diff --git a/pkg/dependency/parser/nodejs/packagejson/parse.go b/pkg/dependency/parser/nodejs/packagejson/parse.go
index a9f4dea07a1a..f2558750c323 100644
--- a/pkg/dependency/parser/nodejs/packagejson/parse.go
+++ b/pkg/dependency/parser/nodejs/packagejson/parse.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package packagejson
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"io"
+	"regexp"
 
 	"golang.org/x/xerrors"
 
@@ -10,6 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/dependency/parser/utils"
 )
 
+var nameRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`^(@[A-Za-z0-9-._]+/)?[A-Za-z0-9-._]+$`)
+
 type packageJSON struct {
 	Name                 string            `json:"name"`
 	Version              string            `json:"version"`
@@ -40,6 +43,10 @@ func (p *Parser) Parse(r io.Reader) (Package, error) {
 		return Package{}, xerrors.Errorf("JSON decode error: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	if !IsValidName(pkgJSON.Name) {
+		return Package{}, xerrors.Errorf("Name can only contain URL-friendly characters")
+	}
+
 	var id string
 	// Name and version fields are optional
 	// https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v9/configuring-npm/package-json#name
@@ -73,3 +80,12 @@ func parseLicense(val interface{}) string {
 	}
 	return ""
 }
+
+func IsValidName(name string) bool {
+	// Name is optional field
+	// https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v9/configuring-npm/package-json#name
+	if name == "" {
+		return true
+	}
+	return nameRegexp.MatchString(name)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/dependency/parser/nodejs/packagejson/parse_test.go b/pkg/dependency/parser/nodejs/packagejson/parse_test.go
index c90d37d6440e..9b925a525be3 100644
--- a/pkg/dependency/parser/nodejs/packagejson/parse_test.go
+++ b/pkg/dependency/parser/nodejs/packagejson/parse_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package packagejson_test
 
 import (
 	"os"
-	"path"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -77,6 +76,11 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name:      "invalid package name",
+			inputFile: "testdata/invalid_name.json",
+			wantErr:   "Name can only contain URL-friendly characters",
+		},
 		{
 			name:      "sad path",
 			inputFile: "testdata/invalid_package.json",
@@ -99,7 +103,7 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, v := range vectors {
-		t.Run(path.Base(v.name), func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Run(v.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			f, err := os.Open(v.inputFile)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			defer f.Close()
@@ -115,3 +119,53 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestIsValidName(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		want bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "",
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "test_package",
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "test.package",
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "test-package",
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "@test/package",
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "test@package",
+			want: false,
+		}, {
+			name: "test?package",
+			want: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "test/package",
+			want: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "package/",
+			want: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			valid := packagejson.IsValidName(tt.name)
+			require.Equal(t, tt.want, valid)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/dependency/parser/nodejs/packagejson/testdata/invalid_name.json b/pkg/dependency/parser/nodejs/packagejson/testdata/invalid_name.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f97f91d2c852
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/dependency/parser/nodejs/packagejson/testdata/invalid_name.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "name": "@invalid/packageName/",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "ISC"
+}
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