diff --git a/src/lotus/lotusAudioInject.ts b/src/lotus/lotusAudioInject.ts
index 259c4d24..998392e0 100644
--- a/src/lotus/lotusAudioInject.ts
+++ b/src/lotus/lotusAudioInject.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { type IWidgetApiRequest } from "matrix-widget-api";
 import { type CallViewModel } from "../state/CallViewModel/CallViewModel";
 import { widget } from "../widget";
 import { LotusWidgetActions } from "./lotusActions";
+import { lotusFlag } from "./lotusWidget";
 
 /** Hard cap so a malformed/huge clip can't hold a published track open forever. */
 const MAX_CLIP_MS = 30_000;
@@ -48,7 +49,11 @@ export function startLotusAudioInject(vm: CallViewModel): () => void {
   const activeClips = new Set<() => void>();
 
   const handler = (ev: CustomEvent<IWidgetApiRequest>): void => {
+    // Always ack so the transport doesn't hang, but only act when the host has
+    // explicitly opted in: audio-inject publishes under the local user's
+    // identity, so it must not be silently armed for every call.
     void w.api.transport.reply(ev.detail, {});
+    if (!lotusFlag("lotusAudioInject")) return;
     const data = ev.detail.data as
       | { url?: unknown; volume?: unknown }
       | undefined;
diff --git a/src/lotus/lotusDecorations.ts b/src/lotus/lotusDecorations.ts
index 6dbb8d6d..a08cff75 100644
--- a/src/lotus/lotusDecorations.ts
+++ b/src/lotus/lotusDecorations.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,11 @@ export function startLotusDecorations(): () => void {
         | undefined;
       const next: Record<string, string> = {};
       if (data?.decorations && typeof data.decorations === "object") {
-        for (const [userId, url] of Object.entries(data.decorations)) {
+        // Cap the roster so a pathological map can't spawn unbounded overlays.
+        for (const [userId, url] of Object.entries(data.decorations).slice(
+          0,
+          512,
+        )) {
           const safe = safeImageUrl(url);
           if (safe) next[userId] = safe;
         }
diff --git a/src/lotus/lotusDenoise.ts b/src/lotus/lotusDenoise.ts
index 623c986a..a3f3ed22 100644
--- a/src/lotus/lotusDenoise.ts
+++ b/src/lotus/lotusDenoise.ts
@@ -31,12 +31,31 @@ import {
  * survives EC's mid-call reconnect — fixing the A7 "mic dead after reconnect"
  * bug. Additive: no-op without the flag.
  */
+/**
+ * Resolve the denoise asset base, forcing it to be SAME-ORIGIN. The base is fed
+ * to `audioWorklet.addModule()`, which executes the target as code in the
+ * worklet scope (processing the live mic) — so a cross-origin base from a
+ * crafted call link would be arbitrary code execution. Any non-same-origin or
+ * malformed value falls back to the bundled "./denoise/".
+ */
+function safeAssetBase(raw: string | null): string {
+  const fallback = "./denoise/";
+  if (!raw) return fallback;
+  try {
+    const u = new URL(raw, window.location.href);
+    if (u.origin !== window.location.origin) return fallback;
+    return u.href.endsWith("/") ? u.href : `${u.href}/`;
+  } catch {
+    return fallback;
+  }
+}
+
 export function startLotusDenoise(vm: CallViewModel): () => void {
   if (lotusParam("lotusDenoise") !== "ml") return () => undefined;
 
   const config: LotusDenoiseConfig = {
     model: lotusParam("lotusModel") === "speex" ? "speex" : "rnnoise",
-    assetBase: lotusParam("lotusDenoiseBase") || "./denoise/",
+    assetBase: safeAssetBase(lotusParam("lotusDenoiseBase")),
     gate: lotusFlag("lotusGate"),
     gateThreshold: Number(lotusParam("lotusGateThreshold")) || -50,
   };