 1.0.0") {
+		t.Error("Constraint should have passed")
+	}
+	if exploit.CheckSemVer("1.0.0", "> 1.0.0") {
+		t.Error("Constraint should not have passed")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCheckSemVer_BadVersion(t *testing.T) {
+	if exploit.CheckSemVer("uwu", "<= 1.0.0") {
+		t.Error("Version was invalid, should not have passed")
+	}
+	if exploit.CheckSemVer("1.0.0 ", "<= 1.0.0") {
+		t.Error("Version was invalid, should not have passed")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCheckSemVer_BadConstraint(t *testing.T) {
+	if exploit.CheckSemVer("1.0.0", "<== 1.0.0") {
+		t.Error("Constraint was invalid, should not have passed")
+	}
+	if exploit.CheckSemVer("1.0.0", "xp") {
+		t.Error("Constraint was invalid, should not have passed")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 023522b..16b33de 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
+	github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 28329c7..c3320b9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.5.0 h1:H65muMkzWKEuNDnfl9d70GUjFniHKHRbFPGBuZ3QEww=
+github.com/Masterminds/semver v1.5.0/go.mod h1:MB6lktGJrhw8PrUyiEoblNEGEQ+RzHPF078ddwwvV3Y=
 github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 h1:GzkhY7T5VNhEkwH0PVJgjz+fX1rhBrR7pRT3mDkpeCY=
 github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1/go.mod h1:Mu1zIs6XwVuF/gI1OepvI0qD18qycQx+mFykh5fBlto=
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20250317173921-a4b03ec1a45e h1:ijClszYn+mADRFY17kjQEVQ1XRhq2/JR1M3sGqeJoxs=