diff --git a/internal/bugseti/ethics_guard.go b/internal/bugseti/ethics_guard.go
index 8a267a7a..555ea138 100644
--- a/internal/bugseti/ethics_guard.go
+++ b/internal/bugseti/ethics_guard.go
@@ -106,7 +106,23 @@ func loadEthicsGuard(ctx context.Context, rootHint string) *EthicsGuard {
 }
 
 func (g *EthicsGuard) SanitizeEnv(value string) string {
-	return sanitizeInline(value, maxEnvRunes)
+	return stripShellMeta(sanitizeInline(value, maxEnvRunes))
+}
+
+// stripShellMeta removes shell metacharacters that could allow command
+// injection when a value is interpolated inside a shell environment variable.
+func stripShellMeta(s string) string {
+	var b strings.Builder
+	b.Grow(len(s))
+	for _, r := range s {
+		switch r {
+		case '`', '$', ';', '|', '&', '(', ')', '{', '}', '<', '>', '!', '\\', '\'', '"', '\n', '\r':
+			continue
+		default:
+			b.WriteRune(r)
+		}
+	}
+	return strings.TrimSpace(b.String())
 }
 
 func (g *EthicsGuard) SanitizeTitle(value string) string {
diff --git a/internal/bugseti/ethics_guard_test.go b/internal/bugseti/ethics_guard_test.go
index 0a4aaa2a..4784160a 100644
--- a/internal/bugseti/ethics_guard_test.go
+++ b/internal/bugseti/ethics_guard_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package bugseti
 
-import "testing"
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
 
 func TestSanitizeInline_Good(t *testing.T) {
 	input := "Hello world"
@@ -26,3 +28,47 @@ func TestSanitizeMultiline_Ugly(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("expected %q, got %q", "ab\ncd", output)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSanitizeEnv_Good(t *testing.T) {
+	g := &EthicsGuard{}
+	input := "owner/repo-name"
+	output := g.SanitizeEnv(input)
+	if output != input {
+		t.Fatalf("expected %q, got %q", input, output)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSanitizeEnv_Bad(t *testing.T) {
+	g := &EthicsGuard{}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		input    string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{"backtick", "owner/repo`whoami`", "owner/repowhoami"},
+		{"dollar", "owner/repo$(id)", "owner/repoid"},
+		{"semicolon", "owner/repo;rm -rf /", "owner/reporm -rf /"},
+		{"pipe", "owner/repo|cat /etc/passwd", "owner/repocat /etc/passwd"},
+		{"ampersand", "owner/repo&&echo pwned", "owner/repoecho pwned"},
+		{"mixed", "`$;|&(){}<>!\\'\"\n\r", ""},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			output := g.SanitizeEnv(tc.input)
+			if output != tc.expected {
+				t.Fatalf("expected %q, got %q", tc.expected, output)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestStripShellMeta_Ugly(t *testing.T) {
+	// All metacharacters should be stripped, leaving empty string
+	input := "`$;|&(){}<>!\\'\""
+	output := stripShellMeta(input)
+	if output != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected empty string, got %q", output)
+	}
+}