diff --git a/pkg/acquisition/modules/appsec/config.go b/pkg/acquisition/modules/appsec/config.go
index a25eaee6edc..32eb7b07c54 100644
--- a/pkg/acquisition/modules/appsec/config.go
+++ b/pkg/acquisition/modules/appsec/config.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	yaml "github.com/goccy/go-yaml"
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/apiclient/useragent"
 	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/appsec"
 	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/appsec/allowlists"
+	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/cwhub"
+	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/exprhelpers"
 	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/metrics"
 )
 
@@ -121,6 +124,41 @@ func loadCertPool(caCertPath string, logger log.FieldLogger) (*x509.CertPool, er
 	return caCertPool, nil
 }
 
+// resolveAppsecConfigEntry expands a single appsec_configs entry into a list of
+// installed appsec-config item names. Entries without glob meta-characters are
+// returned as-is so the per-name "no appsec-config found" error surfaces from
+// AppsecConfig.Load. Entries containing '*' or '?' are matched against installed
+// hub items using the same expression helper used elsewhere in the appsec stack.
+func resolveAppsecConfigEntry(entry string, hub *cwhub.Hub) ([]string, error) {
+	if !strings.ContainsAny(entry, "*?") {
+		return []string{entry}, nil
+	}
+
+	matches := []string{}
+
+	for _, item := range hub.GetInstalledByType(cwhub.APPSEC_CONFIGS, true) {
+		tmpMatch, err := exprhelpers.Match(entry, item.Name)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to match %q against %q: %w", entry, item.Name, err)
+		}
+
+		matched, ok := tmpMatch.(bool)
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected match result type %T for %q against %q", tmpMatch, entry, item.Name)
+		}
+
+		if matched {
+			matches = append(matches, item.Name)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(matches) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no installed appsec-config matches pattern %q", entry)
+	}
+
+	return matches, nil
+}
+
 func (w *Source) Configure(_ context.Context, yamlConfig []byte, logger *log.Entry, _ metrics.AcquisitionMetricsLevel) error {
 	if w.hub == nil {
 		return errors.New("appsec datasource requires a hub. this is a bug, please report")
@@ -178,15 +216,29 @@ func (w *Source) Configure(_ context.Context, yamlConfig []byte, logger *log.Ent
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to load appsec_config: %w", err)
 		}
 	} else if w.config.AppsecConfig != "" {
-		if err := appsecCfg.Load(w.config.AppsecConfig, w.hub); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unable to load appsec_config: %w", err)
+		names, err := resolveAppsecConfigEntry(w.config.AppsecConfig, w.hub)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to resolve appsec_config entry %q: %w", w.config.AppsecConfig, err)
 		}
-	} else if len(w.config.AppsecConfigs) > 0 {
-		for _, appsecConfig := range w.config.AppsecConfigs {
-			if err := appsecCfg.Load(appsecConfig, w.hub); err != nil {
+
+		for _, name := range names {
+			if err := appsecCfg.Load(name, w.hub); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("unable to load appsec_config: %w", err)
 			}
 		}
+	} else if len(w.config.AppsecConfigs) > 0 {
+		for _, entry := range w.config.AppsecConfigs {
+			names, err := resolveAppsecConfigEntry(entry, w.hub)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("unable to resolve appsec_config entry %q: %w", entry, err)
+			}
+
+			for _, name := range names {
+				if err := appsecCfg.Load(name, w.hub); err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("unable to load appsec_config: %w", err)
+				}
+			}
+		}
 	} else {
 		return errors.New("no appsec_config provided")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/acquisition/modules/appsec/config_test.go b/pkg/acquisition/modules/appsec/config_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..007f5b8a9a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/acquisition/modules/appsec/config_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+package appsecacquisition
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/csconfig"
+	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/cwhub"
+)
+
+// newTestHub builds an in-memory hub from a JSON index. It mirrors the
+// `testHub` helper used in pkg/cwhub but is duplicated here because that helper
+// is unexported.
+func newTestHub(t *testing.T, indexJSON string) *cwhub.Hub {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	tempDir := t.TempDir()
+	local := &csconfig.LocalHubCfg{
+		HubDir:         filepath.Join(tempDir, "hub"),
+		HubIndexFile:   filepath.Join(tempDir, "hub", ".index.json"),
+		InstallDir:     filepath.Join(tempDir, "install"),
+		InstallDataDir: filepath.Join(tempDir, "data"),
+	}
+
+	require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(local.HubDir, 0o755))
+	require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(local.InstallDir, 0o755))
+	require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(local.InstallDataDir, 0o755))
+	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(local.HubIndexFile, []byte(indexJSON), 0o644))
+
+	hub, err := cwhub.NewHub(local, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, hub.Load())
+
+	return hub
+}
+
+// markInstalled flags an appsec-config hub item as installed by setting its
+// LocalPath, which is what ItemState.IsInstalled() checks.
+func markInstalled(t *testing.T, hub *cwhub.Hub, name string) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	item := hub.GetItem(cwhub.APPSEC_CONFIGS, name)
+	require.NotNilf(t, item, "appsec-config %q missing from test hub", name)
+	item.State.LocalPath = filepath.Join("/", "fake", "install", item.Type, name+".yaml")
+}
+
+// hubFixture sets up a hub with three appsec-configs under crowdsecurity/* and
+// one under custom/*. Two of the crowdsecurity items are marked installed; the
+// custom one is also installed; one crowdsecurity item is left uninstalled to
+// verify wildcard expansion ignores it.
+const hubFixtureIndex = `{
+  "appsec-configs": {
+    "crowdsecurity/vpatch": {
+      "path": "appsec-configs/crowdsecurity/vpatch.yaml",
+      "version": "1.0",
+      "versions": {"1.0": {"digest": "aa"}}
+    },
+    "crowdsecurity/generic": {
+      "path": "appsec-configs/crowdsecurity/generic.yaml",
+      "version": "1.0",
+      "versions": {"1.0": {"digest": "bb"}}
+    },
+    "crowdsecurity/uninstalled": {
+      "path": "appsec-configs/crowdsecurity/uninstalled.yaml",
+      "version": "1.0",
+      "versions": {"1.0": {"digest": "cc"}}
+    },
+    "custom/my-config": {
+      "path": "appsec-configs/custom/my-config.yaml",
+      "version": "1.0",
+      "versions": {"1.0": {"digest": "dd"}}
+    }
+  }
+}`
+
+func newPopulatedHub(t *testing.T) *cwhub.Hub {
+	t.Helper()
+	hub := newTestHub(t, hubFixtureIndex)
+	markInstalled(t, hub, "crowdsecurity/vpatch")
+	markInstalled(t, hub, "crowdsecurity/generic")
+	markInstalled(t, hub, "custom/my-config")
+	return hub
+}
+
+func TestResolveAppsecConfigEntry_LiteralPassThrough(t *testing.T) {
+	hub := newPopulatedHub(t)
+
+	// Literal entries are returned as-is without consulting the hub. This
+	// preserves the existing per-name "no appsec-config found for X" error
+	// path inside AppsecConfig.Load for typos.
+	got, err := resolveAppsecConfigEntry("crowdsecurity/vpatch", hub)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"crowdsecurity/vpatch"}, got)
+
+	got, err = resolveAppsecConfigEntry("does/not-exist", hub)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"does/not-exist"}, got)
+}
+
+func TestResolveAppsecConfigEntry_WildcardExpands(t *testing.T) {
+	hub := newPopulatedHub(t)
+
+	got, err := resolveAppsecConfigEntry("crowdsecurity/*", hub)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	// Only installed items match; sorted (case-insensitive) order from the hub.
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"crowdsecurity/generic", "crowdsecurity/vpatch"}, got)
+}
+
+func TestResolveAppsecConfigEntry_WildcardMatchesAll(t *testing.T) {
+	hub := newPopulatedHub(t)
+
+	got, err := resolveAppsecConfigEntry("*", hub)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"crowdsecurity/generic", "crowdsecurity/vpatch", "custom/my-config"}, got)
+}
+
+func TestResolveAppsecConfigEntry_QuestionMark(t *testing.T) {
+	hub := newPopulatedHub(t)
+
+	// '?' matches a single character, so this should match neither
+	// "crowdsecurity/vpatch" nor "crowdsecurity/generic".
+	_, err := resolveAppsecConfigEntry("crowdsecurity/?", hub)
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "no installed appsec-config matches pattern")
+}
+
+func TestResolveAppsecConfigEntry_NoMatchErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	hub := newPopulatedHub(t)
+
+	_, err := resolveAppsecConfigEntry("nope/*", hub)
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), `no installed appsec-config matches pattern "nope/*"`)
+}
+
+func TestResolveAppsecConfigEntry_WildcardSkipsUninstalled(t *testing.T) {
+	hub := newPopulatedHub(t)
+
+	got, err := resolveAppsecConfigEntry("crowdsecurity/*", hub)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	// "crowdsecurity/uninstalled" is in the index but not installed, so it
+	// must not appear in the expansion.
+	assert.NotContains(t, got, "crowdsecurity/uninstalled")
+}