diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c7cfbba928da9..e9470d9bb4727 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Add ListPitInfo::getKeepAlive() getter ([#14495](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/14495))
 - Fix FuzzyQuery in keyword field will use IndexOrDocValuesQuery when both of index and doc_value are true ([#14378](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/14378))
 - Fix file cache initialization ([#14004](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/14004))
+- Handle NPE in GetResult if "found" field is missing ([#14552](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/14552))
 
 ### Security
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/get/GetResult.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/get/GetResult.java
index c0dd1cd2ecb30..27a2826f71e19 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/get/GetResult.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/get/GetResult.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.common.annotation.PublicApi;
 import org.opensearch.common.document.DocumentField;
 import org.opensearch.common.xcontent.XContentHelper;
+import org.opensearch.core.common.ParsingException;
 import org.opensearch.core.common.Strings;
 import org.opensearch.core.common.bytes.BytesReference;
 import org.opensearch.core.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
@@ -398,6 +400,14 @@ public static GetResult fromXContentEmbedded(XContentParser parser, String index
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        if (found == null) {
+            throw new ParsingException(
+                parser.getTokenLocation(),
+                String.format(Locale.ROOT, "Missing required field [%s]", GetResult.FOUND)
+            );
+        }
+
         return new GetResult(index, id, seqNo, primaryTerm, version, found, source, documentFields, metaFields);
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/get/GetResultTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/get/GetResultTests.java
index 64b14744a40d2..2001bb84454cd 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/get/GetResultTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/get/GetResultTests.java
@@ -35,12 +35,16 @@
 import org.opensearch.common.collect.Tuple;
 import org.opensearch.common.document.DocumentField;
 import org.opensearch.common.io.stream.BytesStreamOutput;
+import org.opensearch.common.xcontent.LoggingDeprecationHandler;
 import org.opensearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
+import org.opensearch.common.xcontent.json.JsonXContent;
+import org.opensearch.core.common.ParsingException;
 import org.opensearch.core.common.Strings;
 import org.opensearch.core.common.bytes.BytesArray;
 import org.opensearch.core.common.bytes.BytesReference;
 import org.opensearch.core.xcontent.MediaType;
 import org.opensearch.core.xcontent.MediaTypeRegistry;
+import org.opensearch.core.xcontent.NamedXContentRegistry;
 import org.opensearch.core.xcontent.ToXContent;
 import org.opensearch.core.xcontent.XContentParser;
 import org.opensearch.index.mapper.IdFieldMapper;
@@ -220,6 +224,22 @@ public void testEqualsAndHashcode() {
         );
     }
 
+    public void testFomXContentEmbeddedFoundParsingException() throws IOException {
+        String json = "{\"_index\":\"foo\",\"_id\":\"bar\"}";
+        try (
+            XContentParser parser = JsonXContent.jsonXContent.createParser(
+                NamedXContentRegistry.EMPTY,
+                LoggingDeprecationHandler.INSTANCE,
+                json
+            )
+        ) {
+            ensureExpectedToken(XContentParser.Token.START_OBJECT, parser.nextToken(), parser);
+            ParsingException parsingException = assertThrows(ParsingException.class, () -> GetResult.fromXContentEmbedded(parser));
+            assertEquals("Missing required field [found]", parsingException.getMessage());
+        }
+
+    }
+
     public static GetResult copyGetResult(GetResult getResult) {
         return new GetResult(
             getResult.getIndex(),