diff --git a/lib/markdown.ts b/lib/markdown.ts
index 8ed936d..002f516 100644
--- a/lib/markdown.ts
+++ b/lib/markdown.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ const escapeHtml = (s: string): string =>
 function safeUrl(raw: string): string | null {
   const u = raw.trim();
   if (/^(https?:|mailto:)/i.test(u)) return u;
-  if (/^\/(?!\/)/.test(u)) return u; // "/path" but not "//host"
+  // "/path", but not "//host" or "/\host": browsers normalise the backslash to a
+  // slash, so href="/\evil.com" resolves to "//evil.com" (an off-site redirect).
+  if (/^\/(?![/\\])/.test(u)) return u;
   if (/^#/.test(u)) return u;
   return null;
 }
diff --git a/tests/markdown.test.mjs b/tests/markdown.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afe946b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markdown.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import test from "node:test";
+
+import { renderMarkdown } from "../lib/markdown.ts";
+
+test("markdown blocks the backslash protocol-relative redirect", () => {
+  // href="/\evil.com" is normalised by browsers to "//evil.com" (off-site).
+  const link = renderMarkdown("[click](/\\evil.com)");
+  assert.ok(!/href="\/\\/.test(link), "backslash URL must not become a link href");
+  assert.ok(!link.includes("evil.com") || !link.includes("href"), "must not link off-site");
+  const img = renderMarkdown("![x](/\\evil.com)");
+  assert.ok(!/src="\/\\/.test(img), "backslash URL must not become an img src");
+});
+
+test("markdown still blocks // and still allows legit relative/absolute links", () => {
+  assert.ok(!renderMarkdown("[x](//evil.com)").includes("href"), "// stays blocked");
+  assert.ok(renderMarkdown("[x](/safe/path)").includes('href="/safe/path"'), "/path still works");
+  assert.ok(renderMarkdown("[x](https://good.com)").includes('href="https://good.com"'), "https still works");
+});
+
+test("markdown blocks javascript: URIs", () => {
+  assert.ok(!renderMarkdown("[x](javascript:alert(1))").toLowerCase().includes("javascript"));
+});