diff --git a/include/xrpl/protocol/Permissions.h b/include/xrpl/protocol/Permissions.h
index 4d26ba7cf86..4207ba1c9aa 100644
--- a/include/xrpl/protocol/Permissions.h
+++ b/include/xrpl/protocol/Permissions.h
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ class Permission
     isDelegable(std::uint32_t const& permissionValue, Rules const& rules) const;
 
     // for tx level permission, permission value is equal to tx type plus one
-    static uint32_t
+    [[nodiscard]] static uint32_t
     txToPermissionType(TxType const& type);
 
     // tx type value is permission value minus one
-    static TxType
+    [[nodiscard]] static std::optional<TxType>
     permissionToTxType(uint32_t const& value);
 };
 
diff --git a/src/libxrpl/protocol/Permissions.cpp b/src/libxrpl/protocol/Permissions.cpp
index 21efe7a8cf1..922cce89913 100644
--- a/src/libxrpl/protocol/Permissions.cpp
+++ b/src/libxrpl/protocol/Permissions.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <functional>
+#include <limits>
 #include <optional>
 #include <string>
 
@@ -104,9 +105,11 @@ Permission::getPermissionName(std::uint32_t const value) const
         return granular;
 
     // not a granular permission, check if it maps to a transaction type
-    auto const txType = permissionToTxType(value);
-    if (auto const* item = TxFormats::getInstance().findByType(txType); item != nullptr)
-        return item->getName();
+    if (auto const txType = permissionToTxType(value))
+    {
+        if (auto const* item = TxFormats::getInstance().findByType(*txType); item != nullptr)
+            return item->getName();
+    }
 
     return std::nullopt;
 }
@@ -166,12 +169,15 @@ Permission::isDelegable(std::uint32_t const& permissionValue, Rules const& rules
     }
 
     auto const txType = permissionToTxType(permissionValue);
-    auto const it = delegableTx_.find(txType);
+    if (!txType)
+        return false;
+
+    auto const it = delegableTx_.find(*txType);
 
     if (it == delegableTx_.end())
         return false;
 
-    auto const txFeaturesIt = txFeatureMap_.find(txType);
+    auto const txFeaturesIt = txFeatureMap_.find(*txType);
     XRPL_ASSERT(
         txFeaturesIt != txFeatureMap_.end(),
         "xrpl::Permissions::isDelegable : tx exists in txFeatureMap_");
@@ -194,9 +200,14 @@ Permission::txToPermissionType(TxType const& type)
     return static_cast<uint32_t>(type) + 1;
 }
 
-TxType
+std::optional<TxType>
 Permission::permissionToTxType(uint32_t const& value)
 {
+    // Defensive check: values outside this range would silently truncate when cast to
+    // uint16_t, for example, 65537 would become 1, mapping to the Payment transaction.
+    if (value == 0 || value > std::numeric_limits<std::uint16_t>::max() + 1u)
+        return std::nullopt;
+
     return static_cast<TxType>(value - 1);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/app/Delegate_test.cpp b/src/test/app/Delegate_test.cpp
index 5ed8c791468..1753a3db99f 100644
--- a/src/test/app/Delegate_test.cpp
+++ b/src/test/app/Delegate_test.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <cstdint>
+#include <limits>
 #include <memory>
 #include <string>
 #include <tuple>
@@ -1915,6 +1916,38 @@ class Delegate_test : public beast::unit_test::suite
         BEAST_EXPECT(granularPermissions.empty());
     }
 
+    void
+    testPermissionToTxType()
+    {
+        testcase("test Permission to Tx type");
+
+        // 0 is not a valid permission value
+        BEAST_EXPECT(!Permission::permissionToTxType(0));
+
+        // 1 maps to Payment transaction
+        BEAST_EXPECT(Permission::permissionToTxType(1) == ttPAYMENT);
+
+        // UINT16_MAX+1 is the maximum possible tx-level permission value
+        constexpr uint32_t maxTxPermission = std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max() + 1u;
+        BEAST_EXPECT(Permission::permissionToTxType(maxTxPermission).has_value());
+
+        // exceeding maximum value should return nullopt
+        BEAST_EXPECT(!Permission::permissionToTxType(maxTxPermission + 1));
+
+        // All granular permission values should return nullopt since they do not map to a TxType.
+        for (auto const gp : {
+#pragma push_macro("PERMISSION")
+#undef PERMISSION
+#define PERMISSION(type, txType, value) GranularPermissionType::type,
+#include <xrpl/protocol/detail/permissions.macro>
+#undef PERMISSION
+#pragma pop_macro("PERMISSION")
+             })
+        {
+            BEAST_EXPECT(!Permission::permissionToTxType(static_cast<uint32_t>(gp)));
+        }
+    }
+
     void
     run() override
     {
@@ -1941,6 +1974,7 @@ class Delegate_test : public beast::unit_test::suite
         testTxRequireFeatures(all);
         testTxDelegableCount();
         testDelegateUtilsNullptrCheck();
+        testPermissionToTxType();
     }
 };
 BEAST_DEFINE_TESTSUITE(Delegate, app, xrpl);