diff --git a/rules/decoder-events.rules b/rules/decoder-events.rules
index 965c9c137f75..19ae61d6c4ab 100644
--- a/rules/decoder-events.rules
+++ b/rules/decoder-events.rules
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ alert pkthdr any any -> any any (msg:"SURICATA FRAG IPv4 Packet size too large";
 alert pkthdr any any -> any any (msg:"SURICATA FRAG IPv4 Fragmentation overlap"; decode-event:ipv4.frag_overlap; classtype:protocol-command-decode; sid:2200070; rev:2;)
 alert pkthdr any any -> any any (msg:"SURICATA FRAG IPv6 Packet size too large"; decode-event:ipv6.frag_pkt_too_large; classtype:protocol-command-decode; sid:2200071; rev:3;)
 alert pkthdr any any -> any any (msg:"SURICATA FRAG IPv6 Fragmentation overlap"; decode-event:ipv6.frag_overlap; classtype:protocol-command-decode; sid:2200072; rev:2;)
+alert pkthdr any any -> any any (msg:"SURICATA FRAG IPv6 Fragment invalid length"; decode-event:ipv6.frag_invalid_length; classtype:protocol-command-decode; sid:2200119; rev:1;)
 
 # checksum rules
 alert ip any any -> any any (msg:"SURICATA IPv4 invalid checksum"; ipv4-csum:invalid; classtype:protocol-command-decode; sid:2200073; rev:2;)
@@ -149,5 +150,5 @@ alert pkthdr any any -> any any (msg:"SURICATA CHDLC packet too small"; decode-e
 
 alert pkthdr any any -> any any (msg:"SURICATA packet with too many layers"; decode-event:too_many_layers; classtype:protocol-command-decode; sid:2200116; rev:1;)
 
-# next sid is 2200119
+# next sid is 2200120
 
diff --git a/src/decode-events.c b/src/decode-events.c
index 4c1d3d03aad7..8023d107508a 100644
--- a/src/decode-events.c
+++ b/src/decode-events.c
@@ -458,6 +458,10 @@ const struct DecodeEvents_ DEvents[] = {
             "decoder.ipv6.frag_overlap",
             IPV6_FRAG_OVERLAP,
     },
+    {
+            "decoder.ipv6.frag_invalid_length",
+            IPV6_FRAG_INVALID_LENGTH,
+    },
     /* Fragment ignored due to internal error */
     {
             "decoder.ipv4.frag_ignored",
diff --git a/src/decode-events.h b/src/decode-events.h
index 86e64a7c0fab..6fad62e27846 100644
--- a/src/decode-events.h
+++ b/src/decode-events.h
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ enum {
     IPV6_FRAG_PKT_TOO_LARGE,
     IPV4_FRAG_OVERLAP,
     IPV6_FRAG_OVERLAP,
+    IPV6_FRAG_INVALID_LENGTH,
 
     /* Fragment ignored due to internal error */
     IPV4_FRAG_IGNORED,
diff --git a/src/decode-ipv6.c b/src/decode-ipv6.c
index e2fecf31bea6..5c9b739ac015 100644
--- a/src/decode-ipv6.c
+++ b/src/decode-ipv6.c
@@ -453,6 +453,12 @@ DecodeIPV6ExtHdrs(ThreadVars *tv, DecodeThreadVars *dtv, Packet *p,
                     plen -= hdrextlen;
                     break;
                 }
+                if (p->ip6eh.fh_more_frags_set != 0 && plen % 8 != 0) {
+                    // cf https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2460#section-4.5
+                    // each, except possibly the last ("rightmost") one,
+                    // being an integer multiple of 8 octets long.
+                    ENGINE_SET_EVENT(p, IPV6_FRAG_INVALID_LENGTH);
+                }
 
                 /* the rest is parsed upon reassembly */
                 p->flags |= PKT_IS_FRAGMENT;