diff --git a/src/script_parser.cpp b/src/script_parser.cpp
index 0d1c63757..bc237963b 100644
--- a/src/script_parser.cpp
+++ b/src/script_parser.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ class ScriptParser
 private:
   std::vector<Token> tokens_;
   size_t current_ = 0;
+  int depth_ = 0;
+
+  // Upper bound on the nesting of the recursive-descent grammar. Each open
+  // paren / unary prefix / right-hand operand adds one parseExpr frame, so a
+  // crafted expression like "((((...0...))))" would otherwise recurse until the
+  // native stack is exhausted. This mirrors the kMaxNestingDepth cap the XML
+  // parser already applies in VerifyXML and recursivelyCreateSubtree.
+  static constexpr int kMaxNestingDepth = 256;
 
   // Binding power constants.  Higher value = tighter binding.
   static constexpr int kAssignmentBP = 2;
@@ -254,6 +262,18 @@ class ScriptParser
   /// Main Pratt expression parser
   Ast::expr_ptr parseExpr(int minBP)
   {
+    // Bound the recursion so a deeply nested expression can't overflow the
+    // stack. Every open paren / unary prefix / right-hand operand adds one
+    // parseExpr frame; depth_ is decremented before the normal return below so
+    // it tracks the current nesting rather than the total call count. A parse
+    // failure throws and discards the parser, so the error paths need no reset.
+    if(++depth_ > kMaxNestingDepth)
+    {
+      throw RuntimeError(StrCat("Parse error at position ", std::to_string(peek().pos),
+                                ": expression nesting is too deep (limit ",
+                                std::to_string(kMaxNestingDepth), ")"));
+    }
+
     auto left = parsePrefix();
 
     while(true)
@@ -293,6 +313,7 @@ class ScriptParser
       left = makeBinary(std::move(left), opTok.type, std::move(right));
     }
 
+    --depth_;
     return left;
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/script_parser_test.cpp b/tests/script_parser_test.cpp
index 2e2c5559d..b9af10071 100644
--- a/tests/script_parser_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/script_parser_test.cpp
@@ -98,6 +98,28 @@ TEST(ParserTest, AnyTypes_Failing)
   EXPECT_FALSE(BT::ParseScriptAndExecute(env, "foo").has_value());
 }
 
+TEST(ParserTest, DeeplyNestedScriptIsRejected)
+{
+  // A script with thousands of nested parentheses or unary prefixes used to add
+  // one recursion level per character and overflow the stack (SIGSEGV) at parse
+  // time. The parser now caps the nesting depth and returns an error instead.
+  const std::string deep_parens = std::string(20000, '(') + "0" + std::string(20000, ')');
+  EXPECT_FALSE(BT::ValidateScript(deep_parens));
+
+  const std::string deep_unary = std::string(20000, '!') + "0";
+  EXPECT_FALSE(BT::ValidateScript(deep_unary));
+
+  // The depth cap must not reject ordinary scripts: a long flat expression is
+  // parsed iteratively (shallow recursion) and light nesting is well within it.
+  std::string wide = "1";
+  for(int i = 0; i < 1000; ++i)
+  {
+    wide += "+1";
+  }
+  EXPECT_TRUE(BT::ValidateScript(wide));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(BT::ValidateScript("((((1))))"));
+}
+
 TEST(ParserTest, Equations)
 {
   BT::Ast::Environment environment = { BT::Blackboard::create(), {} };