diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-journal/journal-blob-store.ts b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-journal/journal-blob-store.ts
index a084c5641d8..d517a68c0ff 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-journal/journal-blob-store.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-journal/journal-blob-store.ts
@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@ import { join } from 'node:path'
 import { durableWriteTempPath, writeFileDurable } from '../../durable-file-write'
 
 const BLOB_DIR = 'blobs'
+const DIGEST_PATTERN = /^[0-9a-f]{64}$/
 
-function blobPath(journalDir: string, digest: string): string {
-  return join(journalDir, BLOB_DIR, digest)
+/** A digest arrives back from a row on disk, so it is untrusted by the time it
+ *  reaches the filesystem: anything but a bare sha256 could escape the store. */
+function blobPath(journalDir: string, digest: string): string | null {
+  return DIGEST_PATTERN.test(digest) ? join(journalDir, BLOB_DIR, digest) : null
 }
 
 /** Persist `payload` under its digest. Returns the digest so the caller can
@@ -23,6 +26,9 @@ export async function putJournalBlob(
   payload: string
 ): Promise<string> {
   const target = blobPath(journalDir, digest)
+  if (!target) {
+    throw new Error('refusing to write a journal blob under a name that is not a sha256 digest')
+  }
   // Content addressing makes a rewrite pointless: identical digest, identical bytes.
   if (await pathExists(target)) {
     return digest
@@ -33,8 +39,12 @@ export async function putJournalBlob(
 }
 
 export async function readJournalBlob(journalDir: string, digest: string): Promise<string | null> {
+  const source = blobPath(journalDir, digest)
+  if (!source) {
+    return null
+  }
   try {
-    return await readFile(blobPath(journalDir, digest), 'utf-8')
+    return await readFile(source, 'utf-8')
   } catch {
     return null
   }
diff --git a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-journal/journal-store.test.ts b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-journal/journal-store.test.ts
index 0d13061b264..f6e85e63adf 100644
--- a/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-journal/journal-store.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/native-chat/agent-session-journal/journal-store.test.ts
@@ -225,6 +225,15 @@ describe('compaction and retention', () => {
     expect(await readJournalBlob(root, kept.digest)).toBe('k'.repeat(64))
     expect(await readJournalBlob(root, dropped.digest)).toBeNull()
   })
+
+  it('refuses a blob name that is not a bare digest, on either slash', async () => {
+    const { putJournalBlob } = await import('./journal-blob-store')
+    // A corrupt or crafted row must not steer a read or a write out of the store.
+    for (const name of ['../../escape', '..\\..\\escape', 'nested/name', 'NOTHEX']) {
+      expect(await readJournalBlob(root, name)).toBeNull()
+      await expect(putJournalBlob(root, name, 'payload')).rejects.toThrow('sha256 digest')
+    }
+  })
 })
 
 describe('bounds', () => {