diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalCore/Terminal.cpp b/src/cascadia/TerminalCore/Terminal.cpp
index b71471fc7ef..7f106ba1f90 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalCore/Terminal.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalCore/Terminal.cpp
@@ -430,6 +430,19 @@ bool Terminal::SendKeyEvent(const WORD vkey,
 
     _StoreKeyEvent(vkey, scanCode);
 
+    // As a Terminal we're mostly interested in getting key events from physical hardware (mouse & keyboard).
+    // We're thus ignoring events whose values are outside the valid range and unlikely to be generated by the current keyboard.
+    // It's very likely that a proper followup character event will be sent to us.
+    // This prominently happens using AutoHotKey's keyboard remapping feature,
+    // which sends input events whose vkey is 0xff and scanCode is 0.
+    // We need to check for this early, as _CharacterFromKeyEvent() always returns 0 for such invalid values,
+    // making us believe that this is an actual non-character input, while it usually isn't.
+    // GH#7064
+    if (vkey == 0 || vkey >= 0xff || scanCode == 0)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
     const auto isAltOnlyPressed = states.IsAltPressed() && !states.IsCtrlPressed();
     const auto isSuppressedAltGrAlias = !_altGrAliasing && states.IsAltPressed() && states.IsCtrlPressed();
 
diff --git a/src/cascadia/UnitTests_TerminalCore/InputTest.cpp b/src/cascadia/UnitTests_TerminalCore/InputTest.cpp
index 037c81db45b..9745b0e6b2d 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/UnitTests_TerminalCore/InputTest.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/UnitTests_TerminalCore/InputTest.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ namespace TerminalCoreUnitTests
 
         TEST_METHOD(AltShiftKey);
         TEST_METHOD(AltSpace);
+        TEST_METHOD(InvalidKeyEvent);
 
         void _VerifyExpectedInput(std::wstring& actualInput)
         {
@@ -65,4 +66,14 @@ namespace TerminalCoreUnitTests
         VERIFY_IS_FALSE(term.SendKeyEvent(L' ', 0, ControlKeyStates::LeftAltPressed, false));
         VERIFY_IS_FALSE(term.SendCharEvent(L' ', 0, ControlKeyStates::LeftAltPressed));
     }
+
+    void InputTest::InvalidKeyEvent()
+    {
+        // Certain applications like AutoHotKey and its keyboard remapping feature,
+        // send us key events using SendInput() whose values are outside of the valid range.
+        // We don't want to handle those events as we're probably going to get a proper followup character event.
+        VERIFY_IS_FALSE(term.SendKeyEvent(0, 123, {}, true));
+        VERIFY_IS_FALSE(term.SendKeyEvent(255, 123, {}, true));
+        VERIFY_IS_FALSE(term.SendKeyEvent(123, 0, {}, true));
+    }
 }