diff --git a/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptArtifactPathResolution.test.ts b/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptArtifactPathResolution.test.ts
index 174ef8308..1a8713929 100644
--- a/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptArtifactPathResolution.test.ts
+++ b/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptArtifactPathResolution.test.ts
@@ -509,17 +509,6 @@ describe("contextual JavaScript artifact path resolution", () => {
       resolution_status: "resolved",
       resolved_path: "renderer/local.js",
     });
-    expect(
-      resolve({
-        declaredPath: "file:///assets/app.js#entry",
-        sourcePath: "main.js",
-        context: "module-specifier",
-        files,
-      }),
-    ).toMatchObject({
-      resolution_status: "resolved",
-      resolved_path: "assets/app.js",
-    });
   });
 
   it.each(["node:fs", "electron", "../../escape.js", "%2e%2e/escape.js"])(
@@ -576,6 +565,55 @@ describe("contextual JavaScript artifact path resolution", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("JavaScript file URL resolution", () => {
+  it("resolves file URL paths without interpreting query bytes as path syntax", () => {
+    const files = fileMap([file("assets/app.js", "root")]);
+    for (const declaredPath of [
+      "file:///assets/app.js#entry",
+      "FILE:///assets/app.js?token=%2F#entry",
+    ]) {
+      expect(
+        resolve({
+          declaredPath,
+          sourcePath: "main.js",
+          context: "module-specifier",
+          moduleKind: "import",
+          files,
+        }),
+      ).toMatchObject({
+        declared_path: declaredPath,
+        resolution_status: "resolved",
+        resolved_path: "assets/app.js",
+      });
+    }
+
+    for (const declaredPath of [
+      "file:///assets%2Fapp.js",
+      "file:///assets%2\nFapp.js",
+    ]) {
+      expect(
+        resolve({
+          declaredPath,
+          sourcePath: "main.js",
+          context: "module-specifier",
+          moduleKind: "import",
+          files,
+        }),
+      ).toMatchObject({ resolution_status: "rejected", resolved_path: null });
+    }
+
+    expect(
+      resolve({
+        declaredPath: "file:/assets/app.js",
+        sourcePath: "main.js",
+        context: "module-specifier",
+        moduleKind: "import",
+        files,
+      }),
+    ).toMatchObject({ resolution_status: "external", resolved_path: null });
+  });
+});
+
 describe("contextual JavaScript package path resolution", () => {
   it("follows package entrypoints beyond the former recursion ceiling", () => {
     const files = fileMap([
diff --git a/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptArtifactPathResolution.ts b/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptArtifactPathResolution.ts
index 1096a177f..b3d769af6 100644
--- a/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptArtifactPathResolution.ts
+++ b/src/application/javascript/JavaScriptArtifactPathResolution.ts
@@ -205,17 +205,26 @@ const contextualCandidate = (
     context === "url-reference"
       ? stripQueryAndFragment(input.declaredPath)
       : input.declaredPath;
-  const rejected = rejectDeclaration(declared);
-  if (rejected !== null) return rejected;
-  if (context === "html-reference") return htmlCandidate(input);
-  if (context === "module-specifier") {
+  if (context === "module-specifier" && /^file:/iu.test(declared)) {
     const fileUrl = fileUrlPath(declared);
+    if (fileUrl === null)
+      return unresolvedCandidate("rejected", [
+        "The file URL path contains syntax that cannot identify a canonical artifact path.",
+      ]);
     if (fileUrl !== undefined)
       return input.moduleKind === "require"
         ? unresolvedCandidate("external", [
             "Node CommonJS require specifiers do not resolve file URLs as local artifacts.",
           ])
         : fileUrl;
+    return unresolvedCandidate("external", [
+      "File URL authorities or invalid file URL forms cannot be mapped to artifact-local paths.",
+    ]);
+  }
+  const rejected = rejectDeclaration(declared);
+  if (rejected !== null) return rejected;
+  if (context === "html-reference") return htmlCandidate(input);
+  if (context === "module-specifier") {
     if (hasScheme(declared))
       return unresolvedCandidate("external", [
         "URL and Node builtin schemes are outside static artifact module resolution.",
@@ -1194,12 +1203,26 @@ const exactPackageTargetNotFound = (
   ],
 });
 
-const fileUrlPath = (value: string): string | undefined => {
-  if (!value.startsWith("file://")) return undefined;
+const fileUrlPath = (value: string): string | null | undefined => {
+  if (!/^file:\/\//iu.test(value)) return undefined;
+  // URL parsing removes tabs and newlines and normalizes encoded dot segments.
+  // Check the raw path first, excluding URL identity suffixes, then check the
+  // parsed pathname so parser normalization cannot introduce a separator.
+  const rawPath = stripQueryAndFragment(value);
+  if (
+    value.includes("\0") ||
+    value.includes("\\") ||
+    /[\t\n\r]/u.test(rawPath) ||
+    !admitsCanonicalPathSyntax(rawPath)
+  )
+    return null;
   try {
     const url = new URL(value);
     if (url.protocol !== "file:" || url.hostname !== "") return undefined;
-    return decodeURIComponent(url.pathname).replace(/^\/+/, "");
+    if (!admitsCanonicalPathSyntax(url.pathname)) return null;
+    const decoded = decodeURIComponent(url.pathname);
+    if (decoded.includes("\0")) return null;
+    return decoded.replace(/^\/+/, "");
   } catch (cause: unknown) {
     // Unparseable file URLs have no path to resolve.
     void cause;
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/applications/packageSubpathsCli.test.ts b/tests/acceptance/applications/packageSubpathsCli.test.ts
index 6a12c762e..15f734e22 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/applications/packageSubpathsCli.test.ts
+++ b/tests/acceptance/applications/packageSubpathsCli.test.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const createPackageSubpathFixture = async () => {
   const selfSource = 'const self = require("fi%xture"); module.exports = self;';
   const importSource = [
     'import literal from "fi%xture";',
-    'import uri from "file:///src/uri-dep.cjs";',
+    'import uri from "FILE:///src/uri-dep.cjs?token=%2F#entry";',
   ].join("\n");
   const files = {
     "src/main.cjs": source,
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ cliTest.for(["CLI", "stdio MCP"] as const)(
         relation: "imports",
         properties: expect.objectContaining({
           module_link_kind: "import",
-          specifier: "file:///src/uri-dep.cjs",
+          specifier: "FILE:///src/uri-dep.cjs?token=%2F#entry",
           resolved_path: "src/uri-dep.cjs",
           resolution_status: "resolved",
         }),