diff --git a/packages/qwik-city/middleware/node/http.ts b/packages/qwik-city/middleware/node/http.ts
index cfc5586c381..148321bf976 100644
--- a/packages/qwik-city/middleware/node/http.ts
+++ b/packages/qwik-city/middleware/node/http.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,17 @@ function getOrigin(req: IncomingMessage) {
 
 export function getUrl(req: IncomingMessage) {
   const origin = ORIGIN ?? getOrigin(req);
-  return new URL((req as any).originalUrl || req.url || '/', origin);
+  return normalizeUrl((req as any).originalUrl || req.url || '/', origin);
+}
+
+const DOUBLE_SLASH_REG = /\/\/|\\\\/g;
+
+export function normalizeUrl(url: string, base: string) {
+  // do not allow the url to have a relative protocol url
+  // which could bypass of CSRF protections
+  // for example: new URL("//attacker.com", "https://qwik.build.io")
+  // would return "https://attacker.com" when it should be "https://qwik.build.io/attacker.com"
+  return new URL(url.replace(DOUBLE_SLASH_REG, '/'), base);
 }
 
 export async function fromNodeHttp(
diff --git a/packages/qwik-city/middleware/node/http.unit.ts b/packages/qwik-city/middleware/node/http.unit.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a9d82c283b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/qwik-city/middleware/node/http.unit.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { test } from 'uvu';
+import { equal } from 'uvu/assert';
+import { normalizeUrl } from './http';
+
+[
+  {
+    url: '/',
+    base: 'https://qwik.dev',
+    expect: 'https://qwik.dev/',
+  },
+  {
+    url: '/attacker.com',
+    base: 'https://qwik.dev',
+    expect: 'https://qwik.dev/attacker.com',
+  },
+  {
+    url: '//attacker.com',
+    base: 'https://qwik.dev',
+    expect: 'https://qwik.dev/attacker.com',
+  },
+  {
+    url: '\\\\attacker.com',
+    base: 'https://qwik.dev',
+    expect: 'https://qwik.dev/attacker.com',
+  },
+  {
+    url: '/some-path//attacker.com',
+    base: 'https://qwik.dev',
+    expect: 'https://qwik.dev/some-path/attacker.com',
+  },
+].forEach((t) => {
+  test(`normalizeUrl(${t.url}, ${t.base})`, () => {
+    equal(normalizeUrl(t.url, t.base).href, t.expect);
+  });
+});
+
+test.run();