diff --git a/modules/conditioning/prompt_enhancer/__init__.py b/modules/conditioning/prompt_enhancer/__init__.py
index 288d295d..17b1bac3 100644
--- a/modules/conditioning/prompt_enhancer/__init__.py
+++ b/modules/conditioning/prompt_enhancer/__init__.py
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ def routes(table, base, web):
     async def _encoders(_req):
         """Encoder files and families the Enhance panel can offer (read fresh: files come and go)."""
         from ...loaders.clip import nodes as clip_nodes
-        from ...loaders import gguf_support
-        files = [f for f in clip_nodes.encoder_files() if gguf_support.backend() == "pack" or not gguf_support.is_gguf(f)]      # only the pack can read a text encoder's .gguf
+        files = clip_nodes.encoder_files()
         return web.json_response({"files": files, "families": clip_nodes.clip_types()})
 
 
diff --git a/modules/loaders/clip/nodes.py b/modules/loaders/clip/nodes.py
index b9c6d68c..5be2472f 100644
--- a/modules/loaders/clip/nodes.py
+++ b/modules/loaders/clip/nodes.py
@@ -43,10 +43,9 @@ def clip_types():
 
 
 def encoder_files():
-    """Text encoder files, `.gguf` included. Same reasoning as the diffusion
-    model loader's own file-list helper."""
-    return list(folder_paths.get_filename_list("text_encoders")) + \
-        gguf_support.gguf_names("text_encoders")
+    """Text encoder files; `.gguf` ones only when the ComfyUI-GGUF pack is there to read them."""
+    ggufs = gguf_support.gguf_names("text_encoders") if gguf_support.backend() == "pack" else []
+    return list(folder_paths.get_filename_list("text_encoders")) + ggufs
 
 
 class FunPackCLIPLoader(io.ComfyNode):
diff --git a/modules/loaders/gguf_support.py b/modules/loaders/gguf_support.py
index 73e0b356..39a00894 100644
--- a/modules/loaders/gguf_support.py
+++ b/modules/loaders/gguf_support.py
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ def gguf_path(folder: str, name: str) -> Optional[str]:
             pass
     for root in roots:
         cand = os.path.join(root or "", name)
+        if not os.path.realpath(cand).startswith(os.path.realpath(root or ".") + os.sep):
+            continue                                        # a name that climbs out of the model folder
         if os.path.isfile(cand):
             return cand
     return None
@@ -176,6 +178,8 @@ def _pack_dir() -> Optional[str]:
     if not os.path.isdir(base):
         return None
     for entry in sorted(os.listdir(base)):
+        if entry.endswith(".disabled"):                             # Manager's way of switching a pack off
+            continue
         d = os.path.join(base, entry)
         loader = os.path.join(d, "loader.py")
         if not os.path.isfile(loader) or not os.path.isfile(os.path.join(d, "ops.py")):
@@ -248,7 +252,8 @@ def _load(path: str, clip: bool) -> tuple[dict, dict, str]:
         # Only the pack maps llama.cpp's tensor names back to a text encoder's; the native reader would hand over
         # a state dict that looks loaded and is the wrong model.
         raise RuntimeError("a text-encoder .gguf needs the ComfyUI-GGUF node pack to be read, and it is not installed. "
-                           "Install it, or use a .safetensors encoder of the same model.")
+                           "Installing it helps only for architectures it handles (not Gemma 4, not vision files); "
+                           "otherwise use a .safetensors encoder of the same model.")
     if which is None:
         raise RuntimeError(UNAVAILABLE)
     if which == "pack":
@@ -281,8 +286,8 @@ def _load(path: str, clip: bool) -> tuple[dict, dict, str]:
                 # The native reader keeps llama.cpp's tensor names; only the pack maps them back to a text encoder's.
                 # Loading them anyway gives a model that looks loaded and is the wrong one (a Gemma 4 .gguf did).
                 raise RuntimeError(f"this text-encoder .gguf could not be loaded as one: {e}. "
-                                   "Architectures ComfyUI-GGUF does not know (Gemma 4) and vision files are not supported; "
-                                   "if the file should work, update ComfyUI-GGUF. Or use a .safetensors encoder of the same model.") from e
+                                   "If the file is intact, its architecture is not one ComfyUI-GGUF handles (Gemma 4, vision files) "
+                                   "or ComfyUI-GGUF is out of date. Use a .safetensors encoder of the same model.") from e
             if no_gguf:
                 raise
             sd, options, note = _load_native(path, pack=True)
@@ -330,7 +335,9 @@ def _load_native(path: str, pack: bool = False) -> tuple[dict, dict, str]:
                 f"is not laid out the way the gguf package describes it.")
         if shape:
             t = t.reshape(shape)
-        sd[name] = t.to(torch.float16) if t.dtype == torch.float32 else t
+        if t.dtype == torch.float32 and t.numel():       # fp16 halves the size; a tensor too big for its range goes bf16 instead of inf
+            t = t.to(torch.float16) if t.abs().max() < 60000 else t.to(torch.bfloat16)
+        sd[name] = t
     note = (f"gguf: dequantized at load ({quantized} quantized tensors expanded) -- the "
             f"file loads, but it occupies its full size in VRAM."
             + ("" if pack else " Install ComfyUI-GGUF to keep it quantized."))
diff --git a/modules/loaders/tests/test_gguf_support.py b/modules/loaders/tests/test_gguf_support.py
index a72ffadb..b64a28a6 100644
--- a/modules/loaders/tests/test_gguf_support.py
+++ b/modules/loaders/tests/test_gguf_support.py
@@ -330,3 +330,34 @@ def test_a_pack_whose_gguf_library_is_missing_says_how_to_fix_it_not_an_import_e
         gguf_support.load_state_dict("/x.gguf")
     with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="installed, but the `gguf` package"):
         gguf_support.load_clip_state_dict("/x.gguf")
+
+
+def test_a_name_that_climbs_out_of_the_model_folder_is_not_found(fake_folders):
+    (fake_folders / "secret.gguf").write_bytes(b"x")
+    assert gguf_support.gguf_path("text_encoders", "../secret.gguf") is None
+    assert gguf_support.gguf_path("text_encoders", "gemma-Q5_K.gguf")
+
+
+def test_a_pack_switched_off_by_manager_is_not_used(fake_folders):
+    pack = fake_folders / "custom_nodes" / "ComfyUI-GGUF.disabled"
+    pack.mkdir(parents=True)
+    (pack / "ops.py").write_text("")
+    (pack / "loader.py").write_text("def gguf_sd_loader(p): pass\n")
+    assert gguf_support._pack_dir() is None
+    (fake_folders / "custom_nodes" / "ComfyUI-GGUF").mkdir()
+    (fake_folders / "custom_nodes" / "ComfyUI-GGUF" / "ops.py").write_text("")
+    (fake_folders / "custom_nodes" / "ComfyUI-GGUF" / "loader.py").write_text("def gguf_sd_loader(p): pass\n")
+    assert gguf_support._pack_dir().endswith("ComfyUI-GGUF")
+
+
+def test_native_load_keeps_an_f32_value_too_big_for_fp16_finite(tmp_path):
+    gguf = pytest.importorskip("gguf")
+    torch = pytest.importorskip("torch")
+    import numpy as np
+    f = tmp_path / "t.gguf"
+    w = gguf.GGUFWriter(str(f), "llama")
+    w.add_tensor("a", np.array([[70000.0, 1.0]], dtype=np.float32))
+    w.write_header_to_file(); w.write_kv_data_to_file(); w.write_tensors_to_file(); w.close()
+    sd, _o, _n = gguf_support._load_native(str(f))
+    assert torch.isfinite(sd["a"].float()).all()
+