diff --git a/regress/age_load/data/bad_delim_edges.csv b/regress/age_load/data/bad_delim_edges.csv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c72170a6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/regress/age_load/data/bad_delim_edges.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+start_id|start_vertex_type|end_id|end_vertex_type
+1|V|2|V
diff --git a/regress/age_load/data/edges_long_row.csv b/regress/age_load/data/edges_long_row.csv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2036f534a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/regress/age_load/data/edges_long_row.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+start_id,start_vertex_type,end_id,end_vertex_type
+1,V,2,V,extra
diff --git a/regress/age_load/data/edges_short_row.csv b/regress/age_load/data/edges_short_row.csv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e307927b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/regress/age_load/data/edges_short_row.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+start_id,start_vertex_type,end_id,end_vertex_type
+1,V
diff --git a/regress/age_load/data/labels_long_row.csv b/regress/age_load/data/labels_long_row.csv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..72ec2a305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/regress/age_load/data/labels_long_row.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+id,name
+1,Alice,extra
diff --git a/regress/expected/age_load.out b/regress/expected/age_load.out
index 1f76c31ce..17c5ecc27 100644
--- a/regress/expected/age_load.out
+++ b/regress/expected/age_load.out
@@ -454,6 +454,63 @@ NOTICE:  graph "agload_conversion" has been dropped
  
 (1 row)
 
+--
+-- Issue 2449: mis-delimited / malformed load files must fail with a clear
+-- error instead of segfaulting or silently corrupting data. Edge files
+-- require the 4 fixed columns; a file that is not comma-delimited parses as
+-- a single column, so this must be rejected at the header.
+--
+SELECT create_graph('agload_delim');
+NOTICE:  graph "agload_delim" has been created
+ create_graph 
+--------------
+ 
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT create_vlabel('agload_delim', 'V');
+NOTICE:  VLabel "V" has been created
+ create_vlabel 
+---------------
+ 
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT create_elabel('agload_delim', 'E');
+NOTICE:  ELabel "E" has been created
+ create_elabel 
+---------------
+ 
+(1 row)
+
+-- pipe-delimited edge file -> parses to 1 column -> clean error at the header
+-- (was a segfault)
+SELECT load_edges_from_file('agload_delim', 'E', 'age_load/bad_delim_edges.csv');
+ERROR:  edge file must have at least 4 columns (start_id, start_vertex_type, end_id, end_vertex_type), but the header has 1
+HINT:  load_edges_from_file expects a comma-delimited CSV; check the file's delimiter.
+-- per-row guards (header is valid, but an individual data row is ragged):
+-- an edge row with fewer than 4 columns -> clean error (was an OOB read of
+-- the fixed fields[1..3])
+SELECT load_edges_from_file('agload_delim', 'E', 'age_load/edges_short_row.csv');
+ERROR:  edge file row has 2 columns; expected at least 4 and no more than the header's 4 columns
+-- an edge row with more columns than the header -> clean error (was an OOB
+-- read of header[i] in create_agtype_from_list_i)
+SELECT load_edges_from_file('agload_delim', 'E', 'age_load/edges_long_row.csv');
+ERROR:  edge file row has 5 columns; expected at least 4 and no more than the header's 4 columns
+-- a label row with more columns than the header -> clean error (was an OOB
+-- read of header[i] in create_agtype_from_list)
+SELECT load_labels_from_file('agload_delim', 'V', 'age_load/labels_long_row.csv');
+ERROR:  label file row has 3 columns, more than the header's 2 columns
+SELECT drop_graph('agload_delim', true);
+NOTICE:  drop cascades to 4 other objects
+DETAIL:  drop cascades to table agload_delim._ag_label_vertex
+drop cascades to table agload_delim._ag_label_edge
+drop cascades to table agload_delim."V"
+drop cascades to table agload_delim."E"
+NOTICE:  graph "agload_delim" has been dropped
+ drop_graph 
+------------
+ 
+(1 row)
+
 --
 -- Test security and permissions
 --
diff --git a/regress/sql/age_load.sql b/regress/sql/age_load.sql
index 976f050af..196b09806 100644
--- a/regress/sql/age_load.sql
+++ b/regress/sql/age_load.sql
@@ -194,6 +194,35 @@ SELECT load_edges_from_file('agload_conversion', 'Edges1', '../../etc/passwd', t
 --
 SELECT drop_graph('agload_conversion', true);
 
+--
+-- Issue 2449: mis-delimited / malformed load files must fail with a clear
+-- error instead of segfaulting or silently corrupting data. Edge files
+-- require the 4 fixed columns; a file that is not comma-delimited parses as
+-- a single column, so this must be rejected at the header.
+--
+SELECT create_graph('agload_delim');
+SELECT create_vlabel('agload_delim', 'V');
+SELECT create_elabel('agload_delim', 'E');
+
+-- pipe-delimited edge file -> parses to 1 column -> clean error at the header
+-- (was a segfault)
+SELECT load_edges_from_file('agload_delim', 'E', 'age_load/bad_delim_edges.csv');
+
+-- per-row guards (header is valid, but an individual data row is ragged):
+-- an edge row with fewer than 4 columns -> clean error (was an OOB read of
+-- the fixed fields[1..3])
+SELECT load_edges_from_file('agload_delim', 'E', 'age_load/edges_short_row.csv');
+
+-- an edge row with more columns than the header -> clean error (was an OOB
+-- read of header[i] in create_agtype_from_list_i)
+SELECT load_edges_from_file('agload_delim', 'E', 'age_load/edges_long_row.csv');
+
+-- a label row with more columns than the header -> clean error (was an OOB
+-- read of header[i] in create_agtype_from_list)
+SELECT load_labels_from_file('agload_delim', 'V', 'age_load/labels_long_row.csv');
+
+SELECT drop_graph('agload_delim', true);
+
 --
 -- Test security and permissions
 --
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/load/ag_load_edges.c b/src/backend/utils/load/ag_load_edges.c
index c05bf3352..01585bab0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/load/ag_load_edges.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/load/ag_load_edges.c
@@ -56,6 +56,24 @@ static void process_edge_row(char **fields, int nfields,
     char *end_vertex_type;
     agtype *edge_properties;
 
+    /*
+     * Guard the fixed fields[0..3] accesses below and the header[i]/fields[i]
+     * pairing in create_agtype_from_list_i() against out-of-bounds reads on
+     * malformed or mis-delimited rows. A row must have at least the 4 fixed
+     * columns and no more columns than the header (rows with fewer trailing
+     * property columns than the header are allowed, matching existing
+     * behavior). A single-column row from a non-comma-delimited file is
+     * rejected here (previously it segfaulted).
+     */
+    if (nfields < 4 || nfields > header_count)
+    {
+        ereport(ERROR,
+                (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
+                 errmsg("edge file row has %d columns; expected at least 4 "
+                        "and no more than the header's %d columns",
+                        nfields, header_count)));
+    }
+
     /* Generate edge ID */
     entry_id = nextval_internal(label_seq_relid, true);
     edge_id = make_graphid(label_id, entry_id);
@@ -219,6 +237,27 @@ int create_edges_from_csv_file(char *file_path,
                     header[i] = trim_whitespace(fields[i]);
                 }
 
+                /*
+                 * Edge files require the four fixed columns start_id,
+                 * start_vertex_type, end_id and end_vertex_type. A smaller
+                 * count almost always means the file is not comma-delimited
+                 * (COPY defaults to comma). Fail clearly here instead of
+                 * reading past the parsed fields in process_edge_row(), which
+                 * previously caused a segfault.
+                 */
+                if (header_count < 4)
+                {
+                    ereport(ERROR,
+                            (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
+                             errmsg("edge file must have at least 4 columns "
+                                    "(start_id, start_vertex_type, end_id, "
+                                    "end_vertex_type), but the header has %d",
+                                    header_count),
+                             errhint("load_edges_from_file expects a "
+                                     "comma-delimited CSV; check the file's "
+                                     "delimiter.")));
+                }
+
                 is_first_row = false;
             }
             else
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/load/ag_load_labels.c b/src/backend/utils/load/ag_load_labels.c
index 5b11f68b8..236d47a1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/load/ag_load_labels.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/load/ag_load_labels.c
@@ -46,6 +46,23 @@ static void process_vertex_row(char **fields, int nfields,
     TupleTableSlot *slot;
     agtype *vertex_properties;
 
+    /*
+     * Guard the header[i]/fields[i] pairing in create_agtype_from_list()
+     * against out-of-bounds reads on malformed rows that have more fields
+     * than the header. Rows with fewer fields than the header are allowed
+     * (matching existing behavior). Note: a file delimited by something
+     * other than comma is parsed as a single column throughout, so header
+     * and rows still match and the data lands in properties verbatim --
+     * specifying the delimiter is the separate fix for that.
+     */
+    if (nfields > header_count)
+    {
+        ereport(ERROR,
+                (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
+                 errmsg("label file row has %d columns, more than the "
+                        "header's %d columns", nfields, header_count)));
+    }
+
     /* Generate or use provided entry_id */
     if (id_field_exists)
     {