diff --git a/src/brpc/couchbase.cpp b/src/brpc/couchbase.cpp
index fd26107a41..7e5fdfe5f3 100644
--- a/src/brpc/couchbase.cpp
+++ b/src/brpc/couchbase.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,17 @@ constexpr uint32_t APPLE_VBUCKET_COUNT ALLOW_UNUSED = 64;
 constexpr uint32_t DEFAULT_VBUCKET_COUNT ALLOW_UNUSED = 1024;
 constexpr int CONNECTION_ID_SIZE = 33;
 constexpr size_t RANDOM_ID_HEX_SIZE = 67;  // 33 bytes * 2 + null terminator
+
+// Bound nesting before building the DOM, whose destruction is recursive.
+struct ManifestDepthHandler
+    : BUTIL_RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::BaseReaderHandler<
+          BUTIL_RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::UTF8<>, ManifestDepthHandler> {
+  unsigned depth = 0;
+  bool StartObject() { return ++depth <= 100; }
+  bool StartArray() { return ++depth <= 100; }
+  bool EndObject(BUTIL_RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::SizeType) { --depth; return true; }
+  bool EndArray(BUTIL_RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::SizeType) { --depth; return true; }
+};
 }  // namespace
 
 // Static member definitions
@@ -124,9 +135,16 @@ bool CouchbaseManifestManager::jsonToCollectionManifest(
     return false;
   }
 
-  // Parse JSON using RapidJSON
+  BUTIL_RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::Reader reader;
+  BUTIL_RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::StringStream stream(json.c_str());
+  ManifestDepthHandler handler;
+  if (!reader.Parse<BUTIL_RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::kParseIterativeFlag>(stream, handler)
+      || stream.Tell() != json.size()) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   BUTIL_RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::Document document;
-  document.Parse(json.c_str());
+  document.Parse<BUTIL_RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE::kParseIterativeFlag>(json.c_str());
 
   if (document.HasParseError()) {
     DEBUG_PRINT("Failed to parse JSON: " << document.GetParseError());
diff --git a/test/brpc_couchbase_unittest.cpp b/test/brpc_couchbase_unittest.cpp
index f6c819089b..f96df14403 100644
--- a/test/brpc_couchbase_unittest.cpp
+++ b/test/brpc_couchbase_unittest.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,24 @@ namespace {
 // Unit Tests - No Server Required
 class CouchbaseUnitTest : public testing::Test {};
 
+TEST_F(CouchbaseUnitTest, ManifestJsonNesting) {
+  brpc::CouchbaseManifestManager manager;
+  brpc::CouchbaseManifestManager::CollectionManifest manifest;
+  const std::string prefix = "{\"uid\":\"1\",\"scopes\":[],\"extra\":";
+  for (size_t depth : {size_t(99), size_t(100), size_t(20000)}) {
+    const std::string json = prefix + std::string(depth, '[') + "0"
+        + std::string(depth, ']') + "}";
+    EXPECT_EQ(depth < 100, manager.jsonToCollectionManifest(json, &manifest))
+        << "depth=" << depth;
+  }
+  EXPECT_TRUE(manager.jsonToCollectionManifest(
+      "{\"uid\":\"1\",\"scopes\":[],\"extra\":\"[\\\"{]\"}", &manifest));
+  std::string with_nul = "{\"uid\":\"1\",\"scopes\":[]}";
+  with_nul.push_back('\0');
+  with_nul += "[]";
+  EXPECT_FALSE(manager.jsonToCollectionManifest(with_nul, &manifest));
+}
+
 TEST_F(CouchbaseUnitTest, RejectOversizedResponseBeforeBufferingBody) {
   GFLAGS_NAMESPACE::FlagSaver flag_saver;
   brpc::FLAGS_max_body_size = 1024;