diff --git a/BUGS.md b/BUGS.md
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--- a/BUGS.md
+++ b/BUGS.md
@@ -58,6 +58,32 @@ When CLOSED, move the entire entry to Resolved — don't duplicate.
 - **Verification**: deployed to the Pi; the forced-reconnect path will be exercised on the
   next real stall (in-car verification pending).
 
+### BUG-25 — Security hardening for the internet-exposed remote portal
+- **Status**: `CLOSED` 2026-08-15
+- **Commit**: `24250e0`
+- **Findings** (security review of `https://yaris.ceaf.dev`):
+  1. **Path traversal → arbitrary file write** in `POST /api/v1/dashcam/upload/chunk` — the
+     `sha256` form field was concatenated into the chunk staging path with no validation, so a
+     digest like `../../../../tmp/x` escaped `DASHCAM_STORAGE_DIR` and let a device-authenticated
+     caller write files anywhere inside the container (as root — no `USER` in the Dockerfile).
+  2. **No login rate limiting** — `/login` was brute-forceable.
+  3. **Session cookies lacked Secure/SameSite flags.**
+- **Fix**:
+  1. `sha256` is now validated as a 64-char hex digest (`_is_valid_sha256`) on the single-shot
+     upload, chunk-status, and chunk-upload endpoints before it is used in any filesystem path.
+  2. In-memory failed-attempt limiter on `/login` — 8 failures / 15 min per client IP (keyed from
+     `CF-Connecting-IP`, falling back to `X-Forwarded-For` then `remote_addr`) plus per-username;
+     returns 429 when tripped. The app runs as a single gunicorn worker, so process-local state
+     is sufficient (documented in a code comment for a future multi-worker deployment).
+  3. `SESSION_COOKIE_HTTPONLY` + `SESSION_COOKIE_SAMESITE="Lax"` + `SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE`
+     enabled (Secure can be disabled with `COOKIE_SECURE=0` for plain-HTTP LAN login; env var
+     documented in `server/.env.example`).
+- **Verification**: `python3 -m py_compile server/app.py` clean; deployed to unraid, `/health` OK.
+- **Remaining exposure (not code)**: the Pi's own web app (192.168.50.220:5000) is unauthenticated
+  and binds all interfaces. It is not tunnel-exposed, but a compromised server container could
+  reach it if the 192.168.10.x (Unraid) and 192.168.50.x (home) subnets route to each other —
+  isolate those VLANs.
+
 ### BUG-22 — Trip max speed ignores GPS-only stretch (shows OBD max only)
 - **Status**: `CLOSED` 2026-08-14
 - **Commit**: `90cfd7b`
diff --git a/PLAN.md b/PLAN.md
index a451dc2..8692b3b 100644
--- a/PLAN.md
+++ b/PLAN.md
@@ -411,6 +411,27 @@ confirmed matching row counts on the server via direct psql query, live upload s
 Exposed externally at `https://yaris.ceaf.dev` via the user's Cloudflare Tunnel (public hostname
 added in the Cloudflare dashboard, pointing at `192.168.10.10:8098`).
 
+### Phase 9.5: Remote-portal security hardening — ✅ DONE (2026-08-15)
+Security review of the internet-exposed `https://yaris.ceaf.dev` portal (BUG-25) surfaced three
+issues, all fixed in `24250e0`:
+
+1. **Path traversal → arbitrary file write** in `POST /api/v1/dashcam/upload/chunk`: the `sha256`
+   form field was joined into the chunk staging path with no validation, so a crafted digest
+   (`../../...`) could escape `DASHCAM_STORAGE_DIR` and write files anywhere inside the container
+   as root (device-auth required, but the device key lives on the Pi). `sha256` is now validated
+   as a strict 64-char hex digest on the single-shot, chunk-status, and chunk-upload endpoints.
+2. **No login rate limiting** — added an in-memory failed-attempt limiter (8 failures / 15 min
+   per `CF-Connecting-IP` + per-username, returns 429). Single gunicorn worker makes process-local
+   state sufficient.
+3. **Session cookies** — now `HttpOnly` + `SameSite=Lax` + `Secure` (Secure can be disabled via
+   `COOKIE_SECURE=0` for plain-HTTP LAN login; documented in `server/.env.example`).
+
+**Remaining exposure (not code):** the Pi's own web app (192.168.50.220:5000) is unauthenticated
+and binds all interfaces. It is *not* reachable through the Cloudflare Tunnel, but a compromised
+server container could reach it if the 192.168.10.x (Unraid) and 192.168.50.x (home) subnets route
+to each other — isolate those VLANs and/or enable Cloudflare Bot Fight Mode + the free 1
+rate-limiting rule on `/login`.
+
 ### Phase 10: Dashcam upload memory/size fixes — ✅ DONE, verified on real hardware
 Two real-hardware-only bugs surfaced once actual ~300MB+ video files (not small test fixtures) hit
 the upload path for the first time: