diff --git a/builtins/tests/testcmd/testcmd_fuzz_test.go b/builtins/tests/testcmd/testcmd_fuzz_test.go
index 2c3062399..f409ab90b 100644
--- a/builtins/tests/testcmd/testcmd_fuzz_test.go
+++ b/builtins/tests/testcmd/testcmd_fuzz_test.go
@@ -299,6 +299,10 @@ func FuzzTestNesting(f *testing.F) {
 	f.Add("1 -eq 2 -o 2 -eq 2 -o 3 -eq 4")
 	// Mixed -a and -o
 	f.Add("1 -eq 1 -o 1 -eq 2 -a 2 -eq 2")
+	// Brace sequence that expands over the ASCII '['..']' range and so forms an
+	// invalid glob character class ([1-0]); previously panicked mvdan's glob
+	// matcher during field expansion. Regression for that crash.
+	f.Add("{a..A}1-{a..A}0{a..A}")
 
 	// Shared base dir avoids per-iteration t.TempDir() cleanup overhead.
 	baseDir := f.TempDir()
diff --git a/interp/check.go b/interp/check.go
index e5eb188e4..828354286 100644
--- a/interp/check.go
+++ b/interp/check.go
@@ -505,6 +505,31 @@ func (c *scriptChecker) forgetCommandEffects(name string, state *checkState) {
 	}
 }
 
+// forEachCheckField iterates the fields produced by expanding word, calling
+// yield for each (field, err) until yield returns false or expansion ends. It
+// returns false only if mvdan.cc/sh's glob matcher panicked on a pattern it
+// could not compile (see isGlobPatternPanic) — e.g. an invalid class range a
+// brace expansion synthesized — so the caller can mark the result
+// indeterminate rather than let the panic reach the checker. Any other panic is
+// re-raised.
+func forEachCheckField(cfg *expand.Config, word *syntax.Word, yield func(string, error) bool) (ok bool) {
+	ok = true
+	defer func() {
+		if rec := recover(); rec != nil {
+			if !isGlobPatternPanic(rec) {
+				panic(rec)
+			}
+			ok = false
+		}
+	}()
+	for field, err := range expand.FieldsSeq(cfg, word) {
+		if !yield(field, err) {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 func (c *scriptChecker) call(stmt *syntax.Stmt, call *syntax.CallExpr, state *checkState, depth int) {
 	entry := c.add(stmt.Pos())
 	if entry == nil {
@@ -518,18 +543,21 @@ func (c *scriptChecker) call(stmt *syntax.Stmt, call *syntax.CallExpr, state *ch
 			complete = false
 			break
 		}
-		for field, err := range expand.FieldsSeq(state.expansionConfig(), word) {
+		if !forEachCheckField(state.expansionConfig(), word, func(field string, err error) bool {
 			if err != nil {
 				complete = false
-				break
+				return false
 			}
 			bytes += len(field)
 			if len(fields) >= MaxExpandedArgumentsPerCommand+1 || bytes > MaxExpandedBytesPerCommand {
 				entry.issue(CheckLimitExceeded, "command expansion exceeds argument or byte limit")
 				complete = false
-				break
+				return false
 			}
 			fields = append(fields, field)
+			return true
+		}) {
+			complete = false
 		}
 		if !complete {
 			break
@@ -656,15 +684,15 @@ func (c *scriptChecker) redirects(entry *CommandCheck, redirects []*syntax.Redir
 		known := state.boundWord(redirect.Word, false, MaxExpandedBytesPerCommand)
 		var paths []string
 		if known {
-			for path, err := range expand.FieldsSeq(state.expansionConfig(), redirect.Word) {
+			if !forEachCheckField(state.expansionConfig(), redirect.Word, func(path string, err error) bool {
 				if err != nil || len(path) > MaxExpandedBytesPerCommand {
 					known = false
-					break
+					return false
 				}
 				paths = append(paths, path)
-				if len(paths) > 1 {
-					break
-				}
+				return len(paths) <= 1
+			}) {
+				known = false
 			}
 		}
 		if !known {
diff --git a/interp/glob_pattern_panic_test.go b/interp/glob_pattern_panic_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c4e80485
--- /dev/null
+++ b/interp/glob_pattern_panic_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+// Unless explicitly stated otherwise all files in this repository are licensed
+// under the Apache License Version 2.0.
+// This product includes software developed at Datadog (https://www.datadoghq.com/).
+// Copyright 2026-present Datadog, Inc.
+
+package interp
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+// TestBraceGeneratedInvalidGlobDoesNotPanic is a regression test for a crash
+// found by fuzzing the test builtin (FuzzTestNesting). Brace expansion can
+// synthesize a glob pattern that mvdan.cc/sh's matcher cannot compile — for
+// example `{a..A}` expands over the ASCII range that includes '[' and ']', so
+// `test {a..A}1-{a..A}0{a..A}` produces a field like `[1-0]`, an invalid
+// character-class range. mvdan's ExtendedPatternMatcher calls regexp.MustCompile
+// and panics on it; before the fix that panic reached Run's recovery and
+// surfaced as the generic "internal error" sentinel (a non-ExitStatus error).
+// Field expansion now converts it into a clean expansion failure.
+func TestBraceGeneratedInvalidGlobDoesNotPanic(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	scripts := map[string]string{
+		"brace_sequence_forms_invalid_class": "test {a..A}1-{a..A}0{a..A}",
+		"brace_builds_invalid_class":         "echo {a..A}1-{a..A}0",
+		"direct_invalid_class":               "echo [1-0]",
+		"reversed_class":                     "echo [z-a]",
+	}
+	for name, script := range scripts {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var out, errb bytes.Buffer
+			r, err := New(StdIO(nil, &out, &errb), allowAllCommandsOpt(), AllowedPaths([]string{dir}))
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			defer r.Close()
+			r.Dir = dir
+
+			prog, err := ParseScript(script, "")
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			rerr := r.Run(context.Background(), prog)
+			// The run must terminate with a normal exit status, never the
+			// recovered-panic sentinel or any other non-ExitStatus error.
+			if rerr != nil {
+				var es ExitStatus
+				if !errors.As(rerr, &es) {
+					t.Fatalf("expected a clean exit, got non-exit error %q (stderr=%q)", rerr, errb.String())
+				}
+			}
+			if strings.Contains(errb.String(), "internal panic") {
+				t.Fatalf("interpreter panicked instead of handling the pattern: %s", errb.String())
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestValidGlobStillExpands guards against the invalid-pattern fix regressing
+// ordinary, valid globbing.
+func TestValidGlobStillExpands(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	for _, name := range []string{"a.txt", "b.txt"} {
+		if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, name), []byte("x"), 0o644); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		script string
+		want   string
+	}{
+		{"echo *.txt", "a.txt b.txt\n"},
+		{"echo [ab].txt", "a.txt b.txt\n"},
+		{"echo [a-z].txt", "a.txt b.txt\n"},
+		{"echo nomatch*.zzz", "nomatch*.zzz\n"}, // no match: word stays literal
+	} {
+		var out, errb bytes.Buffer
+		r, err := New(StdIO(nil, &out, &errb), allowAllCommandsOpt(), AllowedPaths([]string{dir}))
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		r.Dir = dir
+		prog, err := ParseScript(tc.script, "")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		if err := r.Run(context.Background(), prog); err != nil {
+			var es ExitStatus
+			if !errors.As(err, &es) {
+				r.Close()
+				t.Fatalf("%q: unexpected error: %v", tc.script, err)
+			}
+		}
+		r.Close()
+		if out.String() != tc.want {
+			t.Errorf("%q: got %q, want %q", tc.script, out.String(), tc.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/interp/runner_expand.go b/interp/runner_expand.go
index 920f34abe..e3505d58c 100644
--- a/interp/runner_expand.go
+++ b/interp/runner_expand.go
@@ -354,15 +354,48 @@ func (c *fieldCollector) setCommandPrefixFields(n int) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+// isGlobPatternPanic reports whether rec is the panic raised by
+// mvdan.cc/sh/v3's glob matcher (internal.ExtendedPatternMatcher, which calls
+// regexp.MustCompile) on a pattern it produced but cannot compile — most
+// notably an invalid character-class range such as `[1-0]`. Brace expansion can
+// synthesize such a pattern from innocent-looking input: `{a..A}` expands over
+// the ASCII range that includes `[`, `\` and `]`, so a field like `[1-0]` can
+// appear and reach pathname expansion. mvdan panics instead of returning an
+// error, so field expansion must recognise and convert it; any other panic is
+// re-raised so genuine interpreter bugs still surface.
+func isGlobPatternPanic(rec any) bool {
+	// regexp.MustCompile (reached via mvdan's internal.ExtendedPatternMatcher)
+	// panics with a string beginning "regexp: Compile(".
+	var s string
+	switch v := rec.(type) {
+	case string:
+		s = v
+	case error:
+		s = v.Error()
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+	return strings.HasPrefix(s, "regexp: Compile(")
+}
+
 func (c *fieldCollector) fieldLimitError() error {
 	return &expansionLimitError{message: fmt.Sprintf(
 		"expansion exceeds maximum field count (%d)", c.maxFields)}
 }
 
-func (c *fieldCollector) add(words ...*syntax.Word) bool {
+func (c *fieldCollector) add(words ...*syntax.Word) (ok bool) {
 	previous := c.r.activeFields
 	c.r.activeFields = c
 	defer func() { c.r.activeFields = previous }()
+	defer func() {
+		if rec := recover(); rec != nil {
+			if !isGlobPatternPanic(rec) {
+				panic(rec)
+			}
+			c.r.expandErr(fmt.Errorf("invalid glob pattern in expansion"))
+			ok = false
+		}
+	}()
 	ifs := c.r.fieldSplitIFS()
 	for _, word := range words {
 		if c.r.stop(c.r.ectx) {