diff --git a/ietf/ipr/tests.py b/ietf/ipr/tests.py
index aecb7ee809..66337bff20 100644
--- a/ietf/ipr/tests.py
+++ b/ietf/ipr/tests.py
@@ -209,6 +209,24 @@ def test_search(self):
         r = self.client.get(url + "?submit=iprtitle&iprtitle=%s" % quote(ipr.title))
         self.assertContains(r, ipr.title)
 
+    def test_search_null_characters(self):
+        """IPR search gracefully rejects null characters in parameters"""
+        # Not a combinatorially exhaustive set, but tries to exercise all the parameters
+        bad_params = [
+            "option=document_search&document_search=draft-\x00stuff"
+            "submit=dra\x00ft",
+            "submit=draft&id=some\x00id",
+            "submit=draft&id_document_tag=some\x00id",
+            "submit=draft&id=someid&state=re\x00moved",
+            "submit=draft&id=someid&state=posted&state=re\x00moved",
+            "submit=draft&id=someid&state=removed&draft=draft-no\x00tvalid",
+            "submit=rfc&rfc=rfc\x00123",
+        ]
+        url = urlreverse("ietf.ipr.views.search")
+        for query_params in bad_params:
+            r = self.client.get(f"{url}?{query_params}")
+            self.assertEqual(r.status_code, 400, f"querystring '{query_params}' should be rejected")
+        
     def test_feed(self):
         ipr = HolderIprDisclosureFactory()
         r = self.client.get("/feed/ipr/")
diff --git a/ietf/ipr/views.py b/ietf/ipr/views.py
index e8cdc0c105..e2ddb3bcc3 100644
--- a/ietf/ipr/views.py
+++ b/ietf/ipr/views.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from django.db.models import Q
 from django.forms.models import inlineformset_factory, model_to_dict
 from django.forms.formsets import formset_factory
-from django.http import HttpResponse, Http404, HttpResponseRedirect
+from django.http import HttpResponse, Http404, HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponseBadRequest
 from django.shortcuts import render, get_object_or_404, redirect
 from django.template.loader import render_to_string
 from django.urls import reverse as urlreverse
@@ -629,11 +629,16 @@ def post(request, id):
     
 def search(request):
     search_type = request.GET.get("submit")
+    if search_type and "\x00" in search_type:
+        return HttpResponseBadRequest("Null characters are not allowed")
+
     # query field
     q = ''
     # legacy support
     if not search_type and request.GET.get("option", None) == "document_search":
         docname = request.GET.get("document_search", "")
+        if docname and "\x00" in docname:
+            return HttpResponseBadRequest("Null characters are not allowed")
         if docname.startswith("draft-"):
             search_type = "draft"
             q = docname
@@ -643,18 +648,24 @@ def search(request):
     if search_type:
         form = SearchForm(request.GET)
         docid = request.GET.get("id") or request.GET.get("id_document_tag") or ""
+        if docid and "\x00" in docid:
+            return HttpResponseBadRequest("Null characters are not allowed")
         docs = doc = None
         iprs = []
         related_iprs = []
 
         # set states
         states = request.GET.getlist('state',settings.PUBLISH_IPR_STATES)
+        if any("\x00" in state for state in states if state):
+            return HttpResponseBadRequest("Null characters are not allowed")
         if states == ['all']:
             states = IprDisclosureStateName.objects.values_list('slug',flat=True)
         
         # get query field
         if request.GET.get(search_type):
             q = request.GET.get(search_type)
+            if q and "\x00" in q:
+                return HttpResponseBadRequest("Null characters are not allowed")
 
         if q or docid:
             # Search by RFC number or draft-identifier
@@ -664,13 +675,12 @@ def search(request):
 
                 if docid:
                     start = DocAlias.objects.filter(name__iexact=docid)
-                else:
-                    if search_type == "draft":
-                        q = normalize_draftname(q)
-                        start = DocAlias.objects.filter(name__icontains=q, name__startswith="draft")
-                    elif search_type == "rfc":
-                        start = DocAlias.objects.filter(name="rfc%s" % q.lstrip("0"))
-                
+                elif search_type == "draft":
+                    q = normalize_draftname(q)
+                    start = DocAlias.objects.filter(name__icontains=q, name__startswith="draft")
+                else:  # search_type == "rfc"
+                    start = DocAlias.objects.filter(name="rfc%s" % q.lstrip("0"))
+            
                 # one match
                 if len(start) == 1:
                     first = start[0]