diff --git a/src/app/clusters/network-commissioning/network-commissioning.cpp b/src/app/clusters/network-commissioning/network-commissioning.cpp
index 8d51e8791871da..2b7a856aac8259 100644
--- a/src/app/clusters/network-commissioning/network-commissioning.cpp
+++ b/src/app/clusters/network-commissioning/network-commissioning.cpp
@@ -333,11 +333,27 @@ void FillDebugTextAndNetworkIndex(Commands::NetworkConfigResponse::Type & respon
     }
 }
 
+bool CheckFailSafeArmed(CommandHandlerInterface::HandlerContext & ctx)
+{
+    DeviceLayer::FailSafeContext & failSafeContext = DeviceLayer::DeviceControlServer::DeviceControlSvr().GetFailSafeContext();
+
+    if (failSafeContext.IsFailSafeArmed(ctx.mCommandHandler.GetAccessingFabricIndex()))
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    ctx.mCommandHandler.AddStatus(ctx.mRequestPath, Protocols::InteractionModel::Status::UnsupportedAccess);
+    return false;
+}
+
 } // namespace
 
 void Instance::HandleAddOrUpdateWiFiNetwork(HandlerContext & ctx, const Commands::AddOrUpdateWiFiNetwork::DecodableType & req)
 {
     MATTER_TRACE_EVENT_SCOPE("HandleAddOrUpdateWiFiNetwork", "NetworkCommissioning");
+
+    VerifyOrReturn(CheckFailSafeArmed(ctx));
+
     Commands::NetworkConfigResponse::Type response;
     MutableCharSpan debugText;
 #if CHIP_CONFIG_NETWORK_COMMISSIONING_DEBUG_TEXT_BUFFER_SIZE
@@ -354,6 +370,9 @@ void Instance::HandleAddOrUpdateWiFiNetwork(HandlerContext & ctx, const Commands
 void Instance::HandleAddOrUpdateThreadNetwork(HandlerContext & ctx, const Commands::AddOrUpdateThreadNetwork::DecodableType & req)
 {
     MATTER_TRACE_EVENT_SCOPE("HandleAddOrUpdateThreadNetwork", "NetworkCommissioning");
+
+    VerifyOrReturn(CheckFailSafeArmed(ctx));
+
     Commands::NetworkConfigResponse::Type response;
     MutableCharSpan debugText;
 #if CHIP_CONFIG_NETWORK_COMMISSIONING_DEBUG_TEXT_BUFFER_SIZE
@@ -370,6 +389,9 @@ void Instance::HandleAddOrUpdateThreadNetwork(HandlerContext & ctx, const Comman
 void Instance::HandleRemoveNetwork(HandlerContext & ctx, const Commands::RemoveNetwork::DecodableType & req)
 {
     MATTER_TRACE_EVENT_SCOPE("HandleRemoveNetwork", "NetworkCommissioning");
+
+    VerifyOrReturn(CheckFailSafeArmed(ctx));
+
     Commands::NetworkConfigResponse::Type response;
     MutableCharSpan debugText;
 #if CHIP_CONFIG_NETWORK_COMMISSIONING_DEBUG_TEXT_BUFFER_SIZE
@@ -391,6 +413,8 @@ void Instance::HandleConnectNetwork(HandlerContext & ctx, const Commands::Connec
         return;
     }
 
+    VerifyOrReturn(CheckFailSafeArmed(ctx));
+
     mConnectingNetworkIDLen = static_cast<uint8_t>(req.networkID.size());
     memcpy(mConnectingNetworkID, req.networkID.data(), mConnectingNetworkIDLen);
 
diff --git a/src/controller/python/test/test_scripts/network_commissioning.py b/src/controller/python/test/test_scripts/network_commissioning.py
index a9115e0ee3bfd2..0870f27d626e11 100644
--- a/src/controller/python/test/test_scripts/network_commissioning.py
+++ b/src/controller/python/test/test_scripts/network_commissioning.py
@@ -119,6 +119,12 @@ async def test_wifi(self, endpointId):
         if res.networkingStatus != Clusters.NetworkCommissioning.Enums.NetworkCommissioningStatus.kSuccess:
             raise AssertionError(f"Unexpected result: {res.networkingStatus}")
 
+        # Arm the failsafe before making network config changes
+        logger.info(f"Arming the failsafe")
+        req = Clusters.GeneralCommissioning.Commands.ArmFailSafe(expiryLengthSeconds=900)
+        res = await self._devCtrl.SendCommand(nodeid=self._nodeid, endpoint=endpointId, payload=req)
+        logger.info(f"Received response: {res}")
+
         # Remove existing network
         logger.info(f"Check network list")
         res = await self._devCtrl.ReadAttribute(nodeid=self._nodeid, attributes=[(endpointId, Clusters.NetworkCommissioning.Attributes.Networks)], returnClusterObject=True)
@@ -166,6 +172,12 @@ async def test_wifi(self, endpointId):
             raise AssertionError(f"Unexpected result: {res.networkingStatus}")
         logger.info(f"Device connected to a network.")
 
+        # Disarm the failsafe
+        logger.info(f"Disarming the failsafe")
+        req = Clusters.GeneralCommissioning.Commands.CommissioningComplete()
+        res = await self._devCtrl.SendCommand(nodeid=self._nodeid, endpoint=endpointId, payload=req)
+        logger.info(f"Received response: {res}")
+
         # Note: On Linux, when connecting to a connected network, it will return immediately, however, it will try a reconnect. This will make the below attribute read return false negative values.
         await asyncio.sleep(5)
 
@@ -220,6 +232,12 @@ async def test_thread(self, endpointId):
         if res.networkingStatus != Clusters.NetworkCommissioning.Enums.NetworkCommissioningStatus.kSuccess:
             raise AssertionError(f"Unexpected result: {res.networkingStatus}")
 
+        # Arm the failsafe before making network config changes
+        logger.info(f"Arming the failsafe")
+        req = Clusters.GeneralCommissioning.Commands.ArmFailSafe(expiryLengthSeconds=900)
+        res = await self._devCtrl.SendCommand(nodeid=self._nodeid, endpoint=endpointId, payload=req)
+        logger.info(f"Received response: {res}")
+
         # Remove existing network
         logger.info(f"Check network list")
         res = await self._devCtrl.ReadAttribute(nodeid=self._nodeid, attributes=[(endpointId, Clusters.NetworkCommissioning.Attributes.Networks)], returnClusterObject=True)
@@ -267,6 +285,12 @@ async def test_thread(self, endpointId):
             raise AssertionError(f"Unexpected result: {res.networkingStatus}")
         logger.info(f"Device connected to a network.")
 
+        # Disarm the failsafe
+        logger.info(f"Disarming the failsafe")
+        req = Clusters.GeneralCommissioning.Commands.CommissioningComplete()
+        res = await self._devCtrl.SendCommand(nodeid=self._nodeid, endpoint=endpointId, payload=req)
+        logger.info(f"Received response: {res}")
+
         # Verify Last* attributes
         logger.info(f"Read Last* attributes")
         res = await self.readLastNetworkingStateAttributes(endpointId=endpointId)