diff --git a/frigate/db/sqlitevecq.py b/frigate/db/sqlitevecq.py
index a72e99b6a2..137fb51451 100644
--- a/frigate/db/sqlitevecq.py
+++ b/frigate/db/sqlitevecq.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-import re
 import sqlite3
 from typing import Any
 
+import regex
 from playhouse.sqliteq import SqliteQueueDatabase
 
+REGEXP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 1.0
+
 
 class SqliteVecQueueDatabase(SqliteQueueDatabase):
     def __init__(
@@ -34,8 +36,10 @@ class SqliteVecQueueDatabase(SqliteQueueDatabase):
             if item is None:
                 return False
             try:
-                return re.search(expr, item) is not None
-            except re.error:
+                return (
+                    regex.search(expr, item, timeout=REGEXP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS) is not None
+                )
+            except (regex.error, TimeoutError):
                 return False
 
         conn.create_function("REGEXP", 2, regexp)
diff --git a/frigate/test/test_sqlitevecq_regexp.py b/frigate/test/test_sqlitevecq_regexp.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71f4fcb6b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frigate/test/test_sqlitevecq_regexp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+"""Tests for the REGEXP function registered on the main Frigate database.
+
+Regression coverage for GHSA-q8jx-q884-jcq9: an attacker-controlled
+catastrophic (ReDoS) pattern reaching the REGEXP sink must not be able to
+stall the serialized database worker thread.
+"""
+
+import sqlite3
+import time
+import unittest
+
+from frigate.db.sqlitevecq import REGEXP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS, SqliteVecQueueDatabase
+
+
+class TestRegexpFunction(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        # autostart=False keeps the queue worker thread from spinning up; we
+        # only need the REGEXP registration, exercised on our own connection.
+        self.db = SqliteVecQueueDatabase(":memory:", autostart=False)
+        self.conn = sqlite3.connect(":memory:")
+        self.db._register_regexp(self.conn)
+
+    def tearDown(self) -> None:
+        self.conn.close()
+
+    def _regexp(self, value: str | None, pattern: str) -> int | None:
+        # SQLite maps "value REGEXP pattern" to regexp(pattern, value).
+        return self.conn.execute("SELECT ? REGEXP ?", (value, pattern)).fetchone()[0]
+
+    def test_normal_patterns_still_match(self) -> None:
+        self.assertTrue(self._regexp("ABC123", "^ABC"))
+        self.assertTrue(self._regexp("ABC123", "ABC.*"))
+        self.assertTrue(self._regexp("ABC123", "[0-9]+$"))
+        self.assertFalse(self._regexp("ABC123", "^XYZ"))
+
+    def test_null_value_does_not_match(self) -> None:
+        self.assertFalse(self._regexp(None, ".*"))
+
+    def test_invalid_pattern_does_not_raise(self) -> None:
+        self.assertFalse(self._regexp("ABC123", "(unclosed"))
+
+    def test_catastrophic_pattern_is_time_bounded(self) -> None:
+        # Without the timeout this evaluation backtracks for minutes to hours
+        # and wedges the whole database thread (GHSA-q8jx-q884-jcq9).
+        catastrophic = "(a{2,})+c"
+        subject = "a" * 4000
+
+        start = time.monotonic()
+        result = self._regexp(subject, catastrophic)
+        elapsed = time.monotonic() - start
+
+        # The pattern does not match; the guarantee is that it returns quickly.
+        self.assertFalse(result)
+        self.assertLess(elapsed, REGEXP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS + 2.0)