diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 648533ec18..93cd3765da 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 ### Fixes
 
+- Fix attachments being duplicated on native events that carry scope attachments ([#5548](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/5548))
 - Fix performance collector scheduling many tasks in a row ([#5524](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/5524))
 
 ## 8.43.2
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryClient.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryClient.java
index 5ac81c4493..78225f05d1 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryClient.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryClient.java
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ private boolean shouldApplyScopeData(final @NotNull CheckIn event, final @NotNul
       hint = new Hint();
     }
 
-    if (shouldApplyScopeData(event, hint)) {
+    // Cached envelopes (e.g. native crashes from the outbox) already carry their attachments as
+    // envelope items. Re-applying scope attachments here would duplicate them.
+    if (shouldApplyScopeData(event, hint) && !HintUtils.hasType(hint, Cached.class)) {
       addScopeAttachmentsToHint(scope, hint);
     }
 
diff --git a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryClientTest.kt b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryClientTest.kt
index d5b2f0f82a..ab6fd2075a 100644
--- a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryClientTest.kt
+++ b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryClientTest.kt
@@ -870,6 +870,25 @@ class SentryClientTest {
     assertEquals(scope.level, event.level)
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun `when hint is Cached, scope attachments are not added to avoid duplication`() {
+    val sut = fixture.getSut()
+
+    val event = createEvent()
+    val scope = createScopeWithAttachments()
+
+    val hints = HintUtils.createWithTypeCheckHint(CustomCachedApplyScopeDataHint())
+    sut.captureEvent(event, scope, hints)
+
+    verify(fixture.transport)
+      .send(
+        check { actual ->
+          assertEquals(0, actual.items.count { it.header.type == SentryItemType.Attachment })
+        },
+        anyOrNull(),
+      )
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun `when transport factory is NoOp, it should initialize it`() {
     fixture.sentryOptions.setTransportFactory(NoOpTransportFactory.getInstance())