diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 10c2a90386..8b77929dee 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.16
 	github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch-go v0.24.0
 	github.com/mholt/archiver/v3 v3.5.1
-	github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday v1.0.24
+	github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday v1.0.25
 	github.com/minio/minio-go/v7 v7.0.52
 	github.com/minio/sha256-simd v1.0.0
 	github.com/msteinert/pam v1.1.0
@@ -107,12 +107,12 @@ require (
 	github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.5.4
 	github.com/yuin/goldmark-highlighting/v2 v2.0.0-20220924101305-151362477c87
 	github.com/yuin/goldmark-meta v1.1.0
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.9.0
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.11.0
 	golang.org/x/image v0.7.0
-	golang.org/x/net v0.10.0
+	golang.org/x/net v0.12.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.8.0
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0
-	golang.org/x/text v0.9.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.10.0
+	golang.org/x/text v0.11.0
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.8.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.53.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5949c283ea..d1518e580f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -877,8 +877,8 @@ github.com/mholt/acmez v1.1.0 h1:IQ9CGHKOHokorxnffsqDvmmE30mDenO1lptYZ1AYkHY=
 github.com/mholt/acmez v1.1.0/go.mod h1:zwo5+fbLLTowAX8o8ETfQzbDtwGEXnPhkmGdKIP+bgs=
 github.com/mholt/archiver/v3 v3.5.1 h1:rDjOBX9JSF5BvoJGvjqK479aL70qh9DIpZCl+k7Clwo=
 github.com/mholt/archiver/v3 v3.5.1/go.mod h1:e3dqJ7H78uzsRSEACH1joayhuSyhnonssnDhppzS1L4=
-github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday v1.0.24 h1:NGQoPtwGVcbGkKfvyYk1yRqknzBuoMiUrO6R7uFTPlw=
-github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday v1.0.24/go.mod h1:ArQySAMps0790cHSkdPEJ7bGkF2VePWH773hsJNSHf8=
+github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday v1.0.25 h1:4NEwSfiJ+Wva0VxN5B8OwMicaJvD8r9tlJWm9rtloEg=
+github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday v1.0.25/go.mod h1:ZIOjCQp1OrzBBPIJmfX4qDYFuhU02nx4bn030ixfHLE=
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.0.14/go.mod h1:W1PPwlIAgtquWBMBEV9nkV9Cazfe8ScdGz/Lj7v3Nrg=
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.54 h1:5jon9mWcb0sFJGpnI99tOMhCPyJ+RPVz5b63MQG0VWI=
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.54/go.mod h1:uInx36IzPl7FYnDcMeVWxj9byh7DutNykX4G9Sj60FY=
@@ -1322,8 +1322,8 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.3.0/go.mod h1:hebNnKkNXi2UzZN1eVRvBB7co0a+JxK6XbPiWVs/3J4
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.3.1-0.20221117191849-2c476679df9a/go.mod h1:hebNnKkNXi2UzZN1eVRvBB7co0a+JxK6XbPiWVs/3J4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.6.0/go.mod h1:OFC/31mSvZgRz0V1QTNCzfAI1aIRzbiufJtkMIlEp58=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.7.0/go.mod h1:pYwdfH91IfpZVANVyUOhSIPZaFoJGxTFbZhFTx+dXZU=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.9.0 h1:LF6fAI+IutBocDJ2OT0Q1g8plpYljMZ4+lty+dsqw3g=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.9.0/go.mod h1:yrmDGqONDYtNj3tH8X9dzUun2m2lzPa9ngI6/RUPGR0=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.11.0 h1:6Ewdq3tDic1mg5xRO4milcWCfMVQhI4NkqWWvqejpuA=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.11.0/go.mod h1:xgJhtzW8F9jGdVFWZESrid1U1bjeNy4zgy5cRr/CIio=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190121172915-509febef88a4/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190306152737-a1d7652674e8/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190510132918-efd6b22b2522/go.mod h1:ZjyILWgesfNpC6sMxTJOJm9Kp84zZh5NQWvqDGG3Qr8=
@@ -1421,8 +1421,8 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.6.0/go.mod h1:2Tu9+aMcznHK/AK1HMvgo6xiTLG5rD5rZLDS+rp2Bjs=
 golang.org/x/net v0.7.0/go.mod h1:2Tu9+aMcznHK/AK1HMvgo6xiTLG5rD5rZLDS+rp2Bjs=
 golang.org/x/net v0.8.0/go.mod h1:QVkue5JL9kW//ek3r6jTKnTFis1tRmNAW2P1shuFdJc=
 golang.org/x/net v0.9.0/go.mod h1:d48xBJpPfHeWQsugry2m+kC02ZBRGRgulfHnEXEuWns=
-golang.org/x/net v0.10.0 h1:X2//UzNDwYmtCLn7To6G58Wr6f5ahEAQgKNzv9Y951M=
-golang.org/x/net v0.10.0/go.mod h1:0qNGK6F8kojg2nk9dLZ2mShWaEBan6FAoqfSigmmuDg=
+golang.org/x/net v0.12.0 h1:cfawfvKITfUsFCeJIHJrbSxpeu/E81khclypR0GVT50=
+golang.org/x/net v0.12.0/go.mod h1:zEVYFnQC7m/vmpQFELhcD1EWkZlX69l4oqgmer6hfKA=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190226205417-e64efc72b421/go.mod h1:gOpvHmFTYa4IltrdGE7lF6nIHvwfUNPOp7c8zoXwtLw=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190604053449-0f29369cfe45/go.mod h1:gOpvHmFTYa4IltrdGE7lF6nIHvwfUNPOp7c8zoXwtLw=
@@ -1534,8 +1534,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.3.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.7.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0 h1:EBmGv8NaZBZTWvrbjNoL6HVt+IVy3QDQpJs7VRIw3tU=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.10.0 h1:SqMFp9UcQJZa+pmYuAKjd9xq1f0j5rLcDIk0mj4qAsA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.10.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201117132131-f5c789dd3221/go.mod h1:Nr5EML6q2oocZ2LXRh80K7BxOlk5/8JxuGnuhpl+muw=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
@@ -1545,7 +1545,7 @@ golang.org/x/term v0.2.0/go.mod h1:TVmDHMZPmdnySmBfhjOoOdhjzdE1h4u1VwSiw2l1Nuc=
 golang.org/x/term v0.5.0/go.mod h1:jMB1sMXY+tzblOD4FWmEbocvup2/aLOaQEp7JmGp78k=
 golang.org/x/term v0.6.0/go.mod h1:m6U89DPEgQRMq3DNkDClhWw02AUbt2daBVO4cn4Hv9U=
 golang.org/x/term v0.7.0/go.mod h1:P32HKFT3hSsZrRxla30E9HqToFYAQPCMs/zFMBUFqPY=
-golang.org/x/term v0.8.0 h1:n5xxQn2i3PC0yLAbjTpNT85q/Kgzcr2gIoX9OrJUols=
+golang.org/x/term v0.10.0 h1:3R7pNqamzBraeqj/Tj8qt1aQ2HpmlC+Cx/qL/7hn4/c=
 golang.org/x/text v0.0.0-20170915032832-14c0d48ead0c/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.1-0.20180807135948-17ff2d5776d2/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
@@ -1558,8 +1558,9 @@ golang.org/x/text v0.3.7/go.mod h1:u+2+/6zg+i71rQMx5EYifcz6MCKuco9NR6JIITiCfzQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.4.0/go.mod h1:mrYo+phRRbMaCq/xk9113O4dZlRixOauAjOtrjsXDZ8=
 golang.org/x/text v0.7.0/go.mod h1:mrYo+phRRbMaCq/xk9113O4dZlRixOauAjOtrjsXDZ8=
 golang.org/x/text v0.8.0/go.mod h1:e1OnstbJyHTd6l/uOt8jFFHp6TRDWZR/bV3emEE/zU8=
-golang.org/x/text v0.9.0 h1:2sjJmO8cDvYveuX97RDLsxlyUxLl+GHoLxBiRdHllBE=
 golang.org/x/text v0.9.0/go.mod h1:e1OnstbJyHTd6l/uOt8jFFHp6TRDWZR/bV3emEE/zU8=
+golang.org/x/text v0.11.0 h1:LAntKIrcmeSKERyiOh0XMV39LXS8IE9UL2yP7+f5ij4=
+golang.org/x/text v0.11.0/go.mod h1:TvPlkZtksWOMsz7fbANvkp4WM8x/WCo/om8BMLbz+aE=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20180412165947-fbb02b2291d2/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20181108054448-85acf8d2951c/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
 golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20190308202827-9d24e82272b4/go.mod h1:tRJNPiyCQ0inRvYxbN9jk5I+vvW/OXSQhTDSoE431IQ=
diff --git a/modules/markup/sanitizer.go b/modules/markup/sanitizer.go
index 21feefa301..48c08831f1 100644
--- a/modules/markup/sanitizer.go
+++ b/modules/markup/sanitizer.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package markup
 
 import (
 	"io"
+	"net/url"
 	"regexp"
 	"sync"
 
@@ -79,6 +80,14 @@ func createDefaultPolicy() *bluemonday.Policy {
 		policy.AllowURLSchemes(setting.Markdown.CustomURLSchemes...)
 	} else {
 		policy.AllowURLSchemesMatching(allowAllRegex)
+
+		// Even if every scheme is allowed, these three are blocked for security reasons
+		disallowScheme := func(*url.URL) bool {
+			return false
+		}
+		policy.AllowURLSchemeWithCustomPolicy("javascript", disallowScheme)
+		policy.AllowURLSchemeWithCustomPolicy("vbscript", disallowScheme)
+		policy.AllowURLSchemeWithCustomPolicy("data", disallowScheme)
 	}
 
 	// Allow classes for anchors
diff --git a/modules/markup/sanitizer_test.go b/modules/markup/sanitizer_test.go
index 6e17c1bbc6..0bc63ff0a7 100644
--- a/modules/markup/sanitizer_test.go
+++ b/modules/markup/sanitizer_test.go
@@ -59,8 +59,13 @@ func Test_Sanitizer(t *testing.T) {
 		`<li class="indeterminate"></li>`, `<li class="indeterminate"></li>`,
 
 		// URLs
-		`[my custom URL scheme](cbthunderlink://somebase64string)`, `[my custom URL scheme](cbthunderlink://somebase64string)`,
-		`[my custom URL scheme](matrix:roomid/psumPMeAfzgAeQpXMG:feneas.org?action=join)`, `[my custom URL scheme](matrix:roomid/psumPMeAfzgAeQpXMG:feneas.org?action=join)`,
+		`<a href="cbthunderlink://somebase64string)">my custom URL scheme</a>`, `<a href="cbthunderlink://somebase64string)" rel="nofollow">my custom URL scheme</a>`,
+		`<a href="matrix:roomid/psumPMeAfzgAeQpXMG:feneas.org?action=join">my custom URL scheme</a>`, `<a href="matrix:roomid/psumPMeAfzgAeQpXMG:feneas.org?action=join" rel="nofollow">my custom URL scheme</a>`,
+
+		// Disallow dangerous url schemes
+		`<a href="javascript:alert('xss')">bad</a>`, `bad`,
+		`<a href="vbscript:no">bad</a>`, `bad`,
+		`<a href="data:1234">bad</a>`, `bad`,
 	}
 
 	for i := 0; i < len(testCases); i += 2 {