diff --git a/src/uu/factor/src/factor.rs b/src/uu/factor/src/factor.rs
index 898679893c9..3fe461e016d 100644
--- a/src/uu/factor/src/factor.rs
+++ b/src/uu/factor/src/factor.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ fn write_factors_str(
     w: &mut io::BufWriter<impl Write>,
     print_exponents: bool,
 ) -> UResult<()> {
-    let rx = num_str.trim().parse::<BigUint>();
+    let trimmed = num_str.trim_matches(|c: char| c.is_whitespace() || c == '\0');
+    let rx = trimmed.parse::<BigUint>();
     let Ok(x) = rx else {
         // return Ok(). it's non-fatal and we should try the next number.
         show_warning!("{}: {}", num_str.maybe_quote(), rx.unwrap_err());
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_factor.rs b/tests/by-util/test_factor.rs
index 79c038bdab4..d4360bd7110 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_factor.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_factor.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ fn test_repeated_exponents() {
         .no_stderr();
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_trim_null_chars() {
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .pipe_in("42\0")
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_only("42: 2 3 7\n")
+        .no_stderr();
+}
+
 #[test]
 #[cfg(feature = "sort")]
 #[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]