diff --git a/prowler/CHANGELOG.md b/prowler/CHANGELOG.md
index 07884e6cae..5f03b32970 100644
--- a/prowler/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/prowler/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ All notable changes to the **Prowler SDK** are documented in this file.
 
 ---
 
+---
+
+## [v5.12.4] (Prowler UNRELEASED)
+
+### Fixed
+- Fix file extension parsing for compliance reports [(#8791)](https://github.com/prowler-cloud/prowler/pull/8791)
+
+---
+
 ## [v5.12.1] (Prowler v5.12.1)
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/prowler/lib/outputs/compliance/compliance_output.py b/prowler/lib/outputs/compliance/compliance_output.py
index d3b855521e..f4f84561f4 100644
--- a/prowler/lib/outputs/compliance/compliance_output.py
+++ b/prowler/lib/outputs/compliance/compliance_output.py
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ class ComplianceOutput(Output):
         self._from_cli = from_cli
 
         if not file_extension and file_path:
-            self._file_extension = "".join(Path(file_path).suffixes)
+            # Compliance reports are always CSV, so just use the last suffix
+            # e.g., "cis_5.0_aws.csv" should have extension ".csv", not ".0_aws.csv"
+            path_obj = Path(file_path)
+            self._file_extension = path_obj.suffix if path_obj.suffix else ""
         if file_extension:
             self._file_extension = file_extension
             self.file_path = f"{file_path}{self.file_extension}"
diff --git a/tests/lib/outputs/compliance/compliance_test.py b/tests/lib/outputs/compliance/compliance_test.py
index 839e5518ec..bb6a7e4089 100644
--- a/tests/lib/outputs/compliance/compliance_test.py
+++ b/tests/lib/outputs/compliance/compliance_test.py
@@ -391,3 +391,54 @@ class TestCompliance:
         assert get_check_compliance(finding, "github", bulk_checks_metadata) == {
             "CIS-1.0": ["1.1.11"],
         }
+
+
+class TestComplianceOutput:
+    """Test ComplianceOutput file extension parsing fix."""
+
+    def test_compliance_output_file_extension_with_dots(self):
+        """Test that ComplianceOutput correctly parses file extensions when framework names contain dots."""
+        from prowler.lib.outputs.compliance.generic.generic import GenericCompliance
+
+        compliance = Compliance(
+            Framework="CIS",
+            Version="5.0",
+            Provider="AWS",
+            Name="CIS Amazon Web Services Foundations Benchmark v5.0",
+            Description="Test compliance framework",
+            Requirements=[],
+        )
+
+        # Test with problematic file path that contains dots in framework name
+        # This simulates the real scenario from Prowler App S3 integration
+        problematic_file_path = "output/compliance/prowler-output-123456789012-20250101120000_cis_5.0_aws.csv"
+
+        # Create GenericCompliance object with file_path (no explicit file_extension)
+        compliance_output = GenericCompliance(
+            findings=[], compliance=compliance, file_path=problematic_file_path
+        )
+
+        assert compliance_output.file_extension == ".csv"
+        assert compliance_output.file_extension != ".0_aws.csv"
+
+    def test_compliance_output_file_extension_explicit(self):
+        """Test that ComplianceOutput uses explicit file_extension when provided."""
+        from prowler.lib.outputs.compliance.generic.generic import GenericCompliance
+
+        compliance = Compliance(
+            Framework="CIS",
+            Version="5.0",
+            Provider="AWS",
+            Name="CIS Amazon Web Services Foundations Benchmark v5.0",
+            Description="Test compliance framework",
+            Requirements=[],
+        )
+
+        compliance_output = GenericCompliance(
+            findings=[],
+            compliance=compliance,
+            file_path="output/compliance/test",
+            file_extension=".csv",
+        )
+
+        assert compliance_output.file_extension == ".csv"