diff --git a/server-ce/hotfix/5.0.4/Dockerfile b/server-ce/hotfix/5.0.4/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e5def9d8a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server-ce/hotfix/5.0.4/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+FROM sharelatex/sharelatex:5.0.3
+
+# apply an override to the swagger-tools package to force security updates to multer and qs
+# from https://github.com/overleaf/internal/pull/18433
+COPY pr_18433.patch .
+RUN patch -p1 < pr_18433.patch && rm pr_18433.patch
+RUN npm install --include-workspace-root -w services/history-v1 swagger-tools@0.10.4 && rm -rf /root/.cache /root/.npm $(find /tmp/ -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1)
+
+# remove google-cloud packages which are unused in server-pro have a vulnerable dependency
+RUN npm uninstall -w libraries/logger @google-cloud/logging-bunyan
+RUN npm uninstall -w libraries/metrics @google-cloud/opentelemetry-cloud-trace-exporter @google-cloud/profiler
+
+# the passport-twitter package has been removed from the monorepo
+RUN npm uninstall -w services/web passport-twitter
+
+# remove the unused services/web/scripts/translations directory
+RUN rm -r services/web/scripts/translations
+
+# Validate URL protocol before opening from Visual Editor tooltip
+# from https://github.com/overleaf/internal/pull/18393
+COPY pr_18393.patch .
+RUN patch -p1 < pr_18393.patch && rm pr_18393.patch
+
+# Set isEvalSupported to false when loading a PDF document
+# from https://github.com/overleaf/internal/pull/18444
+COPY pr_18444.patch .
+RUN patch -p1 < pr_18444.patch && rm pr_18444.patch
+
+# ensure that the vulnerability audit is run after all changes
+RUN npm audit --audit-level=high
diff --git a/server-ce/hotfix/5.0.4/pr_18393.patch b/server-ce/hotfix/5.0.4/pr_18393.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13da910e98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server-ce/hotfix/5.0.4/pr_18393.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/components/command-tooltip/href-tooltip.tsx b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/components/command-tooltip/href-tooltip.tsx
+index a0d681d9cb5..2f9a4333cd6 100644
+--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/components/command-tooltip/href-tooltip.tsx
++++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/components/command-tooltip/href-tooltip.tsx
+@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
+ import { Button, ControlLabel, FormControl, FormGroup } from 'react-bootstrap'
+ import Icon from '../../../../shared/components/icon'
+ import { EditorState } from '@codemirror/state'
++import { openURL } from '@/features/source-editor/utils/url'
+ 
+ export const HrefTooltipContent: FC = () => {
+   const state = useCodeMirrorStateContext()
+@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ export const HrefTooltipContent: FC = () => {
+         className="ol-cm-command-tooltip-link"
+         onClick={() => {
+           // TODO: unescape content
+-          window.open(url, '_blank')
++          openURL(url)
+         }}
+       >
+         <Icon type="external-link" fw />
+diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/components/command-tooltip/url-tooltip.tsx b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/components/command-tooltip/url-tooltip.tsx
+index c51b497de01..632d71dd031 100644
+--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/components/command-tooltip/url-tooltip.tsx
++++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/components/command-tooltip/url-tooltip.tsx
+@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
+ } from '../../lezer-latex/latex.terms.mjs'
+ import Icon from '../../../../shared/components/icon'
+ import { EditorState } from '@codemirror/state'
++import { openURL } from '@/features/source-editor/utils/url'
+ 
+ export const UrlTooltipContent: FC = () => {
+   const { t } = useTranslation()
+@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ export const UrlTooltipContent: FC = () => {
+         onClick={() => {
+           const url = readUrl(state)
+           if (url) {
+-            window.open(url, '_blank')
++            openURL(url)
+           }
+         }}
+       >
+diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/utils/url.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/utils/url.ts
+new file mode 100644
+index 00000000000..8bfc9bdeab8
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/utils/url.ts
+@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
++const ALLOWED_PROTOCOLS = ['https:', 'http:']
++
++export const openURL = (content: string) => {
++  const url = new URL(content, document.location.href)
++
++  if (!ALLOWED_PROTOCOLS.includes(url.protocol)) {
++    throw new Error(`Not opening URL with protocol ${url.protocol}`)
++  }
++
++  window.open(url, '_blank')
++}
+diff --git a/services/web/test/frontend/features/source-editor/components/codemirror-editor-visual-command-tooltip.spec.tsx b/services/web/test/frontend/features/source-editor/components/codemirror-editor-visual-command-tooltip.spec.tsx
+index 837f90a64ab..d46b522a116 100644
+--- a/services/web/test/frontend/features/source-editor/components/codemirror-editor-visual-command-tooltip.spec.tsx
++++ b/services/web/test/frontend/features/source-editor/components/codemirror-editor-visual-command-tooltip.spec.tsx
+@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ describe('<CodeMirrorEditor/> command tooltip in Visual mode', function () {
+     // open the link
+     cy.findByRole('button', { name: 'Go to page' }).click()
+     cy.get('@window-open').should(
+-      'have.been.calledOnceWithExactly',
+-      'https://example.com',
++      'have.been.calledWithMatch',
++      Cypress.sinon.match.has('href', 'https://example.com/'),
+       '_blank'
+     )
+ 
+@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ describe('<CodeMirrorEditor/> command tooltip in Visual mode', function () {
+     // open the link
+     cy.findByRole('button', { name: 'Go to page' }).click()
+     cy.get('@window-open').should(
+-      'have.been.calledOnceWithExactly',
+-      'https://example.com',
++      'have.been.calledWithMatch',
++      Cypress.sinon.match.has('href', 'https://example.com/'),
+       '_blank'
+     )
+   })
+diff --git a/services/web/test/frontend/features/source-editor/components/codemirror-editor-visual-tooltips.spec.tsx b/services/web/test/frontend/features/source-editor/components/codemirror-editor-visual-tooltips.spec.tsx
+index c6e28f9eeeb..106a80ba187 100644
+--- a/services/web/test/frontend/features/source-editor/components/codemirror-editor-visual-tooltips.spec.tsx
++++ b/services/web/test/frontend/features/source-editor/components/codemirror-editor-visual-tooltips.spec.tsx
+@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ describe('<CodeMirrorEditor/> tooltips in Visual mode', function () {
+       })
+       cy.findByRole('button', { name: 'Go to page' }).click()
+       cy.get('@open-window').should(
+-        'have.been.calledOnceWithExactly',
+-        'https://example.com/foo',
++        'have.been.calledWithMatch',
++        Cypress.sinon.match.has('href', 'https://example.com/foo'),
+         '_blank'
+       )
+       cy.findByRole('button', { name: 'Remove link' }).click()
+@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ describe('<CodeMirrorEditor/> tooltips in Visual mode', function () {
+       })
+       cy.findByRole('button', { name: 'Go to page' }).click()
+       cy.get('@open-window').should(
+-        'have.been.calledOnceWithExactly',
+-        'https://example.com',
++        'have.been.calledWithMatch',
++        Cypress.sinon.match.has('href', 'https://example.com/'),
+         '_blank'
+       )
+     })
diff --git a/server-ce/hotfix/5.0.4/pr_18433.patch b/server-ce/hotfix/5.0.4/pr_18433.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e14f239ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server-ce/hotfix/5.0.4/pr_18433.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
+index b9eba6086b..bb1a5cebaf 100644
+--- a/package-lock.json
++++ b/package-lock.json
+@@ -70674,8 +70674,7 @@
+       "integrity": "sha512-6FlzubTLZG3J2a/NVCAleEhjzq5oxgHyaCU9yYXvcLsvoVaHJq/s5xXI6/XXP6tz7R9xAOtHnSO/tXtF3WRTlA=="
+     },
+     "multer": {
+-      "version": "1.4.4",
+-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/multer/-/multer-1.4.4.tgz",
++      "version": "https://registry.npmjs.org/multer/-/multer-1.4.4.tgz",
+       "integrity": "sha512-2wY2+xD4udX612aMqMcB8Ws2Voq6NIUPEtD1be6m411T4uDH/VtL9i//xvcyFlTVfRdaBsk7hV5tgrGQqhuBiw==",
+       "requires": {
+         "append-field": "^1.0.0",
+@@ -76995,10 +76994,10 @@
+         "js-yaml": "^3.3.1",
+         "json-refs": "^3.0.2",
+         "lodash": "^4.17.4",
+-        "multer": "^1.1.0",
++        "multer": "1.4.5-lts.1",
+         "parseurl": "^1.3.0",
+         "path-to-regexp": "^2.0.0",
+-        "qs": "^6.0.3",
++        "qs": "6.5.3",
+         "serve-static": "^1.10.0",
+         "spark-md5": "^3.0.0",
+         "superagent": "^3.5.2",
+@@ -77035,7 +77034,7 @@
+             "http-errors": "~1.6.2",
+             "iconv-lite": "0.4.19",
+             "on-finished": "~2.3.0",
+-            "qs": "6.5.1",
++            "qs": "6.5.3",
+             "raw-body": "2.3.2",
+             "type-is": "~1.6.15"
+           },
+@@ -77109,8 +77108,7 @@
+           "integrity": "sha512-G6zHoVqC6GGTQkZwF4lkuEyMbVOjoBKAEybQUypI1WTkqinCOrq2x6U2+phkJ1XsEMTy4LjtwPI7HW+NVrRR2w=="
+         },
+         "qs": {
+-          "version": "6.5.1",
+-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/qs/-/qs-6.5.1.tgz",
++          "version": "https://registry.npmjs.org/qs/-/qs-6.5.1.tgz",
+           "integrity": "sha512-eRzhrN1WSINYCDCbrz796z37LOe3m5tmW7RQf6oBntukAG1nmovJvhnwHHRMAfeoItc1m2Hk02WER2aQ/iqs+A=="
+         },
+         "raw-body": {
+diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
+index f092472caf..329d4fc5ce 100644
+--- a/package.json
++++ b/package.json
+@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
+ {
+   "name": "overleaf",
+   "private": true,
++  "overrides": {
++    "swagger-tools": {
++      "multer": "1.4.5-lts.1",
++      "qs": "6.5.3"
++    }
++  },
+   "dependencies": {
+     "patch-package": "^8.0.0"
+   },
diff --git a/server-ce/hotfix/5.0.4/pr_18444.patch b/server-ce/hotfix/5.0.4/pr_18444.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e3612955c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server-ce/hotfix/5.0.4/pr_18444.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/file-view/components/file-view-pdf.tsx b/services/web/frontend/js/features/file-view/components/file-view-pdf.tsx
+index 4d3b80bb9a2..3efc61a2199 100644
+--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/file-view/components/file-view-pdf.tsx
++++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/file-view/components/file-view-pdf.tsx
+@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ const FileViewPdf: FC<{
+           return
+         }
+ 
+-        const pdf = await PDFJS.getDocument(preview.url).promise
++        const pdf = await PDFJS.getDocument({
++          url: preview.url,
++          isEvalSupported: false,
++        }).promise
+ 
+         // bail out if loading the PDF took too long
+         if (!mountedRef.current) {
+diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/pdf-preview/util/pdf-js-wrapper.js b/services/web/frontend/js/features/pdf-preview/util/pdf-js-wrapper.js
+index 9b419b1397f..6a92630a215 100644
+--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/pdf-preview/util/pdf-js-wrapper.js
++++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/pdf-preview/util/pdf-js-wrapper.js
+@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ export default class PDFJSWrapper {
+         rangeChunkSize,
+         disableAutoFetch: true,
+         disableStream,
++        isEvalSupported: false,
+         textLayerMode: 2, // PDFJSViewer.TextLayerMode.ENABLE,
+         range: rangeTransport,
+       })
+diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/visual/visual-widgets/graphics.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/visual/visual-widgets/graphics.ts
+index 7321f9e02b5..f6c744aaec2 100644
+--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/visual/visual-widgets/graphics.ts
++++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/extensions/visual/visual-widgets/graphics.ts
+@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ export class GraphicsWidget extends WidgetType {
+       return
+     }
+ 
+-    const pdf = await PDFJS.getDocument(url).promise
++    const pdf = await PDFJS.getDocument({ url, isEvalSupported: false }).promise
+     const page = await pdf.getPage(1)
+ 
+     // bail out if loading the PDF took too long