diff --git a/EnigmaAutomation/__init__.py b/EnigmaAutomation/__init__.py
index 53f4ccb1..492e4812 100644
--- a/EnigmaAutomation/__init__.py
+++ b/EnigmaAutomation/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from . import security_mitigations  # noqa: F401  applied at import time
 from .celery import app as celery_app
 
 __all__ = ("celery_app",)
diff --git a/EnigmaAutomation/security_mitigations.py b/EnigmaAutomation/security_mitigations.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3cdaad61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/EnigmaAutomation/security_mitigations.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+"""
+Runtime security mitigations applied at process startup.
+
+Each mitigation here should reference the ticket / advisory it addresses
+and be removed once the underlying issue is properly resolved (typically
+by a dependency upgrade).
+"""
+
+import requests.adapters
+
+
+_original_send = requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter.send
+
+
+def _force_identity_encoding(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+    """Mitigation for GHSA-mf9v-mfxr-j63j (CTO-4807).
+
+    urllib3 < 2.7.0 has a decompression-bomb safeguard bypass in parts of
+    its streaming API. urllib3 2.7.0 (the patched version) requires
+    Python >= 3.10, but this project's CI matrix still includes Python 3.9
+    so we cannot bump the pin.
+
+    Forcing Accept-Encoding: identity on every outbound HTTP request makes
+    servers return uncompressed bodies, so urllib3's decompression code
+    path is never exercised at runtime and the bug cannot trigger.
+
+    Remove this patch (and the import from EnigmaAutomation/__init__.py)
+    once the Python runtime is upgraded and urllib3 can be bumped to
+    >= 2.7.0.
+    """
+    request.headers["Accept-Encoding"] = "identity"
+    return _original_send(self, request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter.send = _force_identity_encoding