diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 320805a55..46e09b451 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
+- **[client-v2]** Fixed binary varint decoding for length and count fields so overflowing or overlong values fail with an `IOException` instead of being decoded into corrupted or negative `int` values.
+
 - **[jdbc-v2]** Fixed `Statement.cancel()` throwing `SESSION_IS_LOCKED` when the statement was running inside a ClickHouse session. The driver now accepts `session_id`, `session_check`, and `session_timeout` as first-class connection properties and correctly suppresses them when issuing a `KILL QUERY` during cancellation. This ensures the cancellation request runs outside the session and no longer contends with the running query for the session lock. (https://github.com/ClickHouse/clickhouse-java/issues/2690, https://github.com/ClickHouse/clickhouse-java/issues/2881)
 
 - **[client-v2]** Fixed inconsistent use of `executionTimeout` parameter in `Client` component. The timeout was previously set in milliseconds but mistakenly retrieved and used in seconds in some places. Now it correctly uses milliseconds consistently. (https://github.com/ClickHouse/clickhouse-java/issues/2358)
diff --git a/client-v2/src/main/java/com/clickhouse/client/api/data_formats/internal/BinaryStreamReader.java b/client-v2/src/main/java/com/clickhouse/client/api/data_formats/internal/BinaryStreamReader.java
index 8a6b76a5a..8077bb326 100644
--- a/client-v2/src/main/java/com/clickhouse/client/api/data_formats/internal/BinaryStreamReader.java
+++ b/client-v2/src/main/java/com/clickhouse/client/api/data_formats/internal/BinaryStreamReader.java
@@ -959,16 +959,20 @@ private double[][][][] readGeoMultiPolygon() throws IOException {
     public static int readVarInt(InputStream input) throws IOException {
         int value = 0;
 
-        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
             byte b = (byte) readByteOrEOF(input);
+            if (i == 4 && (b & 0xF8) != 0) {
+                throw new IOException("VarInt is too large for int");
+            }
+
             value |= (b & 0x7F) << (7 * i);
 
             if ((b & 0x80) == 0) {
-                break;
+                return value;
             }
         }
 
-        return value;
+        throw new IOException("Malformed VarInt");
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/client-v2/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/client/api/data_formats/internal/BinaryStreamReaderTests.java b/client-v2/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/client/api/data_formats/internal/BinaryStreamReaderTests.java
index 0d94e0a5f..2852d63df 100644
--- a/client-v2/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/client/api/data_formats/internal/BinaryStreamReaderTests.java
+++ b/client-v2/src/test/java/com/clickhouse/client/api/data_formats/internal/BinaryStreamReaderTests.java
@@ -204,4 +204,26 @@ public void testReadNullVariantReturnsNull() throws Exception {
 
         Assert.assertNull(reader.readValue(column));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testReadVarIntReadsMaxInt() throws IOException {
+        Assert.assertEquals(readVarInt((byte) 0xFF, (byte) 0xFF, (byte) 0xFF, (byte) 0xFF, (byte) 0x07),
+                Integer.MAX_VALUE);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testReadVarIntRejectsOverflow() {
+        Assert.assertThrows(IOException.class,
+                () -> readVarInt((byte) 0x80, (byte) 0x80, (byte) 0x80, (byte) 0x80, (byte) 0x08));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testReadVarIntRejectsOverlongValue() {
+        Assert.assertThrows(IOException.class,
+                () -> readVarInt((byte) 0x80, (byte) 0x80, (byte) 0x80, (byte) 0x80, (byte) 0x80, (byte) 0x01));
+    }
+
+    private static int readVarInt(byte... bytes) throws IOException {
+        return BinaryStreamReader.readVarInt(new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes));
+    }
 }