diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index c62db67..dab3310 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ P1: implement blocked networks configuration to extend SSRF protection
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-09-21 http.Server hardening (closes #92): added
+  `HTTPReadHeaderTimeout` (10s, bounds the slowloris header dribble) and
+  `HTTPIdleTimeout` (120s, bounds keep-alive reuse) alongside the
+  existing timeouts and wired them onto the server; added a `LimitBody`
+  middleware capping the two form POST bodies (`POST /`, `POST /generate`)
+  at `MaxFormBytes` (1 MiB) and returning 413, applied ahead of the CSRF
+  middleware so an oversized body is refused as 413 rather than being read
+  as a missing CSRF token (403); left `WriteTimeout` at 60s unchanged
 - 2026-08-07 update golangci-lint to v2.12.2 with the canonical
   `.golangci.yml` (v2 schema, `default: all` minus six disabled
   linters, `lll` 88, tests included): bumped the pinned
diff --git a/internal/handlers/bodylimit.go b/internal/handlers/bodylimit.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2c9adc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/handlers/bodylimit.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package handlers
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+// MaxFormBytes bounds the request body accepted on the HTML form POST
+// routes (POST / and POST /generate). The forms carry a handful of short
+// fields, so 1 MiB is generous while making the bound explicit rather than
+// resting on ParseForm's incidental 10 MB cap.
+const MaxFormBytes = 1 << 20 // 1 MiB
+
+// LimitBody returns middleware that caps the request body on POST requests
+// at maxBytes and rejects an oversized body with 413 Request Entity Too
+// Large.
+//
+// It parses the form here, before the CSRF middleware reads the token from
+// it. The CSRF middleware reads the token with PostFormValue, which
+// swallows a parse error, so if the body were only capped there an
+// oversized body would read as a missing token and be refused as 403. By
+// parsing under the cap first, an oversized body is refused as 413. A
+// successful parse is cached on the request, so the CSRF check and the
+// handler reuse it rather than reading the body again.
+func (s *Handlers) LimitBody(maxBytes int64) func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+		return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			if r.Method == http.MethodPost {
+				r.Body = http.MaxBytesReader(w, r.Body, maxBytes)
+
+				err := r.ParseForm()
+
+				var tooLarge *http.MaxBytesError
+				if errors.As(err, &tooLarge) {
+					http.Error(w, "Request body too large",
+						http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge)
+
+					return
+				}
+			}
+
+			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/server/routes.go b/internal/server/routes.go
index 1fe054e..3b7dfc5 100644
--- a/internal/server/routes.go
+++ b/internal/server/routes.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5/middleware"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
 
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/handlers"
 	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/static"
 )
 
@@ -46,8 +47,10 @@ func (s *Server) SetupRoutes() {
 
 	// Login/generator UI. The form routes carry CSRF protection; the
 	// token cookie is independent of the session cookie, so it also
-	// covers the login POST, where no session exists yet.
+	// covers the login POST, where no session exists yet. LimitBody caps
+	// the POST body ahead of CSRF, which reads its token from that body.
 	s.router.Group(func(r chi.Router) {
+		r.Use(s.h.LimitBody(handlers.MaxFormBytes))
 		r.Use(s.h.CSRF())
 		r.Get("/", s.h.HandleRoot())
 		r.Post("/", s.h.HandleRoot())