diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index ad9ad1f..4bbcdac 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## Version 1.3.2
+
+### Security
+
+* Ship a hardened ImageMagick `policy.xml` in the final image to mitigate image-decompression-bomb DoS via the Appwrite storage/avatars preview pipeline. A crafted image (small on disk, huge dimensions) previously decoded unbounded, spilling ImageMagick's pixel cache to disk and filling the volume — killing MongoDB or the container. The policy caps `disk` (4GiB spill limit — the primary control; sized for a 150MP Q16-HDRI photo) plus generous `width`/`height` backstops (50KP, well above any real camera so legitimate high-res photos are never rejected), sets `memory`/`map`/`area`/`thread` limits, and disables coders/modules never used for previews (PS/EPS/PDF/XPS/MSL/MVG/HTTP/etc., plus SVG/SVGZ/MSVG via a `module` deny that also closes the SVG SSRF/XXE delegate route). Installed into ImageMagick's configure dir (discovered at build time); the build fails if the policy does not load. Added a `tests.yaml` assertion verifying the policy is active.
+
 ## Version 1.3.1
 
 ### Fix
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3c88a0f..9332369 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -244,6 +244,18 @@ RUN apk update && \
     zstd-libs \
   && rm -rf /var/cache/apk/*
 
+# Hardened ImageMagick policy — bounds per-decode width/height/disk so a crafted
+# "image bomb" (small on disk, enormous when decoded) cannot exhaust memory or
+# fill the disk and take down the container or its neighbours. Installed into
+# ImageMagick's configure dir, discovered at build time so it survives package
+# path changes; the build fails loudly if the policy does not load.
+COPY policy.xml /tmp/policy.xml
+RUN set -eux; \
+    POLICY_DIR="$(identify -list configure | awk '/^CONFIGURE_PATH/ {print $2}' | cut -d: -f1)"; \
+    cp /tmp/policy.xml "${POLICY_DIR%/}/policy.xml"; \
+    rm /tmp/policy.xml; \
+    identify -list policy | grep -q '50KP'
+
 WORKDIR /usr/src/code
 
 COPY --from=core-extensions /artifacts/ /tmp/exts/
diff --git a/policy.xml b/policy.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea431ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/policy.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE policymap [
+<!ELEMENT policymap (policy)*>
+<!ATTLIST policymap xmlns CDATA #FIXED "">
+<!ELEMENT policy EMPTY>
+<!ATTLIST policy xmlns CDATA #FIXED "">
+<!ATTLIST policy domain NMTOKEN #REQUIRED>
+<!ATTLIST policy name NMTOKEN #IMPLIED>
+<!ATTLIST policy pattern CDATA #IMPLIED>
+<!ATTLIST policy rights NMTOKEN #IMPLIED>
+<!ATTLIST policy stealth NMTOKEN #IMPLIED>
+<!ATTLIST policy value CDATA #IMPLIED>
+]>
+<!--
+  Hardened ImageMagick security policy for Appwrite.
+
+  Bounds the resources a single decode may consume so a crafted image (small
+  on disk, enormous when decoded - an "image bomb") cannot exhaust memory or
+  fill the disk and take down the container or its neighbours.
+
+  Only width, height and disk raise an exception when exceeded, so they are the
+  real guards: width/height reject oversized dimensions before the raster is
+  allocated, and disk caps the pixel-cache spill. memory/map/area merely change
+  when the cache moves to disk. All values are tunable.
+
+  Preview inputs are limited to JPEG, PNG, HEIC, WEBP and GIF (output adds
+  AVIF), so the delegate coders disabled below are never used and only add risk.
+  Validate changes with https://imagemagick-secevaluator.doyensec.com/.
+-->
+<policymap>
+  <policy domain="Undefined" rights="none"/>
+
+  <!-- Hard limits: exceeding these throws an exception and stops processing.
+       disk is the real DoS control - it caps the pixel-cache spill so a bomb
+       cannot fill the volume. width/height are only fast-fail backstops against
+       absurd dimensions, set well above any real camera (a 200MP phone sensor
+       is ~16320px on its long side) so legitimate photos are never rejected.
+       ImageMagick here is Q16-HDRI (16 bytes/pixel), so a 150MP photo needs
+       ~2.4GB of cache - hence the 4GiB disk headroom. -->
+  <policy domain="resource" name="width" value="50KP"/>
+  <policy domain="resource" name="height" value="50KP"/>
+  <policy domain="resource" name="disk" value="4GiB"/>
+  <policy domain="resource" name="list-length" value="128"/>
+  <policy domain="resource" name="time" value="120"/>
+
+  <!-- Soft limits: control when the pixel cache spills to memory-mapped disk.
+       area is generous enough to keep large phone photos in the mem/map path. -->
+  <policy domain="resource" name="memory" value="256MiB"/>
+  <policy domain="resource" name="map" value="512MiB"/>
+  <policy domain="resource" name="area" value="512MP"/>
+  <policy domain="resource" name="file" value="768"/>
+  <policy domain="resource" name="thread" value="2"/>
+
+  <!-- Cap a single allocation request (guards against a malicious header
+       claiming a huge buffer); generous so large legitimate photos decode. -->
+  <policy domain="system" name="max-memory-request" value="512MiB"/>
+
+  <!-- Disable coders/delegates Appwrite never uses for previews; these are the
+       classic ImageMagick RCE/SSRF vectors. -->
+  <policy domain="delegate" rights="none" pattern="HTTPS"/>
+  <policy domain="delegate" rights="none" pattern="HTTP"/>
+  <policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="{PS,PS2,PS3,EPS,EPI,EPT,EPSF,EPSI,PDF,XPS}"/>
+  <policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="{MSL,MVG,SVG,SVGZ,MSVG,TEXT,LABEL,CAPTION}"/>
+  <policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="{URL,FTP,EPHEMERAL,MPEG,MPG}"/>
+
+  <!-- SVG is an SSRF/XXE vector (its renderer resolves external hrefs and
+       entities) and is never a preview input. The module deny also closes the
+       delegate route (e.g. rsvg), which a plain coder deny does not. -->
+  <policy domain="module" rights="none" pattern="{SVG,MSVG,SVGZ}"/>
+
+  <!-- Block indirect reads (e.g. @file, caption:@file) that can leak local files. -->
+  <policy domain="path" rights="none" pattern="@*"/>
+</policymap>
diff --git a/tests.yaml b/tests.yaml
index 926e132..69482b2 100644
--- a/tests.yaml
+++ b/tests.yaml
@@ -97,6 +97,14 @@ commandTests:
     args: ["-i"]
     expectedOutput:
       - "ImageMagick supported formats .*WEBP.*"
+  - name: 'ImageMagick hardened policy loaded'
+    command: "identify"
+    args: ["-list", "policy"]
+    expectedOutput:
+      - "name: width"
+      - "name: height"
+      - "name: disk"
+      - "50KP"
   - name: 'PHP intl'
     command: "php"
     args: ["-r", 'print(\Normalizer::FORM_D);']