diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f853f69f601..18ae43fe233 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
     "open": "^7.0.3",
     "ora": "5.4.0",
     "os-name": "^3.0.0",
+    "pegjs": "^0.10.0",
     "promise-queue": "^2.2.5",
     "proxy-from-env": "^1.0.0",
     "rimraf": "^2.6.3",
diff --git a/src/cli/commands/test/iac-local-execution/parsers/path.ts b/src/cli/commands/test/iac-local-execution/parsers/path.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aa53f8e474a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cli/commands/test/iac-local-execution/parsers/path.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import * as peg from 'pegjs';
+
+const grammar = `
+start
+  = element+
+
+element
+  = component:component "."? { return component; }
+
+component
+  = $(identifier index?)
+
+identifier
+  = $([^'"\\[\\]\\.]+)
+
+index
+  = $("[" ['"]? [^'"\\]]+ ['"]? "]")
+`;
+
+export const parsePath = createPathParser();
+
+function createPathParser(): (expr: string) => string[] {
+  const parser = peg.generate(grammar);
+  return (expr: string) => {
+    try {
+      return parser.parse(expr);
+    } catch (e) {
+      // I haven't actually been able to write a testcase that triggers this
+      // code path, but I've included it anyway as a fallback to allow users to
+      // keep using the CLI even if this does occur. Their paths might look
+      // strange, but that's better than nothing.
+      return expr.split('.');
+    }
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/cli/commands/test/iac-local-execution/results-formatter.ts b/src/cli/commands/test/iac-local-execution/results-formatter.ts
index 92dc80cc1bc..f171a2c1d19 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/test/iac-local-execution/results-formatter.ts
+++ b/src/cli/commands/test/iac-local-execution/results-formatter.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   PolicyMetadata,
   TestMeta,
 } from './types';
+import { parsePath } from './parsers/path';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { SEVERITY } from '../../../../lib/snyk-test/common';
 import { IacProjectType } from '../../../../lib/iac/constants';
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ function formatScanResult(
   const formattedIssues = scanResult.violatedPolicies.map((policy) => {
     const cloudConfigPath =
       scanResult.docId !== undefined
-        ? [`[DocId: ${scanResult.docId}]`].concat(policy.msg.split('.'))
+        ? [`[DocId: ${scanResult.docId}]`].concat(parsePath(policy.msg))
         : policy.msg.split('.');
 
     const flagsRequiringLineNumber = [
diff --git a/test/jest/unit/iac-unit-tests/path-parser.spec.ts b/test/jest/unit/iac-unit-tests/path-parser.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b8e2e9bb9aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/jest/unit/iac-unit-tests/path-parser.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { parsePath } from '../../../../src/cli/commands/test/iac-local-execution/parsers/path';
+
+describe('parsing cloudConfigPath', () => {
+  it.each([
+    ['foo', ['foo']],
+    ['foo.bar.baz', ['foo', 'bar', 'baz']],
+    ['foo_1._bar2.baz3_', ['foo_1', '_bar2', 'baz3_']],
+    ['foo.bar[abc].baz', ['foo', 'bar[abc]', 'baz']],
+    ['foo.bar[abc.def].baz', ['foo', 'bar[abc.def]', 'baz']],
+    ["foo.bar['abc.def'].baz", ['foo', "bar['abc.def']", 'baz']],
+    ['foo.bar["abc.def"].baz', ['foo', 'bar["abc.def"]', 'baz']],
+    ["foo.bar['abc/def'].baz", ['foo', "bar['abc/def']", 'baz']],
+    ["foo.bar['abcdef'].baz", ['foo', "bar['abcdef']", 'baz']],
+    ["bar['abc.def']", ["bar['abc.def']"]],
+    ["fo%o.bar['ab$c/def'].baz", ['fo%o', "bar['ab$c/def']", 'baz']],
+  ])('%s', (input, expected) => {
+    expect(parsePath(input)).toEqual(expected);
+  });
+});