diff --git a/doc/release-notes-28113.md b/doc/release-notes-28113.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1a3a07b17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/release-notes-28113.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+RPC Wallet
+----------
+
+- The `signrawtransactionwithkey`, `signrawtransactionwithwallet`,
+  `walletprocesspsbt` and `descriptorprocesspsbt` calls now return more
+  specific RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER instead of RPC_PARSE_ERROR if their
+  sighashtype argument is malformed or not a string.
diff --git a/src/core_io.h b/src/core_io.h
index 997f3bfd5b..a8c62da3f3 100644
--- a/src/core_io.h
+++ b/src/core_io.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #define BITCOIN_CORE_IO_H
 
 #include <consensus/amount.h>
+#include <util/result.h>
 
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ bool DecodeHexBlockHeader(CBlockHeader&, const std::string& hex_header);
  */
 bool ParseHashStr(const std::string& strHex, uint256& result);
 std::vector<unsigned char> ParseHexUV(const UniValue& v, const std::string& strName);
-int ParseSighashString(const UniValue& sighash);
+[[nodiscard]] util::Result<int> SighashFromStr(const std::string& sighash);
 
 // core_write.cpp
 UniValue ValueFromAmount(const CAmount amount);
diff --git a/src/core_read.cpp b/src/core_read.cpp
index 84cd559b7f..c40f04a824 100644
--- a/src/core_read.cpp
+++ b/src/core_read.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <serialize.h>
 #include <streams.h>
 #include <univalue.h>
+#include <util/result.h>
 #include <util/strencodings.h>
 #include <version.h>
 
@@ -252,26 +253,21 @@ std::vector<unsigned char> ParseHexUV(const UniValue& v, const std::string& strN
     return ParseHex(strHex);
 }
 
-int ParseSighashString(const UniValue& sighash)
+util::Result<int> SighashFromStr(const std::string& sighash)
 {
-    int hash_type = SIGHASH_DEFAULT;
-    if (!sighash.isNull()) {
-        static std::map<std::string, int> map_sighash_values = {
-            {std::string("DEFAULT"), int(SIGHASH_DEFAULT)},
-            {std::string("ALL"), int(SIGHASH_ALL)},
-            {std::string("ALL|ANYONECANPAY"), int(SIGHASH_ALL|SIGHASH_ANYONECANPAY)},
-            {std::string("NONE"), int(SIGHASH_NONE)},
-            {std::string("NONE|ANYONECANPAY"), int(SIGHASH_NONE|SIGHASH_ANYONECANPAY)},
-            {std::string("SINGLE"), int(SIGHASH_SINGLE)},
-            {std::string("SINGLE|ANYONECANPAY"), int(SIGHASH_SINGLE|SIGHASH_ANYONECANPAY)},
-        };
-        const std::string& strHashType = sighash.get_str();
-        const auto& it = map_sighash_values.find(strHashType);
-        if (it != map_sighash_values.end()) {
-            hash_type = it->second;
-        } else {
-            throw std::runtime_error(strHashType + " is not a valid sighash parameter.");
-        }
+    static std::map<std::string, int> map_sighash_values = {
+        {std::string("DEFAULT"), int(SIGHASH_DEFAULT)},
+        {std::string("ALL"), int(SIGHASH_ALL)},
+        {std::string("ALL|ANYONECANPAY"), int(SIGHASH_ALL|SIGHASH_ANYONECANPAY)},
+        {std::string("NONE"), int(SIGHASH_NONE)},
+        {std::string("NONE|ANYONECANPAY"), int(SIGHASH_NONE|SIGHASH_ANYONECANPAY)},
+        {std::string("SINGLE"), int(SIGHASH_SINGLE)},
+        {std::string("SINGLE|ANYONECANPAY"), int(SIGHASH_SINGLE|SIGHASH_ANYONECANPAY)},
+    };
+    const auto& it = map_sighash_values.find(sighash);
+    if (it != map_sighash_values.end()) {
+        return it->second;
+    } else {
+        return util::Error{Untranslated(sighash + " is not a valid sighash parameter.")};
     }
-    return hash_type;
 }
diff --git a/src/rpc/util.cpp b/src/rpc/util.cpp
index 19e14f88df..377181dd81 100644
--- a/src/rpc/util.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/util.cpp
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
 #include <clientversion.h>
+#include <core_io.h>
 #include <common/args.h>
 #include <consensus/amount.h>
+#include <script/interpreter.h>
 #include <key_io.h>
 #include <outputtype.h>
 #include <rpc/util.h>
@@ -12,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <script/signingprovider.h>
 #include <tinyformat.h>
 #include <util/check.h>
+#include <util/result.h>
 #include <util/strencodings.h>
 #include <util/string.h>
 #include <util/translation.h>
@@ -310,6 +313,21 @@ UniValue DescribeAddress(const CTxDestination& dest)
     return std::visit(DescribeAddressVisitor(), dest);
 }
 
+int ParseSighashString(const UniValue& sighash)
+{
+    if (sighash.isNull()) {
+        return SIGHASH_DEFAULT;
+    }
+    if (!sighash.isStr()) {
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "sighash needs to be null or string");
+    }
+    const auto result{SighashFromStr(sighash.get_str())};
+    if (!result) {
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, util::ErrorString(result).original);
+    }
+    return result.value();
+}
+
 unsigned int ParseConfirmTarget(const UniValue& value, unsigned int max_target)
 {
     const int target{value.getInt<int>()};
diff --git a/src/rpc/util.h b/src/rpc/util.h
index 4cba5a9818..02d26f1ab7 100644
--- a/src/rpc/util.h
+++ b/src/rpc/util.h
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ CTxDestination AddAndGetMultisigDestination(const int required, const std::vecto
 
 UniValue DescribeAddress(const CTxDestination& dest);
 
+/** Parse a sighash string representation and raise an RPC error if it is invalid. */
+int ParseSighashString(const UniValue& sighash);
+
 //! Parse a confirm target option and raise an RPC error if it is invalid.
 unsigned int ParseConfirmTarget(const UniValue& value, unsigned int max_target);
 
diff --git a/src/test/fuzz/parse_univalue.cpp b/src/test/fuzz/parse_univalue.cpp
index 6d33c1a8cc..ac3e393401 100644
--- a/src/test/fuzz/parse_univalue.cpp
+++ b/src/test/fuzz/parse_univalue.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ FUZZ_TARGET_INIT(parse_univalue, initialize_parse_univalue)
     }
     try {
         (void)ParseSighashString(univalue);
-    } catch (const std::runtime_error&) {
+    } catch (const UniValue&) {
     }
     try {
         (void)AmountFromValue(univalue);