diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index 5097ac86e60b0..65415d0e9fe43 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -1010,6 +1010,7 @@ func (a *ArgoCDServer) Authenticate(ctx context.Context) (context.Context, error
 		if !argoCDSettings.AnonymousUserEnabled {
 			return ctx, claimsErr
 		} else {
+			// nolint:staticcheck
 			ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, "claims", "")
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/server/server_test.go b/server/server_test.go
index 4360c214117fd..9ebd537236244 100644
--- a/server/server_test.go
+++ b/server/server_test.go
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ func getTestServer(t *testing.T, anonymousEnabled bool, withFakeSSO bool) (argoc
 		cm.Data["users.anonymous.enabled"] = "true"
 	}
 	ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		return  // Start with a placeholder. We need the server URL before setting up the real handler.
+		// Start with a placeholder. We need the server URL before setting up the real handler.
 	}))
 	ts.Config.Handler = http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		dexMockHandler(t, ts.URL)(w, r)
diff --git a/ui/src/app/applications/components/application-urls.test.ts b/ui/src/app/applications/components/application-urls.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c9063561d01af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/app/applications/components/application-urls.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import {ExternalLink, InvalidExternalLinkError} from './application-urls';
+
+test('rejects malicious URLs', () => {
+    expect(() => {
+        const _ = new ExternalLink('javascript:alert("hi")');
+    }).toThrowError(InvalidExternalLinkError);
+    expect(() => {
+        const _ = new ExternalLink('data:text/html;<h1>hi</h1>');
+    }).toThrowError(InvalidExternalLinkError);
+});
+
+test('allows absolute URLs', () => {
+    expect(new ExternalLink('https://localhost:8080/applications').ref).toEqual('https://localhost:8080/applications');
+});
+
+test('allows relative URLs', () => {
+    // @ts-ignore
+    window.location = new URL('https://localhost:8080/applications');
+    expect(new ExternalLink('/applications').ref).toEqual('/applications');
+});
diff --git a/ui/src/app/applications/components/application-urls.tsx b/ui/src/app/applications/components/application-urls.tsx
index ff743fc3d63f3..1d64bc8a43b9f 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/applications/components/application-urls.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/app/applications/components/application-urls.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 import {DropDownMenu} from 'argo-ui';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
-class ExternalLink {
+export class InvalidExternalLinkError extends Error {
+    constructor(message: string) {
+        super(message);
+        Object.setPrototypeOf(this, InvalidExternalLinkError.prototype);
+        this.name = 'InvalidExternalLinkError';
+    }
+}
+
+export class ExternalLink {
     public title: string;
     public ref: string;
 
@@ -14,13 +22,36 @@ class ExternalLink {
             this.title = url;
             this.ref = url;
         }
+        if (!ExternalLink.isValidURL(this.ref)) {
+            throw new InvalidExternalLinkError('Invalid URL');
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static isValidURL(url: string): boolean {
+        try {
+            const parsedUrl = new URL(url);
+            return parsedUrl.protocol !== 'javascript:' && parsedUrl.protocol !== 'data:';
+        } catch (TypeError) {
+            try {
+                // Try parsing as a relative URL.
+                const parsedUrl = new URL(url, window.location.origin);
+                return parsedUrl.protocol !== 'javascript:' && parsedUrl.protocol !== 'data:';
+            } catch (TypeError) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
 
 export const ApplicationURLs = ({urls}: {urls: string[]}) => {
     const externalLinks: ExternalLink[] = [];
     for (const url of urls || []) {
-        externalLinks.push(new ExternalLink(url));
+        try {
+            const externalLink = new ExternalLink(url);
+            externalLinks.push(externalLink);
+        } catch (InvalidExternalLinkError) {
+            continue;
+        }
     }
 
     // sorted alphabetically & links with titles first