diff --git a/Lib/test/test_io/test_textio.py b/Lib/test/test_io/test_textio.py
index 82096ab0987395..f6d83200069c27 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_io/test_textio.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_io/test_textio.py
@@ -1425,6 +1425,22 @@ def test_read_non_blocking(self):
                 os.close(r)
             os.close(w)
 
+    @support.subTests('cookie_value', [
+        # Set 'cookie.chars_to_skip' to INT_MIN
+        (100 << (12 * 8)) | (0x80 << (19 * 8)),
+        # Set 'cookie.chars_to_skip' to INT_MAX
+        (100 << (12 * 8)) | (0x7FFFFFFF << (16 * 8))
+    ])
+    def test_seek_reject_invalid_chars_to_skip(self, cookie_value):
+        # See https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/153662
+        data = b"1"
+        raw = io.BytesIO(data)
+        buf = io.BufferedReader(raw)
+        tio = io.TextIOWrapper(buf, encoding='utf-8')
+        tio.read()
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(OSError, "can't restore logical file position"):
+            tio.seek(cookie_value)
+
 
 class MemviewBytesIO(io.BytesIO):
     '''A BytesIO object whose read method returns memoryviews
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-13-23-47-14.gh-issue-153662.ei9ya3.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-13-23-47-14.gh-issue-153662.ei9ya3.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b5d56795272003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-13-23-47-14.gh-issue-153662.ei9ya3.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a crash when calling :meth:`io.TextIOWrapper.seek` with a malformed cookie.
diff --git a/Modules/_io/textio.c b/Modules/_io/textio.c
index 5b2a20a30c28cb..a6c433a247bb1a 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/textio.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/textio.c
@@ -2781,7 +2781,8 @@ _io_TextIOWrapper_seek_impl(textio *self, PyObject *cookieObj, int whence)
         textiowrapper_set_decoded_chars(self, decoded);
 
         /* Skip chars_to_skip of the decoded characters. */
-        if (PyUnicode_GetLength(self->decoded_chars) < cookie.chars_to_skip) {
+        /* gh-153662: Reject negative chars_to_skip */
+        if (cookie.chars_to_skip < 0 || PyUnicode_GetLength(self->decoded_chars) < cookie.chars_to_skip) {
             PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OSError, "can't restore logical file position");
             goto fail;
         }