diff --git a/src/extensions/score_source_code_linker/tests/test_xml_parser.py b/src/extensions/score_source_code_linker/tests/test_xml_parser.py
index 00c802e50..bd1d1e5e5 100644
--- a/src/extensions/score_source_code_linker/tests/test_xml_parser.py
+++ b/src/extensions/score_source_code_linker/tests/test_xml_parser.py
@@ -247,6 +247,17 @@ def test_parse_testcase_result():
     ET.SubElement(tc4, "skipped", {"message": "skp"})
     assert xml_parser.parse_testcase_result(tc4) == ("skipped", "skp")
 
+    # An '<error>' (e.g. uncaught exception) must not be reported as 'passed'.
+    tc5 = ET.Element("testcase", {"name": "e"})
+    ET.SubElement(tc5, "error", {"message": "boom"})
+    assert xml_parser.parse_testcase_result(tc5) == ("failed", "boom")
+
+    # A '<failure>' takes precedence over an additional '<error>'.
+    tc6 = ET.Element("testcase", {"name": "f"})
+    ET.SubElement(tc6, "failure", {"message": "err"})
+    ET.SubElement(tc6, "error", {"message": "boom"})
+    assert xml_parser.parse_testcase_result(tc6) == ("failed", "err")
+
 
 @add_test_properties(
     partially_verifies=["tool_req__docs_test_link_testcase"],
diff --git a/src/extensions/score_source_code_linker/xml_parser.py b/src/extensions/score_source_code_linker/xml_parser.py
index 131014889..97a5bc044 100644
--- a/src/extensions/score_source_code_linker/xml_parser.py
+++ b/src/extensions/score_source_code_linker/xml_parser.py
@@ -169,14 +169,20 @@ def parse_testcase_result(testcase: ET.Element) -> tuple[str, str]:
     """
     skipped = testcase.find("skipped")
     failed = testcase.find("failure")
+    # An '<error>' means the testcase did not complete, e.g. an uncaught
+    # exception in Python's unittest or a crashing binary. It must not be
+    # reported as 'passed', so it is treated like a failure.
+    errored = testcase.find("error")
     status = testcase.get("status")
     # NOTE: Special CPP case of 'disabled'
     if status is not None and status == "notrun":
         return "disabled", ""
-    if skipped is None and failed is None:
+    if skipped is None and failed is None and errored is None:
         return "passed", ""
     if failed is not None:
         return "failed", failed.get("message", "")
+    if errored is not None:
+        return "failed", errored.get("message", "")
     if skipped is not None:
         return "skipped", skipped.get("message", "")
     # TODO: Test all possible permuations of this to find if this is unreachable