diff --git a/extensions/msteams/src/attachments/download.ts b/extensions/msteams/src/attachments/download.ts
index 5a982df1b9f..da973329d8f 100644
--- a/extensions/msteams/src/attachments/download.ts
+++ b/extensions/msteams/src/attachments/download.ts
@@ -182,7 +182,10 @@ export async function downloadMSTeamsAttachments(params: {
     .map(resolveDownloadCandidate)
     .filter(Boolean) as DownloadCandidate[];
 
-  const inlineCandidates = extractInlineImageCandidates(list);
+  const inlineCandidates = extractInlineImageCandidates(list, {
+    maxInlineBytes: params.maxBytes,
+    maxInlineTotalBytes: params.maxBytes,
+  });
 
   const seenUrls = new Set<string>();
   for (const inline of inlineCandidates) {
diff --git a/extensions/msteams/src/attachments/shared.test.ts b/extensions/msteams/src/attachments/shared.test.ts
index 3e29e65aac4..143c5ba7df0 100644
--- a/extensions/msteams/src/attachments/shared.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/msteams/src/attachments/shared.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import {
   applyAuthorizationHeaderForUrl,
+  extractInlineImageCandidates,
   isPrivateOrReservedIP,
   isUrlAllowed,
   resolveAndValidateIP,
@@ -391,3 +392,53 @@ describe("attachment fetch auth helpers", () => {
     expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
   });
 });
+
+describe("msteams inline image limits", () => {
+  const smallPngDataUrl = "data:image/png;base64,aGVsbG8="; // "hello" (5 bytes)
+
+  it("rejects inline data images above per-image limit", () => {
+    const attachments = [
+      {
+        contentType: "text/html",
+        content: `<img src=\"${smallPngDataUrl}\" />`,
+      },
+    ];
+    const out = extractInlineImageCandidates(attachments, { maxInlineBytes: 4 });
+    expect(out).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("accepts inline data images within limit", () => {
+    const attachments = [
+      {
+        contentType: "text/html",
+        content: `<img src=\"${smallPngDataUrl}\" />`,
+      },
+    ];
+    const out = extractInlineImageCandidates(attachments, { maxInlineBytes: 10 });
+    expect(out.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(out[0]?.kind).toBe("data");
+    if (out[0]?.kind === "data") {
+      expect(out[0].data.byteLength).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      expect(out[0].contentType).toBe("image/png");
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("enforces cumulative inline size limit across attachments", () => {
+    const attachments = [
+      {
+        contentType: "text/html",
+        content: `<img src=\"${smallPngDataUrl}\" />`,
+      },
+      {
+        contentType: "text/html",
+        content: `<img src=\"${smallPngDataUrl}\" />`,
+      },
+    ];
+    const out = extractInlineImageCandidates(attachments, {
+      maxInlineBytes: 10,
+      maxInlineTotalBytes: 6,
+    });
+    expect(out.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(out[0]?.kind).toBe("data");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/extensions/msteams/src/attachments/shared.ts b/extensions/msteams/src/attachments/shared.ts
index 56c04e725ec..97e5eb5ac8b 100644
--- a/extensions/msteams/src/attachments/shared.ts
+++ b/extensions/msteams/src/attachments/shared.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { Buffer } from "node:buffer";
 import { lookup } from "node:dns/promises";
 import {
   buildHostnameAllowlistPolicyFromSuffixAllowlist,
@@ -23,6 +24,11 @@ type InlineImageCandidate =
       placeholder: string;
     };
 
+type InlineImageLimitOptions = {
+  maxInlineBytes?: number;
+  maxInlineTotalBytes?: number;
+};
+
 export const IMAGE_EXT_RE = /\.(avif|bmp|gif|heic|heif|jpe?g|png|tiff?|webp)$/i;
 
 export const IMG_SRC_RE = /<img[^>]+src=["']([^"']+)["'][^>]*>/gi;
@@ -187,25 +193,58 @@ export function extractHtmlFromAttachment(att: MSTeamsAttachmentLike): string |
   return text;
 }
 
-function decodeDataImage(src: string): InlineImageCandidate | null {
+function estimateBase64DecodedBytes(value: string): number {
+  const normalized = value.replace(/\s+/g, "");
+  if (!normalized) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+  let padding = 0;
+  if (normalized.endsWith("==")) {
+    padding = 2;
+  } else if (normalized.endsWith("=")) {
+    padding = 1;
+  }
+  return Math.max(0, Math.floor((normalized.length * 3) / 4) - padding);
+}
+
+function isLikelyBase64Payload(value: string): boolean {
+  return /^[A-Za-z0-9+/=\r\n]+$/.test(value);
+}
+
+function decodeDataImageWithLimits(
+  src: string,
+  opts: { maxInlineBytes?: number },
+): { candidate: InlineImageCandidate | null; estimatedBytes: number } {
   const match = /^data:(image\/[a-z0-9.+-]+)?(;base64)?,(.*)$/i.exec(src);
   if (!match) {
-    return null;
+    return { candidate: null, estimatedBytes: 0 };
   }
   const contentType = match[1]?.toLowerCase();
   const isBase64 = Boolean(match[2]);
   if (!isBase64) {
-    return null;
+    return { candidate: null, estimatedBytes: 0 };
   }
   const payload = match[3] ?? "";
-  if (!payload) {
-    return null;
+  if (!payload || !isLikelyBase64Payload(payload)) {
+    return { candidate: null, estimatedBytes: 0 };
   }
+
+  const estimatedBytes = estimateBase64DecodedBytes(payload);
+  if (estimatedBytes <= 0) {
+    return { candidate: null, estimatedBytes: 0 };
+  }
+  if (typeof opts.maxInlineBytes === "number" && estimatedBytes > opts.maxInlineBytes) {
+    return { candidate: null, estimatedBytes };
+  }
+
   try {
     const data = Buffer.from(payload, "base64");
-    return { kind: "data", data, contentType, placeholder: "<media:image>" };
+    return {
+      candidate: { kind: "data", data, contentType, placeholder: "<media:image>" },
+      estimatedBytes,
+    };
   } catch {
-    return null;
+    return { candidate: null, estimatedBytes: 0 };
   }
 }
 
@@ -221,9 +260,11 @@ function fileHintFromUrl(src: string): string | undefined {
 
 export function extractInlineImageCandidates(
   attachments: MSTeamsAttachmentLike[],
+  limits?: InlineImageLimitOptions,
 ): InlineImageCandidate[] {
   const out: InlineImageCandidate[] = [];
-  for (const att of attachments) {
+  let totalEstimatedInlineBytes = 0;
+  outerLoop: for (const att of attachments) {
     const html = extractHtmlFromAttachment(att);
     if (!html) {
       continue;
@@ -234,8 +275,18 @@ export function extractInlineImageCandidates(
       const src = match[1]?.trim();
       if (src && !src.startsWith("cid:")) {
         if (src.startsWith("data:")) {
-          const decoded = decodeDataImage(src);
+          const { candidate: decoded, estimatedBytes } = decodeDataImageWithLimits(src, {
+            maxInlineBytes: limits?.maxInlineBytes,
+          });
           if (decoded) {
+            const nextTotal = totalEstimatedInlineBytes + estimatedBytes;
+            if (
+              typeof limits?.maxInlineTotalBytes === "number" &&
+              nextTotal > limits.maxInlineTotalBytes
+            ) {
+              break outerLoop;
+            }
+            totalEstimatedInlineBytes = nextTotal;
             out.push(decoded);
           }
         } else {