diff --git a/scripts/e2e/lib/docker-stats/assert-resource-ceiling.mjs b/scripts/e2e/lib/docker-stats/assert-resource-ceiling.mjs
index 3738da60130d..5e102d838145 100644
--- a/scripts/e2e/lib/docker-stats/assert-resource-ceiling.mjs
+++ b/scripts/e2e/lib/docker-stats/assert-resource-ceiling.mjs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 // Resource ceiling assertions for Docker E2E stats output.
 import fs from "node:fs";
-import { createInterface } from "node:readline";
 
 const [statsFile, maxMemoryRaw, maxCpuRaw, label = "docker"] = process.argv.slice(2);
 const NON_NEGATIVE_DECIMAL_PATTERN = /^(?:0|[1-9]\d*)(?:\.\d+)?$/u;
+const MAX_STATS_SAMPLE_LINE_BYTES = 1024 * 1024;
 
 function parseFiniteLimit(raw, name) {
   const text = String(raw ?? "").trim();
@@ -92,11 +92,55 @@ async function scanStatsFileLines(file, onLine) {
     return;
   }
   const input = fs.createReadStream(file, { encoding: "utf8" });
-  const lines = createInterface({ crlfDelay: Infinity, input });
-  for await (const line of lines) {
+  let pending = "";
+  let pendingBytes = 0;
+  let skipLineFeedAfterCarriageReturn = false;
+
+  const appendSegment = (segment) => {
+    if (!segment) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const segmentBytes = Buffer.byteLength(segment, "utf8");
+    if (pendingBytes + segmentBytes > MAX_STATS_SAMPLE_LINE_BYTES) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `docker stats sample for ${label} exceeded ${MAX_STATS_SAMPLE_LINE_BYTES} bytes`,
+      );
+    }
+    pending += segment;
+    pendingBytes += segmentBytes;
+  };
+  const emitPendingLine = () => {
+    const line = pending.endsWith("\r") ? pending.slice(0, -1) : pending;
+    pending = "";
+    pendingBytes = 0;
     if (line) {
       onLine(line);
     }
+  };
+
+  for await (const chunk of input) {
+    let start = 0;
+    for (let index = 0; index < chunk.length; index += 1) {
+      const code = chunk.charCodeAt(index);
+      if (skipLineFeedAfterCarriageReturn) {
+        skipLineFeedAfterCarriageReturn = false;
+        if (code === 10) {
+          start = index + 1;
+          continue;
+        }
+      }
+      if (code !== 10 && code !== 13) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      appendSegment(chunk.slice(start, index));
+      emitPendingLine();
+      skipLineFeedAfterCarriageReturn = code === 13;
+      start = index + 1;
+    }
+    appendSegment(chunk.slice(start));
+  }
+  if (pending) {
+    emitPendingLine();
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/scripts/docker-stats-resource-ceiling.test.ts b/test/scripts/docker-stats-resource-ceiling.test.ts
index 87985074fbce..921d8fdbdb3b 100644
--- a/test/scripts/docker-stats-resource-ceiling.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/docker-stats-resource-ceiling.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { join } from "node:path";
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 
 const SCRIPT_PATH = "scripts/e2e/lib/docker-stats/assert-resource-ceiling.mjs";
+const MAX_STATS_SAMPLE_LINE_BYTES = 1024 * 1024;
 const tempRoots: string[] = [];
 
 function writeStats(contents: string): string {
@@ -26,6 +27,14 @@ function runAssert(statsFile: string, maxMemoryMiB = "512", maxCpuPercent = "100
   );
 }
 
+function validStatsLineWithBytes(byteLength: number): string {
+  const prefix = '{"MemUsage":"128MiB / 2GiB","CPUPerc":"25.0%","padding":"';
+  const suffix = '"}';
+  const paddingLength = byteLength - Buffer.byteLength(prefix + suffix, "utf8");
+  expect(paddingLength).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  return `${prefix}${"x".repeat(paddingLength)}${suffix}`;
+}
+
 afterEach(() => {
   for (const root of tempRoots.splice(0)) {
     rmSync(root, { force: true, recursive: true });
@@ -101,10 +110,51 @@ describe("scripts/e2e/lib/docker-stats/assert-resource-ceiling.mjs", () => {
     const source = readFileSync(SCRIPT_PATH, "utf8");
 
     expect(source).toContain("createReadStream");
+    expect(source).toContain("MAX_STATS_SAMPLE_LINE_BYTES");
+    expect(source).not.toContain("createInterface");
     expect(source).not.toContain("readFileSync(statsFile");
     expect(source).not.toContain("split(/\\r?\\n/u)");
   });
 
+  it("rejects oversized stats sample lines before parsing JSON", () => {
+    const result = runAssert(writeStats(`{"padding":"${"x".repeat(1024 * 1024)}"}\n`));
+
+    expect(result.status).not.toBe(0);
+    expect(result.stderr).toContain("exceeded 1048576 bytes");
+    expect(result.stderr).not.toContain("was not valid JSON");
+  });
+
+  it("accepts large stats sample lines within the line cap", () => {
+    const padding = "x".repeat(1024);
+    const result = runAssert(
+      writeStats(`{"MemUsage":"128MiB / 2GiB","CPUPerc":"25.0%","padding":"${padding}"}\n`),
+    );
+
+    expect(result.status).toBe(0);
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain("samples=1");
+  });
+
+  it("accepts CRLF stats sample lines whose content exactly matches the line cap", () => {
+    const line = validStatsLineWithBytes(MAX_STATS_SAMPLE_LINE_BYTES);
+    const result = runAssert(writeStats(`${line}\r\n`));
+
+    expect(Buffer.byteLength(line, "utf8")).toBe(MAX_STATS_SAMPLE_LINE_BYTES);
+    expect(result.status).toBe(0);
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain("samples=1");
+  });
+
+  it("accepts stats sample lines separated by standalone carriage returns", () => {
+    const result = runAssert(
+      writeStats(
+        '{"MemUsage":"128MiB / 2GiB","CPUPerc":"25.0%"}\r{"MemUsage":"64MiB / 2GiB","CPUPerc":"15.0%"}\r',
+      ),
+    );
+
+    expect(result.status).toBe(0);
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain("memory=128.0MiB");
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain("samples=2");
+  });
+
   it("accepts byte-unit Docker memory samples", () => {
     const result = runAssert(writeStats('{"MemUsage":"512B / 2GiB","CPUPerc":"0.5%"}\n'));