diff --git a/code/core/package.json b/code/core/package.json
index ecf921c3f9b4..12da97308aab 100644
--- a/code/core/package.json
+++ b/code/core/package.json
@@ -232,9 +232,11 @@
     "@storybook/icons": "^2.0.1",
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^6.9.1",
     "@testing-library/user-event": "^14.6.1",
+    "@types/dompurify": "^3.2.0",
     "@vitest/expect": "3.2.4",
     "@vitest/spy": "3.2.4",
     "@webcontainer/env": "^1.1.1",
+    "dompurify": "^3.4.2",
     "esbuild": "^0.18.0 || ^0.19.0 || ^0.20.0 || ^0.21.0 || ^0.22.0 || ^0.23.0 || ^0.24.0 || ^0.25.0 || ^0.26.0 || ^0.27.0",
     "open": "^10.2.0",
     "recast": "^0.23.5",
diff --git a/code/core/src/manager/components/sidebar/Brand.tsx b/code/core/src/manager/components/sidebar/Brand.tsx
index 1d5483f94656..39750fbcf37a 100644
--- a/code/core/src/manager/components/sidebar/Brand.tsx
+++ b/code/core/src/manager/components/sidebar/Brand.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import React from 'react';
 
 import { StorybookLogo } from 'storybook/internal/components';
 
+import DOMPurify from 'dompurify';
+
 import { styled, withTheme } from 'storybook/theming';
 
 export const StorybookLogoStyled = styled(StorybookLogo)(({ theme }) => ({
@@ -44,17 +46,31 @@ export const Brand = withTheme(({ theme }) => {
       return null;
     }
 
+    const sanitizedTitle = DOMPurify.sanitize(title);
+
     if (!url) {
-      return <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: title }} />;
+      return <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: sanitizedTitle }} />;
     }
-    return <LogoLink href={url} target={targetValue} dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: title }} />;
+    return (
+      <LogoLink
+        href={url}
+        target={targetValue}
+        rel={targetValue === '_blank' ? 'noopener noreferrer' : undefined}
+        dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: sanitizedTitle }}
+      />
+    );
   }
 
   const logo = image ? <Img src={image} alt={title} /> : <StorybookLogoStyled alt={title} />;
 
   if (url) {
     return (
-      <LogoLink title={title} href={url} target={targetValue}>
+      <LogoLink
+        title={title}
+        href={url}
+        target={targetValue}
+        rel={targetValue === '_blank' ? 'noopener noreferrer' : undefined}
+      >
         {logo}
       </LogoLink>
     );
diff --git a/code/core/src/manager/components/sidebar/__tests__/Brand.test.tsx b/code/core/src/manager/components/sidebar/__tests__/Brand.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c0a7db4e22f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/core/src/manager/components/sidebar/__tests__/Brand.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+// @vitest-environment happy-dom
+import { render } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
+
+import React from 'react';
+
+import { ThemeProvider, ensure, themes } from 'storybook/theming';
+
+import { Brand } from '../Brand.tsx';
+
+const renderBrand = (brandTheme: Record<string, unknown>) => {
+  const theme = { ...ensure(themes.light), brand: brandTheme };
+  return render(
+    <ThemeProvider theme={theme as any}>
+      <Brand />
+    </ThemeProvider>
+  );
+};
+
+describe('Brand – XSS sanitization', () => {
+  test('strips script tags from title when image is null', () => {
+    const { container } = renderBrand({
+      image: null,
+      title: 'Hello<script>alert("xss")</script>',
+      url: '',
+    });
+    expect(container.innerHTML).not.toContain('<script>');
+    expect(container.innerHTML).toContain('Hello');
+  });
+
+  test('strips inline event handlers from title when image is null', () => {
+    const { container } = renderBrand({
+      image: null,
+      title: '<img src=x onerror="alert(1)">',
+      url: '',
+    });
+    expect(container.innerHTML).not.toContain('onerror');
+  });
+
+  test('preserves safe inline HTML in title when image is null', () => {
+    const { container } = renderBrand({
+      image: null,
+      title: '<strong>My Brand</strong>',
+      url: '',
+    });
+    expect(container.innerHTML).toContain('<strong>My Brand</strong>');
+  });
+
+  test('sanitizes title when rendered inside a link', () => {
+    const { container } = renderBrand({
+      image: null,
+      title: 'Brand<script>alert(1)</script>',
+      url: 'https://example.com',
+    });
+    expect(container.innerHTML).not.toContain('<script>');
+    expect(container.innerHTML).toContain('Brand');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7cdde96b8dfa..06633a61f0a0 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -9692,6 +9692,15 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@types/dompurify@npm:^3.2.0":
+  version: 3.2.0
+  resolution: "@types/dompurify@npm:3.2.0"
+  dependencies:
+    dompurify: "npm:*"
+  checksum: 10c0/e83fec586ffbb1b43f7c8479f2a99c223814d240db912d53fb126aaeea52a4091deceeb75632b5d76004d88ef0fbf444984887b121dece6fa69f4172ed4b2b07
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@types/ejs@npm:^3.1.1, @types/ejs@npm:^3.1.5":
   version: 3.1.5
   resolution: "@types/ejs@npm:3.1.5"
@@ -10280,7 +10289,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@types/trusted-types@npm:^2.0.2":
+"@types/trusted-types@npm:^2.0.2, @types/trusted-types@npm:^2.0.7":
   version: 2.0.7
   resolution: "@types/trusted-types@npm:2.0.7"
   checksum: 10c0/4c4855f10de7c6c135e0d32ce462419d8abbbc33713b31d294596c0cc34ae1fa6112a2f9da729c8f7a20707782b0d69da3b1f8df6645b0366d08825ca1522e0c
@@ -15590,6 +15599,18 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"dompurify@npm:*, dompurify@npm:^3.4.2":
+  version: 3.4.2
+  resolution: "dompurify@npm:3.4.2"
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/trusted-types": "npm:^2.0.7"
+  dependenciesMeta:
+    "@types/trusted-types":
+      optional: true
+  checksum: 10c0/23ab3ab079480a49e1426c4ee7279e393913fa7f2193c4142a5be54d4163dbdd969558675876c6b8bbcbf2ad5d1bc3e00bf902acf142fff12e50274a65ae95b3
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "domutils@npm:^2.0.0, domutils@npm:^2.5.2, domutils@npm:^2.8.0":
   version: 2.8.0
   resolution: "domutils@npm:2.8.0"
@@ -28869,6 +28890,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/cross-spawn": "npm:^6.0.6"
     "@types/detect-port": "npm:^1.3.0"
     "@types/diff": "npm:^5.0.9"
+    "@types/dompurify": "npm:^3.2.0"
     "@types/ejs": "npm:^3.1.1"
     "@types/js-yaml": "npm:^4.0.5"
     "@types/node": "npm:^22.19.1"
@@ -28901,6 +28923,7 @@ __metadata:
     detect-indent: "npm:^7.0.1"
     detect-port: "npm:^1.6.1"
     diff: "npm:^8.0.2"
+    dompurify: "npm:^3.4.2"
     downshift: "npm:^9.0.4"
     ejs: "npm:^3.1.10"
     empathic: "npm:^2.0.0"