diff --git a/app/service/file_svc.py b/app/service/file_svc.py
index 01cf2b0ec..0e520178d 100644
--- a/app/service/file_svc.py
+++ b/app/service/file_svc.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import copy
 import json
 import os
+import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
@@ -19,6 +20,13 @@
 from app.utility.payload_encoder import xor_file, xor_bytes
 
 FILE_ENCRYPTION_FLAG = '%encrypted%'
+URL_SANITIZATION_REGEX = re.compile(r'^[\w\-\.:%+/]+$')
+ALLOWED_DEFAULT_LDFLAG_REGEX = re.compile(r'^[\w\-\.]+$')
+ALLOWED_LDFLAG_REGEXES = {
+    'server': URL_SANITIZATION_REGEX,
+    'http': URL_SANITIZATION_REGEX,
+    'socket': re.compile(r'^[\w\-\.:]+$')
+}
 
 
 class FileSvc(FileServiceInterface, BaseService):
@@ -172,6 +180,17 @@ async def compile_go(self, platform, output, src_fle, arch='amd64', ldflags='-s
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
             self.log.warning('Problem building golang executable {}: {} '.format(src_fle, e))
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def sanitize_ldflag_value(param, value):
+        """
+        Validate that the specified LDFLAG value for the given parameter
+        only contains safe characters.
+        Raises a ValueError if disallowed characters are found.
+        """
+        if not ALLOWED_LDFLAG_REGEXES.get(param, ALLOWED_DEFAULT_LDFLAG_REGEX).fullmatch(value):
+            raise ValueError('Invalid characters in %s LDFLAG value: %s' % (param, value))
+        return value
+
     def get_payload_name_from_uuid(self, payload):
         for t in ['standard_payloads', 'special_payloads']:
             for k, v in self.get_config(prop=t, name='payloads').items():
diff --git a/tests/services/test_file_svc.py b/tests/services/test_file_svc.py
index bf007269b..fe7c6c16b 100644
--- a/tests/services/test_file_svc.py
+++ b/tests/services/test_file_svc.py
@@ -242,6 +242,91 @@ def test_is_extension_xored_false(self, file_svc):
         ret = file_svc.is_extension_xored(test_value)
         assert ret is False
 
+    def test_sanitize_ldflag_value(self, file_svc):
+        safe_values = [
+            'safevalue',
+            'SAFE29VALUE',
+            '_safe_',
+            's-a-f-e.s_a_f_e.2',
+            '1234567890'
+        ]
+        for value in safe_values:
+            assert value == file_svc.sanitize_ldflag_value('contact', value)
+            assert value == file_svc.sanitize_ldflag_value('group', value)
+            assert value == file_svc.sanitize_ldflag_value('genericparam', value)
+
+        safe_server_values = [
+            'http://localhost',
+            'https://localhost:8443',
+            'https://127.0.0.1:8443/home.html',
+            'https://some.domain.net:8443/home%20test.html',
+            'https://_underscore.domain-with-dash.net:8443/home+test.html',
+        ]
+        for value in safe_server_values:
+            assert value == file_svc.sanitize_ldflag_value('server', value)
+            assert value == file_svc.sanitize_ldflag_value('http', value)
+
+        safe_socket_values = [
+            'localhost:1234',
+            '10.10.10.10.:8888',
+            'f.q.d.n:443',
+            'domain-with-dash.net:443',
+        ]
+        for value in safe_socket_values:
+            assert value == file_svc.sanitize_ldflag_value('socket', value)
+
+        unsafe_values = [
+            'unsafe with spaces',
+            'unsafe,comma',
+            'unsafe;semicolon',
+            'unsafe!',
+            'unsafe&&test',
+            'unsafe||test',
+            'unsafe>test',
+            'unsafe<test',
+            'unsafe$(test)',
+            'unsafe~/test',
+            'unsafe%test+',
+        ]
+        for value in unsafe_values:
+            with pytest.raises(Exception) as e_info:
+                file_svc.sanitize_ldflag_value('group', value)
+            assert str(e_info.value) == 'Invalid characters in group LDFLAG value: {}'.format(value)
+
+        unsafe_server_values = [
+            'http://localhost||test',
+            'https://localhost:8443 space',
+            'https://localhost:8443@',
+            'https://localhost:8443"test',
+            'https://localhost:8443\'test',
+            'https://127.0.0.1:8443/home.html$(test)',
+            'https://some.domain.net:8443/home%20test.html && test',
+            'https://_underscore.domain-with-dash.net:8443/home+test.html; test',
+        ]
+        for value in unsafe_server_values:
+            with pytest.raises(Exception) as e_info:
+                file_svc.sanitize_ldflag_value('server', value)
+            assert str(e_info.value) == 'Invalid characters in server LDFLAG value: {}'.format(value)
+
+            with pytest.raises(Exception) as e_info:
+                file_svc.sanitize_ldflag_value('http', value)
+            assert str(e_info.value) == 'Invalid characters in http LDFLAG value: {}'.format(value)
+
+        unsafe_socket_values = [
+            'localhost:8888||test',
+            '127.0.0.1:8443 space',
+            'domain.com:8443@',
+            'localhost:8443"test',
+            'localhost:8443\'test',
+            '127.0.0.1:8443$(test)',
+            'some.domain.net:8443 && test',
+            'domain-with-dash.net:8443; test',
+        ]
+        for value in unsafe_socket_values:
+            with pytest.raises(Exception) as e_info:
+                file_svc.sanitize_ldflag_value('socket', value)
+            assert str(e_info.value) == 'Invalid characters in socket LDFLAG value: {}'.format(value)
+
     @staticmethod
     def _test_download_file_with_encoding(event_loop, file_svc, data_svc, encoding, original_content, encoded_content):
         filename = 'testencodedpayload.txt'