diff --git a/Lib/ast.py b/Lib/ast.py
index f445b32040e5fb2..2df029ec005a79d 100644
--- a/Lib/ast.py
+++ b/Lib/ast.py
@@ -59,17 +59,25 @@ def literal_eval(node_or_string):
     """
     if isinstance(node_or_string, str):
         node_or_string = parse(node_or_string.lstrip(" \t"), mode='eval').body
+        return _convert_literal(node_or_string, True)
     elif isinstance(node_or_string, Expression):
         node_or_string = node_or_string.body
     return _convert_literal(node_or_string)
 
 
-def _convert_literal(node):
+_permitted_literal_types = (str, bytes, int, float, complex,
+                            bool, type(None), type(...))
+
+
+def _convert_literal(node, omit_validation=False):
     """
     Used by `literal_eval` to convert an AST node into a value.
     """
     if isinstance(node, Constant):
-        return node.value
+        if omit_validation:
+            return node.value
+        if type(value := node.value) in _permitted_literal_types:
+            return value
     if isinstance(node, Dict) and len(node.keys) == len(node.values):
         return dict(zip(
             map(_convert_literal, node.keys),
diff --git a/Lib/inspect.py b/Lib/inspect.py
index af6aa3eb37a53bb..db99f1d53582f37 100644
--- a/Lib/inspect.py
+++ b/Lib/inspect.py
@@ -2209,7 +2209,7 @@ def wrap_value(s):
 
         if isinstance(value, (str, int, float, bytes, bool, type(None),
                               sentinel)):
-            return ast.Constant(value)
+            return ast.parse(s, mode='eval').body
         raise ValueError
 
     class RewriteSymbolics(ast.NodeTransformer):
@@ -2230,28 +2230,23 @@ def visit_Name(self, node):
                 raise ValueError()
             return wrap_value(node.id)
 
-        def visit_BinOp(self, node):
-            # Support constant folding of a couple simple binary operations
-            # commonly used to define default values in text signatures
-            left = self.visit(node.left)
-            right = self.visit(node.right)
-            if not isinstance(left, ast.Constant) or not isinstance(right, ast.Constant):
-                raise ValueError
-            if isinstance(node.op, ast.Add):
-                return ast.Constant(left.value + right.value)
-            elif isinstance(node.op, ast.Sub):
-                return ast.Constant(left.value - right.value)
-            elif isinstance(node.op, ast.BitOr):
-                return ast.Constant(left.value | right.value)
-            raise ValueError
-
     def p(name_node, default_node, default=empty):
         name = parse_name(name_node)
         if default_node and default_node is not _empty:
             try:
                 default_node = RewriteSymbolics().visit(default_node)
-                default = ast.literal_eval(default_node)
-            except ValueError:
+                default_source = ast.unparse(default_node)
+                try:
+                    default = ast.literal_eval(default_source)
+                except ValueError:
+                    try:
+                        default = eval(default_source, module_dict)
+                    except NameError:
+                        try:
+                            default = eval(default_source, sys_module_dict)
+                        except NameError:
+                            raise ValueError
+            except ValueError as exc:
                 raise ValueError("{!r} builtin has invalid signature".format(obj)) from None
         parameters.append(Parameter(name, kind, default=default, annotation=empty))
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ast/test_ast.py b/Lib/test/test_ast/test_ast.py
index 0112c9163fd0cdb..c9f8c247a040234 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ast/test_ast.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ast/test_ast.py
@@ -1981,6 +1981,10 @@ def test_literal_eval(self):
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, ast.literal_eval, '++6')
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, ast.literal_eval, '+True')
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, ast.literal_eval, '2+3')
+        # gh-141778: reject values of invalid types
+        node = ast.Expression(body=ast.Constant(object()))
+        ast.fix_missing_locations(node)
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, ast.literal_eval, node)
 
     def test_literal_eval_str_int_limit(self):
         with support.adjust_int_max_str_digits(4000):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_inspect/test_inspect.py b/Lib/test/test_inspect/test_inspect.py
index 7351f97fd9a4b5c..33e1b3b5b2cbd26 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_inspect/test_inspect.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_inspect/test_inspect.py
@@ -6287,9 +6287,9 @@ def test_operator_module_has_signatures(self):
         self._test_module_has_signatures(operator)
 
     def test_os_module_has_signatures(self):
-        unsupported_signature = {'chmod', 'utime'}
+        unsupported_signature = {'utime'}
         unsupported_signature |= {name for name in
-            ['get_terminal_size', 'link', 'register_at_fork', 'startfile']
+            ['get_terminal_size', 'register_at_fork', 'startfile']
             if hasattr(os, name)}
         self._test_module_has_signatures(os, unsupported_signature=unsupported_signature)
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-12-19-07-09-02.gh-issue-141778.VdSWcy.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-12-19-07-09-02.gh-issue-141778.VdSWcy.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..77257f65619a06a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-12-19-07-09-02.gh-issue-141778.VdSWcy.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Validate value types of :class:`ast.Constant` nodes in the
+:func:`ast.literal_eval`.  Patch by Sergey B Kirpichev.