diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
index 0f297b44ab3..58ba378f4b6 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
@@ -2919,6 +2919,10 @@ std::shared_ptr<CWallet> CWallet::Create(WalletContext& context, const std::stri
                                 "The wallet might had been created on a newer version.\n"
                                 "Please try running the latest software version.\n"), walletFile);
             return nullptr;
+        } else if (nLoadWalletRet == DBErrors::UNEXPECTED_LEGACY_ENTRY) {
+            error = strprintf(_("Unexpected legacy entry in descriptor wallet found. Loading wallet %s\n\n"
+                                "The wallet might have been tampered with or created with malicious intent.\n"), walletFile);
+            return nullptr;
         } else {
             error = strprintf(_("Error loading %s"), walletFile);
             return nullptr;
diff --git a/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp b/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
index 9d72323f462..826cecfb6f0 100644
--- a/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ public:
     std::map<uint160, CHDChain> m_hd_chains;
     bool tx_corrupt{false};
     bool descriptor_unknown{false};
+    bool unexpected_legacy_entry{false};
 
     CWalletScanState() = default;
 };
@@ -332,6 +333,11 @@ ReadKeyValue(CWallet* pwallet, CDataStream& ssKey, CDataStream& ssValue,
         if (filter_fn && !filter_fn(strType)) {
             return true;
         }
+        // Legacy entries in descriptor wallets are not allowed, abort immediately
+        if (pwallet->IsWalletFlagSet(WALLET_FLAG_DESCRIPTORS) && DBKeys::LEGACY_TYPES.count(strType) > 0) {
+            wss.unexpected_legacy_entry = true;
+            return false;
+        }
         if (strType == DBKeys::NAME) {
             std::string strAddress;
             ssKey >> strAddress;
@@ -833,6 +839,12 @@ DBErrors WalletBatch::LoadWallet(CWallet* pwallet)
             std::string strType, strErr;
             if (!ReadKeyValue(pwallet, ssKey, ssValue, wss, strType, strErr))
             {
+                if (wss.unexpected_legacy_entry) {
+                    strErr = strprintf("Error: Unexpected legacy entry found in descriptor wallet %s. ", pwallet->GetName());
+                    strErr += "The wallet might have been tampered with or created with malicious intent.";
+                    pwallet->WalletLogPrintf("%s\n", strErr);
+                    return DBErrors::UNEXPECTED_LEGACY_ENTRY;
+                }
                 // losing keys is considered a catastrophic error, anything else
                 // we assume the user can live with:
                 if (IsKeyType(strType) || strType == DBKeys::DEFAULTKEY) {
diff --git a/src/wallet/walletdb.h b/src/wallet/walletdb.h
index da6efe534b5..27b5dbdd963 100644
--- a/src/wallet/walletdb.h
+++ b/src/wallet/walletdb.h
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ enum class DBErrors
     LOAD_FAIL,
     NEED_REWRITE,
     NEED_RESCAN,
-    UNKNOWN_DESCRIPTOR
+    UNKNOWN_DESCRIPTOR,
+    UNEXPECTED_LEGACY_ENTRY
 };
 
 namespace DBKeys {
diff --git a/test/functional/wallet_descriptor.py b/test/functional/wallet_descriptor.py
index 4b305106f1e..8692fa1968f 100755
--- a/test/functional/wallet_descriptor.py
+++ b/test/functional/wallet_descriptor.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 """Test descriptor wallet function."""
+import os
+import sqlite3
 
 from test_framework.blocktools import COINBASE_MATURITY
 from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
@@ -224,5 +226,15 @@ class WalletDescriptorTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
                     imp_addr = imp_rpc.getnewaddress(address_type=addr_type)
                 assert_equal(exp_addr, imp_addr)
 
+        self.log.info("Test that loading descriptor wallet containing legacy key types throws error")
+        self.nodes[0].createwallet(wallet_name="crashme", descriptors=True)
+        self.nodes[0].unloadwallet("crashme")
+        wallet_db = os.path.join(self.nodes[0].datadir, self.chain, "wallets", "crashme", self.wallet_data_filename)
+        with sqlite3.connect(wallet_db) as conn:
+            # add "cscript" entry: key type is uint160 (20 bytes), value type is CScript (zero-length here)
+            conn.execute('INSERT INTO main VALUES(?, ?)', (b'\x07cscript' + b'\x00'*20, b'\x00'))
+        assert_raises_rpc_error(-4, "Unexpected legacy entry in descriptor wallet found.", self.nodes[0].loadwallet, "crashme")
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     WalletDescriptorTest().main ()