diff --git a/src/git/Filter.cpp b/src/git/Filter.cpp
index 91d0f1423..c07ca3a69 100644
--- a/src/git/Filter.cpp
+++ b/src/git/Filter.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,13 @@ struct FilterInfo {
   QByteArray attributes;
 };
 
-QString quote(const QString &path) { return QString("\"%1\"").arg(path); }
+QString quote(const QString &path) {
+  QString escapedPath = path;
+  // Ensure that the path is properly escaped to avoid shell injection
+  // This is inspired by git's sq_quote_buf
+  escapedPath.replace("'", "'\\''");
+  return QString("'%1'").arg(escapedPath);
+}
 
 struct Stream {
   int init(git_filter *self, const git_filter_source *src, git_writestream *);
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 9a37ae7f3..b6d290724 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ test(NAME Setting)
 test(NAME commitMessageTemplate)
 test(NAME commitEditor)
 
+# Test case not compatible with Windows
+if(NOT WIN32)
+  test(NAME Filter)
+endif()
+
 option(GITTYUP_CI_TESTS "Run tests that change global settings" OFF)
 if(GITTYUP_CI_TESTS)
   test(NAME config)
diff --git a/test/Filter.cpp b/test/Filter.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b8ff7c724
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Filter.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+//
+//          Copyright (c) 2026, Gittyup Community
+//
+// This software is licensed under the MIT License. The LICENSE.md file
+// describes the conditions under which this software may be distributed.
+//
+
+#include "Test.h"
+
+#include "git/Commit.h"
+#include "git/Reference.h"
+#include "git/Repository.h"
+
+#include <QDir>
+#include <QFile>
+#include <QTemporaryDir>
+#include <QTextStream>
+
+namespace {
+
+// Registers a throwaway global filter driver, scoped to a fake $HOME so
+// the developer's real ~/.gitconfig is never touched. git::Filter::init()
+// reads global filters once, during Application's constructor, before any
+// QTest slot runs - so $HOME must be redirected during static
+// initialization, which is why this lives in a namespace-scope static.
+struct FakeHome {
+  QTemporaryDir dir;
+  QString argsOutPath;
+
+  FakeHome() {
+    argsOutPath = dir.filePath("filter_args.txt");
+
+    QFile gitconfig(dir.filePath(".gitconfig"));
+    bool opened = gitconfig.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Truncate |
+                                 QIODevice::Text);
+    Q_ASSERT(opened);
+    Q_UNUSED(opened);
+
+    QTextStream out(&gitconfig);
+    // "clean" is unused but must be non-empty for the driver to register.
+    out << "[filter \"gittyupsecuritytest\"]\n";
+    out << "    clean = cat\n";
+    out << "    smudge = printf 'ARG=[%s]' %f > \"" << argsOutPath << "\"\n";
+    gitconfig.close();
+
+    qputenv("HOME", dir.path().toLocal8Bit());
+    qputenv("USERPROFILE", dir.path().toLocal8Bit());
+  }
+};
+
+FakeHome &fakeHome() {
+  static FakeHome home;
+  return home;
+}
+
+// Force construction (and therefore the $HOME override) before main().
+FakeHome &gFakeHomeInit = fakeHome();
+
+} // namespace
+
+class TestFilter : public QObject {
+  Q_OBJECT
+
+private slots:
+  void rejectsShellInjectionInFilename();
+};
+
+// Regression test: a filename embedding a single quote, combined with a
+// .gitattributes rule assigning it to any globally-registered filter (e.g.
+// Git LFS), could break out of the quoted %f argument and run arbitrary
+// shell commands during smudge.
+void TestFilter::rejectsShellInjectionInFilename() {
+  FakeHome &home = fakeHome();
+  QFile::remove(home.argsOutPath);
+
+  // FilterCommandInjection.zip's single commit contains one file, matching
+  // this name, whose .gitattributes assigns it to the "gittyupsecuritytest"
+  // filter registered above. If %f isn't escaped correctly, the embedded
+  // "'" ends the quoted shell argument early and the ';'s that follow start
+  // new, attacker-controlled statements.
+  QString maliciousName = "evil';>injected_marker;echo'safe";
+
+  QString path = Test::extractRepository("FilterCommandInjection.zip", true);
+  QVERIFY(!path.isEmpty());
+  git::Repository repo = git::Repository::open(path);
+  QVERIFY(repo.isValid());
+  QDir workdir = repo.workdir();
+
+  // The injected ">injected_marker" redirection, if it runs, creates this
+  // file in the checkout's working directory.
+  QString markerPath = workdir.filePath("injected_marker");
+  QFile::remove(markerPath);
+
+  // Delete the working copy so checkout has to rewrite it from the repo,
+  // which is what actually triggers the smudge filter.
+  QVERIFY(QFile::remove(workdir.filePath(maliciousName)));
+
+  // libgit2's own checkout implementation invokes the registered smudge
+  // filter driver as it writes each file to the working directory.
+  git::Reference head = repo.head();
+  QVERIFY(head.isValid());
+  QVERIFY(
+      repo.checkout(head.target(), nullptr, QStringList(), GIT_CHECKOUT_FORCE));
+
+  QVERIFY2(!QFile::exists(markerPath),
+           "filter command injection via crafted filename was not blocked");
+
+  // Confirms the filter actually ran (not just failed to start).
+  QFile args(home.argsOutPath);
+  QVERIFY2(args.exists(), "smudge filter did not run");
+  QVERIFY(args.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text));
+  QString content = QString::fromUtf8(args.readAll());
+  args.close();
+
+  QCOMPARE(content, QString("ARG=[%1]").arg(maliciousName));
+}
+
+TEST_MAIN(TestFilter)
+
+#include "Filter.moc"
diff --git a/test/testRepos/FilterCommandInjection.zip b/test/testRepos/FilterCommandInjection.zip
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..96db20468
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