diff --git a/frontend/app/composables/recipes/use-recipes.ts b/frontend/app/composables/recipes/use-recipes.ts
index 15b307638..f661a9358 100644
--- a/frontend/app/composables/recipes/use-recipes.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/composables/recipes/use-recipes.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { ref } from "vue";
 import { useAsyncKey } from "../use-utils";
 import { usePublicExploreApi } from "~/composables/api/api-client";
 import { useUserApi } from "~/composables/api";
+import { isSafeRedirectTarget } from "~/lib/validators/redirect";
 import type { OrderByNullPosition, Recipe } from "~/lib/api/types/recipe";
 import type { RecipeSearchQuery } from "~/lib/api/user/recipes/recipe";
 
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ function getParams(
 
 export const useLazyRecipes = function (publicGroupSlug: string | null = null) {
   const router = useRouter();
+  const route = useRoute();
 
   // passing the group slug switches to using the public API
   const api = publicGroupSlug ? usePublicExploreApi(publicGroupSlug).explore : useUserApi();
@@ -65,7 +67,8 @@ export const useLazyRecipes = function (publicGroupSlug: string | null = null) {
     );
 
     if (error?.response?.status === 404) {
-      router.push("/login");
+      const redirect = typeof route.query.redirect === "string" ? route.query.redirect : undefined;
+      router.push(isSafeRedirectTarget(redirect) ? { path: "/login", query: { redirect } } : "/login");
     }
 
     return data ? data.items : [];
diff --git a/frontend/app/lib/validators/redirect.test.ts b/frontend/app/lib/validators/redirect.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..230985a40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/app/lib/validators/redirect.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
+import { isSafeRedirectTarget } from "./redirect";
+
+describe("isSafeRedirectTarget", () => {
+  test("accepts an internal path", () => {
+    expect(isSafeRedirectTarget("/g/home/r/some-recipe")).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  test("rejects protocol-relative URLs", () => {
+    expect(isSafeRedirectTarget("//evil.com")).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test("rejects backslash variants used to bypass same-origin checks", () => {
+    expect(isSafeRedirectTarget("/\\evil.com")).toBe(false);
+    expect(isSafeRedirectTarget("\\\\evil.com")).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test("rejects absolute URLs", () => {
+    expect(isSafeRedirectTarget("https://evil.com")).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test("rejects empty or missing values", () => {
+    expect(isSafeRedirectTarget("")).toBe(false);
+    expect(isSafeRedirectTarget(null)).toBe(false);
+    expect(isSafeRedirectTarget(undefined)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/frontend/app/lib/validators/redirect.ts b/frontend/app/lib/validators/redirect.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d55dee194
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/app/lib/validators/redirect.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// rejects protocol-relative payloads (`//evil.com`, `/\evil.com`) that a bare startsWith("/") check would miss
+export function isSafeRedirectTarget(target: string | null | undefined): target is string {
+  return !!target && target.startsWith("/") && !/^[/\\]{2}/.test(target);
+}
diff --git a/frontend/app/pages/g/[groupSlug]/r/[slug]/index.vue b/frontend/app/pages/g/[groupSlug]/r/[slug]/index.vue
index 016b218f4..97c0411d4 100644
--- a/frontend/app/pages/g/[groupSlug]/r/[slug]/index.vue
+++ b/frontend/app/pages/g/[groupSlug]/r/[slug]/index.vue
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ async function loadPublicRecipe() {
     const { data, error } = await api.explore.recipes.getOne(slug);
     if (error) {
       console.error("error loading recipe -> ", error);
-      router.push(`/g/${groupSlug.value}`);
+      router.push({ path: `/g/${groupSlug.value}`, query: { redirect: route.fullPath } });
     }
 
     return data;
diff --git a/frontend/app/pages/login.vue b/frontend/app/pages/login.vue
index 7b9cd4acc..49afb8aa2 100644
--- a/frontend/app/pages/login.vue
+++ b/frontend/app/pages/login.vue
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ import { useLoggedInState } from "~/composables/use-logged-in-state";
 import { usePasswordField } from "~/composables/use-passwords";
 import { alert } from "~/composables/use-toast";
 import { useAsyncKey } from "~/composables/use-utils";
+import { isSafeRedirectTarget } from "~/lib/validators/redirect";
 import type { AppStartupInfo } from "~/lib/api/types/admin";
 import { useUserActivityPreferences } from "~/composables/use-users/preferences";
 
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ whenever(
     // the query string).
     const redirectFromQuery = route.query.redirect as string | undefined;
     const redirectTarget = redirectFromQuery ?? pendingShareRedirect.value;
-    if (redirectTarget && redirectTarget.startsWith("/")) {
+    if (isSafeRedirectTarget(redirectTarget)) {
       pendingShareRedirect.value = null;
       router.push(redirectTarget);
       return;
@@ -339,7 +340,7 @@ async function oidcAuthenticate(callback = false) {
     // The OIDC callback reloads the page, which clears the query string, so we
     // persist the target in sessionStorage and restore it after login.
     const redirectTarget = route.query.redirect as string | undefined;
-    if (redirectTarget && redirectTarget.startsWith("/")) {
+    if (isSafeRedirectTarget(redirectTarget)) {
       pendingShareRedirect.value = redirectTarget;
     }
     navigateTo("/api/auth/oauth", { external: true }); // start the redirect process
diff --git a/frontend/app/plugins/axios.ts b/frontend/app/plugins/axios.ts
index 62eb2240a..10ca36e51 100644
--- a/frontend/app/plugins/axios.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/plugins/axios.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import axios from "axios";
 import { alert } from "~/composables/use-toast";
 import { getTokenCookieOptions } from "~/composables/use-token-cookie";
+import { isSafeRedirectTarget } from "~/lib/validators/redirect";
 
 declare module "axios" {
   interface AxiosRequestConfig {
@@ -49,7 +50,10 @@ export default defineNuxtPlugin(() => {
 
           // Disable beforeunload warnings to prevent "Are you sure you want to leave?" popups
           window.onbeforeunload = null;
-          window.location.href = "/login";
+
+          const target = window.location.pathname + window.location.search;
+          const redirect = isSafeRedirectTarget(target) && target !== "/login" ? `?redirect=${encodeURIComponent(target)}` : "";
+          window.location.href = `/login${redirect}`;
         }
       }