diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urlparse.py b/Lib/test/test_urlparse.py
index b2bde5a9b1d696..79c68ae844ba3a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urlparse.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urlparse.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import unittest
 import urllib.parse
 from test import support
+from string import ascii_letters, digits
 
 RFC1808_BASE = "http://a/b/c/d;p?q#f"
 RFC2396_BASE = "http://a/b/c/d;p?q"
@@ -1419,6 +1420,15 @@ def test_invalid_bracketed_hosts(self):
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, urllib.parse.urlsplit, 'scheme://prefix]v6a.ip[suffix')
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, urllib.parse.urlsplit, 'scheme://prefix]v6a.ip')
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, urllib.parse.urlsplit, 'scheme://v6a.ip[suffix')
+        # unreserved = ALPHA / DIGIT / "-" / "." / "_" / "~"
+        unreserved = ascii_letters + digits + "-" + "." + "_" + "~"
+        zoneid_authorized_characters = unreserved
+        removed_characters = "\t\n\r"
+        for character in range(256):
+            character = chr(character)
+            if character in zoneid_authorized_characters or character in removed_characters:
+                continue
+            self.assertRaises(ValueError, urllib.parse.urlsplit, f'scheme://[::1%invalid{character}invalid]/')
 
     def test_splitting_bracketed_hosts(self):
         p1 = urllib.parse.urlsplit('scheme://user@[v6a.ip]:1234/path?query')
diff --git a/Lib/urllib/parse.py b/Lib/urllib/parse.py
index 67d9bbea0d3150..3f10077966b6de 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib/parse.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib/parse.py
@@ -466,6 +466,8 @@ def _check_bracketed_host(hostname):
         ip = ipaddress.ip_address(hostname) # Throws Value Error if not IPv6 or IPv4
         if isinstance(ip, ipaddress.IPv4Address):
             raise ValueError(f"An IPv4 address cannot be in brackets")
+        if "%" in hostname and not re.match(r"\A(%[a-fA-F0-9]{2}|[\w\.~-])+\z", hostname.split("%", 1)[1], flags=re.ASCII):
+            raise ValueError(f"IPv6 ZoneID is invalid")
 
 # typed=True avoids BytesWarnings being emitted during cache key
 # comparison since this API supports both bytes and str input.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-07-27-15-23-32.gh-issue-137146.BE_ylT.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-07-27-15-23-32.gh-issue-137146.BE_ylT.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ae91bffebcbeb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-07-27-15-23-32.gh-issue-137146.BE_ylT.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Validate IPv6 ZoneID characters in bracketed hostnames to match RFC 6874. :func:`urllib.parse.urlparse` now rejects ZoneIDs containing invalid or unsafe characters.