diff --git a/internal/handlers/app.go b/internal/handlers/app.go
index c258be7..cf60f47 100644
--- a/internal/handlers/app.go
+++ b/internal/handlers/app.go
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ func (h *Handlers) HandleAppLogs() http.HandlerFunc {
 			return
 		}
 
-		_, _ = writer.Write([]byte(logs)) // #nosec G705 -- Content-Type is text/plain, no XSS risk
+		_, _ = writer.Write([]byte(SanitizeLogs(logs))) // #nosec G705 -- logs sanitized, Content-Type is text/plain
 	}
 }
 
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ func (h *Handlers) HandleDeploymentLogsAPI() http.HandlerFunc {
 
 		logs := ""
 		if deployment.Logs.Valid {
-			logs = deployment.Logs.String
+			logs = SanitizeLogs(deployment.Logs.String)
 		}
 
 		response := map[string]any{
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ func (h *Handlers) HandleContainerLogsAPI() http.HandlerFunc {
 		}
 
 		response := map[string]any{
-			"logs":   logs,
+			"logs":   SanitizeLogs(logs),
 			"status": status,
 		}
 
diff --git a/internal/handlers/sanitize.go b/internal/handlers/sanitize.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91f2ddc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/handlers/sanitize.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package handlers
+
+import (
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// ansiEscapePattern matches ANSI escape sequences (CSI, OSC, and single-character escapes).
+var ansiEscapePattern = regexp.MustCompile(`(\x1b\[[0-9;]*[a-zA-Z]|\x1b\][^\x07]*\x07|\x1b[^[\]])`)
+
+// SanitizeLogs strips ANSI escape sequences and non-printable control characters
+// from container log output. Newlines (\n), carriage returns (\r), and tabs (\t)
+// are preserved. This ensures that attacker-controlled container output cannot
+// inject terminal escape sequences or other dangerous control characters.
+func SanitizeLogs(input string) string {
+	// Strip ANSI escape sequences
+	result := ansiEscapePattern.ReplaceAllString(input, "")
+
+	// Strip remaining non-printable characters (keep \n, \r, \t)
+	var b strings.Builder
+	b.Grow(len(result))
+
+	for _, r := range result {
+		if r == '\n' || r == '\r' || r == '\t' || r >= ' ' {
+			b.WriteRune(r)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return b.String()
+}
diff --git a/internal/handlers/sanitize_test.go b/internal/handlers/sanitize_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8282082
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/handlers/sanitize_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+package handlers_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"git.eeqj.de/sneak/upaas/internal/handlers"
+)
+
+func TestSanitizeLogs(t *testing.T) { //nolint:funlen // table-driven tests
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		input    string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "plain text unchanged",
+			input:    "hello world\n",
+			expected: "hello world\n",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "strips ANSI color codes",
+			input:    "\x1b[31mERROR\x1b[0m: something failed\n",
+			expected: "ERROR: something failed\n",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "strips OSC sequences",
+			input:    "\x1b]0;window title\x07normal text\n",
+			expected: "normal text\n",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "strips null bytes",
+			input:    "hello\x00world\n",
+			expected: "helloworld\n",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "strips bell characters",
+			input:    "alert\x07here\n",
+			expected: "alerthere\n",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "preserves tabs",
+			input:    "field1\tfield2\tfield3\n",
+			expected: "field1\tfield2\tfield3\n",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "preserves carriage returns",
+			input:    "line1\r\nline2\r\n",
+			expected: "line1\r\nline2\r\n",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "strips mixed escape sequences",
+			input:    "\x1b[32m2024-01-01\x1b[0m \x1b[1mINFO\x1b[0m starting\x00\n",
+			expected: "2024-01-01 INFO starting\n",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "empty string",
+			input:    "",
+			expected: "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "only control characters",
+			input:    "\x00\x01\x02\x03",
+			expected: "",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "cursor movement sequences stripped",
+			input:    "\x1b[2J\x1b[H\x1b[3Atext\n",
+			expected: "text\n",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			got := handlers.SanitizeLogs(tt.input)
+			if got != tt.expected {
+				t.Errorf("SanitizeLogs(%q) = %q, want %q", tt.input, got, tt.expected)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}