diff --git a/pkg/advisory/import.go b/pkg/advisory/import.go
index 1fbeb99c..ecce41ae 100644
--- a/pkg/advisory/import.go
+++ b/pkg/advisory/import.go
@@ -15,13 +15,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 // ImporAdvisoriesYAML import and yaml Advisories data and present as a config index struct
-func ImporAdvisoriesYAML(inputData string) (tempDir string, documents *configs.Index[v2.Document], err error) {
-	inputAdv, err := os.ReadFile(inputData)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to create output file: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	yamlDocs := bytes.Split(inputAdv, []byte("\n---\n"))
+func ImporAdvisoriesYAML(inputData []byte) (tempDir string, documents *configs.Index[v2.Document], err error) {
+	yamlDocs := bytes.Split(inputData, []byte("\n---\n"))
 	// Unmarshal YAML documents
 	var docs []v2.Document
 	for _, doc := range yamlDocs {
diff --git a/pkg/advisory/import_test.go b/pkg/advisory/import_test.go
index b055f327..e25289c3 100644
--- a/pkg/advisory/import_test.go
+++ b/pkg/advisory/import_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package advisory
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -29,7 +30,10 @@ func Test_ImportAdvisoriesYAML(t *testing.T) {
 			advisoryDocs, err := v2.NewIndex(context.Background(), advisoryFsys)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 
-			_, importedDocuments, err := ImporAdvisoriesYAML(tt.pathToInputData)
+			b, err := os.ReadFile(tt.pathToInputData)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			_, importedDocuments, err := ImporAdvisoriesYAML(b)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			require.Equal(t, advisoryDocs.Select().Len(), importedDocuments.Select().Len())
 		})