diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e071fe693..063d51d4c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
+## 2.6.2
+
+### Security
+- MRF StealEmojiPolicy: Sanitize shortcodes (thanks to Hazel K for the report
+
 ## 2.6.1
 ### Changed
 - - Document maximum supported version of Erlang & Elixir
diff --git a/changelog.d/mergeback-2.6.2.skip b/changelog.d/mergeback-2.6.2.skip
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/steal_emoji_policy.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/steal_emoji_policy.ex
index 237dfefa5..fa6b595ea 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/steal_emoji_policy.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/steal_emoji_policy.ex
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ defp steal_emoji({shortcode, url}, emoji_dir_path) do
 
         extension = if extension == "", do: ".png", else: extension
 
+        shortcode = Path.basename(shortcode)
         file_path = Path.join(emoji_dir_path, shortcode <> extension)
 
         case File.write(file_path, response.body) do
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ def filter(%{"object" => %{"emoji" => foreign_emojis, "actor" => actor}} = messa
       new_emojis =
         foreign_emojis
         |> Enum.reject(fn {shortcode, _url} -> shortcode in installed_emoji end)
+        |> Enum.reject(fn {shortcode, _url} -> String.contains?(shortcode, ["/", "\\"]) end)
         |> Enum.filter(fn {shortcode, _url} ->
           reject_emoji? =
             [:mrf_steal_emoji, :rejected_shortcodes]
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 582092aef..b707a20a8 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Mixfile do
   def project do
     [
       app: :pleroma,
-      version: version("2.6.51"),
+      version: version("2.6.52"),
       elixir: "~> 1.11",
       elixirc_paths: elixirc_paths(Mix.env()),
       compilers: Mix.compilers(),
diff --git a/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/steal_emoji_policy_test.exs b/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/steal_emoji_policy_test.exs
index c477a093d..2c7497da5 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/steal_emoji_policy_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/web/activity_pub/mrf/steal_emoji_policy_test.exs
@@ -87,6 +87,32 @@ test "works with unknown extension", %{path: path} do
     assert File.exists?(fullpath)
   end
 
+  test "rejects invalid shortcodes", %{path: path} do
+    message = %{
+      "type" => "Create",
+      "object" => %{
+        "emoji" => [{"fired/fox", "https://example.org/emoji/firedfox"}],
+        "actor" => "https://example.org/users/admin"
+      }
+    }
+
+    fullpath = Path.join(path, "fired/fox.png")
+
+    Tesla.Mock.mock(fn %{method: :get, url: "https://example.org/emoji/firedfox"} ->
+      %Tesla.Env{status: 200, body: File.read!("test/fixtures/image.jpg")}
+    end)
+
+    clear_config(:mrf_steal_emoji, hosts: ["example.org"], size_limit: 284_468)
+
+    refute "firedfox" in installed()
+    refute File.exists?(path)
+
+    assert {:ok, _message} = StealEmojiPolicy.filter(message)
+
+    refute "fired/fox" in installed()
+    refute File.exists?(fullpath)
+  end
+
   test "reject regex shortcode", %{message: message} do
     refute "firedfox" in installed()