diff --git a/src/app/api/dht/browse/route.ts b/src/app/api/dht/browse/route.ts
index 9db19015..51a0d156 100644
--- a/src/app/api/dht/browse/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/dht/browse/route.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server';
 import { getServerClient } from '@/lib/supabase/client';
+import { parseIntegerParam } from '@/lib/api/pagination';
 
 const VALID_SORT_BY = ['seeders', 'leechers', 'size', 'date', 'name'] as const;
 type SortBy = typeof VALID_SORT_BY[number];
@@ -67,8 +68,8 @@ export async function GET(request: NextRequest): Promise<NextResponse> {
   const limitParam = searchParams.get('limit');
   let limit = DEFAULT_LIMIT;
   if (limitParam) {
-    const parsed = parseInt(limitParam, 10);
-    if (isNaN(parsed) || parsed < 1 || parsed > MAX_LIMIT) {
+    const parsed = parseIntegerParam(limitParam, { min: 1, max: MAX_LIMIT });
+    if (parsed == null) {
       return NextResponse.json(
         { error: `Limit must be between 1 and ${MAX_LIMIT}` },
         { status: 400 }
@@ -81,8 +82,8 @@ export async function GET(request: NextRequest): Promise<NextResponse> {
   const offsetParam = searchParams.get('offset');
   let offset = 0;
   if (offsetParam) {
-    const parsed = parseInt(offsetParam, 10);
-    if (isNaN(parsed) || parsed < 0) {
+    const parsed = parseIntegerParam(offsetParam, { min: 0 });
+    if (parsed == null) {
       return NextResponse.json(
         { error: 'Offset must be a non-negative integer' },
         { status: 400 }
diff --git a/src/app/api/search/files/route.ts b/src/app/api/search/files/route.ts
index 7d6cdf89..c997aba2 100644
--- a/src/app/api/search/files/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/search/files/route.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server';
 import { searchTorrentFiles } from '@/lib/torrent-index';
+import { parseIntegerParam } from '@/lib/api/pagination';
 import type { MediaCategory } from '@/lib/supabase/types';
 
 // Valid media types
@@ -59,18 +60,18 @@ export async function GET(request: NextRequest): Promise<NextResponse> {
   }
 
   // Parse pagination parameters
-  const limit = limitParam ? parseInt(limitParam, 10) : 50;
-  const offset = offsetParam ? parseInt(offsetParam, 10) : 0;
+  const limit = limitParam ? parseIntegerParam(limitParam, { min: 0 }) : 50;
+  const offset = offsetParam ? parseIntegerParam(offsetParam, { min: 0 }) : 0;
 
   // Validate pagination
-  if (isNaN(limit) || limit < 0) {
+  if (limit == null) {
     return NextResponse.json(
       { error: 'Invalid limit parameter' },
       { status: 400 }
     );
   }
 
-  if (isNaN(offset) || offset < 0) {
+  if (offset == null) {
     return NextResponse.json(
       { error: 'Invalid offset parameter' },
       { status: 400 }
diff --git a/src/app/api/search/route.ts b/src/app/api/search/route.ts
index 009b9e17..71f34b64 100644
--- a/src/app/api/search/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/search/route.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server';
 import { getServerClient } from '@/lib/supabase/client';
 import { searchFiles } from '@/lib/supabase';
+import { parseIntegerParam } from '@/lib/api/pagination';
 import type { MediaCategory } from '@/lib/supabase';
 
 /**
@@ -158,8 +159,8 @@ export async function GET(request: NextRequest): Promise<NextResponse<SearchResp
   const limitParam = searchParams.get('limit');
   let limit = DEFAULT_LIMIT;
   if (limitParam) {
-    const parsedLimit = parseInt(limitParam, 10);
-    if (isNaN(parsedLimit)) {
+    const parsedLimit = parseIntegerParam(limitParam);
+    if (parsedLimit == null) {
       return NextResponse.json(
         { error: 'Invalid limit. Must be a number.' },
         { status: 400 }
@@ -184,8 +185,8 @@ export async function GET(request: NextRequest): Promise<NextResponse<SearchResp
   const offsetParam = searchParams.get('offset');
   let offset = 0;
   if (offsetParam) {
-    const parsedOffset = parseInt(offsetParam, 10);
-    if (isNaN(parsedOffset)) {
+    const parsedOffset = parseIntegerParam(offsetParam);
+    if (parsedOffset == null) {
       return NextResponse.json(
         { error: 'Invalid offset. Must be a number.' },
         { status: 400 }
diff --git a/src/lib/api/pagination.test.ts b/src/lib/api/pagination.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f5a0b93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/api/pagination.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { parseIntegerParam } from './pagination';
+
+describe('parseIntegerParam', () => {
+  it('rejects missing, partial, fractional, and unsafe values', () => {
+    expect(parseIntegerParam(null)).toBeNull();
+    expect(parseIntegerParam('')).toBeNull();
+    expect(parseIntegerParam('10abc')).toBeNull();
+    expect(parseIntegerParam('1.5')).toBeNull();
+    expect(parseIntegerParam('9007199254740992')).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('enforces optional bounds', () => {
+    expect(parseIntegerParam('10', { min: 1, max: 100 })).toBe(10);
+    expect(parseIntegerParam('0', { min: 1, max: 100 })).toBeNull();
+    expect(parseIntegerParam('101', { min: 1, max: 100 })).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('trims valid integer input', () => {
+    expect(parseIntegerParam(' 25 ', { min: 0 })).toBe(25);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/api/pagination.ts b/src/lib/api/pagination.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..73fccc6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/api/pagination.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+export function parseIntegerParam(
+  value: string | null,
+  options: { min?: number; max?: number } = {}
+): number | null {
+  const raw = value?.trim();
+  if (!raw || !/^\d+$/.test(raw)) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const parsed = Number(raw);
+  if (!Number.isSafeInteger(parsed)) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  if (options.min != null && parsed < options.min) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  if (options.max != null && parsed > options.max) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return parsed;
+}