diff --git a/src/fastapi_multiauth/oauth/utils.py b/src/fastapi_multiauth/oauth/utils.py
index f3f12ad..5478dd0 100644
--- a/src/fastapi_multiauth/oauth/utils.py
+++ b/src/fastapi_multiauth/oauth/utils.py
@@ -98,9 +98,10 @@ def oauth_encode_state(url: str, state_token: str) -> str:
 
 def _destination_allowed(destination: str, allowed_hosts: Sequence[str]) -> bool:
     """Check a decoded destination against the open-redirect allowlist."""
-    # Browsers normalize backslashes to slashes, turning "/\evil.com" into a
-    # scheme-relative redirect — reject them outright.
-    if "\\" in destination:
+    # Browsers normalize backslashes to slashes ("/\evil.com" becomes a
+    # scheme-relative redirect) and strip tabs/newlines before parsing
+    # ("/\t/evil.com" becomes "//evil.com") — reject control chars outright.
+    if "\\" in destination or any(ch <= " " for ch in destination):
         return False
     parsed = urlsplit(destination)
     if not parsed.scheme and not parsed.netloc:
@@ -125,7 +126,8 @@ def oauth_decode_state(
     Args:
         state: Raw ``state`` query parameter from the callback.
         expected_state_token: Token stored before the authorization redirect;
-            a mismatch returns ``fallback``.
+            a mismatch — or an empty token (e.g. a session miss) — returns
+            ``fallback``.
         fallback: URL returned when ``state`` is absent, malformed, or fails
             verification.
         allowed_hosts: Open-redirect guard — the decoded destination must be a
@@ -135,6 +137,10 @@ def oauth_decode_state(
     Returns:
         The destination URL embedded in ``state``, or ``fallback``.
     """
+    # An empty expected token (e.g. session.get(..., "") on a session miss)
+    # must never match — compare_digest("", "") is True.
+    if not expected_state_token:
+        return fallback
     if not state or state == "null":  # "null" guards against JS JSON.stringify(null)
         return fallback
     try:
diff --git a/tests/test_multiauth.py b/tests/test_multiauth.py
index 2572de3..1ffaa3e 100644
--- a/tests/test_multiauth.py
+++ b/tests/test_multiauth.py
@@ -1597,6 +1597,14 @@ def test_decode_wrong_state_token_returns_fallback(self):
             == "/"
         )
 
+    def test_decode_empty_expected_token_returns_fallback(self):
+        """An empty stored token (session miss) must never match an empty "n"."""
+        encoded = oauth_encode_state("https://evil.example.com/x", "")
+        assert (
+            oauth_decode_state(encoded, expected_state_token="", fallback="/home")
+            == "/home"
+        )
+
     def test_generate_state_token_is_random(self):
         assert oauth_generate_state_token() != oauth_generate_state_token()
 
@@ -2269,6 +2277,17 @@ def test_backslash_path_rejected(self):
         """Browsers normalize "/\\evil.com" into a scheme-relative redirect."""
         assert self._decode("/\\evil.example.com", ("app.example.com",)) == "/fallback"
 
+    def test_tab_path_rejected(self):
+        """Browsers strip tabs/newlines, turning "/\\t/evil.com" into "//evil.com"."""
+        assert self._decode("/\t/evil.example.com", ("app.example.com",)) == (
+            "/fallback"
+        )
+
+    def test_newline_path_rejected(self):
+        assert self._decode("/\n/evil.example.com", ("app.example.com",)) == (
+            "/fallback"
+        )
+
     def test_non_http_scheme_rejected(self):
         assert self._decode("javascript:alert(1)", ("app.example.com",)) == "/fallback"