diff --git a/poi-scratchpad/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/hslf/record/PersistPtrHolder.java b/poi-scratchpad/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/hslf/record/PersistPtrHolder.java
index db3482f0aad..29697716cfe 100644
--- a/poi-scratchpad/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/hslf/record/PersistPtrHolder.java
+++ b/poi-scratchpad/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/hslf/record/PersistPtrHolder.java
@@ -127,7 +127,14 @@ protected PersistPtrHolder(byte[] source, int start, int len) {
             // Grab the offsets for each of the sheets
             for(int i=0; i<offset_count; i++) {
                 int sheet_no = offset_no + i;
-                int sheet_offset = (int)LittleEndian.getUInt(_ptrData,pos);
+                // Reject sheet offsets that would silently narrow when the
+                // uint32 read here is cast to signed int. _slideLocations
+                // values feed Record.buildRecordAtOffset(docstream, offset),
+                // where a wrapped negative offset can land on valid byte
+                // positions of the docstream and cause the parser to read
+                // a record from the wrong location instead of failing
+                // cleanly on the malformed input.
+                int sheet_offset = Math.toIntExact(LittleEndian.getUInt(_ptrData,pos));
                 _slideLocations.put(sheet_no, sheet_offset);
 
                 // Wind on by 4 bytes per sheet found
diff --git a/poi-scratchpad/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/hslf/record/TestPersistPtrHolder.java b/poi-scratchpad/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/hslf/record/TestPersistPtrHolder.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7db86a6aa59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/poi-scratchpad/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/hslf/record/TestPersistPtrHolder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/* ====================================================================
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+   this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
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+
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+
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+==================================================================== */
+
+package org.apache.poi.hslf.record;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+
+import org.apache.poi.util.LittleEndian;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public final class TestPersistPtrHolder {
+
+    /**
+     * Build the byte representation of a PersistPtrIncrementalBlock with a
+     * single PersistDirectoryEntry pointing to {@code sheetOffset}. The
+     * outer 8-byte record header is included so the buffer can be passed
+     * straight to {@link PersistPtrHolder#PersistPtrHolder(byte[], int, int)}.
+     */
+    private static byte[] buildRecord(long sheetOffset) {
+        byte[] buf = new byte[16];
+        // Record header (8 bytes): version/instance, type, length
+        LittleEndian.putUShort(buf, 0, 0);                  // version/instance (unused here)
+        LittleEndian.putUShort(buf, 2, (int) RecordTypes.PersistPtrIncrementalBlock.typeID);
+        LittleEndian.putInt(buf, 4, 8);                     // body length = info(4) + offset(4)
+
+        // Body: info field with cntPersist=1, persistId=0, then the 32-bit offset
+        LittleEndian.putInt(buf, 8, 0x00100000);            // cntPersistFld bits = 1, persistIdFld bits = 0
+        LittleEndian.putUInt(buf, 12, sheetOffset);
+        return buf;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A crafted PersistPtrHolder entry whose sheet offset is &gt;
+     * {@link Integer#MAX_VALUE} used to be silently narrowed via a plain
+     * {@code (int)} cast at parse time. The wrapped negative value was then
+     * stored in {@code _slideLocations} and later flowed into
+     * {@code Record.buildRecordAtOffset(docstream, offset)} - where a small
+     * negative offset can land on valid byte positions of the docstream
+     * (since {@code b[offset+2]} can be a valid index when {@code offset} is
+     * -1 or -2) and cause the parser to read a record from the wrong
+     * location instead of failing on the malformed input. Reject these at
+     * parse time via {@link Math#toIntExact(long)}, matching the recent
+     * hardening of HDGF v6+ chunk Length and the PointerFactory uint32
+     * fields.
+     */
+    @Test
+    void testRejectsOversizedSheetOffset() {
+        byte[] data = buildRecord(0x80000001L);
+        assertThrows(ArithmeticException.class,
+                () -> new PersistPtrHolder(data, 0, data.length));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Equally important: the hardening must not introduce a new lower
+     * ceiling. Offsets up to {@link Integer#MAX_VALUE} are still
+     * representable as a signed int and must continue to parse - byte
+     * arrays in the JVM can be that large in principle, and downstream
+     * code already bounds-checks against the actual docstream length.
+     */
+    @Test
+    void testAcceptsMaxIntSheetOffset() {
+        byte[] data = buildRecord(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
+        PersistPtrHolder ptr = new PersistPtrHolder(data, 0, data.length);
+        Integer offset = ptr.getSlideLocationsLookup().get(0);
+        assertEquals(Integer.MAX_VALUE, offset.intValue());
+    }
+}