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) without first verifying the split-array length - either directly on
+      the split call, or through a local variable that holds the split result.
+      If the input does not contain enough separator-delimited segments (e.g. a
+      single-line payload split by a line-break regex, a structured record with
+      fewer fields than the code assumes, 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 (record/field values parsed out of a structured
+      message, file contents, log/console lines, request data), this is an
+      uncaught-exception denial-of-service (CWE-248 / CWE-754) that aborts the
+      enclosing build, request, or - when the code runs in a polling, listener
+      or callback thread - the whole worker loop. Check the array 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)
+          - pattern: $S.split($SEP, $LIMIT)[$N].$METHOD($ARGS)
+          - patterns:
+              - pattern-inside: |
+                  $ARR = $S.split($SEP, $LIMIT);
+                  ...
+              - pattern: $ARR[$N]
+              - pattern-not-inside: |
+                  if ($ARR.length < $M) {
+                    ...
+                  }
+                  ...
+              - pattern-not-inside: |
+                  if ($ARR.length <= $M) {
+                    ...
+                  }
+                  ...
+          - patterns:
+              - pattern-inside: |
+                  $ARR = $S.split($SEP);
+                  ...
+              - pattern: $ARR[$N]
+              - pattern-not-inside: |
+                  if ($ARR.length < $M) {
+                    ...
+                  }
+                  ...
+              - pattern-not-inside: |
+                  if ($ARR.length <= $M) {
+                    ...
+                  }
+                  ...
+      - 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
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();
+    }
+
+    // split result stored in a local array, then indexed without a length check
+    public String twoStep(String arn, String host, String path) {
+        String[] tokens = arn.split(":", 6);
+        return String.format(host, tokens[3]) + String.format(path, tokens[5]);
+    }
+}
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