diff --git a/scripts/private-vulnerability-reporting-audit.mjs b/scripts/private-vulnerability-reporting-audit.mjs
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 428b0c68e..0468ada9d
--- a/scripts/private-vulnerability-reporting-audit.mjs
+++ b/scripts/private-vulnerability-reporting-audit.mjs
@@ -29,14 +29,25 @@ function bound(value, limit = MAX_ERROR_CHARS) {
 /**
  * Read a GitHub JSON response without buffering an unbounded remote body.
  *
+ * The response must authenticate itself as JSON before any body bytes are read.
  * The declared length is rejected before reading when it already exceeds the
  * acquisition-evidence budget. The stream is then counted by received bytes so
  * a missing or dishonest Content-Length cannot bypass the same limit.
  *
- * @param {Response} response GitHub response whose body is untrusted input.
+ * @param {Response} response GitHub response whose headers and body are untrusted input.
  * @returns {Promise<unknown>} Parsed JSON contained within the response budget.
  */
 export async function readBoundedJson(response) {
+  const mediaType = (response.headers.get("content-type") ?? "")
+    .split(";", 1)[0]
+    .trim()
+    .toLowerCase();
+  if (mediaType !== "application/json" && mediaType !== "application/vnd.github+json") {
+    throw new Error(
+      "GitHub private vulnerability reporting response Content-Type must be application/json.",
+    );
+  }
+
   const declaredLengthHeader = response.headers.get("content-length");
   const declaredLength = declaredLengthHeader === null ? null : Number(declaredLengthHeader);
   if (
diff --git a/test/private-vulnerability-reporting-adapter.test.ts b/test/private-vulnerability-reporting-adapter.test.ts
index d468a4b6a..04425c6fe 100644
--- a/test/private-vulnerability-reporting-adapter.test.ts
+++ b/test/private-vulnerability-reporting-adapter.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { readBoundedJson } from "../scripts/private-vulnerability-reporting-audit.mjs";
 
-function streamedResponse(chunks: Uint8Array[], contentLength?: string): Response {
+function streamedResponse(
+  chunks: Uint8Array[],
+  contentLength?: string,
+  contentType = "application/json; charset=utf-8",
+): Response {
   const body = new ReadableStream<Uint8Array>({
     start(controller) {
       for (const chunk of chunks) {
@@ -10,7 +14,7 @@ function streamedResponse(chunks: Uint8Array[], contentLength?: string): Respons
       controller.close();
     },
   });
-  const headers = new Headers();
+  const headers = new Headers({ "content-type": contentType });
   if (contentLength !== undefined) {
     headers.set("content-length", contentLength);
   }
@@ -23,8 +27,14 @@ function streamedResponse(chunks: Uint8Array[], contentLength?: string): Respons
   } as unknown as Response;
 }
 
-function responseWhoseBodyMustNotBeRead(contentLength: string): Response {
-  const headers = new Headers({ "content-length": contentLength });
+function responseWhoseBodyMustNotBeRead(
+  contentLength: string,
+  contentType = "application/json",
+): Response {
+  const headers = new Headers({
+    "content-length": contentLength,
+    "content-type": contentType,
+  });
   return Object.defineProperties({}, {
     headers: { value: headers, enumerable: true },
     body: {
@@ -43,6 +53,35 @@ describe("private vulnerability reporting GitHub response adapter", () => {
     await expect(readBoundedJson(streamedResponse([bytes]))).resolves.toEqual({ enabled: true });
   });
 
+  it("accepts GitHub JSON media types case-insensitively with ordinary parameters", async () => {
+    const bytes = new TextEncoder().encode('{"enabled":true}');
+
+    await expect(
+      readBoundedJson(streamedResponse([bytes], undefined, "Application/Vnd.Github+Json; charset=utf-8")),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ enabled: true });
+  });
+
+  it("rejects JSON-looking bytes under a misleading non-JSON media type before reading the body", async () => {
+    const response = responseWhoseBodyMustNotBeRead(
+      "16",
+      "text/plain; profile=application/json",
+    );
+
+    await expect(readBoundedJson(response)).rejects.toThrow(
+      "GitHub private vulnerability reporting response Content-Type must be application/json.",
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("rejects a missing response media type before accepting JSON-looking bytes", async () => {
+    const bytes = new TextEncoder().encode('{"enabled":true}');
+    const response = streamedResponse([bytes]);
+    response.headers.delete("content-type");
+
+    await expect(readBoundedJson(response)).rejects.toThrow(
+      "GitHub private vulnerability reporting response Content-Type must be application/json.",
+    );
+  });
+
   it("rejects oversized streamed responses before accepting their payload", async () => {
     const firstChunk = new Uint8Array(9_000).fill(0x20);
     const secondChunk = new Uint8Array(9_000).fill(0x20);