diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0494af0b6..eb03c53cf 100755
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # 🚀Changelog
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# 5.8.24(2023-12-11)
+# 5.8.24(2023-12-12)
 
 ### 🐣新特性
 * 【cache 】      Cache增加get重载，可自定义超时时间（issue#I8G0DL@Gitee）
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 * 【extra 】      修复Archiver 最后一个 Entry 为空文件夹时未关闭 Entry问题（pr#1123@Gitee）
 * 【core  】      修复ImgUtil.convert png转jpg在jdk9+中失败问题（issue#I8L8UA@Gitee）
 * 【cache 】      修复StampedCache的get方法非原子问题（issue#I8MEIX@Gitee）
+* 【core  】      修复StrSplitter.splitByRegex使用空参数导致的OOM问题（issue#3421@Github）
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # 5.8.23(2023-11-12)
diff --git a/hutool-core/src/main/java/cn/hutool/core/text/finder/PatternFinder.java b/hutool-core/src/main/java/cn/hutool/core/text/finder/PatternFinder.java
index c258daed0..397993086 100644
--- a/hutool-core/src/main/java/cn/hutool/core/text/finder/PatternFinder.java
+++ b/hutool-core/src/main/java/cn/hutool/core/text/finder/PatternFinder.java
@@ -49,9 +49,16 @@ public class PatternFinder extends TextFinder {
 	@Override
 	public int start(int from) {
 		if (matcher.find(from)) {
+			final int end = matcher.end();
 			// 只有匹配到的字符串结尾在limit范围内，才算找到
-			if(matcher.end() <= getValidEndIndex()){
-				return matcher.start();
+			if(end <= getValidEndIndex()){
+				final int start = matcher.start();
+				if(start == end){
+					// issue#3421，如果匹配空串，按照未匹配对待，避免死循环
+					return INDEX_NOT_FOUND;
+				}
+
+				return start;
 			}
 		}
 		return INDEX_NOT_FOUND;
diff --git a/hutool-core/src/test/java/cn/hutool/core/text/split/StrSplitterTest.java b/hutool-core/src/test/java/cn/hutool/core/text/split/StrSplitterTest.java
index 16f812f69..8498bf479 100644
--- a/hutool-core/src/test/java/cn/hutool/core/text/split/StrSplitterTest.java
+++ b/hutool-core/src/test/java/cn/hutool/core/text/split/StrSplitterTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package cn.hutool.core.text.split;
 
+import cn.hutool.core.collection.ListUtil;
 import cn.hutool.core.text.StrSplitter;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -15,8 +16,8 @@ public class StrSplitterTest {
 
 	@Test
 	public void splitByCharTest(){
-		String str1 = "a, ,efedsfs,   ddf";
-		List<String> split = StrSplitter.split(str1, ',', 0, true, true);
+		final String str1 = "a, ,efedsfs,   ddf";
+		final List<String> split = StrSplitter.split(str1, ',', 0, true, true);
 
 		Assert.assertEquals("ddf", split.get(2));
 		Assert.assertEquals(3, split.size());
@@ -24,32 +25,32 @@ public class StrSplitterTest {
 
 	@Test
 	public void splitByStrTest(){
-		String str1 = "aabbccaaddaaee";
-		List<String> split = StrSplitter.split(str1, "aa", 0, true, true);
+		final String str1 = "aabbccaaddaaee";
+		final List<String> split = StrSplitter.split(str1, "aa", 0, true, true);
 		Assert.assertEquals("ee", split.get(2));
 		Assert.assertEquals(3, split.size());
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void splitByBlankTest(){
-		String str1 = "aa bbccaa     ddaaee";
-		List<String> split = StrSplitter.split(str1, 0);
+		final String str1 = "aa bbccaa     ddaaee";
+		final List<String> split = StrSplitter.split(str1, 0);
 		Assert.assertEquals("ddaaee", split.get(2));
 		Assert.assertEquals(3, split.size());
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void splitPathTest(){
-		String str1 = "/use/local/bin";
-		List<String> split = StrSplitter.splitPath(str1, 0);
+		final String str1 = "/use/local/bin";
+		final List<String> split = StrSplitter.splitPath(str1, 0);
 		Assert.assertEquals("bin", split.get(2));
 		Assert.assertEquals(3, split.size());
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void splitMappingTest() {
-		String str = "1.2.";
-		List<Long> split = StrSplitter.split(str, '.', 0, true, true, Long::parseLong);
+		final String str = "1.2.";
+		final List<Long> split = StrSplitter.split(str, '.', 0, true, true, Long::parseLong);
 		Assert.assertEquals(2, split.size());
 		Assert.assertEquals(Long.valueOf(1L), split.get(0));
 		Assert.assertEquals(Long.valueOf(2L), split.get(1));
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ public class StrSplitterTest {
 
 	@Test
 	public void splitEmptyTest(){
-		String str = "";
+		final String str = "";
 		final String[] split = str.split(",");
 		final String[] strings = StrSplitter.splitToArray(str, ",", -1, false, false);
 		Assert.assertNotNull(strings);
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ public class StrSplitterTest {
 
 	@Test
 	public void splitNullTest(){
-		String str = null;
+		final String str = null;
 		final String[] strings = StrSplitter.splitToArray(str, ",", -1, false, false);
 		Assert.assertNotNull(strings);
 		Assert.assertEquals(0, strings.length);
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ public class StrSplitterTest {
 	 */
 	@Test
 	public void splitByRegexTest(){
-		String text = "01  821   34567890182345617821";
+		final String text = "01  821   34567890182345617821";
 		List<String> strings = StrSplitter.splitByRegex(text, "21", 0, false, true);
 		Assert.assertEquals(2, strings.size());
 		Assert.assertEquals("01  8", strings.get(0));
@@ -89,4 +90,19 @@ public class StrSplitterTest {
 		Assert.assertEquals("   345678901823456178", strings.get(1));
 		Assert.assertEquals("", strings.get(2));
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void issue3421Test() {
+		List<String> strings = StrSplitter.splitByRegex("", "", 0, false, false);
+		Assert.assertEquals(ListUtil.of(""), strings);
+
+		strings = StrSplitter.splitByRegex("aaa", "", 0, false, false);
+		Assert.assertEquals(ListUtil.of("aaa"), strings);
+
+		strings = StrSplitter.splitByRegex("", "aaa", 0, false, false);
+		Assert.assertEquals(ListUtil.of(""), strings);
+
+		strings = StrSplitter.splitByRegex("", "", 0, false, true);
+		Assert.assertEquals(ListUtil.of(), strings);
+	}
 }