diff --git a/src/domain/propertyListKeys.test.ts b/src/domain/propertyListKeys.test.ts
index 759c3e454..e15fcb27e 100644
--- a/src/domain/propertyListKeys.test.ts
+++ b/src/domain/propertyListKeys.test.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ it("keeps an entity-encoded key that decodes to the placeholder", () => {
   });
 });
 
+it("keeps entity-like text beyond Unicode in comments and CDATA", () => {
+  const text = plist(
+    "<!-- &#99999999999; --><dict><key>raw</key><string><![CDATA[&#x110000;]]></string><key>__proto__</key><string>x</string></dict>",
+  );
+  expect(parseXmlPropertyList(text)).toEqual({
+    value: { raw: "&#x110000;" },
+    omittedPrototypeKeys: 1,
+  });
+});
+
 it("omits own __proto__ entries that JSON decoding creates", () => {
   const decoded: unknown = JSON.parse(
     '{"__proto__":{"x":1},"a":[{"__proto__":2,"b":3}]}',
diff --git a/src/domain/propertyListKeys.ts b/src/domain/propertyListKeys.ts
index c2192f00b..0007e1e5e 100644
--- a/src/domain/propertyListKeys.ts
+++ b/src/domain/propertyListKeys.ts
@@ -56,13 +56,23 @@ const XML_ENTITIES: Readonly<Record<string, string>> = {
   quot: '"',
 };
 
+/**
+ * Expand XML character and predefined entity references. A reference beyond
+ * Unicode stays as written: comments and CDATA may hold such text literally,
+ * and the XML decoder rejects it anywhere else.
+ */
 const decodeXmlText = (text: string): string =>
   text.replace(
     /&(?:#x([\da-f]+)|#(\d+)|([a-z]+));/giu,
     (entity, hex?: string, decimal?: string, name?: string) => {
-      if (hex !== undefined) return String.fromCodePoint(parseInt(hex, 16));
-      if (decimal !== undefined)
-        return String.fromCodePoint(parseInt(decimal, 10));
+      const codePoint =
+        hex !== undefined
+          ? parseInt(hex, 16)
+          : decimal !== undefined
+            ? parseInt(decimal, 10)
+            : undefined;
+      if (codePoint !== undefined)
+        return codePoint <= 0x10ffff ? String.fromCodePoint(codePoint) : entity;
       return (name === undefined ? undefined : XML_ENTITIES[name]) ?? entity;
     },
   );
@@ -77,6 +87,7 @@ export const parseXmlPropertyList = (
 ): PropertyListWithoutPrototypeKeys => {
   // The decoded text holds every key the decoder can produce, including
   // entity-encoded spellings of the placeholder, so no source key aliases it.
+  // Decoding comment or CDATA text too can only lengthen the placeholder.
   const decoded = decodeXmlText(text);
   let placeholder = "__rea_prototype_key__";
   while (decoded.includes(placeholder)) placeholder = `_${placeholder}`;