diff --git a/src/runtime/server/og-image/core/plugins/imageSrc.ts b/src/runtime/server/og-image/core/plugins/imageSrc.ts
index 8214060d..bb6ecc05 100644
--- a/src/runtime/server/og-image/core/plugins/imageSrc.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/server/og-image/core/plugins/imageSrc.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { fetchLocalAsset } from '../../../util/fetchLocalAsset'
 import { getFetchTimeout } from '../../../util/fetchTimeout'
 import { logger } from '../../../util/logger'
 import { getOgImageOrigin } from '../../../util/origin'
-import { fetchWithRedirectValidation, isBlockedUrl, parseSameOriginPath } from '../../../util/ssrf'
+import { fetchWithRedirectValidation, isBlockedUrl, parseSameOriginPath, resolveSameOriginUrl } from '../../../util/ssrf'
 import { getImageDimensions } from '../../utils/image-detector'
 import { defineTransformer } from '../plugins'
 
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ async function doResolveSrcToBuffer(
   }
 
   if (src.startsWith('/')) {
+    if (!resolveSameOriginUrl(src, getOgImageOrigin(e)))
+      return { blocked: true }
     let buffer: BufferSource | undefined
     if (import.meta.prerender || import.meta.dev) {
       const srcWithoutBase = src.replace(runtimeConfig.app.baseURL, '/')
@@ -191,17 +193,12 @@ export default defineTransformer([
         applyImageDimensions(node, result.buffer)
         return
       }
-      // relative src couldn't be fetched — fall back to an absolute URL so
-      // satori/takumi may attempt to resolve at render time (against the app's
-      // own origin, not an attacker-controlled one)
-      if (isRelative) {
+      // In development, renderers may retry unresolved assets against the app origin.
+      if (isRelative && import.meta.dev) {
         node.props.src = withBase(src, `${getOgImageOrigin(ctx.e)}`)
         return
       }
-      // Absolute external URL whose validated fetch failed. Drop it in
-      // production: letting it survive would invite the renderer (satori
-      // fetches <img> URLs internally; takumi fetches via extractResourceUrls)
-      // to re-issue the request without SSRF/redirect validation.
+      // Production removes unresolved sources so renderers cannot fetch them without validation.
       if (!import.meta.dev)
         delete node.props.src
     },
@@ -223,9 +220,8 @@ export default defineTransformer([
         node.props.style!.backgroundImage = `url(${toBufferSourceAsBase64(result.buffer)})`
         return
       }
-      // Same reasoning as the <img> branch: an absolute external URL that
-      // didn't inline must not be left for the renderer to fetch unvalidated.
-      if (!import.meta.dev && !src.startsWith('/'))
+      // Production removes unresolved sources so renderers cannot fetch them without validation.
+      if (!import.meta.dev)
         delete node.props.style!.backgroundImage
     },
   },
diff --git a/src/runtime/server/util/cloudflareAssets.ts b/src/runtime/server/util/cloudflareAssets.ts
index a1e769ca..ded84ca7 100644
--- a/src/runtime/server/util/cloudflareAssets.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/server/util/cloudflareAssets.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export async function tryCloudflareAssetsFetch(
     return
   const origin = getRequestURL(event).origin
   const url = new URL(path, origin).href
-  const res = await assets.fetch(url, signal ? { signal } : undefined).catch(() => {
+  const res = await assets.fetch(url, { signal, redirect: 'manual' }).catch(() => {
     // Binding failures fall through to the caller's other asset sources.
     return null
   })
diff --git a/src/runtime/server/util/fetchLocalAsset.ts b/src/runtime/server/util/fetchLocalAsset.ts
index fbaccdeb..c7b722f7 100644
--- a/src/runtime/server/util/fetchLocalAsset.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/server/util/fetchLocalAsset.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import type { H3Event } from '#nuxtseo/h3'
-import { $fetch } from 'ofetch'
 import { fetchWithEvent } from '#nuxtseo/nitro'
 import { tryCloudflareAssetsFetch } from './cloudflareAssets'
 import { getOgImageOrigin } from './origin'
+import { fetchWithRedirectValidation, resolveSameOriginUrl } from './ssrf'
 
 export interface FetchLocalAssetOptions {
   fetchTimeout: number
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export interface FetchLocalAssetOptions {
  * Resolve a same-origin asset path to bytes, trying (in order):
  *   1. Cloudflare Workers ASSETS binding
  *   2. Nitro localFetch through the event-aware bridge, which resolves dynamic routes too
- *   3. External `$fetch` to the Nitro origin (opt-in)
+ *   3. External fetch with redirect validation (opt-in)
  *
  * All steps share a single `AbortSignal.timeout(fetchTimeout)` so a broken
  * URL can't burn N× the configured budget.
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ export async function fetchLocalAsset(
   path: string,
   options: FetchLocalAssetOptions,
 ): Promise<ArrayBuffer | undefined> {
+  const absolute = resolveSameOriginUrl(path, getOgImageOrigin(event))
+  if (!path.startsWith('/') || !absolute)
+    return
+  const url = new URL(absolute)
+  path = `${url.pathname}${url.search}`
   const { fetchTimeout, headers, includeExternalFallback = false, onStepFailure } = options
   const deadline = AbortSignal.timeout(fetchTimeout)
 
@@ -58,9 +63,14 @@ export async function fetchLocalAsset(
 
   result = await race(fetchWithEvent<ArrayBuffer>(event, path, {
     responseType: 'arrayBuffer',
+    redirect: 'manual',
     signal: deadline,
     timeout: fetchTimeout,
     headers,
+    onResponse({ response }) {
+      if (!response.ok)
+        throw new Error(response.statusText || String(response.status))
+    },
   }).catch((err: unknown) => {
     onStepFailure?.(path, err)
     return undefined
@@ -68,14 +78,10 @@ export async function fetchLocalAsset(
   if (result || expired || !includeExternalFallback)
     return result
 
-  const absolute = `${getOgImageOrigin(event)}${path}`
-  return await race($fetch(absolute, {
-    responseType: 'arrayBuffer',
+  return await race(fetchWithRedirectValidation(absolute, {
     signal: deadline,
     timeout: fetchTimeout,
     headers,
-  }).catch((err: unknown) => {
-    onStepFailure?.(absolute, err)
-    return undefined
-  }) as Promise<ArrayBuffer | undefined>)
+    trustedHost: url.host,
+  }).then(buffer => buffer ?? undefined))
 }
diff --git a/test/unit/local-asset-redirects.test.ts b/test/unit/local-asset-redirects.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3aaf35f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/local-asset-redirects.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import type { AddressInfo } from 'node:net'
+import type { H3Event } from '#nuxtseo/h3'
+import { createServer } from 'node:http'
+import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { fetchLocalAsset } from '../../src/runtime/server/util/fetchLocalAsset'
+
+vi.mock('#nuxtseo/nitro', () => ({ fetchWithEvent: async () => undefined }))
+vi.mock('#nuxtseo/h3', () => ({ getRequestURL: (event: { context: { origin: string } }) => new URL(event.context.origin) }))
+vi.mock('#site-config/server/composables', () => ({ getNitroOrigin: (event: { context: { origin: string } }) => event.context.origin }))
+
+describe('local asset external fallback', () => {
+  let targetHits = 0
+  let origin = ''
+  let assetRequest: { path?: string, header?: string } = {}
+  const target = createServer((_, response) => {
+    targetHits++
+    response.end('fixture bytes')
+  })
+  const app = createServer((request, response) => {
+    if (request.url === '/redirect.png') {
+      response.writeHead(302, { location: `http://127.0.0.1:${(target.address() as AddressInfo).port}/asset.png` })
+      response.end()
+      return
+    }
+    assetRequest = { path: request.url, header: request.headers['x-nuxt-og-image'] as string | undefined }
+    response.end('asset bytes')
+  })
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    for (const server of [target, app]) {
+      await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+        server.once('error', reject)
+        server.listen(0, '127.0.0.1', resolve)
+      })
+    }
+    origin = `http://127.0.0.1:${(app.address() as AddressInfo).port}`
+  })
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await Promise.all([target, app].map(server => new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+      server.close(error => error ? reject(error) : resolve())
+    })))
+  })
+
+  function event(): H3Event {
+    return { context: { origin } } as unknown as H3Event
+  }
+
+  it('does not follow a redirect to another local listener', async () => {
+    const bytes = await fetchLocalAsset(event(), '/redirect.png', { fetchTimeout: 500, includeExternalFallback: true })
+    expect(targetHits).toBe(0)
+    expect(bytes).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  it('fetches app assets with their query and headers', async () => {
+    const bytes = await fetchLocalAsset(event(), '/asset.png?width=32', {
+      fetchTimeout: 500,
+      includeExternalFallback: true,
+      headers: { 'x-nuxt-og-image': '1' },
+    })
+    expect(new TextDecoder().decode(bytes)).toBe('asset bytes')
+    expect(assetRequest).toEqual({ path: '/asset.png?width=32', header: '1' })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/test/unit/local-asset-responses.test.ts b/test/unit/local-asset-responses.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a186623
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/local-asset-responses.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import type { H3Event } from '#nuxtseo/h3'
+import { createFetch } from 'ofetch'
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { fetchLocalAsset } from '../../src/runtime/server/util/fetchLocalAsset'
+
+const transport = vi.hoisted(() => ({ external: vi.fn() }))
+vi.mock('#nuxtseo/nitro', () => ({
+  fetchWithEvent: (event: { $fetch: (path: string, options: unknown) => unknown }, path: string, options: unknown) => event.$fetch(path, options),
+}))
+vi.mock('#nuxtseo/h3', () => ({ getRequestURL: () => new URL('https://site.example/render') }))
+vi.mock('#site-config/server/composables', () => ({ getNitroOrigin: () => 'https://site.example' }))
+vi.mock('#og-image/bindings/fetch', () => ({ guardedFetch: transport.external }))
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  vi.clearAllMocks()
+  transport.external.mockResolvedValue(new Response('asset bytes'))
+})
+
+describe('local asset response', () => {
+  it.each([301, 302, 303, 307, 308, 404, 500])('uses the validated fallback after status %i', async (status) => {
+    const local = createFetch({ fetch: async () => new Response('response body', { status, headers: { location: '/actual.png' } }) })
+    const event = { context: {}, $fetch: local } as unknown as H3Event
+    const bytes = await fetchLocalAsset(event, '/logo.png', { fetchTimeout: 100, includeExternalFallback: true })
+    expect(new TextDecoder().decode(bytes)).toBe('asset bytes')
+    expect(transport.external).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+  })
+
+  it('uses a successful local response without an external fetch', async () => {
+    const local = createFetch({ fetch: async () => new Response('local bytes') })
+    const event = { context: {}, $fetch: local } as unknown as H3Event
+    const bytes = await fetchLocalAsset(event, '/logo.png', { fetchTimeout: 100, includeExternalFallback: true })
+    expect(new TextDecoder().decode(bytes)).toBe('local bytes')
+    expect(transport.external).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/test/unit/local-assets.test.ts b/test/unit/local-assets.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d2a95483
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/local-assets.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+import type { H3Event } from '#nuxtseo/h3'
+import type { OgImageRenderEventContext, VNode } from '../../src/runtime/types'
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { walkTree } from '../../src/runtime/server/og-image/core/plugins'
+import imageSrc from '../../src/runtime/server/og-image/core/plugins/imageSrc'
+import { fetchLocalAsset } from '../../src/runtime/server/util/fetchLocalAsset'
+
+const transport = vi.hoisted(() => ({ local: vi.fn(), external: vi.fn() }))
+vi.mock('#nuxtseo/nitro', () => ({
+  fetchWithEvent: transport.local,
+  useStorage: () => ({ hasItem: async () => false }),
+}))
+vi.mock('#nuxtseo/h3', () => ({ getRequestURL: () => new URL('https://site.example/render') }))
+vi.mock('#site-config/server/composables', () => ({ getNitroOrigin: () => 'https://site.example' }))
+vi.mock('#og-image/bindings/fetch', () => ({ guardedFetch: transport.external }))
+
+const crossOriginPaths = ['//other.example/logo.png', '/\\other.example/logo.png', '/\t/other.example/logo.png', '/\n/other.example/logo.png']
+
+function createEvent(assets?: { fetch: (url: string) => Promise<Response> }): H3Event {
+  return { context: { ASSETS: assets } } as unknown as H3Event
+}
+
+function createContext(): OgImageRenderEventContext {
+  return {
+    e: createEvent(),
+    publicStoragePath: 'public',
+    runtimeConfig: { app: { baseURL: '/' }, security: { imageFetchTimeout: 100 } },
+    timings: {
+      measure: async <T>(_name: string, work: () => T | Promise<T>) => work(),
+      start: () => () => {},
+    },
+  } as unknown as OgImageRenderEventContext
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  vi.clearAllMocks()
+  transport.local.mockResolvedValue(undefined)
+  transport.external.mockResolvedValue(new Response(null, { status: 404 }))
+})
+
+describe('local asset fetch', () => {
+  it.each(crossOriginPaths)('keeps %j outside local transports', async (path) => {
+    const assets = { fetch: vi.fn(async () => new Response('asset')) }
+    expect(await fetchLocalAsset(createEvent(assets), path, { fetchTimeout: 20, includeExternalFallback: true })).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(assets.fetch).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(transport.local).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(transport.external).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('keeps asset query parameters when using the local transport', async () => {
+    const bytes = new ArrayBuffer(4)
+    transport.local.mockResolvedValue(bytes)
+    const event = createEvent()
+    expect(await fetchLocalAsset(event, '/logo.png?width=32', { fetchTimeout: 20 })).toBe(bytes)
+    expect(transport.local).toHaveBeenCalledWith(event, '/logo.png?width=32', expect.objectContaining({ redirect: 'manual' }))
+  })
+
+  it('reads a same-origin asset from the binding', async () => {
+    const assets = { fetch: vi.fn(async () => new Response('asset')) }
+    const bytes = await fetchLocalAsset(createEvent(assets), '/logo.png?width=32', { fetchTimeout: 20 })
+    expect(new TextDecoder().decode(bytes)).toBe('asset')
+    expect(assets.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith('https://site.example/logo.png?width=32', expect.objectContaining({ redirect: 'manual' }))
+    expect(transport.local).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+})
+
+describe('image asset transformation', () => {
+  it.each(crossOriginPaths)('removes %j from image nodes', async (src) => {
+    const node: VNode = { type: 'img', props: { src } }
+    await Promise.all(walkTree(createContext(), node, [imageSrc]))
+    expect(node.props.src).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(transport.local).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(transport.external).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it.each(crossOriginPaths)('removes %j from background images', async (src) => {
+    const node: VNode = { type: 'div', props: { style: { backgroundImage: `url(${src})` } } }
+    await Promise.all(walkTree(createContext(), node, [imageSrc]))
+    expect(node.props.style?.backgroundImage).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(transport.local).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(transport.external).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('removes an unavailable local image', async () => {
+    const node: VNode = { type: 'img', props: { src: '/logo.png?width=32' } }
+    await Promise.all(walkTree(createContext(), node, [imageSrc]))
+    expect(node.props.src).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  it('removes an unavailable local background image', async () => {
+    const node: VNode = { type: 'div', props: { style: { backgroundImage: 'url(/logo.png?width=32)' } } }
+    await Promise.all(walkTree(createContext(), node, [imageSrc]))
+    expect(node.props.style?.backgroundImage).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+})