diff --git a/src/jv_aux.c b/src/jv_aux.c
index 018f380b..fd5ff966 100644
--- a/src/jv_aux.c
+++ b/src/jv_aux.c
@@ -365,6 +365,10 @@ static jv jv_dels(jv t, jv keys) {
   return t;
 }
 
+#ifndef MAX_PATH_DEPTH
+#define MAX_PATH_DEPTH (10000)
+#endif
+
 jv jv_setpath(jv root, jv path, jv value) {
   if (jv_get_kind(path) != JV_KIND_ARRAY) {
     jv_free(value);
@@ -372,6 +376,12 @@ jv jv_setpath(jv root, jv path, jv value) {
     jv_free(path);
     return jv_invalid_with_msg(jv_string("Path must be specified as an array"));
   }
+  if (jv_array_length(jv_copy(path)) > MAX_PATH_DEPTH) {
+    jv_free(value);
+    jv_free(root);
+    jv_free(path);
+    return jv_invalid_with_msg(jv_string("Path too deep"));
+  }
   if (!jv_is_valid(root)){
     jv_free(value);
     jv_free(path);
@@ -424,6 +434,11 @@ jv jv_getpath(jv root, jv path) {
     jv_free(path);
     return jv_invalid_with_msg(jv_string("Path must be specified as an array"));
   }
+  if (jv_array_length(jv_copy(path)) > MAX_PATH_DEPTH) {
+    jv_free(root);
+    jv_free(path);
+    return jv_invalid_with_msg(jv_string("Path too deep"));
+  }
   if (!jv_is_valid(root)) {
     jv_free(path);
     return root;
@@ -502,6 +517,12 @@ jv jv_delpaths(jv object, jv paths) {
       jv_free(elem);
       return err;
     }
+    if (jv_array_length(jv_copy(elem)) > MAX_PATH_DEPTH) {
+      jv_free(object);
+      jv_free(paths);
+      jv_free(elem);
+      return jv_invalid_with_msg(jv_string("Path too deep"));
+    }
     jv_free(elem);
   }
   if (jv_array_length(jv_copy(paths)) == 0) {
diff --git a/tests/jq.test b/tests/jq.test
index 4a84e96c..0cd5198f 100644
--- a/tests/jq.test
+++ b/tests/jq.test
@@ -2568,3 +2568,28 @@ true
 reduce range(10001) as $_ ([];[.]) | tojson | contains("<skipped: too deep>")
 null
 true
+
+# regression test for CVE-2026-33947
+setpath([range(10000) | 0]; 0) | flatten
+null
+[0]
+
+try setpath([range(10001) | 0]; 0) catch .
+null
+"Path too deep"
+
+getpath([range(10000) | 0])
+null
+null
+
+try getpath([range(10001) | 0]) catch .
+null
+"Path too deep"
+
+delpaths([[range(10000) | 0]])
+null
+null
+
+try delpaths([[range(10001) | 0]]) catch .
+null
+"Path too deep"