diff --git a/include/xchan.php b/include/xchan.php
index f2fe92f20..d0c4a049d 100644
--- a/include/xchan.php
+++ b/include/xchan.php
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ function xchan_fetch($arr) {
 	if(! $key)
 		return false;
 
-	$r = q("select * from xchan where $key = '$v' limit 1");
+	$r = q("select * from xchan where $key = '%s' limit 1", dbesc($v));
 	if(! $r)
 		return false;
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/includes/XchanTest.php b/tests/unit/includes/XchanTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d7261c5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/includes/XchanTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 The Hubzilla Community
+ * SPDX-FileContributor: Harald Eilertsen <haraldei@anduin.net>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ */
+
+namespace Zotlabs\Tests\Unit;
+
+use Zotlabs\Lib\Libzot;
+
+class XChanTest extends UnitTestCase {
+
+	public function testXChanFetchShouldRejectInvalidArgs(): void {
+		$addr = 'example';
+		$guid = Libzot::new_uid($addr);
+		$hash = Libzot::make_xchan_hash($guid, 'dummy-public-key');
+
+		xchan_store_lowlevel([
+			'xchan_hash' => $hash,
+			'xchan_guid' => $guid,
+			'xchan_addr' => $addr,
+		]);
+
+		// Trivial SQL Injection
+		$this->assertFalse(xchan_fetch(['hash' => "{$hash}' or 1=1; -- "]));
+		$this->assertFalse(xchan_fetch(['guid' => "{$guid}' or 1=1; -- "]));
+		$this->assertFalse(xchan_fetch(['address' => "{$addr}' or 1=1; -- "]));
+
+		// Not a valid key
+		$this->assertFalse(xchan_fetch(['wrongkey' => $hash]));
+	}
+}