diff --git a/src/cpp/rtps/xmlparser/XMLElementParser.cpp b/src/cpp/rtps/xmlparser/XMLElementParser.cpp
index 18f1fad219e..093d379b253 100644
--- a/src/cpp/rtps/xmlparser/XMLElementParser.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/rtps/xmlparser/XMLElementParser.cpp
@@ -4579,6 +4579,14 @@ XMLP_ret XMLParser::getXMLThreadSettingsWithPort(
                 ret = XMLP_ret::XML_ERROR;
                 break;
             }
+            catch (const std::out_of_range& except)
+            {
+                EPROSIMA_LOG_ERROR(XMLPARSER,
+                        "Value of the port attribute " << attrib->Value() << " out of range. " <<
+                        except.what());
+                ret = XMLP_ret::XML_ERROR;
+                break;
+            }
         }
         else
         {
diff --git a/test/unittest/xmlparser/XMLParserTests.cpp b/test/unittest/xmlparser/XMLParserTests.cpp
index 722fc125094..6757bfca11e 100644
--- a/test/unittest/xmlparser/XMLParserTests.cpp
+++ b/test/unittest/xmlparser/XMLParserTests.cpp
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ TEST_F(XMLParserTests, regressions)
     EXPECT_EQ(XMLP_ret::XML_ERROR, XMLParser::loadXML("regressions/simple_participant_profiles_nok.xml", root));
     EXPECT_EQ(XMLP_ret::XML_OK, XMLParser::loadXML("regressions/simple_participant_profiles_ok.xml", root));
     EXPECT_EQ(XMLP_ret::XML_ERROR, XMLParser::loadXML("regressions/20186_profile_bin.xml", root));
+    EXPECT_EQ(XMLP_ret::XML_ERROR, XMLParser::loadXML("regressions/20187_profile_bin.xml", root));
 }
 
 TEST_F(XMLParserTests, NoFile)
diff --git a/test/unittest/xmlparser/regressions/20187_profile_bin.xml b/test/unittest/xmlparser/regressions/20187_profile_bin.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0024e17ed6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unittest/xmlparser/regressions/20187_profile_bin.xml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<log><thread_settings port="88888888888888888884"/></log>