diff --git a/core/core/list.go b/core/core/list.go
index d00a2376..9818e7a2 100644
--- a/core/core/list.go
+++ b/core/core/list.go
@@ -159,8 +159,21 @@ func generateControlRows(policies []string) [][]string {
 	rows := [][]string{}
 
 	for _, control := range policies {
+
 		idAndControlAndFrameworks := strings.Split(control, "|")
-		id, control, framework := idAndControlAndFrameworks[0], idAndControlAndFrameworks[1], idAndControlAndFrameworks[2]
+
+		var id, control, framework string
+
+		switch len(idAndControlAndFrameworks) {
+		case 0:
+			continue
+		case 1:
+			id = idAndControlAndFrameworks[0]
+		case 2:
+			id, control = idAndControlAndFrameworks[0], idAndControlAndFrameworks[1]
+		default:
+			id, control, framework = idAndControlAndFrameworks[0], idAndControlAndFrameworks[1], idAndControlAndFrameworks[2]
+		}
 
 		docs := cautils.GetControlLink(id)
 
diff --git a/core/core/list_test.go b/core/core/list_test.go
index d309eb63..81ead3c3 100644
--- a/core/core/list_test.go
+++ b/core/core/list_test.go
@@ -201,6 +201,33 @@ func TestGenerateControlRowsWithAllFields(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, want, got)
 }
 
+// Handles policies with no '|' characters in the string
+func TestGenerateControlRowsHandlesPoliciesWithEmptyStringOrNoPipesOrOnePipeMissing(t *testing.T) {
+	policies := []string{
+		"",
+		"1",
+		"2|Control 2|Framework 2",
+		"3|Control 3|Framework 3|Extra 3",
+		"4||Framework 4",
+		"|",
+		"5|Control 5||Extra 5",
+	}
+
+	expectedRows := [][]string{
+		{"", "", "https://hub.armosec.io/docs/", ""},
+		{"1", "", "https://hub.armosec.io/docs/1", ""},
+		{"2", "Control 2", "https://hub.armosec.io/docs/2", "Framework\n2"},
+		{"3", "Control 3", "https://hub.armosec.io/docs/3", "Framework\n3"},
+		{"4", "", "https://hub.armosec.io/docs/4", "Framework\n4"},
+		{"", "", "https://hub.armosec.io/docs/", ""},
+		{"5", "Control 5", "https://hub.armosec.io/docs/5", ""},
+	}
+
+	rows := generateControlRows(policies)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedRows, rows)
+}
+
 // The function generates a table with the correct headers and rows based on the input policies.
 func TestGenerateTableWithCorrectHeadersAndRows(t *testing.T) {
 	// Arrange
@@ -240,6 +267,56 @@ func TestGenerateTableWithCorrectHeadersAndRows(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, want, string(got))
 }
 
+func TestGenerateTableWithMalformedPoliciesAndPrettyPrintHeadersAndRows(t *testing.T) {
+	// Arrange
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	policies := []string{
+		"",
+		"1",
+		"2|Control 2|Framework 2",
+		"3|Control 3|Framework 3|Extra 3",
+		"4||Framework 4",
+		"|",
+		"5|Control 5||Extra 5",
+	}
+
+	// Redirect stdout to a buffer
+	rescueStdout := os.Stdout
+	r, w, _ := os.Pipe()
+	os.Stdout = w
+
+	prettyPrintControls(ctx, policies)
+
+	w.Close()
+	got, _ := io.ReadAll(r)
+
+	os.Stdout = rescueStdout
+
+	want := `┌────────────┬──────────────┬───────────────────────────────┬────────────┐
+│ Control ID │ Control name │ Docs                          │ Frameworks │
+├────────────┼──────────────┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────┤
+│            │              │ https://hub.armosec.io/docs/  │            │
+├────────────┼──────────────┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────┤
+│          1 │              │ https://hub.armosec.io/docs/1 │            │
+├────────────┼──────────────┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────┤
+│          2 │ Control 2    │ https://hub.armosec.io/docs/2 │ Framework  │
+│            │              │                               │          2 │
+├────────────┼──────────────┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────┤
+│          3 │ Control 3    │ https://hub.armosec.io/docs/3 │ Framework  │
+│            │              │                               │          3 │
+├────────────┼──────────────┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────┤
+│          4 │              │ https://hub.armosec.io/docs/4 │ Framework  │
+│            │              │                               │          4 │
+├────────────┼──────────────┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────┤
+│            │              │ https://hub.armosec.io/docs/  │            │
+├────────────┼──────────────┼───────────────────────────────┼────────────┤
+│          5 │ Control 5    │ https://hub.armosec.io/docs/5 │            │
+└────────────┴──────────────┴───────────────────────────────┴────────────┘
+`
+
+	assert.Equal(t, want, string(got))
+}
+
 // Returns a non-empty list of supported actions when 'ListSupportActions' is called.
 func TestListSupportActionsNotEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	actions := ListSupportActions()