diff --git a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptStaticAnalysisCalls.ts b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptStaticAnalysisCalls.ts
index e7c8ee1827..5137e1ebd7 100644
--- a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptStaticAnalysisCalls.ts
+++ b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptStaticAnalysisCalls.ts
@@ -306,13 +306,32 @@ export const addSourceMapDirectives = (
       end === null
     )
       continue;
-    const match = /^(?:\/\/|\/\*)[#@]\s*sourceMappingURL\s*=\s*([^\s*]+)/u.exec(
-      source.slice(start, end),
-    );
-    if (match === null) continue;
-    const declared = match[1];
-    if (declared === undefined || declared.length === 0) continue;
-    const location = rangeForOffsets(source, start, start + match[0].length);
+    const commentSource = source.slice(start, end);
+    if (
+      !(commentSource.startsWith("//") || commentSource.startsWith("/*")) ||
+      !(commentSource[2] === "#" || commentSource[2] === "@")
+    )
+      continue;
+    // Single-class searches avoid regex backtracking over unbounded whitespace
+    // or inline URLs, which can exhaust the engine stack on two-byte strings.
+    const nameOffset = commentSource.slice(3).search(/\S/u);
+    if (nameOffset === -1) continue;
+    const nameStart = 3 + nameOffset;
+    if (!commentSource.startsWith("sourceMappingURL", nameStart)) continue;
+    const nameEnd = nameStart + "sourceMappingURL".length;
+    const equalsOffset = commentSource.slice(nameEnd).search(/\S/u);
+    if (equalsOffset === -1) continue;
+    const equalsStart = nameEnd + equalsOffset;
+    if (!commentSource.startsWith("=", equalsStart)) continue;
+    const urlOffset = commentSource.slice(equalsStart + 1).search(/\S/u);
+    if (urlOffset === -1) continue;
+    const declaredStart = equalsStart + 1 + urlOffset;
+    const terminator = commentSource.slice(declaredStart).search(/[\s*]/u);
+    const declaredEnd =
+      terminator === -1 ? commentSource.length : declaredStart + terminator;
+    if (declaredEnd === declaredStart) continue;
+    const declared = commentSource.slice(declaredStart, declaredEnd);
+    const location = rangeForOffsets(source, start, start + declaredEnd);
     addFindingOnce(accumulator, `source-map\0${declared}`, () =>
       accumulator.sourceMaps.push({ declared_url: declared, location }),
     );
diff --git a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptStaticAnalysisSourceMaps.test.ts b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptStaticAnalysisSourceMaps.test.ts
index 93a9ddec90..f5664f73c4 100644
--- a/src/domain/javascript/javascriptStaticAnalysisSourceMaps.test.ts
+++ b/src/domain/javascript/javascriptStaticAnalysisSourceMaps.test.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,60 @@ describe("source map directives", () => {
     ).toEqual(["first.map", "second.map"]);
   });
 
+  it("reads a large inline map from a two-byte source without overflowing", () => {
+    const declared =
+      "data:application/json;charset=utf-8;base64," + "A".repeat(9_000_000);
+    const source = `const label = "ğ";\n//# sourceMappingURL=${declared}`;
+
+    expect(sourceMapUrls(source)).toEqual([declared]);
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ["after the marker", "//#", "sourceMappingURL=x"],
+    ["before the equals sign", "//# sourceMappingURL", "=x"],
+    ["before the URL", "//# sourceMappingURL=", "x"],
+  ])("reads 9.5M spaces %s without overflowing", (_label, prefix, suffix) => {
+    const source = `ğ${prefix}${" ".repeat(9_500_000)}${suffix}`;
+    expect(analyzeJavaScriptStaticSource(source).source_map_urls).toEqual([
+      {
+        declared_url: "x",
+        location: {
+          start: { line: 1, column: 1 },
+          end: { line: 1, column: source.length },
+        },
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    "//#",
+    "//# \t",
+    "//# sourceMappingURL",
+    "//# sourceMappingURL \t",
+    "//# sourceMappingURL=",
+    "//# sourceMappingURL= \t",
+    "/*# sourceMappingURL= */",
+    "//# sourceMappingURLx=app.js.map",
+    "//# sourceMappingURL app.js.map",
+  ])("ignores an incomplete or malformed directive: %s", (source) => {
+    expect(sourceMapUrls(source)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("preserves Unicode whitespace and URL terminator boundaries", () => {
+    const source =
+      "ğ/*@\u00a0sourceMappingURL\u2003=\ufeffapp.js.map* ignored */";
+    const declaredEnd = source.indexOf("* ignored");
+    expect(analyzeJavaScriptStaticSource(source).source_map_urls).toEqual([
+      {
+        declared_url: "app.js.map",
+        location: {
+          start: { line: 1, column: 1 },
+          end: { line: 1, column: declaredEnd },
+        },
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it("reports nothing when no directive is present", () => {
     expect(sourceMapUrls("const value = 1;")).toEqual([]);
   });