diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2023-03-07-21-46-29.gh-issue-102509.5ouaH_.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2023-03-07-21-46-29.gh-issue-102509.5ouaH_.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d1a8e8b5a8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2023-03-07-21-46-29.gh-issue-102509.5ouaH_.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Start initializing ``ob_digit`` during creation of :c:type:`PyLongObject`
+objects. Patch by Illia Volochii.
diff --git a/Objects/longobject.c b/Objects/longobject.c
index 5fca55e5c3a..5d9b4138614 100644
--- a/Objects/longobject.c
+++ b/Objects/longobject.c
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ _PyLong_New(Py_ssize_t size)
     }
     _PyLong_SetSignAndDigitCount(result, size != 0, size);
     _PyObject_Init((PyObject*)result, &PyLong_Type);
+    /* The digit has to be initialized explicitly to avoid
+     * use-of-uninitialized-value. */
+    result->long_value.ob_digit[0] = 0;
     return result;
 }