diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/RepoXMLHandler.java b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/RepoXMLHandler.java
index 5aef95ac7..3da55ec34 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/RepoXMLHandler.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/RepoXMLHandler.java
@@ -344,8 +344,7 @@ public class RepoXMLHandler extends DefaultHandler {
             repoDescription = cleanWhiteSpace(attributes.getValue("", "description"));
             repoTimestamp = parseLong(attributes.getValue("", "timestamp"), 0);
             repoIcon = attributes.getValue("", "icon");
-        } else if (RepoPushRequest.INSTALL.equals(localName)
-                || RepoPushRequest.UNINSTALL.equals(localName)) {
+        } else if (RepoPushRequest.VALID_REQUESTS.contains(localName)) {
             if (repo.pushRequests == Repo.PUSH_REQUEST_ACCEPT_ALWAYS) {
                 RepoPushRequest r = new RepoPushRequest(
                         localName,
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/Utils.java b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/Utils.java
index e99b9cab4..110838af2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/Utils.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/Utils.java
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 public final class Utils {
 
@@ -98,6 +99,8 @@ public final class Utils {
     private static DisplayImageOptions.Builder defaultDisplayImageOptionsBuilder;
     private static DisplayImageOptions repoAppDisplayImageOptions;
 
+    private static Pattern safePackageNamePattern;
+
     public static final String FALLBACK_ICONS_DIR = "/icons/";
 
     /*
@@ -621,6 +624,21 @@ public final class Utils {
         return sb;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * This is not strict validation of the package name, this is just to make
+     * sure that the package name is not used as an attack vector, e.g. SQL
+     * Injection.
+     */
+    public static boolean isSafePackageName(@Nullable String packageName) {
+        if (TextUtils.isEmpty(packageName)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (safePackageNamePattern == null) {
+            safePackageNamePattern = Pattern.compile("[a-zA-Z0-9._]+");
+        }
+        return safePackageNamePattern.matcher(packageName).matches();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Calculate the number of days since the given date.
      */
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/data/RepoPushRequest.java b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/data/RepoPushRequest.java
index 49082c873..7ac81ae95 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/data/RepoPushRequest.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/data/RepoPushRequest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 package org.fdroid.fdroid.data;
 
 import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
+import org.fdroid.fdroid.Utils;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
 
 /**
  * Represents action requests embedded in the index XML received from a repo.
@@ -32,15 +36,33 @@ public class RepoPushRequest {
 
     public static final String INSTALL = "install";
     public static final String UNINSTALL = "uninstall";
+    public static final List<String> VALID_REQUESTS = Arrays.asList(INSTALL, UNINSTALL);
 
     public final String request;
     public final String packageName;
     @Nullable
     public final Integer versionCode;
 
+    /**
+     * Create a new instance.  {@code request} is validated against the list of
+     * valid install requests.  {@code packageName} has a safety validation to
+     * make sure that only valid Android/Java Package Name characters are included.
+     * If validation fails, the the values are set to {@code null}, which are
+     * handled in {@link org.fdroid.fdroid.IndexV1Updater#processRepoPushRequests(List)}
+     * or {@link org.fdroid.fdroid.IndexUpdater#processRepoPushRequests(List)}
+     */
     public RepoPushRequest(String request, String packageName, @Nullable String versionCode) {
-        this.request = request;
-        this.packageName = packageName;
+        if (VALID_REQUESTS.contains(request)) {
+            this.request = request;
+        } else {
+            this.request = null;
+        }
+
+        if (Utils.isSafePackageName(packageName)) {
+            this.packageName = packageName;
+        } else {
+            this.packageName = null;
+        }
 
         Integer i;
         try {
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/updater/RepoXMLHandlerTest.java b/app/src/test/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/updater/RepoXMLHandlerTest.java
index 7b568c579..a0168659f 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/updater/RepoXMLHandlerTest.java
+++ b/app/src/test/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/updater/RepoXMLHandlerTest.java
@@ -160,6 +160,51 @@ public class RepoXMLHandlerTest {
         assertEquals(6, repoPushRequests.size());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testPushRequestsRepoCorruption() {
+        RepoPushRequest repoPushRequest;
+        repoPushRequest = new RepoPushRequest(null, null, null);  // request with no data
+        assertEquals(repoPushRequest.request, null);
+        assertEquals(repoPushRequest.packageName, null);
+        assertEquals(repoPushRequest.versionCode, null);
+
+        repoPushRequest = new RepoPushRequest("install", "org.fdroid.fdroid", "999999999999");
+        assertEquals(repoPushRequest.versionCode, null);
+
+        repoPushRequest = new RepoPushRequest("install", "org.fdroid.fdroid",
+                String.valueOf(((long) Integer.MAX_VALUE) + 1));
+        assertEquals(repoPushRequest.versionCode, null);
+
+        repoPushRequest = new RepoPushRequest("install", "org.fdroid.fdroid",
+                String.valueOf(((long) Integer.MIN_VALUE) - 1));
+        assertEquals(repoPushRequest.versionCode, null);
+
+        repoPushRequest = new RepoPushRequest("Robert'); DROP TABLE Students; --", "org.fdroid.fdroid", null);
+        assertEquals(repoPushRequest.request, null);
+        assertEquals(repoPushRequest.packageName, "org.fdroid.fdroid");
+        assertEquals(repoPushRequest.versionCode, null);
+
+        repoPushRequest = new RepoPushRequest("install", "Robert'); DROP TABLE Students; --", "123.1.1");
+        assertEquals(repoPushRequest.request, "install");
+        assertEquals(repoPushRequest.packageName, null);
+        assertEquals(repoPushRequest.versionCode, null);
+
+        repoPushRequest = new RepoPushRequest("install", "--", "123");
+        assertEquals(repoPushRequest.request, "install");
+        assertEquals(repoPushRequest.packageName, null);
+        assertEquals(repoPushRequest.versionCode, new Integer(123));
+
+        repoPushRequest = new RepoPushRequest("uninstall", "Robert'); DROP TABLE Students; --", "123");
+        assertEquals(repoPushRequest.request, "uninstall");
+        assertEquals(repoPushRequest.packageName, null);
+        assertEquals(repoPushRequest.versionCode, new Integer(123));
+
+        repoPushRequest = new RepoPushRequest("badrquest", "asdfasdfasdf", "123");
+        assertEquals(repoPushRequest.request, null);
+        assertEquals(repoPushRequest.packageName, "asdfasdfasdf");
+        assertEquals(repoPushRequest.versionCode, new Integer(123));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testMediumRepo() {
         Repo expectedRepo = new Repo();