diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b7a2b54f8f7..a23a3453901 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 - Make the tombstone merge time threshold configurable via `SentryAndroidOptions.setTombstoneMergeTimeThresholdMillis` and the `io.sentry.tombstone.merge-time-threshold-millis` manifest option ([#6154](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/6154))
 - Add `sentry-apollo-5` integration for Apollo Kotlin 5, providing HTTP tracing and failed GraphQL request reporting ([#6074](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/6074))
 
+### Fixes
+
+- Prevent infinite loops when capturing exceptions with cyclic cause chains ([#6073](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/6073))
+
 ### Improvements
 
 - Recover Android 17 `MemoryLimiter` app exits recorded as `ApplicationExitInfo.REASON_MEMORY_LIMITER` ([#6174](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/6174))
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/DuplicateEventDetectionEventProcessor.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/DuplicateEventDetectionEventProcessor.java
index fc178d789f3..b46eb91746b 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/DuplicateEventDetectionEventProcessor.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/DuplicateEventDetectionEventProcessor.java
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.IdentityHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.WeakHashMap;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
@@ -54,10 +56,12 @@ private static <T> boolean containsAnyKey(
 
   private static @NotNull List<Throwable> allCauses(final @NotNull Throwable throwable) {
     final List<Throwable> causes = new ArrayList<>();
-    Throwable ex = throwable;
-    while (ex.getCause() != null) {
-      causes.add(ex.getCause());
-      ex = ex.getCause();
+    final Set<Throwable> visited = Collections.newSetFromMap(new IdentityHashMap<>());
+    visited.add(throwable);
+    Throwable cause = throwable.getCause();
+    while (cause != null && visited.add(cause)) {
+      causes.add(cause);
+      cause = cause.getCause();
     }
     return causes;
   }
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/util/ExceptionUtils.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/util/ExceptionUtils.java
index 329bc84ba81..c17470bfac3 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/util/ExceptionUtils.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/util/ExceptionUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package io.sentry.util;
 
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.IdentityHashMap;
 import java.util.Set;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -16,8 +18,12 @@ public final class ExceptionUtils {
   public static @NotNull Throwable findRootCause(final @NotNull Throwable throwable) {
     Objects.requireNonNull(throwable, "throwable cannot be null");
     Throwable rootCause = throwable;
-    while (rootCause.getCause() != null && rootCause.getCause() != rootCause) {
-      rootCause = rootCause.getCause();
+    final Set<Throwable> visited = Collections.newSetFromMap(new IdentityHashMap<>());
+    visited.add(rootCause);
+    Throwable cause = rootCause.getCause();
+    while (cause != null && visited.add(cause)) {
+      rootCause = cause;
+      cause = rootCause.getCause();
     }
     return rootCause;
   }
diff --git a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/DuplicateEventDetectionEventProcessorTest.kt b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/DuplicateEventDetectionEventProcessorTest.kt
index 3e4141dfeee..8fb929224ea 100644
--- a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/DuplicateEventDetectionEventProcessorTest.kt
+++ b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/DuplicateEventDetectionEventProcessorTest.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,21 @@ import kotlin.test.assertNotNull
 import kotlin.test.assertNull
 
 class DuplicateEventDetectionEventProcessorTest {
+  private class CircularCauseThrowable : RuntimeException() {
+    private var nextCause: Throwable? = null
+    private var causeReads = 0
+
+    fun linkTo(cause: Throwable) {
+      nextCause = cause
+    }
+
+    override val cause: Throwable?
+      get() {
+        check(causeReads++ < 10) { "Throwable cause cycle was not detected" }
+        return nextCause
+      }
+  }
+
   class Fixture {
     fun getSut(enableDeduplication: Boolean? = null): DuplicateEventDetectionEventProcessor {
       val options =
@@ -99,6 +114,19 @@ class DuplicateEventDetectionEventProcessorTest {
     assertNull(result)
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun `does not loop indefinitely for cyclic cause chain`() {
+    val processor = fixture.getSut()
+    val first = CircularCauseThrowable()
+    val second = CircularCauseThrowable()
+    first.linkTo(second)
+    second.linkTo(first)
+
+    val result = processor.process(SentryEvent(first), Hint())
+
+    assertNotNull(result)
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun `does not deduplicate is deduplication is disabled`() {
     val processor = fixture.getSut(enableDeduplication = false)
diff --git a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/util/ExceptionUtilsTest.kt b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/util/ExceptionUtilsTest.kt
index 13f2cffc142..385fe92dbae 100644
--- a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/util/ExceptionUtilsTest.kt
+++ b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/util/ExceptionUtilsTest.kt
@@ -76,4 +76,29 @@ class ExceptionUtilsTest {
     ExceptionUtils.rethrowIfFatal(RuntimeException())
     assertFalse(Thread.currentThread().isInterrupted)
   }
+
+  @Test
+  fun `does not loop indefinitely for cyclic cause chain`() {
+    val first = CircularCauseThrowable()
+    val second = CircularCauseThrowable()
+    first.linkTo(second)
+    second.linkTo(first)
+
+    assertThat(ExceptionUtils.findRootCause(first)).isSameInstanceAs(second)
+  }
+
+  private class CircularCauseThrowable : RuntimeException() {
+    private var nextCause: Throwable? = null
+    private var causeReads = 0
+
+    fun linkTo(cause: Throwable) {
+      nextCause = cause
+    }
+
+    override val cause: Throwable?
+      get() {
+        check(causeReads++ < 10) { "Throwable cause cycle was not detected" }
+        return nextCause
+      }
+  }
 }