diff --git a/Sources/_RegexParser/Regex/Parse/Diagnostics.swift b/Sources/_RegexParser/Regex/Parse/Diagnostics.swift
index 53b2290e9..dd1a87c9b 100644
--- a/Sources/_RegexParser/Regex/Parse/Diagnostics.swift
+++ b/Sources/_RegexParser/Regex/Parse/Diagnostics.swift
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ enum ParseError: Error, Hashable {
 
   case expectedCalloutArgument
 
-  // Excessively nested groups (i.e. recursion)
+  // Excessively nested groups or character classes (i.e. recursion)
   case nestingTooDeep
 
   // MARK: Semantic Errors
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ extension ParseError: CustomStringConvertible {
       return "expression is not quantifiable"
 
     case .nestingTooDeep:
-      return "group is too deeply nested"
+      return "group or character class is too deeply nested"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/Sources/_RegexParser/Regex/Parse/Parse.swift b/Sources/_RegexParser/Regex/Parse/Parse.swift
index 1fdadd8de..e11109dff 100644
--- a/Sources/_RegexParser/Regex/Parse/Parse.swift
+++ b/Sources/_RegexParser/Regex/Parse/Parse.swift
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ struct ParsingContext {
     }
   }
 
-  fileprivate var maxParseDepth: Int { 64 }
+  internal static var maxParseDepth: Int { 64 }
 
   init(syntax: SyntaxOptions) {
     self.syntax = syntax
@@ -186,6 +186,17 @@ extension Parser {
     return .init(ast, globalOptions: opts, diags: diags)
   }
 
+  /// Diagnose excessive nesting and stop parsing.
+  ///
+  /// Excessive nesting isn't recoverable and can lead to excessive work
+  /// downstream, so we stop parsing immediately on this type of error
+  /// by just consuming the remainder of the input.
+  mutating func endParsingExcessiveNesting() {
+    self.errorAtCurrentPosition(.nestingTooDeep)
+    diags.suppressFurtherDiagnostics = true
+    src.bounds = src.bounds.upperBound ..< src.bounds.upperBound
+  }
+
   /// Parse a regular expression node. This should be used instead of `parse()`
   /// for recursive calls.
   ///
@@ -197,13 +208,8 @@ extension Parser {
     // our recursion.
     context.parseDepth += 1
     defer { context.parseDepth -= 1 }
-    guard context.parseDepth < context.maxParseDepth else {
-      self.errorAtCurrentPosition(.nestingTooDeep)
-
-      // This is not generally recoverable and further errors will be
-      // incorrect
-      diags.suppressFurtherDiagnostics = true
-
+    guard context.parseDepth <= ParsingContext.maxParseDepth else {
+      defer { endParsingExcessiveNesting() }
       return .empty(.init(loc(src.currentPosition)))
     }
 
@@ -523,6 +529,15 @@ extension Parser {
   mutating func parseCustomCharacterClass(
     _ start: Source.Located<CustomCC.Start>
   ) -> CustomCC {
+    // Excessively nested character classes are subject to the same recursion
+    // limit as groups.
+    context.parseDepth += 1
+    defer { context.parseDepth -= 1 }
+    guard context.parseDepth <= ParsingContext.maxParseDepth else {
+      endParsingExcessiveNesting()
+      return CustomCC(start, [], loc(start.location.start))
+    }
+
     let alreadyInCCC = context.isInCustomCharacterClass
     context.isInCustomCharacterClass = true
     defer { context.isInCustomCharacterClass = alreadyInCCC }
diff --git a/Tests/RegexTests/ParseTests.swift b/Tests/RegexTests/ParseTests.swift
index cbb9e6b32..d0a176148 100644
--- a/Tests/RegexTests/ParseTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/RegexTests/ParseTests.swift
@@ -3323,18 +3323,32 @@ extension RegexTests {
   }
 
   func testMaliciousNesting() {
-    // Excessively nested subpatterns is a common DOS attack
-    diagnosticTest(
-      String(repeating: "(", count: 500)
+    func pattern(prefix: String, suffix: String, depth: Int) -> String {
+      String(repeating: prefix, count: depth)
       + "a"
-      + String(repeating: ")*", count: 500),
-      .nestingTooDeep)
+      + String(repeating: suffix, count: depth)
+    }
+    
+    // Excessively nested subpatterns is a common DOS attack
+    for depth in [ParsingContext.maxParseDepth, 100, 1_000, 5_000] {
+      diagnosticTest(
+        pattern(prefix: "[", suffix: "]", depth: depth),
+        .nestingTooDeep)
+      diagnosticTest(
+        pattern(prefix: "(", suffix: ")*", depth: depth),
+        .nestingTooDeep)
+      diagnosticTest(
+        pattern(prefix: "(?:", suffix: ")*", depth: depth),
+        .nestingTooDeep)
+      diagnosticTest(
+        pattern(prefix: "[a-z&&", suffix: "]", depth: depth),
+        .nestingTooDeep)
+    }
 
-    diagnosticTest(
-      String(repeating: "(?:", count: 500)
-      + "a"
-      + String(repeating: ")*", count: 500),
-      .nestingTooDeep)
+    // Reasonable nesting is still fine.
+    for depth in [1, 10, 30, ParsingContext.maxParseDepth - 1] {
+      diagnosticTest(pattern(prefix: "[", suffix: "]", depth: depth))
+    }
   }
 
   func testDelimiterLexingErrors() {