diff --git a/modules/lang-mustache/src/main/java/org/opensearch/script/mustache/CustomMustacheFactory.java b/modules/lang-mustache/src/main/java/org/opensearch/script/mustache/CustomMustacheFactory.java
index c8d28575fef47..773eed9fcb140 100644
--- a/modules/lang-mustache/src/main/java/org/opensearch/script/mustache/CustomMustacheFactory.java
+++ b/modules/lang-mustache/src/main/java/org/opensearch/script/mustache/CustomMustacheFactory.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.core.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Reader;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
@@ -104,6 +105,12 @@ public void encode(String value, Writer writer) {
         }
     }
 
+    /** Partial templates ({{>name}}) are not supported. */
+    @Override
+    public Reader getReader(String resourceName) {
+        throw new MustacheException("Partial templates are not supported in OpenSearch Mustache scripts: [" + resourceName + "]");
+    }
+
     static Encoder createEncoder(String mimeType) {
         Supplier<Encoder> supplier = ENCODERS.get(mimeType);
         if (supplier == null) {
diff --git a/modules/lang-mustache/src/test/java/org/opensearch/script/mustache/CustomMustacheFactoryTests.java b/modules/lang-mustache/src/test/java/org/opensearch/script/mustache/CustomMustacheFactoryTests.java
index 422795ec4b171..95137c74ae437 100644
--- a/modules/lang-mustache/src/test/java/org/opensearch/script/mustache/CustomMustacheFactoryTests.java
+++ b/modules/lang-mustache/src/test/java/org/opensearch/script/mustache/CustomMustacheFactoryTests.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
 import org.opensearch.script.Script;
 import org.opensearch.script.ScriptEngine;
+import org.opensearch.script.ScriptException;
 import org.opensearch.script.TemplateScript;
 import org.opensearch.test.OpenSearchTestCase;
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@
 import static org.opensearch.script.mustache.CustomMustacheFactory.JSON_MIME_TYPE;
 import static org.opensearch.script.mustache.CustomMustacheFactory.PLAIN_TEXT_MIME_TYPE;
 import static org.opensearch.script.mustache.CustomMustacheFactory.X_WWW_FORM_URLENCODED_MIME_TYPE;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
 
@@ -106,4 +108,29 @@ public void testUrlEncoder() {
         TemplateScript executable = compiled.newInstance(singletonMap("value", "tilde~ AND date:[2016 FROM*]"));
         assertThat(executable.execute(), equalTo("{\"field\": \"tilde%7E+AND+date%3A%5B2016+FROM*%5D\"}"));
     }
+
+    public void testPartialTemplateWithFileUrlIsBlocked() {
+        final ScriptEngine engine = new MustacheScriptEngine();
+        ScriptException e = expectThrows(
+            ScriptException.class,
+            () -> engine.compile(null, "{{>file:///tmp/secret.txt}}", TemplateScript.CONTEXT, emptyMap())
+        );
+        assertThat(e.getMessage(), containsString("Partial templates are not supported"));
+    }
+
+    public void testPartialTemplateWithRelativePathIsBlocked() {
+        final ScriptEngine engine = new MustacheScriptEngine();
+        ScriptException e = expectThrows(
+            ScriptException.class,
+            () -> engine.compile(null, "{{>../../../tmp/data}}", TemplateScript.CONTEXT, emptyMap())
+        );
+        assertThat(e.getMessage(), containsString("Partial templates are not supported"));
+    }
+
+    public void testInlineTemplateWithoutPartialsStillRenders() {
+        final ScriptEngine engine = new MustacheScriptEngine();
+        TemplateScript.Factory compiled = engine.compile(null, "hello {{name}}", TemplateScript.CONTEXT, emptyMap());
+        TemplateScript executable = compiled.newInstance(singletonMap("name", "world"));
+        assertThat(executable.execute(), equalTo("hello world"));
+    }
 }