diff --git a/test/data/confirmations/typed_sign.ts b/test/data/confirmations/typed_sign.ts
index f02705a2540b..723ffcf7c2e0 100644
--- a/test/data/confirmations/typed_sign.ts
+++ b/test/data/confirmations/typed_sign.ts
@@ -163,6 +163,65 @@ export const orderSignatureMsg = {
   },
 };
 
+export const permitMessageDataJson = {
+  types: {
+    EIP712Domain: [
+      {
+        name: 'name',
+        type: 'string',
+      },
+      {
+        name: 'version',
+        type: 'string',
+      },
+      {
+        name: 'chainId',
+        type: 'uint256',
+      },
+      {
+        name: 'verifyingContract',
+        type: 'address',
+      },
+    ],
+    Permit: [
+      {
+        name: 'owner',
+        type: 'address',
+      },
+      {
+        name: 'spender',
+        type: 'address',
+      },
+      {
+        name: 'value',
+        type: 'uint256',
+      },
+      {
+        name: 'nonce',
+        type: 'uint256',
+      },
+      {
+        name: 'deadline',
+        type: 'uint256',
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+  primaryType: 'Permit',
+  domain: {
+    name: 'MyToken',
+    version: '1',
+    verifyingContract: '0xCcCCccccCCCCcCCCCCCcCcCccCcCCCcCcccccccC',
+    chainId: 1,
+  },
+  message: {
+    owner: '0x935e73edb9ff52e23bac7f7e043a1ecd06d05477',
+    spender: '0x5B38Da6a701c568545dCfcB03FcB875f56beddC4',
+    value: 3000,
+    nonce: 0,
+    deadline: 50000000000,
+  },
+};
+
 export const permitSignatureMsg = {
   id: '0b1787a0-1c44-11ef-b70d-e7064bd7b659',
   securityAlertResponse: {
@@ -174,7 +233,7 @@ export const permitSignatureMsg = {
   time: 1716826404122,
   type: TransactionType.signTypedData,
   msgParams: {
-    data: '{"types":{"EIP712Domain":[{"name":"name","type":"string"},{"name":"version","type":"string"},{"name":"chainId","type":"uint256"},{"name":"verifyingContract","type":"address"}],"Permit":[{"name":"owner","type":"address"},{"name":"spender","type":"address"},{"name":"value","type":"uint256"},{"name":"nonce","type":"uint256"},{"name":"deadline","type":"uint256"}]},"primaryType":"Permit","domain":{"name":"MyToken","version":"1","verifyingContract":"0xCcCCccccCCCCcCCCCCCcCcCccCcCCCcCcccccccC","chainId":1},"message":{"owner":"0x935e73edb9ff52e23bac7f7e043a1ecd06d05477","spender":"0x5B38Da6a701c568545dCfcB03FcB875f56beddC4","value":3000,"nonce":0,"deadline":50000000000}}',
+    data: JSON.stringify(permitMessageDataJson),
     from: '0x935e73edb9ff52e23bac7f7e043a1ecd06d05477',
     version: 'V4',
     requestId: 14,
diff --git a/ui/pages/confirmations/utils/confirm.test.ts b/ui/pages/confirmations/utils/confirm.test.ts
index b1f6494ca627..41a4992fa11f 100644
--- a/ui/pages/confirmations/utils/confirm.test.ts
+++ b/ui/pages/confirmations/utils/confirm.test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import { ApprovalRequest } from '@metamask/approval-controller';
 import { ApprovalType } from '@metamask/controller-utils';
 import { TransactionType } from '@metamask/transaction-controller';
+import { cloneDeep } from 'lodash';
 
 import {
   orderSignatureMsg,
+  permitMessageDataJson,
   permitSignatureMsg,
   unapprovedTypedSignMsgV4,
 } from '../../../../test/data/confirmations/typed_sign';
@@ -76,6 +78,22 @@ describe('confirm util', () => {
       );
       expect(result).toStrictEqual(true);
     });
+
+    it('returns false if it is missing a valid spender address', () => {
+      const data = cloneDeep(permitMessageDataJson);
+      data.message.spender = '';
+
+      const mockMessage = {
+        ...permitSignatureMsg,
+        msgParams: {
+          data: JSON.stringify(data),
+        },
+      } as SignatureRequestType;
+
+      const result = isPermitSignatureRequest(mockMessage);
+      expect(result).toStrictEqual(false);
+    });
+
     it('returns false for request not of type permit signature', () => {
       const result = isPermitSignatureRequest(
         unapprovedTypedSignMsgV4 as SignatureRequestType,
diff --git a/ui/pages/confirmations/utils/confirm.ts b/ui/pages/confirmations/utils/confirm.ts
index 1fa7ff36085e..e23108e7e5f2 100644
--- a/ui/pages/confirmations/utils/confirm.ts
+++ b/ui/pages/confirmations/utils/confirm.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { ApprovalRequest } from '@metamask/approval-controller';
 import { ApprovalType } from '@metamask/controller-utils';
 import { TransactionType } from '@metamask/transaction-controller';
-import { Json } from '@metamask/utils';
+import { isHexString, Json } from '@metamask/utils';
 import {
   PRIMARY_TYPES_ORDER,
   PRIMARY_TYPES_PERMIT,
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ export const isOrderSignatureRequest = (request: SignatureRequestType) => {
 };
 
 /**
- * Returns true if the request is a Permit Typed Sign signature request
+ * Returns true if the request appears to be an EIP-2612 Permit or Permit2 signTypedData signature request.
+ * Caution: This is a limited check. It may include other Permits which are not the specific types mentioned
+ * if they match the primaryType check and have a spender field.
+ *
+ * TODO: Improve detection of fields.
  *
  * @param request - The confirmation request to check
  */
@@ -91,10 +95,18 @@ export const isPermitSignatureRequest = (request?: Confirmation) => {
   ) {
     return false;
   }
-  const { primaryType } = parseTypedDataMessage(
+
+  const {
+    message: { spender },
+    primaryType,
+  } = parseTypedDataMessage(
     (request as SignatureRequestType).msgParams?.data as string,
   );
 
+  if (!isHexString(spender)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   return PRIMARY_TYPES_PERMIT.includes(primaryType);
 };