diff --git a/java/indexing/unchecked-split-index.yaml b/java/indexing/unchecked-split-index.yaml
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+rules:
+  - id: codevigilant.java.indexing.unchecked-split-index
+    mode: search
+    severity: MEDIUM
+    message: >-
+      A String.split(...) result is indexed at a positive literal offset
+      ($N) in the same expression, without first verifying the split-array
+      length. If the input does not contain enough separator-delimited
+      segments (e.g. a single-line payload split by a line-break regex, or a
+      value with fewer comma-separated fields than expected), the access
+      throws an uncaught ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException. When the split input
+      is even partially attacker-influenced (file contents, log/console lines,
+      request data, structured report payloads), this is an uncaught-exception
+      denial-of-service (CWE-248 / CWE-754) that aborts the enclosing build,
+      request, or worker thread. Assign the split result to a variable, check
+      its length before indexing (and validate each field's format before
+      parsing it), so malformed input degrades gracefully instead of throwing.
+    languages:
+      - java
+    patterns:
+      - pattern-either:
+          - pattern: $S.split($SEP)[$N]
+          - pattern: $S.split($SEP, $LIMIT)[$N]
+          - pattern: $S.split($SEP)[$N].$METHOD($ARGS)
+      - metavariable-regex:
+          metavariable: $N
+          regex: '[1-9][0-9]*'
+    metadata:
+      cwe:
+        - "CWE-248: Uncaught Exception"
+        - "CWE-754: Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions"
+      owasp:
+        - "A05:2021 - Security Misconfiguration"
+      technology:
+        - java
+      confidence: MEDIUM
+      category: security
+      references:
+        - https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException.html
+        - https://owasp.org/www-community/vulnerabilities/Denial_of_Service
+      source:
+        - semgrep-rule-gap
+      license: MIT
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diff --git a/testcases/java/indexing/unchecked-split-index-neg.java b/testcases/java/indexing/unchecked-split-index-neg.java
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+public class UncheckedSplitIndexNeg {
+    // guarded: length checked before indexing, index 0 only
+    public String guarded(String csvResults) {
+        String[] lines = csvResults.split("[\\r\\n]+");
+        if (lines.length < 2) {
+            return "";
+        }
+        String[] fields = lines[1].split(",");
+        if (fields.length >= 4) {
+            return fields[0].trim();
+        }
+        return "";
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/testcases/java/indexing/unchecked-split-index-pos.java b/testcases/java/indexing/unchecked-split-index-pos.java
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+public class UncheckedSplitIndexPos {
+    // a single-line file: no second line -> split("[\\r\\n]+")[1] throws AIOOBE
+    public String parseResults(String csvResults) {
+        return csvResults.split("[\\r\\n]+")[1];
+    }
+
+    public int field(String row) {
+        return Integer.parseInt(row.split(",")[2].trim());
+    }
+
+    public String fieldChained(String row) {
+        return row.split(",")[3].toUpperCase();
+    }
+}
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