diff --git a/lib/path.js b/lib/path.js
index 63b037cddfb986..520dc8a574a346 100644
--- a/lib/path.js
+++ b/lib/path.js
@@ -471,7 +471,20 @@ const win32 = {
       } while ((index = StringPrototypeIndexOf(path, ':', index + 1)) !== -1);
     }
     const colonIndex = StringPrototypeIndexOf(path, ':');
-    if (isWindowsReservedName(path, colonIndex)) {
+    if (colonIndex !== -1) {
+      if (isWindowsReservedName(path, colonIndex)) {
+        return `.\\${device ?? ''}${tail}`;
+      }
+    } else if (
+      // A reserved name without a colon is only a device path when it is
+      // followed immediately by a single trailing dot (e.g. `NUL.` and
+      // `COM9.`, which Windows treats as equivalent to `NUL`/`COM9`). Any
+      // other trailing character (`CONx`, `NULs`, ...) is a distinct,
+      // ordinary file name and must be left untouched.
+      len > 0 &&
+      StringPrototypeCharCodeAt(path, len - 1) === CHAR_DOT &&
+      isWindowsReservedName(path, len - 1)
+    ) {
       return `.\\${device ?? ''}${tail}`;
     }
     if (device === undefined) {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-path-normalize.js b/test/parallel/test-path-normalize.js
index 8b537676dbf45d..d704b666e14815 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-path-normalize.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-path-normalize.js
@@ -43,6 +43,23 @@ assert.strictEqual(path.win32.normalize('foo/bar\\baz'), 'foo\\bar\\baz');
 assert.strictEqual(path.win32.normalize('\\\\.\\foo'), '\\\\.\\foo');
 assert.strictEqual(path.win32.normalize('\\\\.\\foo\\'), '\\\\.\\foo\\');
 
+// A name that merely starts with a reserved device name is not itself
+// reserved: Windows only treats `NAME` as equivalent to the device when it
+// is bare, followed by a colon, or followed immediately by a single dot
+// (e.g. `NUL.` and `NUL.txt` both refer to the `NUL` device). Any other
+// trailing character makes it an ordinary, unrelated file name and it must
+// be left untouched.
+assert.strictEqual(path.win32.normalize('CONx'), 'CONx');
+assert.strictEqual(path.win32.normalize('NULs'), 'NULs');
+assert.strictEqual(path.win32.normalize('LPT1x'), 'LPT1x');
+assert.strictEqual(path.win32.normalize('PRNzzz'), 'PRNzzz');
+assert.strictEqual(path.win32.normalize('CON'), 'CON');
+// With a trailing colon or a single trailing dot the reserved-name handling
+// still applies.
+assert.strictEqual(path.win32.normalize('CON:'), '.\\CON:.');
+assert.strictEqual(path.win32.normalize('CON.'), '.\\CON.');
+assert.strictEqual(path.win32.normalize('COM9.'), '.\\COM9.');
+
 // Tests related to CVE-2024-36139. Path traversal should not result in changing
 // the root directory on Windows.
 assert.strictEqual(path.win32.normalize('test/../C:/Windows'), '.\\C:\\Windows');