diff --git a/frigate/genai/__init__.py b/frigate/genai/__init__.py
index 3aca4a8fb4..4466e2a652 100644
--- a/frigate/genai/__init__.py
+++ b/frigate/genai/__init__.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from frigate.genai.prompts import (
     build_review_summary_prompt,
 )
 from frigate.models import Event
+from frigate.util.builtin import has_non_finite_number
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -164,6 +165,15 @@ class GenAIClient:
                 except json.JSONDecodeError as je:
                     logger.error("Failed to parse review description JSON: %s", je)
                     return None
+
+                # model_construct skips validation, so non-finite numbers that
+                # the validated path would have rejected have to be caught here
+                if has_non_finite_number(raw):
+                    logger.error(
+                        "Discarding review description containing non-finite numbers."
+                    )
+                    return None
+
                 # observations and confidence are required on the model; fill an empty default
                 # if the response omitted it so attribute access stays safe.
                 raw.setdefault("observations", [])
diff --git a/frigate/util/builtin.py b/frigate/util/builtin.py
index 35dba2f3a7..c1a6e787cb 100644
--- a/frigate/util/builtin.py
+++ b/frigate/util/builtin.py
@@ -472,6 +472,18 @@ def sanitize_float(value):
     return value
 
 
+def has_non_finite_number(value: Any) -> bool:
+    """Return True if any number in a parsed JSON value is NaN or infinite."""
+    if isinstance(value, float):
+        return not math.isfinite(value)
+    if isinstance(value, dict):
+        return any(has_non_finite_number(v) for v in value.values())
+    if isinstance(value, list):
+        return any(has_non_finite_number(v) for v in value)
+
+    return False
+
+
 def cosine_similarity(a: np.ndarray, b: np.ndarray) -> float:
     return 1 - cosine_distance(a, b)