diff --git a/core/opentaint-java-querylang/samples/src/main/java/issues/issue98.java b/core/opentaint-java-querylang/samples/src/main/java/issues/issue98.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1e82657a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/opentaint-java-querylang/samples/src/main/java/issues/issue98.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package issues;
+
+import base.RuleSample;
+import base.RuleSet;
+
+/**
+ * Repro: taint is lost when an element of a tainted array is itself an array
+ * that is later indexed (array-of-arrays / Object[] holding a String[]).
+ *
+ * The source marks the returned {@code Object[]} with element-level taint
+ * ({@code args[*]}). Reading a scalar element ({@code args[0]}) keeps the taint
+ * (see {@link PositiveScalarElementControl}), but reading an element that is
+ * itself an array and then indexing that inner array
+ * ({@code ((String[]) args[1])[0]}) drops it: the engine transfers the source's
+ * element path to a reference fact on the destination ({@code types.$}) instead
+ * of a nested element fact ({@code types[*]}), so the inner element read is not
+ * considered tainted.
+ *
+ * This is the shape of Apache Dubbo's GenericFilter provider path:
+ *   String[] parameterTypes = (String[]) invocation.getArguments()[1];
+ *   ... ReflectUtils.name2class(parameterTypes[i]) ...
+ */
+@RuleSet("issues/issue98.yaml")
+public abstract class issue98 implements RuleSample {
+
+    Object[] src() {
+        return new Object[] {"", new String[] {""}};
+    }
+
+    void sink(String data) {}
+
+    /**
+     * Control: scalar element of a tainted array reaches the sink. This already
+     * works today and anchors that the source/sink/element-read all function;
+     * the only difference from the failing case is that the element here is a
+     * scalar, not a nested array.
+     */
+    static class PositiveScalarElementControl extends issue98 {
+        @Override
+        public void entrypoint() {
+            Object[] args = src();
+            String name = (String) args[0];
+            sink(name);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * False negative: the element {@code args[1]} is itself a {@code String[]};
+     * indexing it ({@code types[0]}) loses the taint. Expected: a finding at the
+     * {@code sink(types[0])} call. Observed: none.
+     */
+    static class PositiveNestedArrayElement extends issue98 {
+        @Override
+        public void entrypoint() {
+            Object[] args = src();
+            String[] types = (String[]) args[1];
+            sink(types[0]);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/opentaint-java-querylang/samples/src/main/resources/issues/issue98.yaml b/core/opentaint-java-querylang/samples/src/main/resources/issues/issue98.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2eb26a4d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/opentaint-java-querylang/samples/src/main/resources/issues/issue98.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+rules:
+  - id: i98
+    languages:
+      - java
+    severity: ERROR
+    message: tainted array element reaches sink
+    mode: taint
+    pattern-sources:
+      - patterns:
+          - focus-metavariable: $X
+          - pattern: $X = src();
+    pattern-sinks:
+      - patterns:
+          - pattern: sink($Y);
+          - focus-metavariable: $Y
diff --git a/core/opentaint-java-querylang/src/test/kotlin/org/opentaint/semgrep/IssuesTest.kt b/core/opentaint-java-querylang/src/test/kotlin/org/opentaint/semgrep/IssuesTest.kt
index 185fe851c..7e0aa4e5e 100644
--- a/core/opentaint-java-querylang/src/test/kotlin/org/opentaint/semgrep/IssuesTest.kt
+++ b/core/opentaint-java-querylang/src/test/kotlin/org/opentaint/semgrep/IssuesTest.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import issues.issue94
 import issues.issue95
 import issues.issue96
 import issues.issue97
+import issues.issue98
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestInstance
@@ -105,6 +106,9 @@ class IssuesTest : SampleBasedTest() {
     @Test
     fun `issue 97`() = runTest<issue97>()
 
+    @Test // todo: nested array element taint — element of a tainted array that is itself an array loses taint when indexed
+    fun `issue 98`() = runTest<issue98>()
+
     @AfterAll
     fun close() {
         closeRunner()