diff --git a/compile.js b/compile.js
index aaf6cc8..47d1761 100644
--- a/compile.js
+++ b/compile.js
@@ -213,6 +213,15 @@ function validateIdentifier(name) {
     }
 }
 
+// Per protobuf spec a tag is an integer in [1, 2^29 - 1] (accepting numeric strings too, as .proto text parser emits them).
+// Validated to prevent code injection as Field tags are interpolated directly into generated JS
+function validateTag(tag) {
+    const n = typeof tag === 'string' ? Number(tag) : tag;
+    if (!Number.isInteger(n) || n < 1 || n > 0x1fffffff) {
+        throw new Error(`Invalid protobuf field tag: ${JSON.stringify(tag)}`);
+    }
+}
+
 function buildContext(proto, parent, mapEntryField) {
     const obj = Object.create(parent);
     obj._proto = proto;
@@ -233,6 +242,7 @@ function buildContext(proto, parent, mapEntryField) {
     for (const field of proto.fields ?? []) {
         validateIdentifier(field.name);
         if (field.oneof) validateIdentifier(field.oneof);
+        validateTag(field.tag);
     }
     for (const valueName of Object.keys(proto.values ?? {})) validateIdentifier(valueName);
 
diff --git a/test/compile.test.js b/test/compile.test.js
index 473f8db..4b90ac0 100644
--- a/test/compile.test.js
+++ b/test/compile.test.js
@@ -403,3 +403,42 @@ test('rejects proto schemas with invalid identifiers', () => {
 
     assert.equal(globalThis.__pbfPwned, undefined);
 });
+
+test('rejects proto schemas with invalid field tags', () => {
+    const makeProto = tag => ({
+        syntax: 3,
+        package: null,
+        imports: [],
+        enums: [],
+        messages: [{
+            name: 'Foo',
+            enums: [],
+            messages: [],
+            extensions: null,
+            fields: [{
+                name: 'a',
+                type: 'string',
+                tag,
+                map: null,
+                oneof: null,
+                required: false,
+                repeated: false,
+                options: {}
+            }]
+        }]
+    });
+
+    // code injection via a string tag interpolated into the generated source
+    assert.throws(() => compile(makeProto('(globalThis.__pbfTagPwned = true, 1)')), /Invalid protobuf field tag/);
+    assert.equal(globalThis.__pbfTagPwned, undefined);
+
+    // out-of-range and non-integer tags
+    assert.throws(() => compile(makeProto(0)), /Invalid protobuf field tag/);
+    assert.throws(() => compile(makeProto(-1)), /Invalid protobuf field tag/);
+    assert.throws(() => compile(makeProto(1.5)), /Invalid protobuf field tag/);
+    assert.throws(() => compile(makeProto(0x20000000)), /Invalid protobuf field tag/);
+
+    // valid numeric and numeric-string tags (the .proto text parser emits strings) still compile
+    assert.doesNotThrow(() => compile(makeProto(1)));
+    assert.doesNotThrow(() => compile(makeProto('2')));
+});