diff --git a/.changeset/nested-targets-inherit.md b/.changeset/nested-targets-inherit.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..288de29b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/nested-targets-inherit.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"react-doctor": patch
+---
+
+Inherit browser and Electron target capabilities when scanning a nested project directory.
diff --git a/packages/core/src/project-info/capabilities.ts b/packages/core/src/project-info/capabilities.ts
index 4cc547c9d..68ac6aba2 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/project-info/capabilities.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/project-info/capabilities.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ import {
   parseTailwindMajorMinor,
 } from "./version.js";
 import { detectTargetBlankOpenerProtection } from "./detect-target-blank-opener-protection.js";
+import { findNearestAncestorPackageJson } from "./find-nearest-ancestor-package-json.js";
+import { isFile } from "./fs-utils.js";
 import { readPackageJson } from "./package-json.js";
 
 // SPA / mobile frameworks with no server-side form handler at all —
@@ -351,9 +353,13 @@ export const getCapabilities = (project: ProjectInfo): ReadonlySet<Capability> =
   const cached = capabilitiesByProject.get(project);
   if (cached !== undefined) return cached;
   const capabilities = new Set(buildCapabilities(project));
-  const packageJson = readPackageJson(path.join(project.rootDirectory, "package.json"));
+  const packageJsonPath = path.join(project.rootDirectory, "package.json");
+  const capabilityRootDirectory = isFile(packageJsonPath)
+    ? project.rootDirectory
+    : (findNearestAncestorPackageJson(project.rootDirectory) ?? project.rootDirectory);
+  const packageJson = readPackageJson(path.join(capabilityRootDirectory, "package.json"));
   const targetBlankOpenerProtection = detectTargetBlankOpenerProtection(
-    project.rootDirectory,
+    capabilityRootDirectory,
     packageJson,
   );
   if (targetBlankOpenerProtection !== undefined) {
diff --git a/packages/core/tests/detect-target-blank-opener-protection.test.ts b/packages/core/tests/detect-target-blank-opener-protection.test.ts
index 04e1a9ad1..bc9477a13 100644
--- a/packages/core/tests/detect-target-blank-opener-protection.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/tests/detect-target-blank-opener-protection.test.ts
@@ -189,6 +189,40 @@ describe("detectTargetBlankOpenerProtection", () => {
     expect(capabilities.has("target-blank-needs-noreferrer")).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it.each([
+    [
+      "nested-browser-target",
+      {
+        name: "nested-browser-target",
+        dependencies: { react: "^18.0.0" },
+        browserslist: ["chrome 80"],
+      },
+      false,
+    ],
+    [
+      "nested-electron-target",
+      {
+        name: "nested-electron-target",
+        dependencies: { react: "^18.0.0" },
+        devDependencies: { electron: "^0.36.0" },
+      },
+      true,
+    ],
+  ])(
+    "inherits target-blank policy from the enclosing package for %s",
+    (caseName, packageJson, needsNoreferrer) => {
+      const projectDirectory = setupProject(caseName, packageJson);
+      const nestedDirectory = path.join(projectDirectory, "src", "components");
+      fs.mkdirSync(nestedDirectory, { recursive: true });
+      fs.writeFileSync(path.join(nestedDirectory, "button.tsx"), "export const Button = null;\n");
+
+      const capabilities = getCapabilities(discoverProject(nestedDirectory));
+
+      expect(capabilities.has("target-blank-needs-explicit-protection")).toBe(true);
+      expect(capabilities.has("target-blank-needs-noreferrer")).toBe(needsNoreferrer);
+    },
+  );
+
   it("requires noopener once Electron adopted Chromium 49", () => {
     const packageJson: PackageJson = {
       name: "electron-0-37",