diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b49d64746..47bb4d19b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ What's New in astroid 4.0.0?
 ============================
 Release date: TBA
 
+* Fix crash when inferring namedtuple with invalid field name looking like f-string formatting.
+
+  Closes #2519
+
 * Fix false positive no-member in except * handler.
 
   Closes pylint-dev/pylint#9056
diff --git a/astroid/exceptions.py b/astroid/exceptions.py
index 126acb954..e523b70c3 100644
--- a/astroid/exceptions.py
+++ b/astroid/exceptions.py
@@ -64,7 +64,10 @@ def __init__(self, message: str = "", **kws: Any) -> None:
             setattr(self, key, value)
 
     def __str__(self) -> str:
-        return self.message.format(**vars(self))
+        try:
+            return self.message.format(**vars(self))
+        except ValueError:
+            return self.message  # Return raw message if formatting fails
 
 
 class AstroidBuildingError(AstroidError):
diff --git a/tests/test_regrtest.py b/tests/test_regrtest.py
index 9fcc378dc..1b16662c6 100644
--- a/tests/test_regrtest.py
+++ b/tests/test_regrtest.py
@@ -550,3 +550,14 @@ def test_regression_infer_dict_literal_comparison_uninferable() -> None:
     node = extract_node("{{}}>0")
     inferred = next(node.infer())
     assert inferred.value == Uninferable
+
+
+def test_regression_infer_namedtuple_invalid_fieldname_error() -> None:
+    """Regression test for issue #2519."""
+    code = """
+    from collections import namedtuple
+    namedtuple('a','}')
+    """
+    node = extract_node(code)
+    inferred = next(node.infer())
+    assert inferred.value == Uninferable