diff --git a/frigate/record/export.py b/frigate/record/export.py
index aac96fba3f..5da5e818ff 100644
--- a/frigate/record/export.py
+++ b/frigate/record/export.py
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ def _base_flag(token: str) -> str:
 
 def _validate_filtergraph(value: str) -> tuple[bool, str]:
     """Validate a filtergraph value, allowing only filters in _SAFE_FILTERS."""
-    # No safe filter needs these; they only show up in read/exfil payloads.
-    if "://" in value or ".." in value:
+    # None of the safe filters need any of these
+    if any(token in value for token in ("://", "..", "[", "]")):
         return False, "Invalid filter graph in custom ffmpeg arguments"
 
     lowered = value.lower()
@@ -136,9 +136,7 @@ def _validate_filtergraph(value: str) -> tuple[bool, str]:
     # filters never use unescaped "," or ";" in their arguments, so splitting on
     # them to recover filter names cannot hide a disallowed filter.
     for spec in re.split(r"[;,]", value):
-        # Strip leading/trailing [link] labels (e.g. "[in]scale=...[out]").
-        spec = re.sub(r"^(\[[^\]]*\])+", "", spec.strip())
-        spec = re.sub(r"(\[[^\]]*\])+$", "", spec).strip()
+        spec = spec.strip()
         if not spec:
             continue
 
diff --git a/frigate/test/test_export.py b/frigate/test/test_export.py
index 87b5a64f6a..7612a4144f 100644
--- a/frigate/test/test_export.py
+++ b/frigate/test/test_export.py
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ class TestValidateFfmpegArgs(unittest.TestCase):
         # marker embedded as an option of an otherwise-allowed filter name
         self.assertRejected("-vf scale=movie=/etc/passwd")
 
+    def test_filtergraph_brackets_rejected(self):
+        # link labels aren't needed for safe filters; rejecting "[" / "]" keeps
+        # filtergraph validation linear (no ReDoS on attacker input)
+        self.assertRejected("-vf [in]scale=640:480[out]")
+        self.assertRejected("-vf " + "[" * 5000)
+
     def test_preset_file_read_rejected(self):
         # cwd-anchored traversal slipped past the old startswith() path check
         self.assertRejected("-fpre frigate/../../../etc/passwd")