diff --git a/instrumentation/resources/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/resources/JarServiceNameDetector.java b/instrumentation/resources/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/resources/JarServiceNameDetector.java
index ef4cff5e5c6c..702f07a50b49 100644
--- a/instrumentation/resources/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/resources/JarServiceNameDetector.java
+++ b/instrumentation/resources/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/resources/JarServiceNameDetector.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.resources.Resource;
 import io.opentelemetry.semconv.resource.attributes.ResourceAttributes;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.InvalidPathException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -101,17 +102,27 @@ private Path getJarPathFromSunCommandLine() {
     while (true) {
       int nextSpace = programArguments.indexOf(' ', next);
       if (nextSpace == -1) {
-        Path candidate = Paths.get(programArguments);
-        return fileExists.test(candidate) ? candidate : null;
+        return pathIfExists(programArguments);
       }
-      Path candidate = Paths.get(programArguments.substring(0, nextSpace));
+      Path path = pathIfExists(programArguments.substring(0, nextSpace));
       next = nextSpace + 1;
-      if (fileExists.test(candidate)) {
-        return candidate;
+      if (path != null) {
+        return path;
       }
     }
   }
 
+  @Nullable
+  private Path pathIfExists(String programArguments) {
+    Path candidate;
+    try {
+      candidate = Paths.get(programArguments);
+    } catch (InvalidPathException e) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return fileExists.test(candidate) ? candidate : null;
+  }
+
   private static String getServiceName(Path jarPath) {
     String jarName = jarPath.getFileName().toString();
     int dotIndex = jarName.lastIndexOf(".");
diff --git a/instrumentation/resources/library/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/resources/JarServiceNameDetectorTest.java b/instrumentation/resources/library/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/resources/JarServiceNameDetectorTest.java
index c6c8052265fb..479940b8eeeb 100644
--- a/instrumentation/resources/library/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/resources/JarServiceNameDetectorTest.java
+++ b/instrumentation/resources/library/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/resources/JarServiceNameDetectorTest.java
@@ -98,6 +98,22 @@ void createResource_sunCommandLine(String commandLine, Path jarPath) {
         .containsEntry(ResourceAttributes.SERVICE_NAME, "my-service");
   }
 
+  // regression test for
+  // https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/pull/7567
+  @Test
+  void createResource_sunCommandLineProblematicArgs() {
+    Function<String, String> getProperty =
+        key -> key.equals("sun.java.command") ? "one C:/two" : null;
+    Predicate<Path> fileExists = path -> false;
+
+    JarServiceNameDetector serviceNameProvider =
+        new JarServiceNameDetector(() -> new String[0], getProperty, fileExists);
+
+    Resource resource = serviceNameProvider.createResource(config);
+
+    assertThat(resource.getAttributes()).isEmpty();
+  }
+
   static final class SunCommandLineProvider implements ArgumentsProvider {
 
     @Override