diff --git a/SECURITY.md b/SECURITY.md
index 1baad029f..4423eead3 100644
--- a/SECURITY.md
+++ b/SECURITY.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 God's Eye View is a local-first client for **public** data. It is built for exploration, demos, and learning — not as a hardened production service. This document explains the security model so you can run it safely and report issues responsibly.
 
+Vite's development file server also denies `.gev-logs/`, `.gev-cache/`, and
+the package checkout's root `dist/` directory. Dependency `dist/` directories
+remain available. This filesystem deny list does not filter `public/` assets or
+preview output; never put private artifacts in a public asset directory.
+
 ## Reporting a vulnerability
 
 Please report security issues **privately** — do not open a public issue for anything exploitable.
diff --git a/build/vite.js b/build/vite.js
index a02f2340f..960603814 100644
--- a/build/vite.js
+++ b/build/vite.js
@@ -1,9 +1,29 @@
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { applicationHtmlPlugin } from './application-html.js';
 import cesium from 'vite-plugin-cesium';
 import { DEFAULT_ALLOWED_HOSTS, hostCheckPlugin } from './allowedHosts.js';
 import { embedFramingPlugin } from './embed-framing.js';
 import { panelBuildPlugin } from './panel.js';
 
+/**
+ * The repository root (this file lives at `<root>/build/vite.js`), as a
+ * forward-slash path for glob matching. Vite's `fs.deny` patterns are
+ * matched against the full absolute file path, and a bare `**\/dist/**`
+ * matches a `dist` directory at *any* depth — including dependencies that
+ * ship their own, such as `node_modules/vite/dist/client/client.mjs` (the
+ * dev client itself). Anchoring to this repository's root denies only the
+ * project's own build output.
+ */
+const REPO_ROOT = fileURLToPath(new URL('..', import.meta.url))
+  .replace(/\\/g, '/')
+  .replace(/\/$/, '');
+
+export function escapeFsDenyPath(path) {
+  return path.replace(/[()[\]{}*?!+@|]/g, '\\$&');
+}
+
+const REPO_ROOT_GLOB = escapeFsDenyPath(REPO_ROOT);
+
 /**
  * Content-Security-Policy for every document the dev/preview server serves.
  * No inline script is permitted, and the only foreign script origins are the
@@ -165,7 +185,19 @@ export function createBrowserViteConfig({
       // build/allowedHosts.js); IP addresses are always accepted.
       allowedHosts: [...allowedHosts],
       fs: {
-        deny: ['.env', '.env.*', '*.{crt,pem}', '**/.git/**', '**/ENVIRONMENT'],
+        deny: [
+          '.env',
+          '.env.*',
+          '*.{crt,pem}',
+          '**/.git/**',
+          '**/ENVIRONMENT',
+          '**/.gev-logs/**',
+          '**/.gev-cache/**',
+          // Root-anchored: a bare '**/dist/**' would also deny every
+          // dependency's own dist/ (e.g. node_modules/vite/dist/client),
+          // breaking /@vite/client and other dev-client assets.
+          `${REPO_ROOT_GLOB}/dist/**`,
+        ],
       },
       // These headers protect the document containing Provider Settings and
       // give the whole page a real Content-Security-Policy (BROWSER_CSP).
diff --git a/changelog.d/948-vite-fs-deny.md b/changelog.d/948-vite-fs-deny.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..642bafb1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/948-vite-fs-deny.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- Harden Vite's filesystem deny list for local-only artifacts: repo `dist/`,
+  `.gev-logs/`, and `.gev-cache/` are denied without blocking dependency
+  `dist/` directories, and checkout paths containing glob metacharacters are
+  escaped before building the root-anchored pattern (blowing-a-raspberry, #948).
diff --git a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
index 439b29284..b09cef331 100644
--- a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
+++ b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
@@ -5385,6 +5385,12 @@ pins and share links already supply complete boxes.
 
 ## Auth + Launch
 
+Vite's development filesystem deny list excludes local `.gev-logs/` and
+`.gev-cache/` contents and the package checkout's root `dist/`, while allowing
+dependency `dist/` assets. Checkout glob characters are escaped. This does not
+apply to `public/` assets or built-preview serving.
+
+
 - Recommended launcher: `./scripts/dev-fresh.sh` (also: `dev-secure.sh` for stricter bindings, `dev-cctv.sh` for CCTV source-pack tuning)
 - A successful Pinokio install writes the owner-only `pinokio/.installed`
   marker. The nested launcher menu resolves that marker from its own directory:
diff --git a/src/tooling/viteBuild.test.mjs b/src/tooling/viteBuild.test.mjs
index 7417f7145..2a4988e30 100644
--- a/src/tooling/viteBuild.test.mjs
+++ b/src/tooling/viteBuild.test.mjs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import test from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
@@ -5,7 +6,11 @@ import { rm, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { request } from 'node:http';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import { build, createServer, preview } from 'vite';
-import { BROWSER_CSP, createBrowserViteConfig } from '../../build/vite.js';
+import {
+  BROWSER_CSP,
+  createBrowserViteConfig,
+  escapeFsDenyPath,
+} from '../../build/vite.js';
 import standaloneConfig, * as compatibility from '../../vite.config.js';
 import * as providers from '../../server/providers/local.js';
 import { apiNotFoundPlugin } from '../../server/standalone/api-not-found.js';
@@ -30,6 +35,20 @@ test('explicit build inputs preserve browser-only defines, plugin order and loop
   assert.deepEqual(config.server.allowedHosts, ['localhost', '127.0.0.1']);
   assert.ok(config.server.fs.deny.includes('**/ENVIRONMENT'));
   assert.ok(config.server.fs.deny.includes('.env.*'));
+  assert.ok(config.server.fs.deny.includes('**/.gev-logs/**'));
+  assert.ok(config.server.fs.deny.includes('**/.gev-cache/**'));
+  const root = fileURLToPath(new URL('../../', import.meta.url))
+    .replace(/\\/g, '/')
+    .replace(/\/$/, '');
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    config.server.fs.deny.filter((pattern) => pattern.endsWith('/dist/**')),
+    [`${escapeFsDenyPath(root)}/dist/**`],
+    'only project build output is denied, not dependency dist directories',
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    escapeFsDenyPath('C:/Users/a/project (1) [test]{copy}'),
+    'C:/Users/a/project \\(1\\) \\[test\\]\\{copy\\}',
+  );
   assert.equal(config.server.headers['X-Frame-Options'], 'DENY');
   assert.equal(config.server.headers['X-Content-Type-Options'], 'nosniff');
   const csp = config.server.headers['Content-Security-Policy'];