diff --git a/src/IO/ReadHelpers.h b/src/IO/ReadHelpers.h
index 9003ec2d9ed..a772d4ccd69 100644
--- a/src/IO/ReadHelpers.h
+++ b/src/IO/ReadHelpers.h
@@ -270,16 +270,37 @@ ReturnType readIntTextImpl(T & x, ReadBuffer & buf)
     }
 
     const size_t initial_pos = buf.count();
+    bool has_sign = false;
+    bool has_number = false;
     while (!buf.eof())
     {
         switch (*buf.position())
         {
             case '+':
             {
+                if (has_sign || has_number)
+                {
+                    if constexpr (throw_exception)
+                        throw ParsingException(
+                            "Cannot parse number with multiple sign (+/-) characters or intermediate sign character",
+                            ErrorCodes::CANNOT_PARSE_NUMBER);
+                    else
+                        return ReturnType(false);
+                }
+                has_sign = true;
                 break;
             }
             case '-':
             {
+                if (has_sign || has_number)
+                {
+                    if constexpr (throw_exception)
+                        throw ParsingException(
+                            "Cannot parse number with multiple sign (+/-) characters or intermediate sign character",
+                            ErrorCodes::CANNOT_PARSE_NUMBER);
+                    else
+                        return ReturnType(false);
+                }
                 if constexpr (is_signed_v<T>)
                     negative = true;
                 else
@@ -289,6 +310,7 @@ ReturnType readIntTextImpl(T & x, ReadBuffer & buf)
                     else
                         return ReturnType(false);
                 }
+                has_sign = true;
                 break;
             }
             case '0': [[fallthrough]];
@@ -302,6 +324,7 @@ ReturnType readIntTextImpl(T & x, ReadBuffer & buf)
             case '8': [[fallthrough]];
             case '9':
             {
+                has_number = true;
                 if constexpr (check_overflow == ReadIntTextCheckOverflow::CHECK_OVERFLOW && !is_big_int_v<T>)
                 {
                     /// Perform relativelly slow overflow check only when
@@ -330,6 +353,14 @@ ReturnType readIntTextImpl(T & x, ReadBuffer & buf)
     }
 
 end:
+    if (has_sign && !has_number)
+    {
+        if constexpr (throw_exception)
+            throw ParsingException(
+                "Cannot parse number with a sign character but without any numeric character", ErrorCodes::CANNOT_PARSE_NUMBER);
+        else
+            return ReturnType(false);
+    }
     x = res;
     if constexpr (is_signed_v<T>)
     {
diff --git a/tests/performance/string_to_int.xml b/tests/performance/string_to_int.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f231a4554d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/performance/string_to_int.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<test>
+    <create_query>DROP TABLE IF EXISTS numeric_strings</create_query>
+    <create_query>CREATE TABLE numeric_strings(num String) ENGINE Memory</create_query>
+
+    <fill_query>
+        INSERT INTO numeric_strings SELECT number FROM numbers(30000000)
+    </fill_query>
+
+    <query short="1">SELECT count(num::Int64) FROM numeric_strings FORMAT Null</query>
+
+    <drop_query>DROP TABLE IF EXISTS numeric_strings</drop_query>
+</test>
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/00574_empty_strings_deserialization.sh b/tests/queries/0_stateless/00574_empty_strings_deserialization.sh
index 1cbc9456ab0..fecb6ee17e6 100755
--- a/tests/queries/0_stateless/00574_empty_strings_deserialization.sh
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/00574_empty_strings_deserialization.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ $CLICKHOUSE_CLIENT -q "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS empty_strings_deserialization"
 $CLICKHOUSE_CLIENT -q "CREATE TABLE empty_strings_deserialization(s String, i Int32, f Float32) ENGINE Memory"
 
 echo ',,' | $CLICKHOUSE_CLIENT -q "INSERT INTO empty_strings_deserialization FORMAT CSV"
-echo 'aaa,-,' | $CLICKHOUSE_CLIENT -q "INSERT INTO empty_strings_deserialization FORMAT CSV"
-echo 'bbb,,-' | $CLICKHOUSE_CLIENT -q "INSERT INTO empty_strings_deserialization FORMAT CSV"
+echo 'aaa,,' | $CLICKHOUSE_CLIENT -q "INSERT INTO empty_strings_deserialization FORMAT CSV"
+echo 'bbb,,-0' | $CLICKHOUSE_CLIENT -q "INSERT INTO empty_strings_deserialization FORMAT CSV"
 
 $CLICKHOUSE_CLIENT -q "SELECT * FROM empty_strings_deserialization ORDER BY s"
 
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01425_decimal_parse_big_negative_exponent.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01425_decimal_parse_big_negative_exponent.sql
index 7f276d1f8d4..7d0993c1bfc 100644
--- a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01425_decimal_parse_big_negative_exponent.sql
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01425_decimal_parse_big_negative_exponent.sql
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SELECT '-1E9-1E9-1E9-1E9' AS x, toDecimal32(x, 0); -- { serverError 6 }
+SELECT '-1E9-1E9-1E9-1E9' AS x, toDecimal32(x, 0); -- { serverError 72 }
 SELECT '-1E9' AS x, toDecimal32(x, 0); -- { serverError 69 }
 SELECT '1E-9' AS x, toDecimal32(x, 0);
 SELECT '1E-8' AS x, toDecimal32(x, 0);
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01888_read_int_safe.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01888_read_int_safe.reference
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..94d36aad185
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01888_read_int_safe.reference
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+1
+-1
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01888_read_int_safe.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01888_read_int_safe.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3caa4878aba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01888_read_int_safe.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+select toInt64('--1'); -- { serverError 72; }
+select toInt64('+-1'); -- { serverError 72; }
+select toInt64('++1'); -- { serverError 72; }
+select toInt64('++'); -- { serverError 72; }
+select toInt64('+'); -- { serverError 72; }
+select toInt64('1+1'); -- { serverError 72; }
+select toInt64('1-1'); -- { serverError 72; }
+select toInt64(''); -- { serverError 32; }
+select toInt64('1');
+select toInt64('-1');