diff --git a/src/config/issue-format.test.ts b/src/config/issue-format.test.ts
index 2a163852e0f..b69a7e7a6cf 100644
--- a/src/config/issue-format.test.ts
+++ b/src/config/issue-format.test.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ describe("config issue format", () => {
     ).toEqual(["× <root>: first", "× channels.signal.dmPolicy: second"]);
   });
 
+  it("sanitizes control characters and ANSI sequences in formatted lines", () => {
+    expect(
+      formatConfigIssueLine(
+        {
+          path: "gateway.\nbind\x1b[31m",
+          message: "bad\r\n\tvalue\x1b[0m\u0007",
+        },
+        "-",
+      ),
+    ).toBe("- gateway.\\nbind: bad\\r\\n\\tvalue");
+  });
+
   it("normalizes issue metadata for machine output", () => {
     expect(
       normalizeConfigIssue({
diff --git a/src/config/issue-format.ts b/src/config/issue-format.ts
index 87ebeb0d7c5..69b88d93cdf 100644
--- a/src/config/issue-format.ts
+++ b/src/config/issue-format.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { sanitizeTerminalText } from "../terminal/safe-text.js";
 import type { ConfigValidationIssue } from "./types.js";
 
 type ConfigIssueLineInput = {
@@ -52,7 +53,9 @@ export function formatConfigIssueLine(
   opts?: ConfigIssueFormatOptions,
 ): string {
   const prefix = marker ? `${marker} ` : "";
-  return `${prefix}${resolveIssuePathForLine(issue.path, opts)}: ${issue.message}`;
+  const path = sanitizeTerminalText(resolveIssuePathForLine(issue.path, opts));
+  const message = sanitizeTerminalText(issue.message);
+  return `${prefix}${path}: ${message}`;
 }
 
 export function formatConfigIssueLines(
diff --git a/src/plugins/schema-validator.test.ts b/src/plugins/schema-validator.test.ts
index ef63f4f4c12..7f2b849d774 100644
--- a/src/plugins/schema-validator.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/schema-validator.test.ts
@@ -182,4 +182,30 @@ describe("schema validator", () => {
       expect(issue?.message).toContain("... (+");
     }
   });
+
+  it("sanitizes terminal text while preserving structured fields", () => {
+    const maliciousProperty = "evil\nkey\t\x1b[31mred\x1b[0m";
+    const res = validateJsonSchemaValue({
+      cacheKey: "schema-validator.test.terminal-sanitize",
+      schema: {
+        type: "object",
+        properties: {},
+        required: [maliciousProperty],
+      },
+      value: {},
+    });
+
+    expect(res.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!res.ok) {
+      const issue = res.errors[0];
+      expect(issue).toBeDefined();
+      expect(issue?.path).toContain("\n");
+      expect(issue?.message).toContain("\n");
+      expect(issue?.text).toContain("\\n");
+      expect(issue?.text).toContain("\\t");
+      expect(issue?.text).not.toContain("\n");
+      expect(issue?.text).not.toContain("\t");
+      expect(issue?.text).not.toContain("\x1b");
+    }
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/plugins/schema-validator.ts b/src/plugins/schema-validator.ts
index 0fea2c14bf4..af64be10147 100644
--- a/src/plugins/schema-validator.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/schema-validator.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { createRequire } from "node:module";
 import type { ErrorObject, ValidateFunction } from "ajv";
 import { appendAllowedValuesHint, summarizeAllowedValues } from "../config/allowed-values.js";
+import { sanitizeTerminalText } from "../terminal/safe-text.js";
 
 const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 type AjvLike = {
@@ -113,10 +114,12 @@ function formatAjvErrors(errors: ErrorObject[] | null | undefined): JsonSchemaVa
     const message = allowedValuesSummary
       ? appendAllowedValuesHint(baseMessage, allowedValuesSummary)
       : baseMessage;
+    const safePath = sanitizeTerminalText(path);
+    const safeMessage = sanitizeTerminalText(message);
     return {
       path,
       message,
-      text: `${path}: ${message}`,
+      text: `${safePath}: ${safeMessage}`,
       ...(allowedValuesSummary
         ? {
             allowedValues: allowedValuesSummary.values,
diff --git a/src/terminal/safe-text.ts b/src/terminal/safe-text.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..15cd19ffd01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/terminal/safe-text.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { stripAnsi } from "./ansi.js";
+
+/**
+ * Normalize untrusted text for single-line terminal/log rendering.
+ */
+export function sanitizeTerminalText(input: string): string {
+  const normalized = stripAnsi(input)
+    .replace(/\r/g, "\\r")
+    .replace(/\n/g, "\\n")
+    .replace(/\t/g, "\\t");
+  let sanitized = "";
+  for (const char of normalized) {
+    const code = char.charCodeAt(0);
+    const isControl = (code >= 0x00 && code <= 0x1f) || code === 0x7f;
+    if (!isControl) {
+      sanitized += char;
+    }
+  }
+  return sanitized;
+}