diff --git a/src/browser/Clipboard.test.ts b/src/browser/Clipboard.test.ts
index aa7bdabdd1..2028504ec8 100644
--- a/src/browser/Clipboard.test.ts
+++ b/src/browser/Clipboard.test.ts
@@ -29,4 +29,14 @@ describe('evaluatePastedTextProcessing', () => {
     assert.equal(unbracketedText, 'foo bar');
     assert.equal(bracketedText, '\x1b[200~foo bar\x1b[201~');
   });
+
+  it('should escape embedded escape sequences in pasted text only when bracketed', () => {
+    const ESC_SYMBOL = '\u241b';
+    const pastedText = '\x1b[201~foo\x1b[200~bar';
+    const unbracketedText = Clipboard.bracketTextForPaste(pastedText, false);
+    const bracketedText = Clipboard.bracketTextForPaste(pastedText, true);
+
+    assert.equal(unbracketedText, pastedText, 'non bracketed paste should remain unchanged');
+    assert.equal(bracketedText, `\x1b[200~${ESC_SYMBOL}[201~foo${ESC_SYMBOL}[200~bar\x1b[201~`);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/browser/Clipboard.ts b/src/browser/Clipboard.ts
index ec85b5836d..aaf8a48e41 100644
--- a/src/browser/Clipboard.ts
+++ b/src/browser/Clipboard.ts
@@ -19,10 +19,13 @@ export function prepareTextForTerminal(text: string): string {
  * @param text The pasted text to bracket
  */
 export function bracketTextForPaste(text: string, bracketedPasteMode: boolean): string {
-  if (bracketedPasteMode) {
-    return '\x1b[200~' + text + '\x1b[201~';
+  if (!bracketedPasteMode) {
+    return text;
   }
-  return text;
+  // Sanitize pasted text to prevent injected escape sequences (e.g. exiting bracketed paste)
+  // by replacing ESC (\x1b) with its visible representation U+241B (␛).
+  const sanitizedText = text.replace(/\x1b/g, '\u241b');
+  return `\x1b[200~${sanitizedText}\x1b[201~`;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/browser/services/CoreBrowserService.ts b/src/browser/services/CoreBrowserService.ts
index 5052de6d28..658caaeb1c 100644
--- a/src/browser/services/CoreBrowserService.ts
+++ b/src/browser/services/CoreBrowserService.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export class CoreBrowserService extends Disposable implements ICoreBrowserServic
 
   private _isFocused = false;
   private _cachedIsFocused: boolean | undefined = undefined;
-  private _screenDprMonitor = this._register(new ScreenDprMonitor(this._window));
+  private _screenDprMonitor: ScreenDprMonitor;
 
   private readonly _onDprChange = this._register(new Emitter<number>());
   public readonly onDprChange = this._onDprChange.event;
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ export class CoreBrowserService extends Disposable implements ICoreBrowserServic
   ) {
     super();
 
+    this._screenDprMonitor = this._register(new ScreenDprMonitor(this._window));
+
     // Monitor device pixel ratio
     this._register(this.onWindowChange(w => this._screenDprMonitor.setWindow(w)));
     this._register(EventUtils.forward(this._screenDprMonitor.onDprChange, this._onDprChange));