diff --git a/eslint.config.js b/eslint.config.js
index d4cb718bb..42ccb851b 100644
--- a/eslint.config.js
+++ b/eslint.config.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export default antfu(
       'test/coverage-test/src/transpiled.js',
       'test/coverage-test/src/original.ts',
       'test/e2e/deps/error/*',
+      'test/e2e/deps/malformed-source-map/*.js',
       'examples/**/mockServiceWorker.js',
       'examples/sveltekit/.svelte-kit',
       'packages/browser/**/esm-client-injector.js',
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/source-map/node.ts b/packages/utils/src/source-map/node.ts
index cb6a342a3..93bfe1eee 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/source-map/node.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/source-map/node.ts
@@ -12,14 +12,19 @@ export function extractSourcemapFromFile(
   code: string,
   filePath: string,
 ): ExtractedSourceMap | undefined {
-  const map = (
-    convertSourceMap.fromSource(code)
-    || convertSourceMap.fromMapFileSource(
-      code,
-      createConvertSourceMapReadMap(filePath),
-    )
-  )?.toObject()
-  return map ? { map } : undefined
+  try {
+    const map = (
+      convertSourceMap.fromSource(code)
+      || convertSourceMap.fromMapFileSource(
+        code,
+        createConvertSourceMapReadMap(filePath),
+      )
+    )?.toObject()
+    return map ? { map } : undefined
+  }
+  catch {
+    return undefined
+  }
 }
 
 function createConvertSourceMapReadMap(originalFileName: string) {
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/test-run.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/test-run.ts
index 289befcbe..55364468f 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/test-run.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/test-run.ts
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ export class TestRun {
               // source map is already applied for inlined modules.
               // Module node exists due to Vitest fetch module,
               // but transformResult should be empty for external modules.
+              // TODO: this uses client module graph and thus miss detects
+              // inlined modules in ssr environment as if external.
               const mod = project.vite.moduleGraph.getModuleById(file)
               if (!mod?.transformResult && existsSync(file)) {
                 const code = readFileSync(file, 'utf-8')
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index d5363d69b..e6de7d520 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -1307,6 +1307,9 @@ importers:
       '@test/test-dep-linked':
         specifier: link:./deps/linked
         version: link:deps/linked
+      '@test/test-dep-malformed-source-map':
+        specifier: file:./deps/malformed-source-map
+        version: file:test/e2e/deps/malformed-source-map
       '@test/test-dep-url':
         specifier: link:./deps/dep-url
         version: link:deps/dep-url
@@ -4947,6 +4950,9 @@ packages:
   '@test/test-dep-error@file:test/e2e/deps/error':
     resolution: {directory: test/e2e/deps/error, type: directory}
 
+  '@test/test-dep-malformed-source-map@file:test/e2e/deps/malformed-source-map':
+    resolution: {directory: test/e2e/deps/malformed-source-map, type: directory}
+
   '@testing-library/dom@10.4.1':
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-o4PXJQidqJl82ckFaXUeoAW+XysPLauYI43Abki5hABd853iMhitooc6znOnczgbTYmEP6U6/y1ZyKAIsvMKGg==}
     engines: {node: '>=18'}
@@ -13392,6 +13398,8 @@ snapshots:
 
   '@test/test-dep-error@file:test/e2e/deps/error': {}
 
+  '@test/test-dep-malformed-source-map@file:test/e2e/deps/malformed-source-map': {}
+
   '@testing-library/dom@10.4.1':
     dependencies:
       '@babel/code-frame': 7.29.7
diff --git a/test/e2e/deps/malformed-source-map/external-map.js b/test/e2e/deps/malformed-source-map/external-map.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3969a55ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/deps/malformed-source-map/external-map.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export default function testMalformedSourceMap() {
+  throw new Error('test error')
+}
+
+//# sourceMappingURL=external-map.js.map
diff --git a/test/e2e/deps/malformed-source-map/external-map.js.map b/test/e2e/deps/malformed-source-map/external-map.js.map
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0bac59e9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/deps/malformed-source-map/external-map.js.map
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+not-json
diff --git a/test/e2e/deps/malformed-source-map/index.js b/test/e2e/deps/malformed-source-map/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f943ce19d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/deps/malformed-source-map/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const embeddedSourceMapComment = `
+//# sourceMappingURL=data:application/json;base64,bm90LWpzb24=
+`
+
+export default function testMalformedSourceMap() {
+  throw new Error('test error')
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/deps/malformed-source-map/package.json b/test/e2e/deps/malformed-source-map/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d01a79111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/deps/malformed-source-map/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "name": "@test/test-dep-malformed-source-map",
+  "type": "module",
+  "private": true,
+  "exports": {
+    ".": "./index.js",
+    "./external-map": "./external-map.js"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/fixtures/malformed-source-map/external-map.spec.ts b/test/e2e/fixtures/malformed-source-map/external-map.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b25a230fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/fixtures/malformed-source-map/external-map.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { test } from 'vitest'
+import testMalformedSourceMap from '@test/test-dep-malformed-source-map/external-map'
+
+test('reports the original module error', () => {
+  testMalformedSourceMap()
+})
diff --git a/test/e2e/fixtures/malformed-source-map/external-module.spec.ts b/test/e2e/fixtures/malformed-source-map/external-module.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ac770b8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/fixtures/malformed-source-map/external-module.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { test } from 'vitest'
+import testMalformedSourceMap from '@test/test-dep-malformed-source-map'
+
+test('reports the original module error', () => {
+  testMalformedSourceMap()
+})
diff --git a/test/e2e/fixtures/malformed-source-map/inlined-module.spec.ts b/test/e2e/fixtures/malformed-source-map/inlined-module.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d04c9180a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/fixtures/malformed-source-map/inlined-module.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { test } from 'vitest'
+import testMalformedSourceMap from './malformed-source-map.js'
+
+test('reports the original module error', () => {
+  testMalformedSourceMap()
+})
diff --git a/test/e2e/fixtures/malformed-source-map/malformed-source-map.js b/test/e2e/fixtures/malformed-source-map/malformed-source-map.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f943ce19d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/fixtures/malformed-source-map/malformed-source-map.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const embeddedSourceMapComment = `
+//# sourceMappingURL=data:application/json;base64,bm90LWpzb24=
+`
+
+export default function testMalformedSourceMap() {
+  throw new Error('test error')
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/package.json b/test/e2e/package.json
index 9c9d0c587..fa6c3d4e6 100644
--- a/test/e2e/package.json
+++ b/test/e2e/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     "@test/test-dep-config": "link:./deps/test-dep-config",
     "@test/test-dep-error": "file:./deps/error",
     "@test/test-dep-linked": "link:./deps/linked",
+    "@test/test-dep-malformed-source-map": "file:./deps/malformed-source-map",
     "@test/test-dep-url": "link:./deps/dep-url",
     "@types/ws": "catalog:",
     "@vitejs/plugin-basic-ssl": "^2.3.0",
diff --git a/test/e2e/test/malformed-source-map.test.ts b/test/e2e/test/malformed-source-map.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c22377a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/test/malformed-source-map.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { expect, test } from 'vitest'
+import { runVitest } from '#test-utils'
+
+test('reports errors from modules with malformed source maps (#10892)', async () => {
+  const { errorTree } = await runVitest({
+    root: './fixtures/malformed-source-map',
+  }, [], { fails: true })
+
+  expect(errorTree()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+    {
+      "external-map.spec.ts": {
+        "reports the original module error": [
+          "test error",
+        ],
+      },
+      "external-module.spec.ts": {
+        "reports the original module error": [
+          "test error",
+        ],
+      },
+      "inlined-module.spec.ts": {
+        "reports the original module error": [
+          "test error",
+        ],
+      },
+    }
+  `)
+})