diff --git a/packages/proxy/bin/server.ts b/packages/proxy/bin/server.ts
index defd48431..bb50efc8b 100644
--- a/packages/proxy/bin/server.ts
+++ b/packages/proxy/bin/server.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as http from 'http'
 import * as httpProxy from 'http-proxy'
+import * as path from 'path'
 
 const proxy = httpProxy.createProxyServer({
   secure: true,
@@ -13,6 +14,26 @@ proxy.on('error', (error, req, res) => {
   res.end(`Proxying failed for URL: ${req.url} Error: ${error.message}`)
 })
 
+// 10 MB in bytes
+const MAX_IMAGE_SIZE = 10 * 1024 * 1024
+
+proxy.on('proxyRes', (proxyRes, _req, res) => {
+  const contentLength = parseInt(proxyRes.headers['content-length'] as string)
+  if (contentLength > MAX_IMAGE_SIZE) {
+    res.writeHead(413, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' })
+    res.end(`Image size exceeds the limit of ${MAX_IMAGE_SIZE} bytes.`)
+    return
+  }
+
+  // validate response content type to be image
+  const contentType = proxyRes.headers['content-type'] as string
+  if (!contentType.startsWith('image/')) {
+    res.writeHead(400, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' })
+    res.end(`Invalid content type: ${contentType}`)
+    return
+  }
+})
+
 http
   .createServer((req, res) => {
     res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*')
@@ -36,9 +57,27 @@ http
     delete req.headers['x-auth-token']
     delete req.headers['x-auth-offline-token']
 
-    const target = (req.url as string).slice(1)
+    /** Remove / or // prefixes */
+    const target = (req.url as string).replace(/^\/+/, '')
+
     try {
       const url = new URL(target)
+
+      if (url.protocol !== 'http:' && url.protocol !== 'https:') {
+        throw new Error('Invalid URL protocol')
+      }
+
+      if (url.hostname === '') {
+        throw new Error('Invalid URL hostname')
+      }
+
+      const ext = path.extname(url.pathname)
+      if (!['.jpg', '.jpeg', '.png', '.gif'].includes(ext)) {
+        res.writeHead(400)
+        res.end('Only image files can be proxied')
+        return
+      }
+
       req.url = url.href
       proxy.web(req, res, {
         target: target,
@@ -47,6 +86,7 @@ http
         toProxy: true,
       })
     } catch (error) {
+      res.writeHead(500)
       res.end(`Invalid URL: ${target}`)
     }
   })