diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 7ac7467..9f6700c 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: ⏳ Wait for services to be ready
         run: |
           echo "Waiting for services to start..."
-          timeout 120 bash -c 'until curl -f http://localhost:3000/api/health; do sleep 2; done'
+          timeout 120 bash -c 'until curl -f http://localhost:8080/api/health; do sleep 2; done'
 
       - name: 🧪 Run integration tests
         working-directory: ./proto
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index aab7412..66c5cff 100755
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ Next.js 15 alapú weboldal a mozdIT Bt. számára, Docker Compose-szal deployolv
 | MITHOME-73 | Lábléc/Kapcsolat cím CMS-szerkeszthetővé tétele (common.json footer.address) | ✅ |
 | MITHOME-74 | CMS publish deploy: hiányzó cwd — a deploy a gyökérben landolt | ✅ |
 | MITHOME-75 | CMS: gyorsbillentyűk (Ctrl+S Mentés, Ctrl+P Publikálás, Ctrl+Shift+V Verziók, ? súgó) | ✅ |
+| MITHOME-76 | CMS: publish public path javítása, brute-force & timing attack védelem, Docker localhost bind | ✅ |
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/content-editor.js b/content-editor.js
index d292c4a..d675bfb 100644
--- a/content-editor.js
+++ b/content-editor.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ const GUIDE_FILE = process.env.CONTENT_EDITOR_GUIDE_FILE || path.join(__dirname,
 const RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MS = 15 * 60 * 1000;
 const AUTH_MAX_ATTEMPTS = 5;
 const PUBLISH_MAX_ATTEMPTS = 3;
+let isPublishing = false;
 
 const FILES = {
   common:               path.join(CONTENT_DIR, 'common.json'),
@@ -65,6 +66,8 @@ const clientJs = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'scripts', 'cms-editor-cli
 const core = require('./scripts/cms-core');
 const { CMS_USER, CMS_PASS, CMS_DEPLOY_ENV, CSRF_TOKEN, securityConfigIsValid, getClientAddress, hasValidCsrfToken, backupAndWriteAtomically } = core;
 const exceedsRateLimit = (key, limit) => core.exceedsRateLimit(key, limit, RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MS);
+const isRateLimited = (key, limit) => core.isRateLimited(key, limit, RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MS);
+const recordRateLimitAttempt = key => core.recordRateLimitAttempt(key, RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MS);
 const hasValidCredentials = req => core.hasValidCredentials(req, validateLogin);
 const isAuthenticated = core.makeIsAuthenticated(hasValidSession, validateLogin);
 const isBrowserNavigation = core.isBrowserNavigation;
@@ -82,6 +85,8 @@ function readDeployVersion() {
 const DEPLOY_VERSION = readDeployVersion();
 
 const server = http.createServer(async (req, res) => {
+  res.setHeader('X-Frame-Options', 'DENY');
+  res.setHeader('X-Content-Type-Options', 'nosniff');
   const clientAddress = getClientAddress(req);
   if (!securityConfigIsValid()) {
     res.writeHead(503, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain; charset=utf-8' });
@@ -141,6 +146,12 @@ const server = http.createServer(async (req, res) => {
       body += c;
     });
     req.on('end', () => {
+      if (isRateLimited(`auth:${clientAddress}`, AUTH_MAX_ATTEMPTS)) {
+        writeAudit('login_failed', { clientAddress, result: 'rate_limited' });
+        res.writeHead(429, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Retry-After': String(RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MS / 1000) });
+        res.end(JSON.stringify({ ok: false, error: 'Túl sok belépési kísérlet — próbáld újra később.' }));
+        return;
+      }
       let user = '';
       let pass = '';
       try {
@@ -157,12 +168,7 @@ const server = http.createServer(async (req, res) => {
         res.end(JSON.stringify({ ok: true }));
         return;
       }
-      if (exceedsRateLimit(`auth:${clientAddress}`, AUTH_MAX_ATTEMPTS)) {
-        writeAudit('login_failed', { clientAddress, result: 'rate_limited' });
-        res.writeHead(429, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Retry-After': String(RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MS / 1000) });
-        res.end(JSON.stringify({ ok: false, error: 'Túl sok belépési kísérlet — próbáld újra később.' }));
-        return;
-      }
+      recordRateLimitAttempt(`auth:${clientAddress}`);
       writeAudit('login_failed', { clientAddress, result: bodyTooLarge ? 'request_too_large' : 'invalid_credentials' });
       res.writeHead(401, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' });
       res.end(JSON.stringify({ ok: false, error: 'Hibás felhasználónév vagy jelszó.' }));
@@ -170,14 +176,15 @@ const server = http.createServer(async (req, res) => {
     return;
   }
 
+  if (isRateLimited(`auth:${clientAddress}`, AUTH_MAX_ATTEMPTS)) {
+    writeAudit('authentication_failed', { clientAddress, limited: true });
+    res.writeHead(429, { 'Retry-After': String(RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MS / 1000) });
+    res.end('Too many authentication attempts');
+    return;
+  }
   if (!isAuthenticated(req)) {
-    const limited = exceedsRateLimit(`auth:${clientAddress}`, AUTH_MAX_ATTEMPTS);
-    writeAudit('authentication_failed', { clientAddress, limited });
-    if (limited) {
-      res.writeHead(429, { 'Retry-After': String(RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MS / 1000) });
-      res.end('Too many authentication attempts');
-      return;
-    }
+    recordRateLimitAttempt(`auth:${clientAddress}`);
+    writeAudit('authentication_failed', { clientAddress, limited: false });
     // Browser navigations land on the styled login page; API/curl gets a plain 401.
     // WHY no WWW-Authenticate: Safari pops its native auth dialog on fetch() calls
     // that receive a Basic challenge — the styled /login page handles browsers.
@@ -283,7 +290,14 @@ const server = http.createServer(async (req, res) => {
 
   // POST /publish — Git Commit, Pull Rebase & Push
   if (req.method === 'POST' && u.pathname === '/publish') {
+    if (isPublishing) {
+      res.writeHead(423, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' });
+      res.end(JSON.stringify({ ok: false, error: 'Már folyamatban van egy publikálás. Kérlek, várj.' }));
+      return;
+    }
+    isPublishing = true;
     if (exceedsRateLimit(`publish:${clientAddress}`, PUBLISH_MAX_ATTEMPTS)) {
+      isPublishing = false;
       writeAudit('publish_rate_limited', { clientAddress, user: CMS_USER });
       res.writeHead(429, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Retry-After': String(RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MS / 1000) });
       res.end(JSON.stringify({ ok: false, error: 'Túl sok publikálási kísérlet' }));
@@ -294,6 +308,7 @@ const server = http.createServer(async (req, res) => {
     // (WHY comments there): commit only when staged changes exist, rebase with
     // abort-on-failure, deterministic no-changes marker instead of output matching.
     exec(buildPublishCommand('content: frissítve a CMS-ből'), { cwd: CONTENT_DIR }, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
+      isPublishing = false;
       res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' });
       const outcome = interpretPublishResult(error, stdout, stderr);
       writeAudit('publish_finished', { clientAddress, user: CMS_USER, result: outcome.result });
diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
index e78e1a6..86960a8 100755
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ services:
       target: builder  # Use builder stage for development
     container_name: mozdit-app-dev
     ports:
-      - "8080:3000"
+      - "127.0.0.1:8080:3000"
     environment:
       - NODE_ENV=development
       - MONGODB_URI=mongodb://mongodb:27017/mozdit
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ services:
     image: mongo:7.0
     container_name: mozdit-mongodb-dev
     ports:
-      - "27018:27017"
+      - "127.0.0.1:27018:27017"
     environment:
       - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME=admin
       - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=password123
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ services:
     image: mongo-express:1.0.2
     container_name: mozdit-mongo-express-dev
     ports:
-      - "8081:8081"
+      - "127.0.0.1:8081:8081"
     environment:
       - ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_ADMINUSERNAME=admin
       - ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_ADMINPASSWORD=password123
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ services:
     image: grafana/loki:2.9.0
     container_name: mozdit-loki-dev
     ports:
-      - "3100:3100"
+      - "127.0.0.1:3100:3100"
     command: -config.file=/etc/loki/local-config.yaml
     volumes:
       - loki_data:/loki
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ services:
     image: grafana/grafana:10.2.0
     container_name: mozdit-grafana-dev
     ports:
-      - "3001:3000"
+      - "127.0.0.1:3001:3000"
     environment:
       - GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_PASSWORD=admin123
     volumes:
diff --git a/docker-compose.prod.yml b/docker-compose.prod.yml
index 066c4c5..76640de 100644
--- a/docker-compose.prod.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.prod.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ services:
         - DEPLOY_VERSION=${DEPLOY_VERSION:-unversioned}
     container_name: mozdit-app-prod
     ports:
-      - "8080:3000" # Host port 8080 elkerüli a lokális npm dev (3000) összeakadást
+      - "127.0.0.1:8080:3000" # Belső port — csak nginx reverse proxy-n keresztül elérhető
     environment:
       - NODE_ENV=production
       # No fallback for MONGODB_URI: with root auth enabled on the Mongo container an
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ services:
     image: mongo:7.0
     container_name: mozdit-mongodb-prod
     ports:
-      - "27018:27017" # Host port 27018 elkerüli az összeakadást a lokális Mongo-val
+      - "127.0.0.1:27018:27017" # Belső port, nem publikus az internet felé
     environment:
       - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME=${MONGO_ROOT_USER:-admin}
       # No weak default password: a missing value must fail the container loudly.
diff --git a/scripts/cms-core.js b/scripts/cms-core.js
index b862d1a..ffa2058 100644
--- a/scripts/cms-core.js
+++ b/scripts/cms-core.js
@@ -28,6 +28,24 @@ function getClientAddress(req) {
   return req.socket.remoteAddress || 'unknown';
 }
 
+function isRateLimited(key, limit, windowMs) {
+  const now = Date.now();
+  const attempts = (rateLimits.get(key) || []).filter(time => now - time < windowMs);
+  if (attempts.length === 0) {
+    rateLimits.delete(key);
+    return false;
+  }
+  rateLimits.set(key, attempts);
+  return attempts.length >= limit;
+}
+
+function recordRateLimitAttempt(key, windowMs) {
+  const now = Date.now();
+  const attempts = (rateLimits.get(key) || []).filter(time => now - time < windowMs);
+  attempts.push(now);
+  rateLimits.set(key, attempts);
+}
+
 function exceedsRateLimit(key, limit, windowMs) {
   const now = Date.now();
   const attempts = (rateLimits.get(key) || []).filter(time => now - time < windowMs);
@@ -38,7 +56,10 @@ function exceedsRateLimit(key, limit, windowMs) {
 
 function hasValidCredentials(req, validateLogin) {
   const b64auth = (req.headers.authorization || '').split(' ')[1] || '';
-  const [login = '', password = ''] = Buffer.from(b64auth, 'base64').toString().split(':');
+  const str = Buffer.from(b64auth, 'base64').toString();
+  const colonIdx = str.indexOf(':');
+  const login = colonIdx !== -1 ? str.slice(0, colonIdx) : str;
+  const password = colonIdx !== -1 ? str.slice(colonIdx + 1) : '';
   return validateLogin(login, password, CMS_USER, CMS_PASS);
 }
 
@@ -84,6 +105,17 @@ function backupAndWriteAtomically(targetFile, data, backupDir) {
   return backupFile;
 }
 
+
+const RATE_LIMIT_GC_INTERVAL_MS = 5 * 60 * 1000;
+setInterval(() => {
+  const now = Date.now();
+  for (const [key, attempts] of rateLimits) {
+    const valid = attempts.filter(t => now - t < 15 * 60 * 1000);
+    if (valid.length === 0) rateLimits.delete(key);
+    else rateLimits.set(key, valid);
+  }
+}, RATE_LIMIT_GC_INTERVAL_MS).unref();
+
 module.exports = {
   CMS_USER,
   CMS_PASS,
@@ -91,6 +123,8 @@ module.exports = {
   CSRF_TOKEN,
   securityConfigIsValid,
   getClientAddress,
+  isRateLimited,
+  recordRateLimitAttempt,
   exceedsRateLimit,
   hasValidCredentials,
   isBrowserNavigation,
diff --git a/scripts/cms-editor-client.js b/scripts/cms-editor-client.js
index 0717e63..d7f651e 100644
--- a/scripts/cms-editor-client.js
+++ b/scripts/cms-editor-client.js
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ function renderPrimitive(path, val, container) {
   const type = val === null ? 'null' : typeof val;
   let control;
   if (type === 'boolean') {
-    control = `<input type="checkbox" data-path="${path}" data-type="boolean" ${val ? 'checked' : ''}>`;
+    control = `<input type="checkbox" data-path="${esc(path)}" data-type="boolean" ${val ? 'checked' : ''}>`;
   } else if (type === 'number') {
-    control = `<input type="number" data-path="${path}" data-type="number" value="${esc(val)}">`;
+    control = `<input type="number" data-path="${esc(path)}" data-type="number" value="${esc(val)}">`;
   } else {
     control = isLong
-      ? `<textarea data-path="${path}" data-type="${type}" rows="${Math.min(8,Math.max(2,Math.ceil(String(val).length/80)))}">${esc(val ?? '')}<\/textarea>`
-      : `<input type="text" data-path="${path}" data-type="${type}" value="${esc(val ?? '')}">`;
+      ? `<textarea data-path="${esc(path)}" data-type="${type}" rows="${Math.min(8,Math.max(2,Math.ceil(String(val).length/80)))}">${esc(val ?? '')}<\/textarea>`
+      : `<input type="text" data-path="${esc(path)}" data-type="${type}" value="${esc(val ?? '')}">`;
   }
   div.innerHTML = `
     <label>${path}</label>
@@ -242,41 +242,54 @@ function parsePath(path) {
 }
 
 async function save() {
-  const data = collect();
-  const res = await fetch('/save?file=' + FILE, {
-    method: 'POST',
-    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'X-CSRF-Token': CSRF_TOKEN, 'X-Content-Hash': CONTENT_HASH },
-    body: JSON.stringify(data, null, 2)
-  });
-  if (res.status === 401) { location.href = '/login'; return; }
-  if (res.status === 409) {
-    if (confirm('A tartalom megváltozott, mióta ez a lap megnyílt (pl. deploy vagy másik fül mentett).\n\nOK = lap frissítése az új tartalommal (a szerkesztésed elvész)\nMégse = maradsz ezen a lapon, a mentés nem történt meg.')) {
-      location.reload();
-    }
-    return;
-  }
-  const json = await res.json();
   const status = document.getElementById('saveStatus');
-  if (json.ok) {
-    // Refresh the optimistic-lock fingerprint with the server-computed hash of
-    // the saved content, so the user's own subsequent saves don't trip 409.
-    if (json.contentHash) CONTENT_HASH = json.contentHash;
-    status.textContent = '✅ Mentve!';
-    status.style.color = '#10b981';
-  } else {
-    status.textContent = '❌ Hiba: ' + json.error;
+  try {
+    const data = collect();
+    const res = await fetch('/save?file=' + FILE, {
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'X-CSRF-Token': CSRF_TOKEN, 'X-Content-Hash': CONTENT_HASH },
+      body: JSON.stringify(data, null, 2)
+    });
+    if (res.status === 401) { location.href = '/login'; return false; }
+    if (res.status === 409) {
+      if (confirm('A tartalom megváltozott, mióta ez a lap megnyílt (pl. deploy vagy másik fül mentett).\n\nOK = lap frissítése az új tartalommal (a szerkesztésed elvész)\nMégse = maradsz ezen a lapon, a mentés nem történt meg.')) {
+        location.reload();
+      }
+      return false;
+    }
+    const json = await res.json();
+    if (json.ok) {
+      // Refresh the optimistic-lock fingerprint with the server-computed hash of
+      // the saved content, so the user's own subsequent saves don't trip 409.
+      if (json.contentHash) CONTENT_HASH = json.contentHash;
+      status.textContent = '✅ Mentve!';
+      status.style.color = '#10b981';
+      status.style.visibility = 'visible';
+      setTimeout(() => status.style.visibility = 'hidden', 3000);
+      return true;
+    } else {
+      status.textContent = '❌ Hiba: ' + json.error;
+      status.style.color = '#f87171';
+      status.style.visibility = 'visible';
+      setTimeout(() => status.style.visibility = 'hidden', 5000);
+      return false;
+    }
+  } catch (e) {
+    status.textContent = '❌ Hálózati hiba mentéskor';
     status.style.color = '#f87171';
+    status.style.visibility = 'visible';
+    setTimeout(() => status.style.visibility = 'hidden', 5000);
+    return false;
   }
-  status.style.visibility = 'visible';
-  setTimeout(() => status.style.visibility = 'hidden', 3000);
 }
 
 async function publish() {
   const btn = document.getElementById('publishBtn');
   const status = document.getElementById('saveStatus');
   
-  // Save first
-  await save();
+  // Save first — abort publish if save failed (e.g. 409 conflict, validation error)
+  const saved = await save();
+  if (!saved) return;
 
   // WHY: lock the button width and remember the label so the running state
   // neither resizes the bottom bar nor permanently swaps the env-specific label.
diff --git a/scripts/cms-pages.js b/scripts/cms-pages.js
index 3f35f46..05e0849 100644
--- a/scripts/cms-pages.js
+++ b/scripts/cms-pages.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+function escHtml(s) { return String(s).replace(/&/g,'&amp;').replace(/</g,'&lt;').replace(/>/g,'&gt;').replace(/"/g,'&quot;'); }
 // Page templates for the Content Editor. Kept separate so content-editor.js
 // stays focused on routing/handling and below the file-size limits.
 
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ const HTML = (activeFile, jsonData, message, csrfToken, fileLabels, clientJs, co
 <body>
 
 ${isStaging() ? '<div class="environment-banner">⚠ STAGING / TESZTKÖRNYEZET — itt végzett publikálás csak a staging oldalt frissíti</div>' : ''}
-${message ? `<div class="toast ${message.type === 'ok' ? 'ok' : 'err'}">${message.text}</div>` : ''}
+${message ? `<div class="toast ${message.type === 'ok' ? 'ok' : 'err'}">${escHtml(message.text)}</div>` : ''}
 
 <header>
   <h1>mozdIT Content Editor</h1>
diff --git a/scripts/cms-publish.js b/scripts/cms-publish.js
index 86dc94a..764d505 100644
--- a/scripts/cms-publish.js
+++ b/scripts/cms-publish.js
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ const NO_CHANGES_MARKER = '__NO_CONTENT_CHANGES__';
 function buildPublishCommand(commitMessage) {
   return [
     'git add .',
-    // WHY: logo uploads live in proto/public — outside the content cwd — so
-    // stage them too (tolerant: optional path in test throwaway repos).
-    '(git add ../public || true)',
+    // WHY: logo uploads live in proto/public — 2 levels above the content cwd — so
+    // stage them too (tolerant: optional path in test throwaway repos, stderr muted).
+    '(git add ../../public 2>/dev/null || true)',
     `(git diff --cached --quiet && echo ${NO_CHANGES_MARKER} || git commit -m "${commitMessage}")`,
     '(git pull --rebase origin main || (git rebase --abort; false))',
     'git push origin main',
diff --git a/scripts/cms-session.js b/scripts/cms-session.js
index fcc1e75..1b4d9d7 100644
--- a/scripts/cms-session.js
+++ b/scripts/cms-session.js
@@ -8,13 +8,17 @@ const SESSION_TTL_MS = 8 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
 const sessions = new Map(); // token -> expiresAt (ms)
 
 function timingSafeMatch(candidate, expected) {
-  if (typeof candidate !== 'string' || typeof expected !== 'string' || candidate.length !== expected.length) return false;
-  return crypto.timingSafeEqual(Buffer.from(candidate), Buffer.from(expected));
+  if (typeof candidate !== 'string' || typeof expected !== 'string') return false;
+  const cHash = crypto.createHash('sha256').update(candidate).digest();
+  const eHash = crypto.createHash('sha256').update(expected).digest();
+  return crypto.timingSafeEqual(cHash, eHash);
 }
 
 function validateLogin(user, pass, expectedUser, expectedPass) {
   if (!expectedUser || !expectedPass) return false;
-  return timingSafeMatch(user, expectedUser) && timingSafeMatch(pass, expectedPass);
+  const userOk = timingSafeMatch(user, expectedUser);
+  const passOk = timingSafeMatch(pass, expectedPass);
+  return Boolean(userOk && passOk);
 }
 
 function createSessionCookie(isSecure) {
diff --git a/scripts/markdown-render.js b/scripts/markdown-render.js
index f59f561..fb56358 100644
--- a/scripts/markdown-render.js
+++ b/scripts/markdown-render.js
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ function renderInline(text) {
   return escapeHtml(text)
     .replace(/`([^`]+)`/g, '<code>$1</code>')
     .replace(/\*\*([^*]+)\*\*/g, '<strong>$1</strong>')
-    .replace(/\[([^\]]+)\]\(([^)\s]+)\)/g, '<a href="$2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">$1</a>');
+    .replace(/\[([^\]]+)\]\(([^)\s]+)\)/g, (match, linkText, url) => {
+      const safeUrl = /^(https?:\/\/|mailto:|#|\/)/i.test(url) ? url : '#';
+      return `<a href="${safeUrl}" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">${linkText}</a>`;
+    });
 }
 
 function renderMarkdown(markdown) {
diff --git a/scripts/test-cms-publish.js b/scripts/test-cms-publish.js
index 9de401f..9986e30 100644
--- a/scripts/test-cms-publish.js
+++ b/scripts/test-cms-publish.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const ROOT = path.join(__dirname, '..');
 // ── Unit ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 const cmd = buildPublishCommand('content: frissítve a CMS-ből');
-assert.ok(cmd.startsWith('git add . && (git add ../public || true) && (git diff --cached --quiet && echo ' + NO_CHANGES_MARKER), 'conditional commit with marker');
+assert.ok(cmd.startsWith('git add . && (git add ../../public 2>/dev/null || true) && (git diff --cached --quiet && echo ' + NO_CHANGES_MARKER), 'conditional commit with marker');
 assert.ok(cmd.includes('(git pull --rebase origin main || (git rebase --abort; false))'), 'rebase-abort fallback');
 assert.ok(cmd.endsWith('git push origin main'), 'push last');