diff --git a/appview/repo/blob.go b/appview/repo/blob.go
index 8d7ea441..79ddefb4 100644
--- a/appview/repo/blob.go
+++ b/appview/repo/blob.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"mime"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -193,18 +194,28 @@ func (rp *Repo) RepoBlobRaw(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if strings.HasPrefix(contentType, "text/") || isTextualMimeType(contentType) {
-		// serve all textual content as text/plain
+	// Normalize to bare media type before classification; strips parameters
+	// (e.g. "; charset=utf-8") and prevents bypass attempts like
+	// "image/svg+xml; innocent=param".  A parse error yields an empty string
+	// which falls through to the 415 default — the safe outcome.
+	mediaType, _, _ := mime.ParseMediaType(contentType)
+
+	// Prevent browser sniffing regardless of branch taken below.
+	w.Header().Set("X-Content-Type-Options", "nosniff")
+
+	switch {
+	case strings.HasPrefix(mediaType, "text/") || isTextualMimeType(mediaType):
+		// Serve all textual content as plain text so the browser never
+		// interprets knot-supplied markup or scripts.
 		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain; charset=utf-8")
 		w.Write(body)
-	} else if strings.HasPrefix(contentType, "image/") || strings.HasPrefix(contentType, "video/") {
-		// serve images and videos with their original content type
-		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", contentType)
+	case safeBinaryMIMEType(mediaType):
+		// Use the normalized type, never the raw knot-supplied string.
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", mediaType)
 		w.Write(body)
-	} else {
+	default:
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusUnsupportedMediaType)
 		w.Write([]byte("unsupported content type"))
-		return
 	}
 }
 
@@ -309,6 +320,24 @@ func generateBlobURL(config *config.Config, repo *models.Repo, ref, filePath str
 	return blobURL
 }
 
+// safeBinaryMIMETypes is an explicit allowlist of binary content types that
+// are safe to serve inline. SVG is intentionally absent: it supports embedded
+// scripts and would enable XSS if a malicious knot returned one.
+var safeBinaryMIMETypes = map[string]bool{
+	"image/png":  true,
+	"image/jpeg": true,
+	"image/gif":  true,
+	"image/webp": true,
+	"image/avif": true,
+	"video/mp4":  true,
+	"video/webm": true,
+	"video/ogg":  true,
+}
+
+func safeBinaryMIMEType(mediaType string) bool {
+	return safeBinaryMIMETypes[mediaType]
+}
+
 func isTextualMimeType(mimeType string) bool {
 	textualTypes := []string{
 		"application/json",
diff --git a/appview/repo/blob_test.go b/appview/repo/blob_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c0287365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appview/repo/blob_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+package repo
+
+import (
+	"mime"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestSafeBinaryMIMEType(t *testing.T) {
+	allowed := []string{
+		"image/png",
+		"image/jpeg",
+		"image/gif",
+		"image/webp",
+		"image/avif",
+		"video/mp4",
+		"video/webm",
+		"video/ogg",
+	}
+	for _, ct := range allowed {
+		if !safeBinaryMIMEType(ct) {
+			t.Errorf("expected %q to be allowed, but it was not", ct)
+		}
+	}
+
+	rejected := []string{
+		// SVG must be rejected — it supports embedded scripts.
+		"image/svg+xml",
+		// Other XML-based or scriptable types.
+		"image/svg",
+		"application/pdf",
+		"application/octet-stream",
+		"text/html",
+		"text/javascript",
+		// Empty / garbage.
+		"",
+		"image/",
+		"video/",
+	}
+	for _, ct := range rejected {
+		if safeBinaryMIMEType(ct) {
+			t.Errorf("expected %q to be rejected, but it was allowed", ct)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestBlobMIMENormalization verifies that mime.ParseMediaType strips
+// parameters before classification, closing bypass attempts such as
+// "image/svg+xml; charset=utf-8".
+func TestBlobMIMENormalization(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		raw            string
+		wantSafeBinary bool
+		wantTextual    bool
+	}{
+		// Parameters must not smuggle SVG past the allowlist.
+		{"image/svg+xml; charset=utf-8", false, false},
+		{"image/svg+xml; innocent=param", false, false},
+		// Parameters on safe types should still be allowed.
+		{"image/png; q=0.9", true, false},
+		// Parameters on textual types.
+		{"text/plain; charset=utf-8", false, true},
+		{"application/json; charset=utf-8", false, true},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		mediaType, _, _ := mime.ParseMediaType(tc.raw)
+		gotSafeBinary := safeBinaryMIMEType(mediaType)
+		gotTextual := strings.HasPrefix(mediaType, "text/") || isTextualMimeType(mediaType)
+
+		if gotSafeBinary != tc.wantSafeBinary {
+			t.Errorf("safeBinaryMIMEType(%q): got %v, want %v (parsed as %q)",
+				tc.raw, gotSafeBinary, tc.wantSafeBinary, mediaType)
+		}
+		if gotTextual != tc.wantTextual {
+			t.Errorf("isTextual(%q): got %v, want %v (parsed as %q)",
+				tc.raw, gotTextual, tc.wantTextual, mediaType)
+		}
+	}
+}