diff --git a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/utils/pairedItemUtils.test.ts b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/utils/pairedItemUtils.test.ts
index e3e2835bb0..b3d2220800 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/utils/pairedItemUtils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/utils/pairedItemUtils.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
 	getPairedItemsMapping,
 	MAX_ITEM_COUNT_FOR_PAIRING,
 } from './pairedItemUtils';
+import { type ITaskData } from 'n8n-workflow';
 
 const MOCK_EXECUTION: Partial<IExecutionResponse> = {
 	data: {
@@ -396,5 +397,41 @@ describe('pairedItemUtils', () => {
 
 			expect(getPairedItemsMapping(mockExecution)).toEqual({});
 		});
+
+		it('should abort mapping and return empty object if execution has too many pairs', () => {
+			const nodeCount = 10;
+			const runCount = 3;
+			const itemCountPerRun = 3;
+			const pairedItemCount = 3;
+			const mockExecution: Partial<IExecutionResponse> = {
+				data: {
+					resultData: {
+						runData: Object.fromEntries(
+							Array.from({ length: nodeCount }).map<[string, ITaskData[]]>((_, j) => [
+								`node_${j}`,
+								Array.from({ length: runCount }).map(() => ({
+									startTime: 1706027170005,
+									executionTime: 0,
+									source: j === 0 ? [] : [{ previousNode: `node_${j - 1}` }],
+									executionStatus: 'success',
+									data: {
+										main: [
+											Array.from({ length: itemCountPerRun }).map(() => ({
+												json: {},
+												pairedItem: Array.from({ length: pairedItemCount }).map((__, i) => ({
+													item: i,
+												})),
+											})),
+										],
+									},
+								})),
+							]),
+						),
+					},
+				},
+			};
+
+			expect(getPairedItemsMapping(mockExecution)).toEqual({});
+		});
 	});
 });
diff --git a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/utils/pairedItemUtils.ts b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/utils/pairedItemUtils.ts
index 786e46fe45..e4b7c497fe 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/utils/pairedItemUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/frontend/editor-ui/src/utils/pairedItemUtils.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
-import type { IPairedItemData, IRunData, ITaskData } from 'n8n-workflow';
+import { type IPairedItemData, type IRunData, type ITaskData } from 'n8n-workflow';
 import type { IExecutionResponse, TargetItem } from '@/Interface';
 import { isNotNull } from '@/utils/typeGuards';
 
 export const MAX_ITEM_COUNT_FOR_PAIRING = 1000;
 
+const MAX_PAIR_COUNT = 100000;
+
+interface Paths {
+	data: { [item: string]: string[][] };
+	size: number;
+}
+
 /*
 	Utility functions that provide shared functionalities used to add paired item support to nodes
 */
@@ -51,29 +58,36 @@ export function getSourceItems(
 }
 
 function addPairing(
-	paths: { [item: string]: string[][] },
+	paths: Paths,
 	pairedItemId: string,
 	pairedItem: IPairedItemData,
 	sources: ITaskData['source'],
 ) {
-	paths[pairedItemId] = paths[pairedItemId] || [];
+	if (paths.size >= MAX_PAIR_COUNT) {
+		throw Error();
+	}
+
+	paths.data[pairedItemId] = paths.data[pairedItemId] || [];
 
 	const input = pairedItem.input || 0;
 	const sourceNode = sources[input]?.previousNode;
 	if (!sourceNode) {
 		// trigger nodes for example
-		paths[pairedItemId].push([pairedItemId]);
+		paths.data[pairedItemId].push([pairedItemId]);
+		paths.size++;
 		return;
 	}
 	const sourceNodeOutput = sources[input]?.previousNodeOutput || 0;
 	const sourceNodeRun = sources[input]?.previousNodeRun || 0;
 
 	const sourceItem = getPairedItemId(sourceNode, sourceNodeRun, sourceNodeOutput, pairedItem.item);
-	if (!paths[sourceItem]) {
-		paths[sourceItem] = [[sourceItem]]; // pinned data case
+	if (!paths.data[sourceItem]) {
+		paths.data[sourceItem] = [[sourceItem]]; // pinned data case
+		paths.size++;
 	}
-	paths[sourceItem]?.forEach((path) => {
-		paths?.[pairedItemId]?.push([...path, pairedItemId]);
+	paths.data[sourceItem]?.forEach((path) => {
+		paths.data[pairedItemId]?.push([...path, pairedItemId]);
+		paths.size++;
 	});
 }
 
@@ -82,7 +96,7 @@ function addPairedItemIdsRec(
 	runIndex: number,
 	runData: IRunData,
 	seen: Set<string>,
-	paths: { [item: string]: string[][] },
+	paths: Paths,
 	pinned: Set<string>,
 ) {
 	const key = `${node}_r${runIndex}`;
@@ -128,7 +142,7 @@ function addPairedItemIdsRec(
 		outputData.forEach((executionData, item: number) => {
 			const pairedItemId = getPairedItemId(node, runIndex, output, item);
 			if (!executionData.pairedItem) {
-				paths[pairedItemId] = [];
+				paths.data[pairedItemId] = [];
 				return;
 			}
 
@@ -150,11 +164,11 @@ function addPairedItemIdsRec(
 	});
 }
 
-function getMapping(paths: { [item: string]: string[][] }): { [item: string]: Set<string> } {
+function getMapping(paths: Paths): { [item: string]: Set<string> } {
 	const mapping: { [itemId: string]: Set<string> } = {};
 
-	Object.keys(paths).forEach((item) => {
-		paths?.[item]?.forEach((path) => {
+	Object.keys(paths.data).forEach((item) => {
+		paths.data[item]?.forEach((path) => {
 			path.forEach((otherItem) => {
 				if (otherItem !== item) {
 					mapping[otherItem] = mapping[otherItem] || new Set();
@@ -205,15 +219,20 @@ export function getPairedItemsMapping(executionResponse: Partial<IExecutionRespo
 		return {};
 	}
 
-	const seen = new Set<string>();
-	const pinned = new Set(Object.keys(executionResponse.data.resultData.pinData || {}));
+	const paths: Paths = { size: 0, data: {} };
 
-	const paths: { [item: string]: string[][] } = {};
-	Object.keys(runData).forEach((node) => {
-		runData[node].forEach((_, runIndex: number) => {
-			addPairedItemIdsRec(node, runIndex, runData, seen, paths, pinned);
+	try {
+		const seen = new Set<string>();
+		const pinned = new Set(Object.keys(executionResponse.data.resultData.pinData ?? {}));
+
+		Object.keys(runData).forEach((node) => {
+			runData[node].forEach((_, runIndex: number) => {
+				addPairedItemIdsRec(node, runIndex, runData, seen, paths, pinned);
+			});
 		});
-	});
+	} catch {
+		return {};
+	}
 
 	return getMapping(paths);
 }