diff --git a/src/akkudoktoreos/server/eos.py b/src/akkudoktoreos/server/eos.py
index d8e53d54..39c8768e 100755
--- a/src/akkudoktoreos/server/eos.py
+++ b/src/akkudoktoreos/server/eos.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import traceback
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
 from enum import Enum
 from typing import Annotated, Any, AsyncGenerator, Dict, List, Optional, Union
-from urllib.parse import urlsplit
+from urllib.parse import urljoin, urlsplit
 
 import psutil
 import uvicorn
@@ -2387,7 +2387,13 @@ def _sanitize_redirect_path(path: str) -> Optional[str]:
             depth += 1
         if depth < 0:
             return None
-    return "/".join(parts)
+    safe_path = "/".join(parts)
+    # urljoin treats a colon in the first segment as a scheme, even without "://".
+    # Check after normalization, which can expose a scheme hidden by "./".
+    parsed = urlsplit(safe_path)
+    if parsed.scheme or parsed.netloc:
+        return None
+    return safe_path
 
 
 def _trusted_request_hosts() -> set[str]:
@@ -2480,8 +2486,10 @@ def redirect(request: Request, path: str) -> Union[HTMLResponse, RedirectRespons
     if get_config().server.eosdash_port:
         if base_url is None:
             return _eosdash_unknown_page(request, 404)
-        safe_path = _sanitize_redirect_path(path) or ""
-        url = f"{base_url}/{safe_path}"
+        safe_path = _sanitize_redirect_path(path)
+        if safe_path is None:
+            return _eosdash_unknown_page(request, 404)
+        url = urljoin(f"{base_url.rstrip('/')}/", safe_path)
         return RedirectResponse(url=url, status_code=303)
 
     # Redirect the root URL to the site map
diff --git a/tests/test_server.py b/tests/test_server.py
index c35bd093..4cb7d1f5 100644
--- a/tests/test_server.py
+++ b/tests/test_server.py
@@ -464,6 +464,31 @@ class TestEosdashRedirect:
         assert response.status_code == HTTPStatus.SEE_OTHER
         assert response.headers["location"] == "http://localhost:8504/eosdash/health"
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "path",
+        [
+            "/eosdash:payload",
+            "/eosdash+custom:payload",
+            "/eosdash:%09payload",
+            "/eosdash:%0Apayload",
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_scheme_bearing_path_is_rejected(self, client, path):
+        """User paths must not replace the configured dashboard URL with a scheme."""
+        response = client.get(path, headers={"Host": "localhost:8503"})
+        assert response.status_code == HTTPStatus.NOT_FOUND
+        assert "location" not in response.headers
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "path",
+        ["eosdash:payload", "./eosdash:payload", "eosdash:\tpayload", "eosdash:\npayload"],
+    )
+    def test_sanitizer_rejects_schemes_after_normalization(self, path):
+        """Normalization must not turn an accepted path into a scheme-bearing URL."""
+        from akkudoktoreos.server.eos import _sanitize_redirect_path
+
+        assert _sanitize_redirect_path(path) is None
+
     def test_unknown_path_error_page_links_to_request_host(self, client):
         """The 404 page links to EOSdash on the host the client used."""
         response = client.get("/no-such-page", headers={"Host": "localhost:8503"})