diff --git a/src/basic/fileio.c b/src/basic/fileio.c
index ee1621822c..c41db65eb1 100644
--- a/src/basic/fileio.c
+++ b/src/basic/fileio.c
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 
 /* The maximum size of the file we'll read in one go in read_full_file() (64M). */
 #define READ_FULL_BYTES_MAX (64U*1024U*1024U - 1U)
+/* Used when a size is specified for read_full_file() with READ_FULL_FILE_UNBASE64 or _UNHEX */
+#define READ_FULL_FILE_ENCODED_STRING_AMPLIFICATION_BOUNDARY 3
 
 /* The maximum size of virtual files (i.e. procfs, sysfs, and other virtual "API" files) we'll read in one go
  * in read_virtual_file(). Note that this limit is different (and much lower) than the READ_FULL_BYTES_MAX
@@ -572,7 +574,7 @@ int read_full_stream_full(
                 size_t *ret_size) {
 
         _cleanup_free_ char *buf = NULL;
-        size_t n, n_next = 0, l;
+        size_t n, n_next = 0, l, expected_decoded_size = size;
         int fd, r;
 
         assert(f);
@@ -583,6 +585,13 @@ int read_full_stream_full(
         if (offset != UINT64_MAX && offset > LONG_MAX) /* fseek() can only deal with "long" offsets */
                 return -ERANGE;
 
+        if ((flags & (READ_FULL_FILE_UNBASE64 | READ_FULL_FILE_UNHEX)) != 0) {
+                if (size <= SIZE_MAX / READ_FULL_FILE_ENCODED_STRING_AMPLIFICATION_BOUNDARY)
+                        size *= READ_FULL_FILE_ENCODED_STRING_AMPLIFICATION_BOUNDARY;
+                else
+                        size = SIZE_MAX;
+        }
+
         fd = fileno(f);
         if (fd >= 0) { /* If the FILE* object is backed by an fd (as opposed to memory or such, see
                         * fmemopen()), let's optimize our buffering */
@@ -707,6 +716,11 @@ int read_full_stream_full(
                         explicit_bzero_safe(buf, n);
                 free_and_replace(buf, decoded);
                 n = l = decoded_size;
+
+                if (FLAGS_SET(flags, READ_FULL_FILE_FAIL_WHEN_LARGER) && l > expected_decoded_size) {
+                        r = -E2BIG;
+                        goto finalize;
+                }
         }
 
         if (!ret_size) {
diff --git a/src/network/netdev/macsec.c b/src/network/netdev/macsec.c
index 6d17d45059..98927b168d 100644
--- a/src/network/netdev/macsec.c
+++ b/src/network/netdev/macsec.c
@@ -959,15 +959,19 @@ static int macsec_read_key_file(NetDev *netdev, SecurityAssociation *sa) {
                 return 0;
 
         r = read_full_file_full(
-                        AT_FDCWD, sa->key_file, UINT64_MAX, SIZE_MAX,
-                        READ_FULL_FILE_SECURE | READ_FULL_FILE_UNHEX | READ_FULL_FILE_WARN_WORLD_READABLE | READ_FULL_FILE_CONNECT_SOCKET,
+                        AT_FDCWD, sa->key_file, UINT64_MAX, MACSEC_KEYID_LEN,
+                        READ_FULL_FILE_SECURE |
+                        READ_FULL_FILE_UNHEX |
+                        READ_FULL_FILE_WARN_WORLD_READABLE |
+                        READ_FULL_FILE_CONNECT_SOCKET |
+                        READ_FULL_FILE_FAIL_WHEN_LARGER,
                         NULL, (char **) &key, &key_len);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_netdev_error_errno(netdev, r,
                                               "Failed to read key from '%s', ignoring: %m",
                                               sa->key_file);
 
-        if (key_len != 16)
+        if (key_len != MACSEC_KEYID_LEN)
                 return log_netdev_error_errno(netdev, SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL),
                                               "Invalid key length (%zu bytes), ignoring: %m", key_len);
 
diff --git a/src/network/netdev/wireguard.c b/src/network/netdev/wireguard.c
index c89577609d..4c7d837c41 100644
--- a/src/network/netdev/wireguard.c
+++ b/src/network/netdev/wireguard.c
@@ -1037,8 +1037,12 @@ static int wireguard_read_key_file(const char *filename, uint8_t dest[static WG_
         assert(dest);
 
         r = read_full_file_full(
-                        AT_FDCWD, filename, UINT64_MAX, SIZE_MAX,
-                        READ_FULL_FILE_SECURE | READ_FULL_FILE_UNBASE64 | READ_FULL_FILE_WARN_WORLD_READABLE | READ_FULL_FILE_CONNECT_SOCKET,
+                        AT_FDCWD, filename, UINT64_MAX, WG_KEY_LEN,
+                        READ_FULL_FILE_SECURE |
+                        READ_FULL_FILE_UNBASE64 |
+                        READ_FULL_FILE_WARN_WORLD_READABLE |
+                        READ_FULL_FILE_CONNECT_SOCKET |
+                        READ_FULL_FILE_FAIL_WHEN_LARGER,
                         NULL, &key, &key_len);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
diff --git a/test/fuzz/fuzz-netdev-parser/oss-fuzz-62556 b/test/fuzz/fuzz-netdev-parser/oss-fuzz-62556
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