diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/DockerImageName.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/DockerImageName.java
index b3babc29c91..ef361b982e6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/DockerImageName.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/utility/DockerImageName.java
@@ -87,14 +87,19 @@ public DockerImageName(String fullImageName) {
         }
 
         if (remoteName.contains("@sha256:")) {
-            String beforeDigest = remoteName.split("@sha256:")[0];
+            String[] nameAndDigest = remoteName.split("@sha256:", 3);
+            if (nameAndDigest.length != 2 || nameAndDigest[1].isEmpty()) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid SHA-256 digest in Docker image name: " + fullImageName);
+            }
+            String beforeDigest = nameAndDigest[0];
+            String digest = nameAndDigest[1];
             if (beforeDigest.contains(":")) {
                 repository = beforeDigest.split(":")[0];
                 String tag = beforeDigest.split(":", 2)[1];
-                versioning = new Sha256Versioning(remoteName.split("@sha256:")[1], tag);
+                versioning = new Sha256Versioning(digest, tag);
             } else {
                 repository = beforeDigest;
-                versioning = new Sha256Versioning(remoteName.split("@sha256:")[1]);
+                versioning = new Sha256Versioning(digest);
             }
         } else if (remoteName.contains(":")) {
             repository = remoteName.split(":")[0];
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/utility/DockerImageNameTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/utility/DockerImageNameTest.java
index 5b42322d678..55605e767c0 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/utility/DockerImageNameTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/utility/DockerImageNameTest.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
 
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
@@ -60,6 +61,16 @@ void testInvalidNameRejected(String imageName) {
             assertThatThrownBy(() -> DockerImageName.parse(imageName).assertValid())
                 .isInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class);
         }
+
+        @ParameterizedTest
+        @ValueSource(strings = { "", "1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd" })
+        void rejectsRepeatedDigestWhenParsing(String secondDigest) {
+            String digestSuffix = "@sha256:1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd1234abcd@sha256:" + secondDigest;
+            assertThatThrownBy(() -> DockerImageName.parse("myname" + digestSuffix))
+                .isInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class);
+            assertThatThrownBy(() -> DockerImageName.parse("myname:latest" + digestSuffix))
+                .isInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class);
+        }
     }
 
     @Nested