diff --git a/internal/api/handler_federation.go b/internal/api/handler_federation.go
index 60d480515..42d123e91 100644
--- a/internal/api/handler_federation.go
+++ b/internal/api/handler_federation.go
@@ -529,7 +529,10 @@ func writeAzureTemplateFiles(zw *zip.Writer, data federationIaCData, format, tem
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("azure %s: read template: %w", format, err)
 	}
-	deployScript, err := renderTemplate("templates/azure-wif-bicep-deploy.sh.tmpl", data)
+	// The deploy script embeds the session user's email in a double-quoted
+	// bash string, so render it shell-escaped like the CLI and CFN scripts
+	// (#958). The params JSON interpolates no fields and stays unescaped.
+	deployScript, err := renderTemplate("templates/azure-wif-bicep-deploy.sh.tmpl", shellEscapeData(data))
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("azure %s: render deploy script: %w", format, err)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/api/handler_federation_azure_escape_test.go b/internal/api/handler_federation_azure_escape_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d66efb33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/api/handler_federation_azure_escape_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"archive/zip"
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"net/mail"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/LeanerCloud/cloud-commitments-platform/internal/iacfiles"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+// azureDeployScriptFromZip returns deploy-azure.sh from a Bicep/ARM zip.
+func azureDeployScriptFromZip(t *testing.T, zipBytes []byte) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	return azureZipEntry(t, zipBytes, "deploy-azure.sh")
+}
+
+// azureZipEntry returns the named entry from a Bicep/ARM zip.
+func azureZipEntry(t *testing.T, zipBytes []byte, name string) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	zr, err := zip.NewReader(bytes.NewReader(zipBytes), int64(len(zipBytes)))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	for _, f := range zr.File {
+		if f.Name != name {
+			continue
+		}
+		rc, err := f.Open()
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		var buf bytes.Buffer
+		_, err = buf.ReadFrom(rc)
+		require.NoError(t, rc.Close())
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		return buf.String()
+	}
+	t.Fatalf("zip must contain %s", name)
+	return ""
+}
+
+// evalShellWord evaluates one line of shell in a fresh bash, in an empty
+// temporary directory and with an empty environment, and returns what it
+// printed plus the directory, so callers can check that no command
+// substitution created a file there. Only printf and variable assignments run.
+func evalShellWord(t *testing.T, bashPath, script string) (out, dir string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	dir = t.TempDir()
+	cmd := exec.Command(bashPath, "--noprofile", "--norc", "-c", script)
+	cmd.Dir = dir
+	cmd.Env = []string{"PATH=" + os.Getenv("PATH")}
+	got, err := cmd.Output()
+	require.NoError(t, err, "bash must evaluate %q", script)
+	return string(got), dir
+}
+
+var (
+	contactEmailLineRe = regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)^CONTACT_EMAIL=.*$`)
+	registerURLWordRe  = regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)-X POST ("[^\n]*/api/register") \\$`)
+)
+
+// TestGetFederationIaC_AzureDeployScriptEscapesSessionEmail is the
+// regression test for #958. deploy-azure.sh in the Bicep and ARM bundles
+// embeds the session user's email inside a double-quoted bash string. The
+// email only has to pass mail.ParseAddress, which accepts backticks and
+// "$(...)", so the script must carry it shell-escaped: running the
+// CONTACT_EMAIL assignment must yield the email verbatim and run nothing.
+func TestGetFederationIaC_AzureDeployScriptEscapesSessionEmail(t *testing.T) {
+	bashPath, err := exec.LookPath("bash")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Skip("bash not available")
+	}
+	t.Setenv("CUDLY_SOURCE_CLOUD", "gcp")
+
+	emails := []string{
+		"\"a`touch pwned`b\"@example.com",
+		`"a$(touch pwned)b"@example.com`,
+		"a`id`b@example.com",
+		`"a\"b\\c$HOME"@example.com`,
+	}
+	for _, email := range emails {
+		_, err := mail.ParseAddress(email)
+		require.NoError(t, err, "fixture %q must be an address the auth service accepts", email)
+
+		mockAuth := new(MockAuthService)
+		mockAuth.On("ValidateSession", mock.Anything, "admin-token").Return(&Session{
+			UserID: "eeeeeeee-eeee-eeee-eeee-eeeeeeeeeeee",
+			Email:  email,
+		}, nil)
+		mockAuth.grantAdmin()
+		h := NewHandler(HandlerConfig{ConfigStore: new(MockConfigStore), AuthService: mockAuth})
+		mockSourceIdentity(h, defaultTestSourceIdentity())
+
+		for _, format := range []string{"bicep", "arm"} {
+			t.Run(format+"/"+email, func(t *testing.T) {
+				res, err := h.getFederationIaC(context.Background(), federationReqWithDomain(map[string]string{
+					"target": "azure", "source": "gcp", "format": format,
+				}))
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				zipBytes, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(res.Content)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				script := azureDeployScriptFromZip(t, zipBytes)
+
+				syntax := exec.Command(bashPath, "-n")
+				syntax.Stdin = bytes.NewReader([]byte(script))
+				out, err := syntax.CombinedOutput()
+				require.NoError(t, err, "deploy-azure.sh must parse: %s", out)
+
+				assign := contactEmailLineRe.FindString(script)
+				require.NotEmpty(t, assign, "deploy-azure.sh must assign CONTACT_EMAIL")
+				got, dir := evalShellWord(t, bashPath, assign+`; printf '%s' "$CONTACT_EMAIL"`)
+				assert.Equal(t, email, got, "CONTACT_EMAIL must evaluate to the email verbatim")
+				assert.NoFileExists(t, filepath.Join(dir, "pwned"),
+					"a command substitution in the email must not run")
+			})
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestBuildAzureTemplateZip_DeployScriptEscapesEveryField covers the other
+// interpolation in deploy-azure.sh, the CUDly API URL in the registration
+// curl call, with the builder called directly on hostile data.
+func TestBuildAzureTemplateZip_DeployScriptEscapesEveryField(t *testing.T) {
+	bashPath, err := exec.LookPath("bash")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Skip("bash not available")
+	}
+	const apiURL = "https://cudly.example.com/$(touch pwned)`touch pwned`\"x"
+	data := buildGenericIaCData("azure", "gcp", apiURL)
+	data.ContactEmail = `"a$(touch pwned)b"@example.com`
+
+	for _, format := range []string{"bicep", "arm"} {
+		t.Run(format, func(t *testing.T) {
+			zipBytes, _, err := buildAzureTemplateZip(format, data, "azure", "target")
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			script := azureDeployScriptFromZip(t, zipBytes)
+
+			m := registerURLWordRe.FindStringSubmatch(script)
+			require.Len(t, m, 2, "deploy-azure.sh must POST to the registration URL")
+			got, dir := evalShellWord(t, bashPath, `printf '%s' `+m[1])
+			assert.Equal(t, apiURL+"/api/register", got, "the registration URL must evaluate verbatim")
+			assert.NoFileExists(t, filepath.Join(dir, "pwned"),
+				"a command substitution in the API URL must not run")
+
+			// The params file interpolates no fields, so it gets no shell
+			// escaping. Pin that: if a field is ever added to it, this fails
+			// and the new value needs JSON escaping, not shell escaping.
+			paramsTmpl, err := iacfiles.Templates.ReadFile("templates/azure-wif-bicep-params.json.tmpl")
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, string(paramsTmpl), azureZipEntry(t, zipBytes, "azure-wif-bicep-params.json"))
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestBuildAzureTemplateZip_BenignDataRendersUnchanged pins that escaping
+// is a no-op for ordinary values: with a plain email and URL the deploy
+// script is byte-identical to the unescaped render.
+func TestBuildAzureTemplateZip_BenignDataRendersUnchanged(t *testing.T) {
+	data := buildGenericIaCData("azure", "gcp", "https://cudly.example.com")
+	data.ContactEmail = "admin@example.com"
+	want, err := renderTemplate("templates/azure-wif-bicep-deploy.sh.tmpl", data)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Contains(t, want, `CONTACT_EMAIL="${CUDLY_CONTACT_EMAIL:-admin@example.com}"`)
+
+	for _, format := range []string{"bicep", "arm"} {
+		t.Run(format, func(t *testing.T) {
+			zipBytes, _, err := buildAzureTemplateZip(format, data, "azure", "target")
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, want, azureDeployScriptFromZip(t, zipBytes))
+		})
+	}
+}