diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/SOLR-18014-filestore-getFrom-improvements.yml b/changelog/unreleased/SOLR-18014-filestore-getFrom-improvements.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..da93aa07b59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/SOLR-18014-filestore-getFrom-improvements.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# See https://github.com/apache/solr/blob/main/dev-docs/changelog.adoc
+title: Ensure File Store API "getFrom" param rejects values not in liveNodes
+type: security # added, changed, fixed, deprecated, removed, dependency_update, security, other
+authors:
+  - name: Jason Gerlowski
+  - name: monkeontheroof
+links:
+  - name: SOLR-18014
+    url: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-18014
diff --git a/solr/api/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/api/endpoint/ClusterFileStoreApis.java b/solr/api/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/api/endpoint/ClusterFileStoreApis.java
index 2445b17e7aa..e8dafdd4498 100644
--- a/solr/api/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/api/endpoint/ClusterFileStoreApis.java
+++ b/solr/api/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/api/endpoint/ClusterFileStoreApis.java
@@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ SolrJerseyResponse fetchFile(
       @Parameter(description = "Path to a file or directory within the filestore")
           @PathParam("path")
           String path,
-      @Parameter(description = "An optional Solr node name to fetch the file from")
+      @Parameter(
+              description =
+                  "An optional Solr node name to fetch the file from, typically in the form \"host:port_solr\".")
           @QueryParam("getFrom")
           String getFrom);
 
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/ZkController.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/ZkController.java
index f8551e6fb3c..a1069f4055a 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/ZkController.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/ZkController.java
@@ -1301,6 +1301,9 @@ public void removeEphemeralLiveNode() throws KeeperException, InterruptedExcepti
             });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @return the "live node" name of this Solr process, in the form "${host}:${port}_solr"
+   */
   public String getNodeName() {
     return nodeName;
   }
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/filestore/ClusterFileStore.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/filestore/ClusterFileStore.java
index 043192aa0d8..ac00a094a27 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/filestore/ClusterFileStore.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/filestore/ClusterFileStore.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package org.apache.solr.filestore;
 
 import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
+import static org.apache.solr.common.SolrException.ErrorCode.BAD_REQUEST;
 import static org.apache.solr.handler.admin.api.ReplicationAPIBase.FILE_STREAM;
 import static org.apache.solr.response.RawResponseWriter.CONTENT;
 
@@ -320,6 +321,19 @@ public SolrJerseyResponse fetchFile(String path, String getFrom) {
     if (path == null) {
       path = "";
     }
+
+    // Ensure 'getFrom' points to a node in this cluster
+    final var zkStateReader = coreContainer.getZkController().getZkStateReader();
+    if (StrUtils.isNotBlank(getFrom)
+        && !getFrom.equals("*")
+        && !zkStateReader.isNodeLive(getFrom)) {
+      throw new SolrException(
+          BAD_REQUEST,
+          "File store cannot fetch from source node ["
+              + getFrom
+              + "] as it does not appear in live-nodes");
+    }
+
     pullFileFromNode(coreContainer, fileStore, path, getFrom);
     return response;
   }
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/filestore/TestDistribFileStore.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/filestore/TestDistribFileStore.java
index a4de2935534..26679369d6e 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/filestore/TestDistribFileStore.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/filestore/TestDistribFileStore.java
@@ -175,6 +175,19 @@ public void testFileStoreManagement() throws Exception {
         String url = baseUrl + "/cluster/filestore/metadata/package/mypkg/v1.0?wt=javabin";
         assertResponseValues(10, new Fetcher(url, jettySolrRunner), expected);
       }
+
+      // Ensure that invalid 'getFrom' parameter causes failures
+      for (JettySolrRunner jettySolrRunner : cluster.getJettySolrRunners()) {
+        final var fetchReq = new FileStoreApi.FetchFile("/package/mypkg/v1.0/runtimelibs.jar2");
+        fetchReq.setGetFrom("someFakeSolrNode:8983_solr");
+        try (final var solrClient = jettySolrRunner.newClient()) {
+          final var asdf = fetchReq.process(solrClient);
+          assertEquals(400, asdf.responseHeader.status);
+          assertThat(asdf.error.msg, containsString("File store cannot fetch from source node"));
+          assertThat(asdf.error.msg, containsString("does not appear in live-nodes"));
+        }
+      }
+
       // Delete Jars
       DistribFileStore.deleteZKFileEntry(
           cluster.getZkClient(), "/package/mypkg/v1.0/runtimelibs.jar");