diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/security/authorizer/AclAuthorizer.scala b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/security/authorizer/AclAuthorizer.scala
index 0c2b6f619f458..1de9a27402cb3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/kafka/security/authorizer/AclAuthorizer.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/kafka/security/authorizer/AclAuthorizer.scala
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ object AclAuthorizer {
   private def validateAclBinding(aclBinding: AclBinding): Unit = {
     if (aclBinding.isUnknown)
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("ACL binding contains unknown elements")
+    if (aclBinding.pattern().name().contains("/"))
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException(s"ACL binding contains invalid resource name: ${aclBinding.pattern().name()}")
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/security/authorizer/AclAuthorizerTest.scala b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/security/authorizer/AclAuthorizerTest.scala
index ce7bca25d12fc..3be34921423dc 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/security/authorizer/AclAuthorizerTest.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/security/authorizer/AclAuthorizerTest.scala
@@ -16,40 +16,39 @@
  */
 package kafka.security.authorizer
 
-import java.io.File
-import java.net.InetAddress
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8
-import java.nio.file.Files
-import java.util.{Collections, UUID}
-import java.util.concurrent.{Executors, Semaphore, TimeUnit}
-
 import kafka.Kafka
 import kafka.security.authorizer.AclEntry.{WildcardHost, WildcardPrincipalString}
 import kafka.server.{KafkaConfig, QuorumTestHarness}
 import kafka.utils.TestUtils
 import kafka.zk.ZkAclStore
 import kafka.zookeeper.{GetChildrenRequest, GetDataRequest, ZooKeeperClient}
-import org.apache.kafka.common.acl._
 import org.apache.kafka.common.acl.AclOperation._
 import org.apache.kafka.common.acl.AclPermissionType.{ALLOW, DENY}
+import org.apache.kafka.common.acl._
 import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.{ApiException, UnsupportedVersionException}
 import org.apache.kafka.common.requests.RequestContext
-import org.apache.kafka.common.resource.{PatternType, ResourcePattern, ResourcePatternFilter, ResourceType}
+import org.apache.kafka.common.resource.PatternType.{LITERAL, MATCH, PREFIXED}
 import org.apache.kafka.common.resource.Resource.CLUSTER_NAME
 import org.apache.kafka.common.resource.ResourcePattern.WILDCARD_RESOURCE
 import org.apache.kafka.common.resource.ResourceType._
-import org.apache.kafka.common.resource.PatternType.{LITERAL, MATCH, PREFIXED}
+import org.apache.kafka.common.resource.{PatternType, ResourcePattern, ResourcePatternFilter, ResourceType}
 import org.apache.kafka.common.security.auth.KafkaPrincipal
-import org.apache.kafka.server.authorizer._
 import org.apache.kafka.common.utils.{Time, SecurityUtils => JSecurityUtils}
+import org.apache.kafka.server.authorizer._
 import org.apache.kafka.server.common.MetadataVersion
 import org.apache.kafka.server.common.MetadataVersion.{IBP_2_0_IV0, IBP_2_0_IV1}
 import org.apache.zookeeper.client.ZKClientConfig
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions._
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.{AfterEach, BeforeEach, Test, TestInfo}
 
-import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters._
+import java.io.File
+import java.net.InetAddress
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8
+import java.nio.file.Files
+import java.util.concurrent.{Executors, Semaphore, TimeUnit}
+import java.util.{Collections, UUID}
 import scala.collection.mutable
+import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters._
 
 class AclAuthorizerTest extends QuorumTestHarness with BaseAuthorizerTest {
 
@@ -722,6 +721,12 @@ class AclAuthorizerTest extends QuorumTestHarness with BaseAuthorizerTest {
     assertTrue(e.getCause.isInstanceOf[UnsupportedVersionException], s"Unexpected exception $e")
   }
 
+  @Test
+  def testCreateAclWithInvalidResourceName(): Unit = {
+    assertThrows(classOf[ApiException],
+      () => addAcls(aclAuthorizer, Set(allowReadAcl), new ResourcePattern(TOPIC, "test/1", LITERAL)))
+  }
+
   @Test
   def testWritesExtendedAclChangeEventIfInterBrokerProtocolNotSet(): Unit = {
     givenAuthorizerWithProtocolVersion(Option.empty)