diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3d08cb3d7..eb457cfea 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ pngprefix.h
 /pngfix
 /pnggetset
 /pngimage
+/pngreadend
 /pngstest
 /pngtest
 /pngunknown
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 162d63a8d..3f0f030db 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -393,6 +393,9 @@ set(pngstest_sources
 set(pnggetset_sources
     contrib/libtests/pnggetset.c
 )
+set(pngreadend_sources
+    contrib/libtests/pngreadend.c
+)
 set(pngunknown_sources
     contrib/libtests/pngunknown.c
 )
@@ -564,6 +567,17 @@ if(PNG_TESTS AND PNG_SHARED)
   png_add_test(NAME pnggetset
                COMMAND pnggetset)
 
+  # pngreadend test:
+  # Reading the end of a PNG without reading the image.
+  add_executable(pngreadend ${pngreadend_sources})
+  target_link_libraries(pngreadend
+                        PRIVATE png_shared)
+
+  png_add_test(NAME pngreadend
+               COMMAND pngreadend
+               FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/contrib/testpngs/crashers/stale_zTXt_input.png"
+                     "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/contrib/testpngs/crashers/stale_iCCP_input.png")
+
   # pngvalid tests:
   # Internal validation of standard and progressive reading,
   # transforms, and gamma handling.
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index eb7078158..ae5f63320 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I scripts/autoconf
 
 # test programs - run on make check, make distcheck
 if ENABLE_TESTS
-check_PROGRAMS= pngtest pnggetset pngunknown pngstest pngvalid pngimage pngcp
+check_PROGRAMS= pngtest pnggetset pngreadend pngunknown pngstest pngvalid pngimage pngcp
 if HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME
 check_PROGRAMS += timepng
 endif
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ pngtest_LDADD = libpng@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@.la
 pnggetset_SOURCES = contrib/libtests/pnggetset.c
 pnggetset_LDADD = libpng@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@.la
 
+pngreadend_SOURCES = contrib/libtests/pngreadend.c
+pngreadend_LDADD = libpng@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@.la
+
 pngvalid_SOURCES = contrib/libtests/pngvalid.c
 pngvalid_LDADD = libpng@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@.la
 
@@ -77,6 +80,7 @@ if ENABLE_TESTS
 TESTS =\
    tests/pngtest-all\
    tests/pnggetset\
+   tests/pngreadend\
    tests/pngvalid-gamma-16-to-8\
    tests/pngvalid-gamma-alpha-mode\
    tests/pngvalid-gamma-background\
@@ -260,6 +264,7 @@ pngtest.o: pnglibconf.h
 contrib/libtests/makepng.o: pnglibconf.h
 contrib/libtests/pnggetset.o: pnglibconf.h
 contrib/libtests/pngimage.o: pnglibconf.h
+contrib/libtests/pngreadend.o: pnglibconf.h
 contrib/libtests/pngstest.o: pnglibconf.h
 contrib/libtests/pngunknown.o: pnglibconf.h
 contrib/libtests/pngvalid.o: pnglibconf.h
diff --git a/contrib/libtests/pngreadend.c b/contrib/libtests/pngreadend.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe45c7db7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/libtests/pngreadend.c
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+/* pngreadend.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 Cosmin Truta
+ *
+ * This code is released under the libpng license.
+ * For conditions of distribution and use, see the disclaimer
+ * and license in png.h
+ *
+ * Call png_read_end right after png_read_info, without reading the image.
+ * This call sequence ends in a libpng error on every input, even on a valid
+ * PNG.  The test passes on such an error, and fails only on a crash or on a
+ * report from a memory sanitizer.
+ *
+ * Before the fix for CVE-2026-46675, png_read_end resumed inflation from input
+ * left over in the read buffer of a zTXt chunk, which a subsequent pCAL chunk
+ * had freed by requesting a larger one (stale_zTXt_input.png), or in an
+ * automatic array local to png_handle_iCCP after that function had returned
+ * (stale_iCCP_input.png).  Both test files declare an invalid zlib window size
+ * on purpose, so that the stale read happens in libpng's own window check,
+ * which the sanitizer instruments, rather than inside zlib, which is usually
+ * built without it.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#if defined(HAVE_CONFIG_H) && !defined(PNG_NO_CONFIG_H)
+#  include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef PNG_FREESTANDING_TESTS
+#  include <png.h>
+#else
+#  include "../../png.h"
+#endif
+
+/* AddressSanitizer detects an access to an automatic array after its function
+ * has returned only if it puts such arrays on a separate stack, which is
+ * optional.
+ */
+const char *__asan_default_options(void);
+
+const char *
+__asan_default_options(void)
+{
+   return "detect_stack_use_after_return=1";
+}
+
+#if defined(PNG_SEQUENTIAL_READ_SUPPORTED) && defined(PNG_STDIO_SUPPORTED)
+static int
+read_info_then_end(const char *file_name)
+{
+   FILE *fp;
+   png_structp png_ptr;
+   png_infop info_ptr;
+
+   fp = fopen(file_name, "rb");
+   if (fp == NULL)
+   {
+      fprintf(stderr, "pngreadend: %s: cannot open\n", file_name);
+      return 1;
+   }
+
+   png_ptr = png_create_read_struct(PNG_LIBPNG_VER_STRING, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+   if (png_ptr == NULL)
+   {
+      fprintf(stderr, "pngreadend: png_create_read_struct failed\n");
+      fclose(fp);
+      return 1;
+   }
+
+   info_ptr = png_create_info_struct(png_ptr);
+   if (info_ptr == NULL)
+   {
+      fprintf(stderr, "pngreadend: png_create_info_struct failed\n");
+      png_destroy_read_struct(&png_ptr, NULL, NULL);
+      fclose(fp);
+      return 1;
+   }
+
+   if (setjmp(png_jmpbuf(png_ptr)) == 0)
+   {
+      png_init_io(png_ptr, fp);
+      png_read_info(png_ptr, info_ptr);
+      png_read_end(png_ptr, NULL);
+   }
+
+   png_destroy_read_struct(&png_ptr, &info_ptr, NULL);
+   fclose(fp);
+   return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+#if defined(PNG_SEQUENTIAL_READ_SUPPORTED) && defined(PNG_STDIO_SUPPORTED)
+   int result = 0;
+   int i;
+
+   for (i = 1; i < argc; ++i)
+   {
+      printf("Testing png_read_end after png_read_info on %s\n", argv[i]);
+      fflush(stdout);
+      if (read_info_then_end(argv[i]) != 0)
+         result = 1;
+   }
+
+   return result;
+#else
+   (void)argc;
+   (void)argv;
+   fprintf(stderr, "pngreadend: no support for sequential read or stdio\n");
+   return 77;
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/contrib/testpngs/crashers/stale_iCCP_input.png b/contrib/testpngs/crashers/stale_iCCP_input.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f18b38efa
Binary files /dev/null and b/contrib/testpngs/crashers/stale_iCCP_input.png differ
diff --git a/contrib/testpngs/crashers/stale_zTXt_input.png b/contrib/testpngs/crashers/stale_zTXt_input.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f62232b86
Binary files /dev/null and b/contrib/testpngs/crashers/stale_zTXt_input.png differ
diff --git a/tests/pngreadend b/tests/pngreadend
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3e06fdec5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pngreadend
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# pngreadend test:
+# Reading the end of a PNG without reading the image.
+exec ./pngreadend \
+     "${srcdir}/contrib/testpngs/crashers/stale_zTXt_input.png" \
+     "${srcdir}/contrib/testpngs/crashers/stale_iCCP_input.png"