diff --git a/src/artifacts/ReleaseExposureReader.test.ts b/src/artifacts/ReleaseExposureReader.test.ts
index 144b0ae4a6..65a7286f97 100644
--- a/src/artifacts/ReleaseExposureReader.test.ts
+++ b/src/artifacts/ReleaseExposureReader.test.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import {
   MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_INVENTORY_ENTRIES,
   MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_MEMBER_PROBE_BYTES,
   MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_PACKAGED_PE_BYTES,
+  MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_MAP_TARGET_BYTES,
   MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_SCRIPT_TARGET_BYTES,
   MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_SOURCE_MAP_BYTES,
   MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_SOURCE_MAPS,
@@ -2733,6 +2734,37 @@ describe("ReleaseExposureReader inline map reads", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("ReleaseExposureReader map target allowance", () => {
+  it("keeps a map past the target allowance unassessed", async () => {
+    const root = await createTestTempDirectory("rea-release-exposure-maps-");
+    const folder = join(
+      root,
+      ...Array.from({ length: 4 }, () => "d".repeat(200)),
+    );
+    await mkdir(folder, { recursive: true });
+    const declarations = Array.from(
+      { length: Math.ceil(MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_MAP_TARGET_BYTES / 800) + 1 },
+      (_, index) => `//# sourceMappingURL=m${String(index)}`,
+    );
+    await writeFile(
+      join(folder, "a.js"),
+      `${declarations.join("\n")}\n//# sourceMappingURL=z\n`,
+    );
+    await writeFile(
+      join(folder, "z"),
+      JSON.stringify({
+        version: 3,
+        sources: ["s.ts"],
+        sourcesContent: ["x"],
+        mappings: "",
+      }),
+    );
+    const scanned = await inspect(root);
+    expect(scanned.source_maps.embedded).toBe(0);
+    expect(sourceMapSourcesStatus(scanned)).toBe("unknown");
+  });
+});
+
 describe("ReleaseExposureReader HTML script references", () => {
   const inlineMap = `//# sourceMappingURL=data:application/json;base64,${Buffer.from(
     JSON.stringify({
diff --git a/src/artifacts/ReleaseExposureReader.ts b/src/artifacts/ReleaseExposureReader.ts
index 308fc53772..095fa2f080 100644
--- a/src/artifacts/ReleaseExposureReader.ts
+++ b/src/artifacts/ReleaseExposureReader.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ import {
   MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_PACKAGED_PE_BYTES,
   MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_PACKAGED_PE_READS,
   MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_SAMPLES,
+  MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_MAP_TARGET_BYTES,
   MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_SCRIPT_TARGET_BYTES,
   MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_SOURCE_MAP_BYTES,
   MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_SOURCE_MAPS,
@@ -753,6 +754,7 @@ interface ScanState {
   scriptTargets: Set<string>;
   /** Bytes of resolved path offered to `scriptTargets`, kept or refused. */
   scriptTargetBytes: number;
+  mapTargetBytes: number;
   /** Members already examined as a script. */
   examinedScripts: Set<string>;
   visitText: ReleaseExposureTextVisitor;
@@ -795,6 +797,7 @@ const createState = (visitText: ReleaseExposureTextVisitor): ScanState => ({
   examinedMaps: new Set(),
   scriptTargets: new Set(),
   scriptTargetBytes: 0,
+  mapTargetBytes: 0,
   examinedScripts: new Set(),
   visitText,
 });
@@ -1362,10 +1365,21 @@ const noteLocalMapReference = (
   noteMapTarget(state, resolve(dirname(member.location), decoded));
 };
 
+/**
+ * A short URL is expanded by the declaring member's directory, so declared
+ * paths can outgrow their text many times over. A target past the allowance
+ * stays unassessed.
+ */
 const noteMapTarget = (state: ScanState, location: string): void => {
   const target = memberLocationKey(location);
-  if (state.examinedMaps.has(target)) return;
-  if (state.examinedLocations.has(target)) state.skippedMaps += 1;
+  if (state.examinedMaps.has(target) || state.mapTargets.has(target)) return;
+  if (state.examinedLocations.has(target)) {
+    state.skippedMaps += 1;
+    return;
+  }
+  state.mapTargetBytes += Buffer.byteLength(target);
+  if (state.mapTargetBytes > MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_MAP_TARGET_BYTES)
+    state.skippedMaps += 1;
   else state.mapTargets.add(target);
 };
 
diff --git a/src/domain/releaseExposure.ts b/src/domain/releaseExposure.ts
index f34aef1ce7..7d5ec77193 100644
--- a/src/domain/releaseExposure.ts
+++ b/src/domain/releaseExposure.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ export const MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_TEXT_MEMBER_BYTES = 256 * 1024;
 export const MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_TEXT_BYTES = 4 * 1024 * 1024;
 /** Resolved paths retained for HTML script targets across one audit. */
 export const MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_SCRIPT_TARGET_BYTES = 1024 * 1024;
+/** Resolved paths retained for local source map targets across one audit. */
+export const MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_MAP_TARGET_BYTES = 1024 * 1024;
 /** Source maps read from one artifact. */
 export const MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_SOURCE_MAPS = 32;
 /** Bytes read from one source map. */
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ export const RELEASE_EXPOSURE_ALLOWANCES = [
   `Selected file reads stop at ${String(MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_FILE_BYTES)} bytes.`,
   `Text member scans read at most ${String(MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_TEXT_MEMBER_BYTES)} bytes each and ${String(MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_TEXT_BYTES)} bytes in total.`,
   `HTML script targets keep at most ${String(MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_SCRIPT_TARGET_BYTES)} bytes of resolved paths. Later targets stay unassessed.`,
+  `Local source map targets keep at most ${String(MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_MAP_TARGET_BYTES)} bytes of resolved paths. Later targets stay unassessed.`,
   `Source map scans read at most ${String(MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_SOURCE_MAPS)} maps and ${String(MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_SOURCE_MAP_BYTES)} bytes each. sourcesContent text is counted and then dropped.`,
   `Other files and package members are identified from their first ${String(MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_MEMBER_PROBE_BYTES)} bytes, and those without a NUL byte in that prefix are scanned as text. Up to ${String(MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_PACKAGED_PE_READS)} packaged PE images are read for debug records, ${String(MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_PACKAGED_PE_BYTES)} bytes each.`,
   `Go, Rust, and Electron fuse readers run on at most ${String(MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_NATIVE_IMAGES)} native images.`,