diff --git a/src/validators/email.py b/src/validators/email.py
index 46cc5946..021adf76 100644
--- a/src/validators/email.py
+++ b/src/validators/email.py
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ def email(
     if ipv6_address or ipv4_address:
         if domain_part.startswith("[") and domain_part.endswith("]"):
             # ref: RFC 5321
-            domain_part = domain_part.lstrip("[").rstrip("]")
+            domain_part = domain_part[1:-1]
+            if "[" in domain_part or "]" in domain_part:
+                return False
         else:
             return False
 
diff --git a/src/validators/hostname.py b/src/validators/hostname.py
index e34ab7e4..c6578271 100644
--- a/src/validators/hostname.py
+++ b/src/validators/hostname.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def _port_validator(value: str):
         # with ipv6
         host_seg, port_seg = value.rsplit(":", 1)
         if _port_regex().fullmatch(f":{port_seg}"):
-            return host_seg.lstrip("[").rstrip("]")
+            return host_seg
 
     if value.count(":") == 1:
         # with ipv4 or simple hostname
@@ -125,6 +125,12 @@ def _matches_simple_hostname(host: str):
         return _simple_hostname_regex().fullmatch(host)
 
     if may_have_port and (host_seg := _port_validator(value)):
+        if host_seg.startswith("[") and host_seg.endswith("]"):
+            # ref: RFC 3986 (3.2.2), one pair of brackets encloses an IPv6 address
+            host_seg = host_seg[1:-1]
+            if skip_ipv6_addr or "[" in host_seg or "]" in host_seg:
+                return False
+            return ipv6(host_seg, cidr=False)
         return (
             _matches_simple_hostname(host_seg)
             or domain(host_seg, consider_tld=consider_tld, rfc_1034=rfc_1034, rfc_2782=rfc_2782)
diff --git a/tests/test_email.py b/tests/test_email.py
index 9b82eb46..f31e43e0 100644
--- a/tests/test_email.py
+++ b/tests/test_email.py
@@ -72,3 +72,33 @@ def test_rejects_newline_after_local_part(local_part: str):
 def test_returns_failed_validation_on_idna_mapped_lookalike_domain(domain_part: str):
     """Test returns failed validation on email domains that only IDNA 2003 mapping makes valid."""
     assert isinstance(email(f"user@{domain_part}"), ValidationError)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("value", "ipv6_address", "ipv4_address"),
+    [
+        ("user@[192.0.2.1]", False, True),
+        ("user@[2001:db8::1]", True, False),
+    ],
+)
+def test_returns_true_on_address_literal(value: str, ipv6_address: bool, ipv4_address: bool):
+    """Test returns true on an email whose domain is a bracketed IP address."""
+    assert email(value, ipv6_address=ipv6_address, ipv4_address=ipv4_address)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "value",
+    [
+        "user@[[192.0.2.1]]",
+        "user@[192.0.2.1]]",
+        "user@[[192.0.2.1]",
+        "user@[[2001:db8::1]]",
+        "user@[[[2001:db8::1]]]",
+        "user@[2001:db8::1]]",
+        "user@[2001:db8::1%]]",
+        "user@[]",
+    ],
+)
+def test_returns_failed_validation_on_address_literal_with_extra_brackets(value: str):
+    """Test returns failed validation on an address literal with more than one pair of brackets."""
+    assert isinstance(email(value, ipv6_address=True, ipv4_address=True), ValidationError)
diff --git a/tests/test_hostname.py b/tests/test_hostname.py
index 83f00212..cd1932e2 100644
--- a/tests/test_hostname.py
+++ b/tests/test_hostname.py
@@ -171,3 +171,29 @@ def test_returns_true_on_valid_top_level_domain_hostname(value: str):
 def test_returns_failed_validation_on_invalid_top_level_domain_hostname(value: str):
     """Test returns failed validation on hostname with a TLD not allowed by IANA."""
     assert isinstance(hostname(value, consider_tld=True), ValidationError)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "value",
+    [
+        # ref: RFC 3986 (3.2.2), only an IPv6 address is enclosed in brackets
+        "[1.2.3.4]:80",
+        "[example.com]:80",
+        "[localhost]:80",
+        # exactly one pair of brackets
+        "[[::1]]:80",
+        "[[::1]:80",
+        "[::1]]:80",
+        "::1]:80",
+        "localhost]:80",
+        "[::1%]]:80",
+    ],
+)
+def test_returns_failed_validation_on_malformed_bracketed_host(value: str):
+    """Test returns failed validation on brackets that do not enclose one IPv6 address."""
+    assert isinstance(hostname(value), ValidationError)
+
+
+def test_returns_failed_validation_on_bracketed_ipv6_when_skipped():
+    """Test returns failed validation on a bracketed IPv6 address when IPv6 is skipped."""
+    assert isinstance(hostname("[::1]:80", skip_ipv6_addr=True), ValidationError)