diff --git a/craft/src/components/basic/HtmlBlock.security.test.ts b/craft/src/components/basic/HtmlBlock.security.test.ts
index ddfcca7..079fd51 100644
--- a/craft/src/components/basic/HtmlBlock.security.test.ts
+++ b/craft/src/components/basic/HtmlBlock.security.test.ts
@@ -257,4 +257,43 @@ describe('purifyHtml -- Task 24: security properties on newly-allowed elements',
     );
     expect(out).not.toContain('data:text/html');
   });
+
+  test('review fix: data:image/*;base64, URIs now actually survive on poster/cite/href (dead-code regex bug)', () => {
+    // ALLOWED_URI_REGEXP used to put the data:image arm inside the group
+    // that gets a trailing `:` appended to every alternative, requiring a
+    // second colon after the one already in "base64," -- which no real
+    // data URI has, so the clause could never match anything. Confirm the
+    // fixed regex actually allows a real base64 image data URI through on
+    // ordinary URI-checked attributes (not just the DATA_URI_TAGS-covered
+    // src ones tested below).
+    const b64 = 'iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNk+A8AAQUBAScY42YAAAAASUVORK5CYII=';
+    const out = purifyHtml(
+      `<video poster="data:image/png;base64,${b64}"></video>` +
+        `<blockquote cite="data:image/png;base64,${b64}">q</blockquote>` +
+        `<a href="data:image/png;base64,${b64}">img</a>`,
+    );
+    expect(out).toContain(`poster="data:image/png;base64,${b64}"`);
+    expect(out).toContain(`cite="data:image/png;base64,${b64}"`);
+    expect(out).toContain(`href="data:image/png;base64,${b64}"`);
+  });
+
+  test('documented reality: data: on img/video/audio/source src is mimetype-blind (DOMPurify DATA_URI_TAGS bypasses ALLOWED_URI_REGEXP)', () => {
+    // This is NOT gated by ALLOWED_URI_REGEXP at all -- DOMPurify has its
+    // own internal DATA_URI_TAGS allow-list (img, video, audio, source,
+    // image, track) that accepts ANY data: URI on the `src` attribute of
+    // those tags regardless of declared mimetype, before our regex is ever
+    // consulted. Acceptable because none of those tags execute their src
+    // as a document/script context in mainstream browsers -- the sink
+    // doesn't execute. Pinned here so a future DOMPurify version change to
+    // DATA_URI_TAGS shows up as a failing test, not a surprise in
+    // production. <iframe> -- the one tag where this WOULD be dangerous --
+    // is correctly not in DOMPurify's DATA_URI_TAGS list, so its src still
+    // goes through the normal ALLOWED_URI_REGEXP check and gets stripped.
+    const b64 = 'iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNk+A8AAQUBAScY42YAAAAASUVORK5CYII=';
+    const imgOut = purifyHtml(`<img src="data:text/html;base64,${b64}">`);
+    expect(imgOut).toContain(`src="data:text/html;base64,${b64}"`);
+
+    const iframeOut = purifyHtml(`<iframe src="data:text/html;base64,${b64}"></iframe>`);
+    expect(iframeOut).not.toContain('data:');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/craft/src/components/basic/HtmlBlock.tsx b/craft/src/components/basic/HtmlBlock.tsx
index 98bfd2d..efad45c 100644
--- a/craft/src/components/basic/HtmlBlock.tsx
+++ b/craft/src/components/basic/HtmlBlock.tsx
@@ -41,11 +41,18 @@ const PURIFY_CONFIG = {
     // on*= handlers specifically to prove they still get neutralized/
     // dropped by staying outside the allow-list.
     'details','summary',
-    // Media (Task 24). All URL-bearing attributes on these (src, poster,
-    // srcset...) go through the same ALLOWED_URI_REGEXP gate as everything
-    // else -- see _isValidAttribute in dompurify, which URI-checks every
-    // allowed attribute value except a small fixed "inert" list (alt,
-    // class, id, style, title, ...) that never includes src/poster/srcset.
+    // Media (Task 24). URL-bearing attributes on these (poster, srcset,
+    // action, cite...) go through the ALLOWED_URI_REGEXP gate like
+    // everything else -- see _isValidAttribute in dompurify, which
+    // URI-checks every allowed attribute value except a small fixed
+    // "inert" list (alt, class, id, style, title, ...) that never includes
+    // src/poster/srcset. The one exception: `src` itself on img/video/
+    // audio/source/image/track is additionally covered by DOMPurify's own
+    // `DATA_URI_TAGS` allow-list, which accepts any data: URI on those
+    // tag/attribute pairs regardless of mimetype, bypassing this regex --
+    // see the ALLOWED_URI_REGEXP comment below and
+    // HtmlBlock.security.test.ts. Not a gap in the four non-negotiables:
+    // none of those tags execute their src as a document.
     'picture','source','video','audio','track','canvas',
     // Forms (Task 24). Site owner's explicit decision: allow the full
     // ordinary form surface. No on*= survives (FORBID_ATTR below), and
@@ -98,7 +105,20 @@ const PURIFY_CONFIG = {
     'stop-color','stop-opacity','gradientunits','gradienttransform',
     'preserveaspectratio',
   ],
-  ALLOWED_URI_REGEXP: /^(?:(?:https?|mailto|tel|data:image\/[a-z]+;base64,):|[^a-z]|[a-z+.-]+(?:[^a-z+.\-:]|$))/i,
+  // Review fix (Task 24 follow-up): the data:image arm used to sit inside
+  // the group that gets a trailing `:` appended for every alternative
+  // (`(?:https?|mailto|tel|data:image\/[a-z]+;base64,):`), so it required
+  // a SECOND colon after the one already in "base64,figure" -- no real
+  // data URI has that, so the clause could never match. It is now its own
+  // top-level alternative. NOTE: this regex is not the only thing gating
+  // data: URIs -- DOMPurify has its own internal `DATA_URI_TAGS` allow-list
+  // (img/video/audio/source/image/track) that accepts ANY data: URI on
+  // those tag/attribute pairs regardless of declared mimetype, bypassing
+  // this regex entirely. See HtmlBlock.security.test.ts for a regression
+  // test documenting that (acceptable: none of those tags execute their
+  // src as a document in mainstream browsers, and <iframe> -- which would
+  // be dangerous -- is correctly not in that DOMPurify list).
+  ALLOWED_URI_REGEXP: /^(?:(?:https?|mailto|tel):|data:image\/[a-z]+;base64,|[^a-z]|[a-z+.-]+(?:[^a-z+.\-:]|$))/i,
   // form/input/button/select/textarea removed from FORBID_TAGS (Task 24) --
   // they are now deliberately allowed above. style/script/object/embed/
   // link/meta stay forbidden; <style> in particular stays blocked even