diff --git a/src/parser/index.ts b/src/parser/index.ts
index 5a1ba36..70468db 100644
--- a/src/parser/index.ts
+++ b/src/parser/index.ts
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ export class YouMdParserImpl implements YouMdParser {
       const response = await fetch(url, {
         headers,
         signal: controller.signal,
+        redirect: "error",
       });
 
       if (!response.ok) {
@@ -414,6 +415,20 @@ export class YouMdParserImpl implements YouMdParser {
         };
       }
 
+      if (err instanceof Error && /redirect/i.test(err.message)) {
+        return {
+          profile: createEmptyProfile(),
+          success: false,
+          errors: [
+            {
+              code: "NETWORK_ERROR",
+              message: "Redirects are not allowed for remote profile loading",
+            },
+          ],
+          warnings: [],
+        };
+      }
+
       return {
         profile: createEmptyProfile(),
         success: false,
diff --git a/test/parser/loadFromUrl.test.ts b/test/parser/loadFromUrl.test.ts
index 4a591f9..87b12f6 100644
--- a/test/parser/loadFromUrl.test.ts
+++ b/test/parser/loadFromUrl.test.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,46 @@ describe("loadFromUrl hardening", () => {
     expect(result.errors.some((e) => e.code === "TIMEOUT")).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it("disables redirects when fetching remote profiles", async () => {
+    const parser = createParser();
+
+    const fetchSpy = vi.spyOn(globalThis, "fetch").mockResolvedValue({
+      ok: true,
+      status: 200,
+      statusText: "OK",
+      headers: { get: () => null },
+      body: null,
+      text: vi.fn(async () => "---\nschema_version: \"1.1\"\n---\n# Me"),
+    } as unknown as Response);
+
+    await parser.loadFromUrl("https://example.com/profile.md");
+
+    expect(fetchSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      "https://example.com/profile.md",
+      expect.objectContaining({ redirect: "error" })
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("returns NETWORK_ERROR when upstream responds with a redirect", async () => {
+    const parser = createParser();
+
+    vi.spyOn(globalThis, "fetch").mockRejectedValue(
+      new Error("redirect mode is set to error")
+    );
+
+    const result = await parser.loadFromUrl("https://example.com/profile.md");
+
+    expect(result.success).toBe(false);
+    expect(result.errors).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          code: "NETWORK_ERROR",
+          message: "Redirects are not allowed for remote profile loading",
+        }),
+      ])
+    );
+  });
+
   it("rejects oversized streamed responses when content-length is missing", async () => {
     const parser = createParser();
     const encoder = new TextEncoder();