diff --git a/integ-test/build.gradle b/integ-test/build.gradle
index 17b88a901de..1435d1d499d 100644
--- a/integ-test/build.gradle
+++ b/integ-test/build.gradle
@@ -502,11 +502,11 @@ testClusters.analyticsEngineSecurityIT {
     plugin(getJobSchedulerPlugin())
     plugin(getArrowBasePlugin())
     plugin(getArrowFlightRpcPlugin())
+    plugin(getCompositeEnginePlugin())
     plugin(getAnalyticsEnginePlugin())
     plugin(getAnalyticsBackendLucenePlugin())
     plugin(getAnalyticsBackendDatafusionPlugin())
     plugin(getParquetDataFormatPlugin())
-    plugin(getCompositeEnginePlugin())
     plugin ":opensearch-sql-plugin"
     // Arrow Flight / streaming transport requirements
     jvmArgs '--add-opens=java.base/java.nio=ALL-UNNAMED'
diff --git a/integ-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/security/AnalyticsEngineSecurityIT.java b/integ-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/security/AnalyticsEngineSecurityIT.java
index 626a7658dab..2b4d346fa0d 100644
--- a/integ-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/security/AnalyticsEngineSecurityIT.java
+++ b/integ-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/security/AnalyticsEngineSecurityIT.java
@@ -393,6 +393,94 @@ public void testPPLQueryWithWildcardIndexPartialAccessDenied() throws IOExceptio
     assertEquals(403, e.getResponse().getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
   }
 
+  // --- Multi-index comma-separated source tests (FGAC bypass regression) ---
+
+  @Test
+  public void testPPLMultiIndexDeniedWhenSecondIndexUnauthorized() throws IOException {
+    ResponseException e =
+        assertThrows(
+            ResponseException.class,
+            () ->
+                executePPLAsUser(
+                    "source = " + TEST_INDEX + ", " + FORBIDDEN_INDEX + " | fields name, age",
+                    ALLOWED_USER));
+    assertEquals(403, e.getResponse().getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testPPLMultiIndexDeniedWithBackticksAuthorizedFirst() throws IOException {
+    ResponseException e =
+        assertThrows(
+            ResponseException.class,
+            () ->
+                executePPLAsUser(
+                    "source = `" + TEST_INDEX + "`, `" + FORBIDDEN_INDEX + "` | fields name, age",
+                    ALLOWED_USER));
+    assertEquals(403, e.getResponse().getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testPPLMultiIndexDeniedWithUnauthorizedFirst() throws IOException {
+    ResponseException e =
+        assertThrows(
+            ResponseException.class,
+            () ->
+                executePPLAsUser(
+                    "source = " + FORBIDDEN_INDEX + ", " + TEST_INDEX + " | fields name, age",
+                    ALLOWED_USER));
+    assertEquals(403, e.getResponse().getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testPPLMultiIndexAllowedWhenAllAuthorized() throws IOException {
+    try {
+      JSONObject result =
+          executePPLAsUser(
+              "source = " + TEST_INDEX + ", " + TEST_INDEX_2 + " | fields name, age",
+              WILDCARD_USER);
+      assertTrue("Expected datarows in response", result.has("datarows"));
+    } catch (ResponseException e) {
+      assertNotEquals(
+          "Expected auth to pass (not 403) when all indices are authorized",
+          403,
+          e.getResponse().getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+    }
+  }
+
+  // --- Edge cases: malformed comma-separated source patterns ---
+
+  @Test
+  public void testPPLDoubleCommaRejected() throws IOException {
+    ResponseException e =
+        assertThrows(
+            ResponseException.class,
+            () ->
+                executePPLAsUser(
+                    "source = " + TEST_INDEX + ",," + FORBIDDEN_INDEX + " | fields name, age",
+                    ALLOWED_USER));
+    assertEquals(400, e.getResponse().getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testPPLLeadingCommaRejected() throws IOException {
+    ResponseException e =
+        assertThrows(
+            ResponseException.class,
+            () ->
+                executePPLAsUser("source = ," + TEST_INDEX + " | fields name, age", ALLOWED_USER));
+    assertEquals(400, e.getResponse().getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testPPLTrailingCommaRejected() throws IOException {
+    ResponseException e =
+        assertThrows(
+            ResponseException.class,
+            () ->
+                executePPLAsUser("source = " + TEST_INDEX + ", | fields name, age", ALLOWED_USER));
+    assertEquals(400, e.getResponse().getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testSQLQueryAllowedForAuthorizedUser() throws IOException {
     try {
@@ -441,6 +529,51 @@ public void testSQLQueryDeniedWithSearchPermissionOnly() throws IOException {
     assertEquals(403, e.getResponse().getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
   }
 
+  // --- SQL multi-index syntax validation ---
+
+  @Test
+  public void testSQLMultiIndexCommaInFromRejected() throws IOException {
+    // SQL FROM "idx1,idx2" — comma inside identifier, should be rejected as syntax error
+    ResponseException e =
+        assertThrows(
+            ResponseException.class,
+            () ->
+                executeSQLAsUser(
+                    "SELECT name, age FROM " + TEST_INDEX + "," + FORBIDDEN_INDEX + " LIMIT 3",
+                    ALLOWED_USER));
+    assertEquals(400, e.getResponse().getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testSQLMultiIndexCrossJoinRejected() throws IOException {
+    // SQL cross join syntax — should not bypass FGAC
+    ResponseException e =
+        assertThrows(
+            ResponseException.class,
+            () ->
+                executeSQLAsUser(
+                    "SELECT a.name FROM " + TEST_INDEX + " a, " + FORBIDDEN_INDEX + " b LIMIT 3",
+                    ALLOWED_USER));
+    assertEquals(400, e.getResponse().getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testSQLMultiIndexJoinRejected() throws IOException {
+    // Explicit JOIN — should not bypass FGAC
+    ResponseException e =
+        assertThrows(
+            ResponseException.class,
+            () ->
+                executeSQLAsUser(
+                    "SELECT a.name FROM "
+                        + TEST_INDEX
+                        + " a JOIN "
+                        + FORBIDDEN_INDEX
+                        + " b ON a.name = b.name LIMIT 3",
+                    ALLOWED_USER));
+    assertEquals(400, e.getResponse().getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+  }
+
   /** Executes a PPL query via the production SQL plugin endpoint (/_plugins/_ppl). */
   private JSONObject executePPLAsUser(String query, String username) throws IOException {
     Request request = new Request("POST", "/_plugins/_ppl");
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/plugin/rest/RestUnifiedQueryAction.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/plugin/rest/RestUnifiedQueryAction.java
index 84ee147d34a..2e810033a9f 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/plugin/rest/RestUnifiedQueryAction.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/plugin/rest/RestUnifiedQueryAction.java
@@ -122,13 +122,35 @@ public boolean isAnalyticsIndex(String query, QueryType queryType) {
     try (UnifiedQueryContext context = buildParsingContext(queryType)) {
       return extractIndexName(query, queryType, context)
           .map(this::stripSchemaPrefix)
-          .map(this::isPluggableDataformatIndex)
+          .map(this::allIndicesArePluggableDataformat)
           .orElse(false);
     } catch (Exception e) {
       return false;
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Checks if all indices in a (possibly comma-separated) index expression are pluggable
+   * dataformat. For multi-index queries (source=idx1,idx2), each index is checked independently.
+   * Returns true only if every index is composite — mixed or all-lucene returns false.
+   */
+  private boolean allIndicesArePluggableDataformat(String indexExpression) {
+    String[] indices = indexExpression.split(",");
+    if (indices.length == 0) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    for (String idx : indices) {
+      String trimmed = idx.trim();
+      if (trimmed.isEmpty()) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      if (!isPluggableDataformatIndex(trimmed)) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
   private static boolean isSystemCatalog(String name) {
     return SystemIndexUtils.isSystemIndex(name)
         || SystemIndexUtils.DATASOURCES_TABLE_NAME.equals(name);