diff --git a/src/claude_code_transcripts/__init__.py b/src/claude_code_transcripts/__init__.py
index e4854a3b..b62c31ff 100644
--- a/src/claude_code_transcripts/__init__.py
+++ b/src/claude_code_transcripts/__init__.py
@@ -698,10 +698,40 @@ def format_json(obj):
         return f"<pre>{html.escape(str(obj))}</pre>"
 
 
+# Tags that can execute code or navigate the page if they survive as live HTML.
+# Python-Markdown passes raw HTML through verbatim, so any of these present in a
+# message (outside a code fence, where the angle brackets would be escaped)
+# become live elements. A real example: pasted captive-portal debug logs holding
+#   <script>top.self.location.href='http://.../portal?...'</script>
+# hijack the transcript on load and it never renders. Markdown never emits these
+# tags itself, so escaping them back to visible text leaves normal content alone.
+_ACTIVE_TAG_RE = re.compile(
+    r"</?\s*(?:script|iframe|object|embed|applet|meta|link|base|frame|frameset|form)\b[^>]*>",
+    re.I,
+)
+# Inline event handlers (onerror=, onload=, …) and javascript: URIs execute
+# without a <script> tag, e.g. <img src=x onerror=...>.
+_EVENT_HANDLER_RE = re.compile(r"(<[^>]*?)\s+on\w+\s*=\s*(?:\"[^\"]*\"|'[^']*'|[^\s>]+)", re.I)
+_JS_URI_RE = re.compile(r"((?:href|src)\s*=\s*[\"']?)\s*javascript:", re.I)
+
+
+def neutralize_active_html(rendered):
+    """Defang page-hijacking HTML that markdown passed through from the source."""
+    rendered = _ACTIVE_TAG_RE.sub(lambda m: html.escape(m.group(0), quote=False), rendered)
+    prev = None
+    while prev != rendered:  # loop so multiple handlers on one tag all go
+        prev = rendered
+        rendered = _EVENT_HANDLER_RE.sub(r"\1", rendered)
+    rendered = _JS_URI_RE.sub(r"\1", rendered)
+    return rendered
+
+
 def render_markdown_text(text):
     if not text:
         return ""
-    return markdown.markdown(text, extensions=["fenced_code", "tables"])
+    return neutralize_active_html(
+        markdown.markdown(text, extensions=["fenced_code", "tables"])
+    )
 
 
 def is_json_like(text):
diff --git a/tests/test_generate_html.py b/tests/test_generate_html.py
index 25c28224..467f1c32 100644
--- a/tests/test_generate_html.py
+++ b/tests/test_generate_html.py
@@ -131,6 +131,37 @@ def test_render_markdown_text_empty(self):
         assert render_markdown_text("") == ""
         assert render_markdown_text(None) == ""
 
+    def test_render_markdown_neutralizes_script(self):
+        """Raw <script> in message text must not survive as a live tag.
+
+        Markdown passes raw HTML through verbatim, so a pasted log line such as
+        a captive-portal redirect would otherwise hijack the page on load.
+        """
+        result = render_markdown_text(
+            "log: <script>top.self.location.href='http://evil/x'</script>"
+        )
+        assert "<script>" not in result
+        assert "&lt;script&gt;top.self.location.href=" in result
+
+    def test_render_markdown_neutralizes_handlers_and_js_uris(self):
+        """Event handlers and javascript: URIs execute without a <script> tag."""
+        result = render_markdown_text('<img src=x onerror="boom()">')
+        assert "onerror" not in result
+        result = render_markdown_text('<a href="javascript:boom()">x</a>')
+        assert "javascript:" not in result
+
+    def test_render_markdown_preserves_normal_content(self):
+        """Sanitization must leave ordinary markdown untouched."""
+        result = render_markdown_text(
+            "# Title\n\n**bold** and `code` and a [link](http://ok).\n\n```\n<script>in a fence</script>\n```"
+        )
+        assert "<strong>bold</strong>" in result
+        assert "<code>code</code>" in result
+        assert 'href="http://ok"' in result
+        # Inside a fence markdown already escapes it; must stay visible text.
+        assert "<script>in a fence" not in result
+        assert "&lt;script&gt;in a fence" in result
+
     def test_format_json(self, snapshot_html):
         """Test JSON formatting."""
         result = format_json({"key": "value", "number": 42, "nested": {"a": 1}})