diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2025-06-27-21-23-19.gh-issue-136053.QZxcee.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2025-06-27-21-23-19.gh-issue-136053.QZxcee.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..93caed3aa3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2025-06-27-21-23-19.gh-issue-136053.QZxcee.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+:mod:`marshal`: fix a possible crash when deserializing :class:`slice` objects.
diff --git a/Python/marshal.c b/Python/marshal.c
index afbef6ee679..15dd25d6268 100644
--- a/Python/marshal.c
+++ b/Python/marshal.c
@@ -1656,6 +1656,9 @@ r_object(RFILE *p)
     case TYPE_SLICE:
     {
         Py_ssize_t idx = r_ref_reserve(flag, p);
+        if (idx < 0) {
+            break;
+        }
         PyObject *stop = NULL;
         PyObject *step = NULL;
         PyObject *start = r_object(p);