diff --git a/vmaas/common.go b/vmaas/common.go
index 1f978b1..ee29b9c 100644
--- a/vmaas/common.go
+++ b/vmaas/common.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package vmaas
 import (
 	"regexp"
 	"sort"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
@@ -606,6 +607,20 @@ func getRepoIDs(c *Cache, p *ProcessedRequest, opts *options) repoIDMaps { //nol
 	return repoIDMaps{current, newer}
 }
 
+// aliasReleasever maps RHEL major <= 7 numeric releasevers to {major}Server
+func aliasReleasever(releasever string) string {
+	// As a guard for Atoi operation
+	dot := strings.IndexByte(releasever, '.')
+	if dot <= 0 {
+		return releasever
+	}
+	major, err := strconv.Atoi(releasever[:dot])
+	if err != nil || major > 7 {
+		return releasever
+	}
+	return strconv.Itoa(major) + "Server"
+}
+
 func passReleasever(c *Cache, releasever *string, repoID RepoID) bool {
 	detail, ok := c.RepoDetails[repoID]
 	if !ok {
@@ -614,7 +629,13 @@ func passReleasever(c *Cache, releasever *string, repoID RepoID) bool {
 	if releasever == nil {
 		return true
 	}
-	return (detail.Releasever == "" && strings.Contains(detail.URL, *releasever)) || detail.Releasever == *releasever
+
+	rv := *releasever
+	aliased := aliasReleasever(rv)
+	if detail.Releasever == "" {
+		return strings.Contains(detail.URL, rv) || strings.Contains(detail.URL, aliased)
+	}
+	return detail.Releasever == rv || detail.Releasever == aliased
 }
 
 func passBasearch(c *Cache, basearch *string, repoID RepoID) bool {
diff --git a/vmaas/common_test.go b/vmaas/common_test.go
index 134d24e..de48da9 100644
--- a/vmaas/common_test.go
+++ b/vmaas/common_test.go
@@ -266,6 +266,58 @@ func TestGetRepoIDs(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.False(t, hasDuplicities(res.currentReleasever))
 }
 
+// Empty releasever + URL containing "7Server" (RHEL 7 Server stream indexing).
+func rhel7ELSRepo() RepoDetail {
+	return RepoDetail{
+		RepoDetailCommon: RepoDetailCommon{
+			Label: "rhel-7-server-els-rpms", Releasever: "", Organization: defaultOrg,
+		},
+		URL: "https://example.test/els/7/7Server/x86_64/os/",
+	}
+}
+
+func rhel6ServerRepo() RepoDetail {
+	return RepoDetail{
+		RepoDetailCommon: RepoDetailCommon{
+			Label: "rhel-6-server-rpms", Releasever: "", Organization: defaultOrg,
+		},
+		URL: "https://example.test/dist/rhel/server/6/6Server/x86_64/os/",
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPassReleaseverRHEL7With7Server(t *testing.T) {
+	c := Cache{RepoDetails: map[RepoID]RepoDetail{1: rhel7ELSRepo()}}
+	releasever := "7Server"
+	assert.True(t, passReleasever(&c, &releasever, 1))
+}
+
+func TestPassReleaseverRHEL7NumericAliasesToServer(t *testing.T) {
+	c := Cache{RepoDetails: map[RepoID]RepoDetail{1: rhel7ELSRepo()}}
+	for _, rv := range []string{"7.9", "7.8"} {
+		releasever := rv
+		assert.True(t, passReleasever(&c, &releasever, 1), rv)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPassReleaseverRHEL6NumericAliasesToServer(t *testing.T) {
+	c := Cache{RepoDetails: map[RepoID]RepoDetail{1: rhel6ServerRepo()}}
+	releasever := "6.9"
+	assert.True(t, passReleasever(&c, &releasever, 1))
+}
+
+func TestAliasReleaseverBareMajorUnchanged(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, "6", aliasReleasever("6"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "6Server", aliasReleasever("6.9"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "7", aliasReleasever("7"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "7Server", aliasReleasever("7.9"))
+}
+
+func TestPassReleaseverRHEL8Unaffected(t *testing.T) {
+	c := Cache{RepoDetails: map[RepoID]RepoDetail{1: rhel7ELSRepo()}}
+	releasever := "8.0"
+	assert.False(t, passReleasever(&c, &releasever, 1))
+}
+
 func TestFilterPkgList(t *testing.T) {
 	pkgs := []string{}
 
diff --git a/vmaas/vulnerabilities.go b/vmaas/vulnerabilities.go
index 0491445..1c6deb5 100644
--- a/vmaas/vulnerabilities.go
+++ b/vmaas/vulnerabilities.go
@@ -348,8 +348,8 @@ func repos2IDs(c *Cache, r *Request) ([]RepoID, []RepoID, []ContentSetID) {
 				if r.Basearch != nil && c.RepoDetails[repoID].Basearch != *r.Basearch {
 					continue
 				}
-				candidateReleasever := c.RepoDetails[repoID].Releasever
-				if r.Releasever != nil && candidateReleasever != *r.Releasever {
+				if r.Releasever != nil && !passReleasever(c, r.Releasever, repoID) {
+					candidateReleasever := c.RepoDetails[repoID].Releasever
 					parsedRequestReleasever, err := version.NewVersion(*r.Releasever)
 					if err != nil {
 						continue