diff --git a/changelog/68618.fixed.md b/changelog/68618.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7dcb307bcece
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/68618.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Mitigate CVE-2025-13836 in nxos utils
diff --git a/salt/utils/nxos.py b/salt/utils/nxos.py
index 5615e9216b61..af86674ea613 100644
--- a/salt/utils/nxos.py
+++ b/salt/utils/nxos.py
@@ -212,7 +212,8 @@ def parse_response(self, response, command_list):
             body = response
 
         if self.nxargs["connect_over_uds"]:
-            body = json.loads(response.read().decode("utf-8"))
+            max_safe_read = 10 * 1024 * 1024
+            body = json.loads(response.read(max_safe_read).decode("utf-8"))
 
         # Proceed with caution.  The JSON may not be complete.
         # Don't just return body['ins_api']['outputs']['output'] directly.
diff --git a/tests/pytests/unit/utils/test_nxos.py b/tests/pytests/unit/utils/test_nxos.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6895a8ba30d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pytests/unit/utils/test_nxos.py
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+"""
+Unit tests for salt.utils.nxos
+"""
+
+import json
+
+import salt.utils.nxos as nxos
+from tests.support.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+
+class TestNxapiClient:
+    """
+    Test cases for NxapiClient class
+    """
+
+    def test_parse_response_uds_read_limit(self):
+        """
+        Test that response.read() is called with a safe limit when connecting over UDS
+        """
+        # Create a mock response object
+        mock_response = MagicMock()
+        mock_json_data = {
+            "ins_api": {
+                "outputs": {
+                    "output": {
+                        "code": "200",
+                        "msg": "Success",
+                        "body": {"test": "data"},
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        mock_response.read.return_value.decode.return_value = json.dumps(mock_json_data)
+
+        # Create NxapiClient with UDS connection
+        with patch("os.path.exists", return_value=True):
+            client = nxos.NxapiClient()
+
+        # Ensure we're using UDS connection
+        assert client.nxargs["connect_over_uds"] is True
+
+        # Call parse_response with the mock response
+        command_list = ["show version"]
+        result = client.parse_response(mock_response, command_list)
+
+        # Verify response.read() was called with the 10MB limit
+        expected_limit = 10 * 1024 * 1024
+        mock_response.read.assert_called_once_with(expected_limit)
+
+        # Verify the result is correct
+        assert result == [{"test": "data"}]
+
+    def test_parse_response_uds_read_limit_value(self):
+        """
+        Test that the max_safe_read limit is exactly 10MB
+        """
+        # Create a mock response object
+        mock_response = MagicMock()
+        mock_json_data = {
+            "ins_api": {
+                "outputs": {
+                    "output": {
+                        "code": "200",
+                        "msg": "Success",
+                        "body": {"result": "ok"},
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        mock_response.read.return_value.decode.return_value = json.dumps(mock_json_data)
+
+        # Create NxapiClient with UDS connection
+        with patch("os.path.exists", return_value=True):
+            client = nxos.NxapiClient()
+
+        # Parse response
+        command_list = ["test command"]
+        client.parse_response(mock_response, command_list)
+
+        # Get the actual argument passed to read()
+        call_args = mock_response.read.call_args
+        actual_limit = call_args[0][0] if call_args[0] else call_args[1].get("amt")
+
+        # Verify it's exactly 10MB (10485760 bytes)
+        assert actual_limit == 10485760
+        assert actual_limit == 10 * 1024 * 1024