diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/duration_parser.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/duration_parser.py
index 7ac2299b7d8..06eb0aa2920 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/duration_parser.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/duration_parser.py
@@ -21,13 +21,19 @@ _BUDGET_DURATION_WORD_ALIASES: Final[dict[str, str]] = {
     "monthly": "30d",
 }
 
-
-def _normalize_duration(duration: str) -> str:
-    return _BUDGET_DURATION_WORD_ALIASES.get(duration.strip().lower(), duration)
+_DURATION_RE: Final[re.Pattern[str]] = re.compile(r"(\d+)(mo|[smhdw])")
 
 
-def _extract_from_regex(duration: str) -> tuple[int, str]:
-    match: Final = re.match(r"(\d+)(mo|[smhdw]?)", duration)
+def _normalize_duration(duration: object) -> object:
+    if not isinstance(duration, str):
+        return duration
+    return _BUDGET_DURATION_WORD_ALIASES.get(duration.strip().lower(), duration.strip())
+
+
+def _extract_from_regex(duration: object) -> tuple[int, str]:
+    if not isinstance(duration, str):
+        raise ValueError("Invalid duration format")
+    match: Final = _DURATION_RE.fullmatch(duration.strip())
 
     if not match:
         raise ValueError("Invalid duration format")
@@ -189,9 +195,11 @@ def _setup_timezone(current_time: datetime, timezone_str: str = "UTC") -> tuple[
     return current_time, tz
 
 
-def _parse_duration(duration: str) -> tuple[int | None, str | None]:
+def _parse_duration(duration: object) -> tuple[int | None, str | None]:
     """Parse the duration string into value and unit."""
-    match: Final = re.match(r"(\d+)([a-z]+)", duration)
+    if not isinstance(duration, str):
+        return None, None
+    match: Final = _DURATION_RE.fullmatch(duration.strip())
     if not match:
         return None, None
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/litellm_core_utils/test_duration_parser.py b/tests/unit/litellm_core_utils/test_duration_parser.py
index cb9f273a0a7..1904eb0dee4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/litellm_core_utils/test_duration_parser.py
+++ b/tests/unit/litellm_core_utils/test_duration_parser.py
@@ -385,5 +385,40 @@ class TestWordFormBudgetDurations(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIn("garbage", mock_warning.call_args.args)
 
 
+class TestDurationPrefixRejection(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_rejects_prefix_matched_garbage(self):
+        for bad in ("30dabc", "30days", "30s; DROP", "1moabc", "30dabc ", "30s;DROP TABLE"):
+            with self.subTest(bad=bad):
+                with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+                    duration_in_seconds(bad)
+                base_time = datetime(2023, 5, 15, 10, 30, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+                with patch.object(duration_parser.verbose_logger, "warning") as mock_warning:
+                    result = get_next_standardized_reset_time(bad, base_time, "UTC")
+                self.assertEqual(result, datetime(2023, 5, 16, 0, 0, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc))
+                mock_warning.assert_called_once()
+                self.assertIn("Unrecognized budget_duration", mock_warning.call_args.args[0])
+                self.assertEqual(mock_warning.call_args.args[1], bad)
+
+    def test_accepts_valid_with_optional_strip(self):
+        self.assertEqual(duration_in_seconds("30d"), 30 * 86400)
+        self.assertEqual(duration_in_seconds("30d "), 30 * 86400)
+        self.assertEqual(duration_in_seconds(" 30d"), 30 * 86400)
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            duration_in_seconds("30")
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            duration_in_seconds("30D")
+
+    def test_non_string_duration_is_rejected(self):
+        for bad in (None, 123, 30, 1.5, [], {}):  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+            with self.subTest(bad=bad):
+                with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+                    duration_in_seconds(bad)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+                base_time = datetime(2023, 5, 15, 10, 30, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+                with patch.object(duration_parser.verbose_logger, "warning") as mock_warning:
+                    result = get_next_standardized_reset_time(bad, base_time, "UTC")  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+                self.assertEqual(result, datetime(2023, 5, 16, 0, 0, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc))
+                mock_warning.assert_called_once()
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()