diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index ef3030fe980a..3e530eaba911 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 *Affecting all Beats*
 
 - Fix a race condition with the Kafka pipeline client, it is possible that `Close()` get called before `Connect()` . {issue}11945[11945]
+- Recover from panics in the javascript process and log details about the failure to aid in future debugging. {pull}13690[13690]
 - Make the script processor concurrency-safe. {issue}13690[13690] {pull}13857[13857]
 
 *Auditbeat*
diff --git a/libbeat/processors/script/javascript/session.go b/libbeat/processors/script/javascript/session.go
index 46aea59bc9e6..6570d2398201 100644
--- a/libbeat/processors/script/javascript/session.go
+++ b/libbeat/processors/script/javascript/session.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/dop251/goja"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/beat"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/common"
@@ -197,8 +198,25 @@ func (s *session) setEvent(b *beat.Event) error {
 }
 
 // runProcessFunc executes process() from the JS script.
-func (s *session) runProcessFunc(b *beat.Event) (*beat.Event, error) {
-	var err error
+func (s *session) runProcessFunc(b *beat.Event) (out *beat.Event, err error) {
+	defer func() {
+		if r := recover(); r != nil {
+			s.log.Errorw("The javascript processor caused an unexpected panic "+
+				"while processing an event. Recovering, but please report this.",
+				"event", common.MapStr{"original": b.Fields.String()},
+				"panic", r,
+				zap.Stack("stack"))
+			if !s.evt.IsCancelled() {
+				out = b
+			}
+			err = errors.Errorf("unexpected panic in javascript processor: %v", r)
+			if s.tagOnException != "" {
+				common.AddTags(b.Fields, []string{s.tagOnException})
+			}
+			appendString(b.Fields, "error.message", err.Error(), false)
+		}
+	}()
+
 	if err = s.setEvent(b); err != nil {
 		// Always return the event even if there was an error.
 		return b, err