diff --git a/src/tools/clu_scgi.c b/src/tools/clu_scgi.c
index 85890d68..88bf2beb 100644
--- a/src/tools/clu_scgi.c
+++ b/src/tools/clu_scgi.c
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
     #include <netinet/in.h>
     #include <arpa/inet.h>
     #include <unistd.h>
-    #include <errno.h>
 #endif
 
 /* Read exactly n bytes from socket, handling partial reads */
@@ -178,9 +177,14 @@ int wolfCLU_ScgiReadRequest(SOCKET_T sockfd, byte* buffer, int bufferSz,
     int headerLen;
     int pos = 0;
     byte comma;
-    
+
+    if (buffer == NULL || req == NULL || bufferSz <= 0) {
+        WOLFCLU_LOG(WOLFCLU_E0, "Invalid SCGI buffer or arguments");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
     XMEMSET(req, 0, sizeof(ScgiRequest));
-    
+
     if (parseNetstringLength(sockfd, &headerLen) != 0) {
         WOLFCLU_LOG(WOLFCLU_E0, "Failed to parse SCGI netstring length");
         return -1;
@@ -207,8 +211,8 @@ int wolfCLU_ScgiReadRequest(SOCKET_T sockfd, byte* buffer, int bufferSz,
         return -1;
     }
     
-    if (req->contentLength < 0 || pos + req->contentLength > bufferSz) {
-        WOLFCLU_LOG(WOLFCLU_E0, "Invalid SCGI content length: %d", 
+    if (req->contentLength < 0 || req->contentLength > bufferSz - pos) {
+        WOLFCLU_LOG(WOLFCLU_E0, "Invalid SCGI content length: %d",
                     req->contentLength);
         return -1;
     }
diff --git a/tests/ocsp-scgi/ocsp-scgi-test.py b/tests/ocsp-scgi/ocsp-scgi-test.py
index 3148fa97..16a6d550 100644
--- a/tests/ocsp-scgi/ocsp-scgi-test.py
+++ b/tests/ocsp-scgi/ocsp-scgi-test.py
@@ -43,10 +43,16 @@ def _find_free_port():
 )
 
 
-def _scgi_request(host, port, body, path="/ocsp"):
-    """Send an SCGI request and return the raw response body."""
+def _scgi_request(host, port, body, path="/ocsp", content_length=None):
+    """Send an SCGI request and return the raw response body.
+
+    content_length overrides the declared CONTENT_LENGTH header without
+    changing the bytes actually sent, allowing the bounds check in
+    wolfCLU_ScgiReadRequest() to be exercised with hostile values.
+    """
+    declared = len(body) if content_length is None else content_length
     headers = (
-        "CONTENT_LENGTH\x00" + str(len(body)) + "\x00"
+        "CONTENT_LENGTH\x00" + str(declared) + "\x00"
         "SCGI\x001\x00"
         "REQUEST_METHOD\x00POST\x00"
         "REQUEST_URI\x00" + path + "\x00"
@@ -64,7 +70,10 @@ def _scgi_request(host, port, body, path="/ocsp"):
         # Read full response
         chunks = []
         while True:
-            data = sock.recv(4096)
+            try:
+                data = sock.recv(4096)
+            except ConnectionResetError:
+                break
             if not data:
                 break
             chunks.append(data)
@@ -291,6 +300,29 @@ def test_08_graceful_shutdown(self):
             log = f.read()
         self.assertIn("wolfssl exiting gracefully", log)
 
+    def test_09_oversized_content_length(self):
+        """ Regression: Hostile CONTENT_LENGTH values must be rejected,
+            not crash.
+        """
+        self._start_responder(INDEX_VALID)
+
+        # bufferSz is 16384; each value exceeds bufferSz - pos and so must
+        # be rejected. 2147483647 (INT_MAX) exercises the overflow path.
+        for declared in (16384, 16385, 65535, 2147483647):
+            with self.subTest(content_length=declared):
+                raw = _scgi_request("127.0.0.1", self._scgi_port, b"",
+                                    content_length=declared)
+                # Rejected: connection closed with no CGI Status header.
+                self.assertNotIn(b"Status:", raw,
+                                 f"content_length {declared} not rejected")
+
+        # The responder must still be alive and serving valid requests.
+        self.assertIsNone(self._wolfclu_proc.poll(),
+                          "responder crashed on hostile CONTENT_LENGTH")
+        rc, out = self._ocsp_query()
+        self.assertEqual(rc, 0, out)
+        self.assertIn("good", out.lower())
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()