diff --git a/.mokogit/workflows/branch-cleanup.yml b/.mokogit/workflows/branch-cleanup.yml
index e0e293f..183b1df 100644
--- a/.mokogit/workflows/branch-cleanup.yml
+++ b/.mokogit/workflows/branch-cleanup.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # FILE INFORMATION
 # DEFGROUP: MokoGIT.Workflow
 # INGROUP: MokoCLI.Universal
-# REPO: https://git.mokoconsulting.tech/MokoConsulting/mokocli
+# REPO: https://git.mokoconsulting.tech/MokoConsulting/Template-Generic
 # PATH: /.mokogit/workflows/branch-cleanup.yml
 # VERSION: 01.00.00
 # BRIEF: Delete feature branches after PR merge
@@ -30,13 +30,25 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Delete source branch
+        # SECURITY: the PR head ref is attacker-controllable. Pass it (and the
+        # repo/token) through env so the Actions engine cannot splice it into the
+        # shell source, and validate it to a safe charset before use.
+        env:
+          MOKOGIT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.MOKOGIT_TOKEN }}
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          API_BASE: ${{ vars.GITEA_URL || 'https://git.mokoconsulting.tech' }}
+          BRANCH: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
         run: |
-          BRANCH="${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}"
-          API="${{ vars.GITEA_URL || 'https://git.mokoconsulting.tech' }}/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}/branches"
-          ENCODED=$(php -r "echo rawurlencode('${BRANCH}');")
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if ! printf '%s' "${BRANCH}" | grep -Eq '^[A-Za-z0-9._/-]+$'; then
+            echo "::error::unsafe branch name; refusing to proceed"; exit 1
+          fi
+          API="${API_BASE}/api/v1/repos/${REPO}/branches"
+          # URL-encode the branch name's slashes (no PHP dependency on the runner)
+          ENCODED=$(printf '%s' "${BRANCH}" | sed 's|/|%2F|g')
 
           STATUS=$(curl -sf -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" -X DELETE \
-            -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.MOKOGIT_TOKEN }}" \
+            -H "Authorization: token ${MOKOGIT_TOKEN}" \
             "${API}/${ENCODED}" 2>/dev/null || true)
 
           if [ "$STATUS" = "204" ]; then