diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index b68c181..ca1ff34 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "OpenTaxMap",
-  "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:ubuntu-24.04",
+  "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:ubuntu-24.04@sha256:d94c97dd9cacf183d0a6fd12a8e87b526e9e928307674ae9c94139139c0c6eae",
 
   "features": {
     "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/node:1": { "version": "22" },
diff --git a/api/version.mjs b/api/version.mjs
index 326b1af..f85dc89 100644
--- a/api/version.mjs
+++ b/api/version.mjs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export default {
     try {
       const gh = await fetch(RELEASES_API, {
         headers: { 'user-agent': 'opentaxmap', accept: 'application/vnd.github+json' },
+        signal: AbortSignal.timeout(5000),
       })
       if (gh.ok) {
         const data = await gh.json()
diff --git a/scripts/prerender.mjs b/scripts/prerender.mjs
index 1c6c395..9f5bb2a 100644
--- a/scripts/prerender.mjs
+++ b/scripts/prerender.mjs
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ const latestYear = String(Math.max(...data.years))
 let count = 0
 
 for (const loc of data.localities) {
+  // Safe today only because build_data.py collapses slugs to [a-z0-9-]; make
+  // that guarantee local so a future data-pipeline change can't turn
+  // loc.slug into a path-traversal segment for the join() below.
+  if (!/^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]*$/.test(loc.slug)) {
+    throw new Error(`unsafe locality slug: ${JSON.stringify(loc.slug)}`)
+  }
   const b = loc.benefits[latestYear]
   const years = Object.keys(loc.benefits).sort()
   const rateText = b
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index 57a9f39..b8ff880 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ const state = {
   changes: params.get('changes') === '1',
   selected: null,
 }
-if (!STRINGS[state.lang]) state.lang = 'he'
+// Strict allowlist, not a STRINGS[key] lookup: a ?lang=__proto__ (or any
+// other Object.prototype key) would otherwise pass this guard and later
+// blow up at STRINGS[state.lang].aboutDataItems, reflected client-side DoS.
+if (state.lang !== 'he' && state.lang !== 'en') state.lang = 'he'
 
 let t = makeT(state.lang)
 let data = null