diff --git a/pkg/github/issues.go b/pkg/github/issues.go
index 62db8d48d..d950652e3 100644
--- a/pkg/github/issues.go
+++ b/pkg/github/issues.go
@@ -1243,6 +1243,10 @@ func AddIssueComment(t translations.TranslationHelperFunc) inventory.ServerTool
 
 			var commentResponse *MinimalResponse
 			if hasBody {
+				body = sanitize.FilterInvisibleCharacters(body)
+				if body == "" {
+					return utils.NewToolResultError("body cannot be empty after removing invisible characters"), nil, nil
+				}
 				comment := &github.IssueComment{
 					Body: github.Ptr(body),
 				}
diff --git a/pkg/github/issues_test.go b/pkg/github/issues_test.go
index 3be4fe1b5..a2ae1dde5 100644
--- a/pkg/github/issues_test.go
+++ b/pkg/github/issues_test.go
@@ -4154,6 +4154,32 @@ func TestAddIssueComment(t *testing.T) {
 				"body":         "This is a comment",
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "strips invisible characters from comment body before posting",
+			mockedClient: MockHTTPClientWithHandlers(map[string]http.HandlerFunc{
+				PostReposIssuesCommentsByOwnerByRepoByIssueNumber: expect(t, expectations{
+					path:        "/repos/owner/repo/issues/42/comments",
+					requestBody: map[string]any{"body": "@dependabot rebase"},
+				}).andThen(mockResponse(t, http.StatusCreated, mockComment)),
+			}),
+			requestArgs: map[string]any{
+				"owner":        "owner",
+				"repo":         "repo",
+				"issue_number": float64(42),
+				"body":         "\u2068@\u2069\u2068d\u2069ependabot rebase",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "rejects comment body that is only invisible characters",
+			requestArgs: map[string]any{
+				"owner":        "owner",
+				"repo":         "repo",
+				"issue_number": float64(42),
+				"body":         "\u200B\u2068\u2069",
+			},
+			expectToolError:    true,
+			expectedToolErrMsg: "body cannot be empty after removing invisible characters",
+		},
 		{
 			name: "successful reaction to issue",
 			mockedClient: MockHTTPClientWithHandlers(map[string]http.HandlerFunc{