diff --git a/src/ringct/rctOps.cpp b/src/ringct/rctOps.cpp
index 3860a7e1f..34d64033e 100644
--- a/src/ringct/rctOps.cpp
+++ b/src/ringct/rctOps.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2016-2024, Monero Research Labs
+// Copyright (c) 2016-2026, Monero Research Labs
 //
 // Author: Shen Noether <shen.noether@gmx.com>
 //
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@
 
 #include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
 #include "misc_log_ex.h"
+extern "C" {
+#include "rctCryptoOps.h"
+}
 #include "rctOps.h"
+
 using namespace crypto;
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -340,7 +344,8 @@ namespace rct {
 
     //generates a random uint long long (for testing)
     xmr_amount randXmrAmount(xmr_amount upperlimit) {
-        return h2d(skGen()) % (upperlimit);
+        assert(upperlimit > 0);
+        return crypto::rand<xmr_amount>() % upperlimit;
     }
 
     //Scalar multiplications of curve points
diff --git a/src/ringct/rctOps.h b/src/ringct/rctOps.h
index 0edd0308c..88aad0e7c 100644
--- a/src/ringct/rctOps.h
+++ b/src/ringct/rctOps.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //#define DBG
-// Copyright (c) 2016-2024, Monero Research Labs
+// Copyright (c) 2016-2026, Monero Research Labs
 //
 // Author: Shen Noether <shen.noether@gmx.com>
 //
@@ -37,15 +37,6 @@
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <tuple>
 
-#include "crypto/generic-ops.h"
-
-extern "C" {
-#include "crypto/random.h"
-#include "crypto/keccak.h"
-#include "rctCryptoOps.h"
-}
-#include "crypto/crypto.h"
-
 #include "rctTypes.h"
 
 //Define this flag when debugging to get additional info on the console
diff --git a/src/ringct/rctSigs.cpp b/src/ringct/rctSigs.cpp
index 206a9a51d..08e47cc51 100644
--- a/src/ringct/rctSigs.cpp
+++ b/src/ringct/rctSigs.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2016-2024, Monero Research Labs
+// Copyright (c) 2016-2026, Monero Research Labs
 //
 // Author: Shen Noether <shen.noether@gmx.com>
 // 
@@ -1573,7 +1573,10 @@ namespace rct {
         if (equalKeys(C, Ctmp) == false) {
             CHECK_AND_ASSERT_THROW_MES(false, "warning, amount decoded incorrectly, will be unable to spend");
         }
-        return h2d(amount);
+        rct::xmr_amount amount_8;
+        CHECK_AND_ASSERT_THROW_MES(h2d(amount_8, amount),
+          "long decoded amount contains superfluous data");
+        return amount_8;
     }
 
     xmr_amount decodeRct(const rctSig & rv, const key & sk, unsigned int i, hw::device &hwdev) {
@@ -1604,7 +1607,10 @@ namespace rct {
         if (equalKeys(C, Ctmp) == false) {
             CHECK_AND_ASSERT_THROW_MES(false, "warning, amount decoded incorrectly, will be unable to spend");
         }
-        return h2d(amount);
+        rct::xmr_amount amount_8;
+        CHECK_AND_ASSERT_THROW_MES(h2d(amount_8, amount),
+          "long decoded amount contains superfluous data");
+        return amount_8;
     }
 
     xmr_amount decodeRctSimple(const rctSig & rv, const key & sk, unsigned int i, hw::device &hwdev) {
diff --git a/src/ringct/rctTypes.cpp b/src/ringct/rctTypes.cpp
index 8b0345e97..51260c079 100644
--- a/src/ringct/rctTypes.cpp
+++ b/src/ringct/rctTypes.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2016-2024, Monero Research Labs
+// Copyright (c) 2016-2026, Monero Research Labs
 //
 // Author: Shen Noether <shen.noether@gmx.com>
 // 
@@ -140,14 +140,18 @@ namespace rct {
     
     //32 byte key to uint long long
     // if the key holds a value > 2^64
-    // then the value in the first 8 bytes is returned    
-    xmr_amount h2d(const key & test) {
-        xmr_amount vali = 0;
+    // then false is returned
+    bool h2d(xmr_amount &amountd, const key & test) {
+        amountd = 0;
         int j = 0;
-        for (j = 7; j >= 0; j--) {
-            vali = (xmr_amount)(vali * 256 + (unsigned char)test.bytes[j]);
+        for (j = 8; j < 32; ++j) {
+            if (test.bytes[j])
+                return false;
         }
-        return vali;
+        for (j = 7; j >= 0; j--) {
+            amountd = (xmr_amount)(amountd * 256 + (unsigned char)test.bytes[j]);
+        }
+        return true;
     }
     
     //32 byte key to int[64]
diff --git a/src/ringct/rctTypes.h b/src/ringct/rctTypes.h
index ee896f11e..038c2e150 100644
--- a/src/ringct/rctTypes.h
+++ b/src/ringct/rctTypes.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2016-2024, Monero Research Labs
+// Copyright (c) 2016-2026, Monero Research Labs
 //
 // Author: Shen Noether <shen.noether@gmx.com>
 //
@@ -722,8 +722,8 @@ namespace rct {
     void d2b(bits  amountb, xmr_amount val);
     //32 byte key to uint long long
     // if the key holds a value > 2^64
-    // then the value in the first 8 bytes is returned
-    xmr_amount h2d(const key &test);
+    // then false is returned
+    bool h2d(xmr_amount &amountd, const key &test);
     //32 byte key to int[64]
     void h2b(bits  amountb2, const key & test);
     //int[64] to 32 byte key
diff --git a/tests/core_tests/multisig.cpp b/tests/core_tests/multisig.cpp
index 9cec96ff1..c3874f98c 100644
--- a/tests/core_tests/multisig.cpp
+++ b/tests/core_tests/multisig.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2017-2024, The Monero Project
+// Copyright (c) 2017-2026, The Monero Project
 // 
 // All rights reserved.
 // 
@@ -438,7 +438,10 @@ bool gen_multisig_tx_validation_base::generate_with(std::vector<test_event_entry
       rct::key C = tx.rct_signatures.outPk[n].mask;
       rct::addKeys2(Ctmp, ecdh_info.mask, ecdh_info.amount, rct::H);
       CHECK_AND_ASSERT_MES(rct::equalKeys(C, Ctmp), false, "Failed to decode amount");
-      amount += rct::h2d(ecdh_info.amount);
+      rct::xmr_amount this_amount;
+      CHECK_AND_ASSERT_MES(rct::h2d(this_amount, ecdh_info.amount),
+        false, "Decoded long amount contains superfluous data");
+      amount += this_amount;
     }
   }
   CHECK_AND_ASSERT_MES(n_outs == 2, false, "Not exactly 2 outputs were received");
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/ringct.cpp b/tests/unit_tests/ringct.cpp
index 9979fad9a..e2476f4dc 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/ringct.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/ringct.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2014-2024, The Monero Project
+// Copyright (c) 2014-2026, The Monero Project
 // 
 // All rights reserved.
 // 
@@ -974,11 +974,13 @@ static const xmr_amount test_amounts[]={0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10000, 100000000000000
 
 TEST(ringct, d2h)
 {
-  key k, P1;
-  skpkGen(k, P1);
+  key k = skGen();
+  memset(k.bytes + 8, 0, sizeof(k) - 8);
   for (auto amount: test_amounts) {
     d2h(k, amount);
-    ASSERT_TRUE(amount == h2d(k));
+    xmr_amount h2d_amount;
+    ASSERT_TRUE(h2d(h2d_amount, k));
+    ASSERT_EQ(h2d_amount, amount);
   }
 }