diff --git a/worker/src/archive/ranged/rar-ranged.test.ts b/worker/src/archive/ranged/rar-ranged.test.ts
index 35e728f..4394817 100644
--- a/worker/src/archive/ranged/rar-ranged.test.ts
+++ b/worker/src/archive/ranged/rar-ranged.test.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,32 @@ describe("walkRarVolume", () => {
     // First region starts right after the 8-byte signature
     expect(regions![0].offset).toBe(8);
   });
+
+  it("returns null when a block claims an absurd header size (corrupt/desynced)", async () => {
+    // RAR5 block with HeaderSize vint encoding a value > 8MB.
+    // Encode 9_000_000 as RAR vint: bytes little-endian 7-bit groups with continuation bit.
+    function encodeVint(n: number): number[] {
+      const out: number[] = [];
+      while (n >= 0x80) {
+        out.push((n & 0x7f) | 0x80);
+        n = Math.floor(n / 128);
+      }
+      out.push(n);
+      return out;
+    }
+    const sig = Buffer.from([0x52, 0x61, 0x72, 0x21, 0x1a, 0x07, 0x01, 0x00]); // RAR5 signature
+    const hsVint = encodeVint(9_000_000);
+    // Block = CRC(4) + HeaderSize vint(9MB) + Type(1 byte) + Flags(1 byte)
+    const block = Buffer.concat([Buffer.alloc(4), Buffer.from(hsVint), Buffer.from([0x02, 0x00])]);
+    const vol = Buffer.concat([sig, block]);
+    const size = 20 * 1024 * 1024;
+    const read = async (_id: string, offset: number, length: number) => {
+      if (offset >= vol.length) return Buffer.alloc(0);
+      return vol.subarray(offset, Math.min(offset + length, vol.length));
+    };
+    const regions = await walkRarVolume(read, { fileId: "1", fileSize: BigInt(size), fileName: "c.rar" }, 5, 8);
+    expect(regions).toBeNull();
+  });
 });
 
 describe("readRarListingRanged (single part)", () => {
diff --git a/worker/src/archive/ranged/rar-ranged.ts b/worker/src/archive/ranged/rar-ranged.ts
index 683d3f4..1e87194 100644
--- a/worker/src/archive/ranged/rar-ranged.ts
+++ b/worker/src/archive/ranged/rar-ranged.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ import { childLogger } from "../../util/logger.js";
 
 const rlog = childLogger("rar-ranged");
 const MAX_RAR_BLOCKS = 50000;
+const MAX_RAR_HEADER_BYTES = 8 * 1024 * 1024; // 8 MB — real RAR block headers are far smaller; guards against a corrupt/desynced HeaderSize
 const HEADER_CHUNK = 8192;
 
 export async function walkRarVolume(
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ export async function walkRarVolume(
       const chunkLen = Math.min(HEADER_CHUNK, size - pos);
       let chunk = await read(part.fileId, pos, chunkLen, part.fileSize);
       const ext = version === 5 ? parseRar5BlockExtent(chunk, 0) : parseRar4BlockExtent(chunk, 0);
+      if (ext.headerBytes > MAX_RAR_HEADER_BYTES) return null;
       // Ensure we have the full header bytes to harvest (long filenames).
       let headerBuf = chunk;
       if (ext.headerBytes > chunk.length) {