diff --git a/github/github.go b/github/github.go
index 6537938e54b..9f1eee4b90e 100644
--- a/github/github.go
+++ b/github/github.go
@@ -920,6 +920,11 @@ const (
 	SleepUntilPrimaryRateLimitResetWhenRateLimited
 )
 
+// maxErrorBodySize is the maximum number of bytes read from an HTTP error
+// response body. Limits memory allocation when a server returns an
+// unexpectedly large error body.
+const maxErrorBodySize = 1 * 1024 * 1024 // 1 MiB
+
 // bareDo sends an API request using `caller` http.Client passed in the parameters
 // and lets you handle the api response. If an error or API Error occurs, the error
 // will contain more information. Otherwise, you are supposed to read and close the
@@ -997,7 +1002,7 @@ func (c *Client) bareDo(caller *http.Client, req *http.Request) (*Response, erro
 		// Issue #1022
 		var aerr *AcceptedError
 		if errors.As(err, &aerr) {
-			b, readErr := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+			b, readErr := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, maxErrorBodySize))
 			if readErr != nil {
 				return response, readErr
 			}
@@ -1502,7 +1507,7 @@ func CheckResponse(r *http.Response) error {
 	}
 
 	errorResponse := &ErrorResponse{Response: r}
-	data, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	data, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(r.Body, maxErrorBodySize))
 	if err == nil && data != nil {
 		err = json.Unmarshal(data, errorResponse)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/github/github_test.go b/github/github_test.go
index b41ebd8f849..87703736508 100644
--- a/github/github_test.go
+++ b/github/github_test.go
@@ -1400,6 +1400,36 @@ func TestDo_preservesResponseInHTTPError(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestDo_AcceptedError_LargeBodyTruncated verifies that when the API returns a
+// 202 Accepted with a body larger than maxErrorBodySize, the client reads at
+// most maxErrorBodySize bytes into AcceptedError.Raw and does not allocate
+// unbounded memory.
+func TestDo_AcceptedError_LargeBodyTruncated(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	client, mux, _ := setup(t)
+
+	// Serve a 202 response whose body exceeds the cap by one byte.
+	mux.HandleFunc("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusAccepted)
+		fmt.Fprint(w, strings.Repeat("x", maxErrorBodySize+1))
+	})
+
+	req, _ := client.NewRequest(t.Context(), "GET", ".", nil)
+	_, err := client.Do(req, nil)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Expected AcceptedError, got nil")
+	}
+
+	var aerr *AcceptedError
+	if !errors.As(err, &aerr) {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected *AcceptedError, got %T: %v", err, err)
+	}
+
+	if got, want := len(aerr.Raw), maxErrorBodySize; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("AcceptedError.Raw length = %v, want %v (maxErrorBodySize)", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
 // Test that an error caused by the internal http client's Do() function
 // does not leak the client secret.
 func TestDo_sanitizeURL(t *testing.T) {
@@ -2982,6 +3012,38 @@ func TestCheckResponse_unexpectedErrorStructure(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestCheckResponse_LargeBodyTruncated verifies that CheckResponse reads at
+// most maxErrorBodySize bytes from an error response body, so that a
+// malicious or buggy server cannot cause the client to allocate unbounded
+// memory.
+func TestCheckResponse_LargeBodyTruncated(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	// Build a body that is one byte larger than the cap.
+	body := strings.Repeat("x", maxErrorBodySize+1)
+	res := &http.Response{
+		Request:    &http.Request{},
+		StatusCode: http.StatusBadRequest,
+		Body:       io.NopCloser(strings.NewReader(body)),
+	}
+
+	// CheckResponse should not return an error from the read itself; the HTTP
+	// error status is the expected error.
+	if err := CheckResponse(res); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Expected error from CheckResponse, got nil")
+	}
+
+	// After CheckResponse, the body is restored with the (truncated) bytes that
+	// were actually read.  Verify the restored body is exactly maxErrorBodySize
+	// bytes — not the full maxErrorBodySize+1 that the server sent.
+	restored, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("io.ReadAll on restored body: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got, want := len(restored), maxErrorBodySize; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("restored body length = %v, want %v (maxErrorBodySize)", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestParseBooleanResponse_true(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	result, err := parseBoolResponse(nil)