diff --git a/src/thoughtsync/notes.py b/src/thoughtsync/notes.py
index 9c62a0f..d8db5af 100644
--- a/src/thoughtsync/notes.py
+++ b/src/thoughtsync/notes.py
@@ -735,7 +735,37 @@ def _keep_spec(kn: dict, keep_dir: str) -> dict:
     }
 
 
-def _read_import_specs(zf: zipfile.ZipFile) -> tuple[list[dict], str]:
+IMPORT_MAX_ENTRIES = 10_000
+IMPORT_MAX_ENTRY_BYTES = 64 * 1024 * 1024  # 64 MB decompressed per file
+IMPORT_MAX_TOTAL_BYTES = 512 * 1024 * 1024  # 512 MB decompressed across the whole import
+
+
+class _ImportTooLarge(Exception):
+    """An import zip decompressed past the byte budget (a zip bomb, or just too big)."""
+
+
+class _ImportBudget:
+    """Caps DECOMPRESSED bytes pulled from an import zip — per entry and cumulatively.
+
+    zipfile inflates into memory on read, so an archive that's tiny on disk can expand
+    to gigabytes. We stream each entry and read at most the remaining budget + 1 byte,
+    so an oversized (or size-lying) entry is caught mid-read instead of after it has
+    already been fully inflated."""
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.remaining = IMPORT_MAX_TOTAL_BYTES
+
+    def read(self, zf: zipfile.ZipFile, name: str) -> bytes:
+        cap = min(IMPORT_MAX_ENTRY_BYTES, self.remaining)
+        with zf.open(name) as fh:
+            data = fh.read(cap + 1)
+        if len(data) > cap:
+            raise _ImportTooLarge()
+        self.remaining -= len(data)
+        return data
+
+
+def _read_import_specs(zf: zipfile.ZipFile, budget: _ImportBudget) -> tuple[list[dict], str]:
     """Detect the archive format and return (specs, source). A ThoughtSync export
     is recognized by its notes.json (app == thoughtsync); otherwise each Keep-shaped
     <note>.json is imported. Returns ([], "") when nothing importable is found."""
@@ -743,7 +773,7 @@ def _read_import_specs(zf: zipfile.ZipFile) -> tuple[list[dict], str]:
     for name in names:
         if posixpath.basename(name) == "notes.json":
             try:
-                doc = json.loads(zf.read(name))
+                doc = json.loads(budget.read(zf, name))
             except (ValueError, KeyError):
                 continue
             if isinstance(doc, dict) and doc.get("app") == "thoughtsync":
@@ -756,7 +786,7 @@ def _read_import_specs(zf: zipfile.ZipFile) -> tuple[list[dict], str]:
         if not name.lower().endswith(".json") or posixpath.basename(name) == "notes.json":
             continue
         try:
-            kn = json.loads(zf.read(name))
+            kn = json.loads(budget.read(zf, name))
         except (ValueError, KeyError):
             continue
         if isinstance(kn, dict) and any(k in kn for k in keep_keys):
@@ -764,14 +794,14 @@ def _read_import_specs(zf: zipfile.ZipFile) -> tuple[list[dict], str]:
     return (keep_specs, "keep") if keep_specs else ([], "")
 
 
-def _import_attachment(db, note: Note, zf: zipfile.ZipFile, att: dict) -> bool:
+def _import_attachment(db, note: Note, zf: zipfile.ZipFile, att: dict, budget: _ImportBudget) -> bool:
     """Copy one attachment (any type — incl. Keep audio memos) out of the zip into
     media storage and record it, preserving its filename + hash. Returns True if written."""
     zpath = att.get("file")
     if not zpath:
         return False
     try:
-        raw = zf.read(zpath)
+        raw = budget.read(zf, zpath)
     except KeyError:
         return False
     filename = _safe_filename(posixpath.basename(zpath))
@@ -796,7 +826,9 @@ def _import_attachment(db, note: Note, zf: zipfile.ZipFile, att: dict) -> bool:
     return True
 
 
-async def _create_imported_note(db, owner_id, spec: dict, zf: zipfile.ZipFile, position: int) -> bool:
+async def _create_imported_note(
+    db, owner_id, spec: dict, zf: zipfile.ZipFile, position: int, budget: _ImportBudget
+) -> bool:
     """Insert one imported note plus its items/labels/attachments, reusing the same
     display-title derivation + tag/link reconciliation as create_note. Returns False
     (nothing written) when the spec is empty."""
@@ -857,7 +889,7 @@ async def _create_imported_note(db, owner_id, spec: dict, zf: zipfile.ZipFile, p
 
     for att in spec.get("attachments") or []:
         if isinstance(att, dict):
-            _import_attachment(db, note, zf, att)
+            _import_attachment(db, note, zf, att, budget)
 
     await _rewrite_links(db, note)
     await _reconcile_tags(db, note)
@@ -881,28 +913,39 @@ async def import_notes():
         zf = zipfile.ZipFile(io.BytesIO(raw))
     except zipfile.BadZipFile:
         return json_error("that file isn't a valid .zip archive", 400)
-    specs, source = _read_import_specs(zf)
-    if not specs:
-        return json_error(
-            "no importable notes found — expected a ThoughtSync export or a Google Keep Takeout zip", 400
-        )
 
-    imported = 0
-    skipped = 0
-    async with session_scope() as db:
-        max_pos = await db.scalar(
-            select(func.coalesce(func.max(Note.position), 0)).where(
-                Note.owner_id == g.user_id, Note.deleted_at.is_(None)
+    if len(zf.infolist()) > IMPORT_MAX_ENTRIES:
+        return json_error("that archive has too many files to import", 413)
+
+    # Bound total decompressed bytes so a zip bomb can't exhaust memory/disk. Any entry
+    # (or the cumulative total) blowing the budget aborts the whole import — nothing is
+    # committed, since the session rolls back when the exception exits its block.
+    budget = _ImportBudget()
+    try:
+        specs, source = _read_import_specs(zf, budget)
+        if not specs:
+            return json_error(
+                "no importable notes found — expected a ThoughtSync export or a Google Keep Takeout zip", 400
             )
-        )
-        pos = int(max_pos)
-        for spec in specs:
-            if await _create_imported_note(db, g.user_id, spec, zf, pos + 1):
-                pos += 1
-                imported += 1
-            else:
-                skipped += 1
-        await db.commit()
+
+        imported = 0
+        skipped = 0
+        async with session_scope() as db:
+            max_pos = await db.scalar(
+                select(func.coalesce(func.max(Note.position), 0)).where(
+                    Note.owner_id == g.user_id, Note.deleted_at.is_(None)
+                )
+            )
+            pos = int(max_pos)
+            for spec in specs:
+                if await _create_imported_note(db, g.user_id, spec, zf, pos + 1, budget):
+                    pos += 1
+                    imported += 1
+                else:
+                    skipped += 1
+            await db.commit()
+    except _ImportTooLarge:
+        return json_error("that archive is too large to import", 413)
     return jsonify({"source": source, "imported": imported, "skipped": skipped}), 201
 
 
@@ -1414,8 +1457,10 @@ async def get_attachment(note_id: str, att_id: str):
     response = await send_file(str(file_path), mimetype=mime)
     response.headers["X-Content-Type-Options"] = "nosniff"
     response.headers["Cache-Control"] = "private, max-age=86400"
-    # Images display inline; every other type downloads with its original name.
-    disposition = "inline" if mime.startswith("image/") else "attachment"
+    # Only trusted raster image types render inline; everything else — notably
+    # image/svg+xml, which can carry script — downloads, so a shared note's attachment
+    # can't execute script in a viewer's session (rule 47 = shares).
+    disposition = "inline" if mime in ALLOWED_IMAGE_MIMES else "attachment"
     response.headers["Content-Disposition"] = f'{disposition}; filename="{_header_filename(filename)}"'
     return response