diff --git a/Lib/test/test_io/test_textio.py b/Lib/test/test_io/test_textio.py
index a210b81d877dc1e..0fa6d5ee65bfede 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_io/test_textio.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_io/test_textio.py
@@ -1633,6 +1633,33 @@ def make_text(buffer):
             wrapper.write('x')
             self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, "detached", wrapper.read)
 
+    def test_reentrant_detach_during_read(self):
+        # gh-157363, gh-157364: The buffer must stay alive until its active
+        # read operation returns.
+        wrapper = None
+
+        class DetachOnRead(self.RawIOBase):
+            detached = False
+
+            def readable(self):
+                return True
+
+            def readinto(self, b):
+                if self.detached:
+                    return 0
+                self.detached = True
+                wrapper.detach()
+                b[:3] = b"ab\n"
+                return 3
+
+        for method_name in ("read", "readline"):
+            with self.subTest(method_name):
+                raw = DetachOnRead()
+                wrapper = self.TextIOWrapper(
+                    self.BufferedReader(raw), encoding="utf-8")
+                method = getattr(wrapper, method_name)
+                self.assertEqual(method(), "ab\n")
+
     def test_reentrant_seek_during_tell(self):
         # gh-153539: reading short of _CHUNK_SIZE leaves residual bytes in the
         # snapshot, so tell() re-decodes and calls the decoder's getstate(); a
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-09-12-18-03-15.gh-issue-157364.Qd7mKs.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-09-12-18-03-15.gh-issue-157364.Qd7mKs.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..3ca44d25b579109
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-09-12-18-03-15.gh-issue-157364.Qd7mKs.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix a use-after-free in :class:`io.TextIOWrapper` when a call to the
+underlying buffer reentrantly detaches it. Patched by Shamil Abdulaev.
diff --git a/Modules/_io/textio.c b/Modules/_io/textio.c
index a744a885932cdf5..0520ce674c49b0b 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/textio.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/textio.c
@@ -753,10 +753,8 @@ buffer_access_safe(textio *self)
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    /* Returning a borrowed reference is safe since TextIOWrapper methods are
-       protected by critical sections. */
     _Py_CRITICAL_SECTION_ASSERT_OBJECT_LOCKED(self);
-    return self->buffer;
+    return Py_NewRef(self->buffer);
 }
 
 static PyObject *
@@ -767,7 +765,9 @@ buffer_getattr(textio *self, PyObject *attr_name)
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    return PyObject_GetAttr(buffer, attr_name);
+    PyObject *res = PyObject_GetAttr(buffer, attr_name);
+    Py_DECREF(buffer);
+    return res;
 }
 
 static PyObject *
@@ -778,7 +778,9 @@ buffer_callmethod_noargs(textio *self, PyObject *name)
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    return PyObject_CallMethodNoArgs(buffer, name);
+    PyObject *res = PyObject_CallMethodNoArgs(buffer, name);
+    Py_DECREF(buffer);
+    return res;
 }
 
 static PyObject *
@@ -789,7 +791,9 @@ buffer_callmethod_onearg(textio *self, PyObject *name, PyObject *arg)
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    return PyObject_CallMethodOneArg(buffer, name, arg);
+    PyObject *res = PyObject_CallMethodOneArg(buffer, name, arg);
+    Py_DECREF(buffer);
+    return res;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -1639,8 +1643,8 @@ _io_TextIOWrapper_detach_impl(textio *self)
     if (buffer == NULL) {
         return NULL;
     }
-    self->buffer = NULL;
     self->detached = 1;
+    Py_CLEAR(self->buffer);
     return buffer;
 }
 
@@ -1863,7 +1867,12 @@ _io_TextIOWrapper_write_impl(textio *self, PyObject *text)
 
     if (needflush) {
         PyObject *buffer = buffer_access_safe(self);
-        if (buffer == NULL || _PyFile_Flush(buffer) < 0) {
+        if (buffer == NULL) {
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        int res = _PyFile_Flush(buffer);
+        Py_DECREF(buffer);
+        if (res < 0) {
             return NULL;
         }
     }
@@ -2682,6 +2691,7 @@ _io_TextIOWrapper_seek_impl(textio *self, PyObject *cookieObj, int whence)
             goto fail;
         }
         res = _PyObject_CallMethod(buf, &_Py_ID(seek), "ii", 0, 2);
+        Py_DECREF(buf);
         Py_CLEAR(cookieObj);
         if (res == NULL)
             goto fail;
@@ -3439,7 +3449,7 @@ static PyObject *
 _io_TextIOWrapper_buffer_get_impl(textio *self)
 /*[clinic end generated code: output=d265a34555aa5d4b input=5951cfa148f7350a]*/
 {
-    return Py_XNewRef(buffer_access_safe(self));
+    return buffer_access_safe(self);
 }
 
 static PyMethodDef incrementalnewlinedecoder_methods[] = {