diff --git a/Sources/qrgo/Helpers/AndroidEmulatorHelper.swift b/Sources/qrgo/Helpers/AndroidEmulatorHelper.swift
index f93df4d..c99bce7 100644
--- a/Sources/qrgo/Helpers/AndroidEmulatorHelper.swift
+++ b/Sources/qrgo/Helpers/AndroidEmulatorHelper.swift
@@ -107,6 +107,22 @@ class AndroidEmulatorHelper {
         return props
     }
 
+    private static func validateAndSanitizeUrl(_ urlString: String) -> String? {
+        switch sanitizeUrlForAndroidShell(urlString) {
+        case .success(let safe):
+            return safe
+        case .failure(.malformed):
+            printError("Malformed or unsupported URL, cannot open on Android device.")
+            return nil
+        case .failure(.disallowedScheme(let scheme)):
+            printError("URL scheme '\(scheme.isEmpty ? "(none)" : scheme)' is not allowed. Only http, https, and cashme are permitted.")
+            return nil
+        case .failure(.dangerousCharacters):
+            printError("URL contains characters that are not permitted for Android shell.")
+            return nil
+        }
+    }
+
     @discardableResult
     static func openUrl(_ urlString: String, deviceId: String? = nil, validated: Bool = false) -> Bool {
         guard let adbPath = findAdbPath() else {
@@ -114,6 +130,10 @@ class AndroidEmulatorHelper {
             return false
         }
 
+        guard let safeUrlString = validateAndSanitizeUrl(urlString) else {
+            return false
+        }
+
         let targetDevice: String
         if let deviceId = deviceId, validated {
             targetDevice = deviceId
@@ -131,9 +151,14 @@ class AndroidEmulatorHelper {
             }
         }
 
+        // `adb shell <string>` passes the string to `/bin/sh -c` on the Android device.
+        // The URL is wrapped in single quotes so the shell treats &, ;, |, etc. as literal
+        // URL data rather than shell operators. The sanitizer guarantees the URL contains no
+        // single quotes, making breakout from the single-quoted string impossible.
+        let shellCommand = "am start -a android.intent.action.VIEW -c android.intent.category.BROWSABLE -d '\(safeUrlString)'"
         let result = Shell.runCommand(
             adbPath,
-            arguments: ["-s", targetDevice, "shell", "am", "start", "-a", "android.intent.action.VIEW", "-c", "android.intent.category.BROWSABLE", "-d", urlString],
+            arguments: ["-s", targetDevice, "shell", shellCommand],
             mergeStderr: true
         )
         let deviceName = getDeviceFriendlyName(targetDevice)
diff --git a/Sources/qrgo/Helpers/URLSanitizer.swift b/Sources/qrgo/Helpers/URLSanitizer.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31547eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/qrgo/Helpers/URLSanitizer.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import Foundation
+
+/// The canonical allowlist of URL schemes permitted for opening on Android devices.
+/// This is the single source of truth used by both the sanitizer and error reporting.
+let allowedUrlSchemes: Set<String> = ["http", "https", "cashme"]
+
+/// Reasons a URL can be rejected by `sanitizeUrlForAndroidShell`.
+enum URLSanitizationError: Error {
+    case malformed
+    case disallowedScheme(String)
+    case dangerousCharacters
+}
+
+/// Validates and sanitizes a URL string for safe use inside a single-quoted POSIX shell argument.
+///
+/// This function does NOT reject shell metacharacters like `&`, `;`, or `|` — those are safe
+/// when the URL is wrapped in single quotes by the caller (e.g. `"am start -d '\(safe)'"` passed
+/// as a single command string to `adb shell`). It only rejects characters that can break out of
+/// single-quoted strings themselves.
+///
+/// This function:
+///   1. Rejects malformed URLs
+///   2. Enforces an allowlist of URL schemes
+///   3. Re-serializes via `URL` (which normalizes percent-encoding)
+///   4. Rejects characters that can break out of a single-quoted POSIX string: `'`, `\0`, `\r`, `\n`
+///
+/// - Parameters:
+///   - urlString: The raw URL string to validate.
+///   - allowedSchemes: Set of lowercase scheme strings to permit. Defaults to `allowedUrlSchemes`.
+/// - Returns: The normalized URL string on success, or a `URLSanitizationError` describing the failure.
+func sanitizeUrlForAndroidShell(
+    _ urlString: String,
+    allowedSchemes: Set<String> = allowedUrlSchemes
+) -> Result<String, URLSanitizationError> {
+    guard let url = URL(string: urlString) else { return .failure(.malformed) }
+
+    let scheme = url.scheme?.lowercased() ?? ""
+    guard allowedSchemes.contains(scheme) else { return .failure(.disallowedScheme(scheme)) }
+
+    // Re-serialize to normalize percent-encoding
+    let sanitized = url.absoluteString
+
+    // Reject characters that can break out of a single-quoted POSIX shell string.
+    // The caller is responsible for wrapping the result in single quotes.
+    let dangerous = CharacterSet(charactersIn: "'\r\n\0")
+    guard !sanitized.unicodeScalars.contains(where: { dangerous.contains($0) }) else {
+        return .failure(.dangerousCharacters)
+    }
+
+    return .success(sanitized)
+}