diff --git a/ui/src/components/MarkdownBody.test.tsx b/ui/src/components/MarkdownBody.test.tsx
index 894fa8a7344..63e92cb5810 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/MarkdownBody.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/MarkdownBody.test.tsx
@@ -119,6 +119,20 @@ describe("MarkdownBody", () => {
     expect(html).not.toContain("javascript:");
   });
 
+  it("renders raw HTML tags as escaped text", () => {
+    const html = renderMarkdown(
+      '<script>fetch("/api/secrets")</script>\n<iframe src="https://example.com"></iframe>\n<p onclick="steal()">Plain text</p>',
+    );
+
+    expect(html).not.toContain("<script>");
+    expect(html).not.toContain("<iframe");
+    expect(html).not.toContain("<p onclick");
+    expect(html).not.toContain('onclick="steal()"');
+    expect(html).toContain("&lt;script&gt;");
+    expect(html).toContain("onclick=&quot;steal()&quot;");
+    expect(html).toContain("Plain text");
+  });
+
   it("uses soft-break styling by default", () => {
     const html = renderMarkdown("First line\nSecond line");
 
diff --git a/ui/src/components/MarkdownEditor.test.tsx b/ui/src/components/MarkdownEditor.test.tsx
index e4e52ae99b6..e41b1bab7f7 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/MarkdownEditor.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/MarkdownEditor.test.tsx
@@ -299,6 +299,31 @@ describe("MarkdownEditor", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("keeps scriptable pasted HTML inert in the rich editor", async () => {
+    const root = createRoot(container);
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      root.render(
+        <MarkdownEditor
+          value={'<script>fetch("/api/secrets")</script>\n<iframe src="https://example.com"></iframe>\n<p onclick="steal()">Plain text</p>'}
+          onChange={() => {}}
+          placeholder="Markdown body"
+        />,
+      );
+    });
+
+    await flush();
+    expect(mdxEditorMockState.suppressHtmlProcessingValues).toContain(true);
+    expect(container.querySelector("textarea")).toBeNull();
+    expect(container.querySelector("script, iframe, p[onclick]")).toBeNull();
+    expect(container.textContent).toContain('fetch("/api/secrets")');
+    expect(container.textContent).toContain("Plain text");
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      root.unmount();
+    });
+  });
+
   it("falls back to a raw textarea when the rich parser rejects the markdown", async () => {
     mdxEditorMockState.emitMountParseError = true;
     const handleChange = vi.fn();