diff --git a/STATUS.md b/STATUS.md
index 97af9477..6c76dd83 100644
--- a/STATUS.md
+++ b/STATUS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Infrastructure Status
 
-Last Updated: 2026-05-30 16:40 UTC
+Last Updated: 2026-05-30 16:41 UTC
 
 ## 🖥️ MCP Servers
 | Server | Status | Latency |
diff --git a/replicas-matrix-bridge/src/markdown.test.ts b/replicas-matrix-bridge/src/markdown.test.ts
index 6ca527cb..7bff8b80 100644
--- a/replicas-matrix-bridge/src/markdown.test.ts
+++ b/replicas-matrix-bridge/src/markdown.test.ts
@@ -96,6 +96,39 @@ describe("markdownToTelegramHtml", () => {
 		expect(markdownToTelegramHtml("first\n\nsecond")).toBe("first<br><br>second");
 	});
 
+	it("blocks javascript: link schemes (renders as bracketed plain text)", () => {
+		const out = markdownToTelegramHtml("[click me](javascript:alert(1))");
+		expect(out).not.toContain("<a ");
+		expect(out).not.toContain("href=");
+		expect(out).toContain("[click me]");
+		expect(out).toContain("javascript:alert(1)");
+	});
+
+	it("blocks data: URI link schemes", () => {
+		const out = markdownToTelegramHtml("[x](data:text/html,<script>alert(1)</script>)");
+		expect(out).not.toContain("<a ");
+		expect(out).not.toContain("<script>");
+	});
+
+	it("allows http, https, mailto, ftp, magnet schemes", () => {
+		expect(markdownToTelegramHtml("[a](http://x.com)")).toContain('href="http://x.com"');
+		expect(markdownToTelegramHtml("[a](https://x.com)")).toContain('href="https://x.com"');
+		expect(markdownToTelegramHtml("[a](mailto:x@y.com)")).toContain('href="mailto:x@y.com"');
+		expect(markdownToTelegramHtml("[a](ftp://x.com/file)")).toContain('href="ftp://x.com/file"');
+	});
+
+	it("allows relative paths and fragment-only links", () => {
+		expect(markdownToTelegramHtml("[a](/path/to/thing)")).toContain('href="/path/to/thing"');
+		expect(markdownToTelegramHtml("[a](#anchor)")).toContain('href="#anchor"');
+	});
+
+	it("strips null bytes from input so they cannot collide with placeholders", () => {
+		const out = markdownToTelegramHtml("a\u0000PH0\u0000b");
+		// The literal "PH0" survives but the wrapping NULL bytes are gone,
+		// so the splice-back step cannot mistake it for a real placeholder.
+		expect(out).not.toContain("\u0000");
+	});
+
 	it("the actual tools-list response shape renders cleanly", () => {
 		const md = [
 			"# Available Tools",
diff --git a/replicas-matrix-bridge/src/markdown.ts b/replicas-matrix-bridge/src/markdown.ts
index 4542dc04..5491ac41 100644
--- a/replicas-matrix-bridge/src/markdown.ts
+++ b/replicas-matrix-bridge/src/markdown.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,23 @@
  *   4. inline pass on the remaining prose
  *   5. paste the code placeholders back
  */
+// Allow-list of URL schemes for markdown `[text](url)` links. Matrix spec
+// says clients SHOULD filter to http/https/ftp/mailto/magnet but client
+// behavior varies (Element/Beeper/native homeserver-relay/etc.). Bridge
+// strips everything else into plain text so a prompt-injected agent
+// emitting `[click](javascript:alert(1))` can't produce a clickable XSS
+// vector regardless of client filtering.
+const ALLOWED_LINK_SCHEMES = /^(?:https?|ftp|mailto|magnet):/i;
+const RELATIVE_OR_FRAGMENT = /^(?:[\/#?]|[a-zA-Z0-9_\-.]+$)/;
+
 export function markdownToTelegramHtml(md: string): string {
+	// Strip NULL bytes up front. The placeholder sentinel below is built
+	// around `\u0000PH<n>\u0000`; an agent emitting literal NULL bytes in
+	// its output could otherwise collide with a real placeholder and
+	// corrupt the spliced-back content. NULL is never legitimately part
+	// of Markdown body text.
+	md = md.replace(/\u0000/g, "");
+
 	const placeholders: string[] = [];
 	const placeholder = (html: string): string => {
 		const key = `\u0000PH${placeholders.length}\u0000`;
@@ -62,9 +78,24 @@ export function markdownToTelegramHtml(md: string): string {
 	s = s.replace(/~~([^~\n]+)~~/g, "<s>$1</s>");
 	s = s.replace(/(?<![~\w])~([^~\n]+)~(?![~\w])/g, "<s>$1</s>");
 
-	// Links: [text](url). URL was already &-escaped above; restore safe quotes.
+	// Links: [text](url). URL was already &-escaped above. We additionally
+	// scheme-validate so `javascript:`/`data:`/`vbscript:` etc. can't slip
+	// through into the href — render as plain text in that case so the user
+	// still sees what was emitted but it can't be clicked into an XSS.
 	s = s.replace(/\[([^\]\n]+)\]\(([^)\n]+)\)/g, (_m, text: string, url: string) => {
-		const safeUrl = url.replace(/"/g, "&quot;");
+		const trimmed = url.trim();
+		const isSchemed = /^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9+.\-]*:/.test(trimmed);
+		const allowed = isSchemed
+			? ALLOWED_LINK_SCHEMES.test(trimmed)
+			: RELATIVE_OR_FRAGMENT.test(trimmed);
+		if (!allowed) {
+			// Render as bracketed plain-text. The text was already escaped
+			// by escapeOutsideBlocks; the URL needs explicit quote-escape
+			// in case it contains `"` (the original code did this too).
+			const safeUrl = trimmed.replace(/&/g, "&amp;").replace(/</g, "&lt;").replace(/>/g, "&gt;").replace(/"/g, "&quot;");
+			return `[${text}](${safeUrl})`;
+		}
+		const safeUrl = trimmed.replace(/"/g, "&quot;");
 		return `<a href="${safeUrl}">${text}</a>`;
 	});