diff --git a/scripts/bump_version.py b/scripts/bump_version.py
index 94db003..23b946f 100755
--- a/scripts/bump_version.py
+++ b/scripts/bump_version.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import urllib.parse
 from datetime import datetime
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -153,12 +154,36 @@ def git_commit(version: str, files: list[str] | None = None, cwd: Path | None =
     print(f"✅ Git commit on {release_branch(version)}: chore: bump version to {version}")
 
 
+def _github_repo(url: str) -> str | None:
+    """owner/name when the remote URL points at github.com, otherwise None.
+
+    The host and the path are read apart and compared whole: a substring test lets
+    any host that mentions github.com in its path or its own name through (CodeQL
+    py/incomplete-url-substring-sanitization, alert #60).
+    """
+    url = url.strip()
+    if "://" in url:
+        parts = urllib.parse.urlsplit(url)
+        host, path = parts.hostname or "", parts.path
+    else:
+        # scp-like syntax: [user@]host:path
+        scp = re.fullmatch(r"(?:[^@/:]+@)?([^@/:]+):(.+)", url)
+        if not scp:
+            return None
+        host, path = scp.group(1).lower(), scp.group(2)
+    if host != "github.com":
+        return None
+    path = path.strip("/")
+    return path.removesuffix(".git") or None
+
+
 def _origin_is_github(cwd: Path | None) -> bool:
     url = subprocess.run(
         ["git", "remote", "get-url", "origin"], capture_output=True, text=True, encoding="utf-8", check=True,
         cwd=cwd,
     ).stdout
-    return "github.com" in url and RELEASE_REPO in url
+    repo = _github_repo(url)
+    return repo is not None and repo.lower() == RELEASE_REPO.lower()
 
 
 def git_push(version: str, cwd: Path | None = None) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/test_release_through_pr.py b/tests/test_release_through_pr.py
index 5832e13..c204fc1 100644
--- a/tests/test_release_through_pr.py
+++ b/tests/test_release_through_pr.py
@@ -114,3 +114,47 @@ def test_the_bump_is_committed_on_a_release_branch_and_main_is_left_alone(repo):
     assert _git(remote, "log", "-1", "--format=%s", "release/2026.47") == "chore: bump version to 2026.47"
     assert _git(remote, "log", "-1", "--format=%s", "main") == "initial", "main was pushed"
     assert _git(work, "rev-parse", "--abbrev-ref", "HEAD") == "main"
+
+
+# --- who opens the pull request ----------------------------------------------------
+#
+# The pull request is opened with gh, with auto-merge, only when origin is this
+# repository on GitHub. CodeQL alert #60 (py/incomplete-url-substring-sanitization)
+# was right about the first version: it asked whether "github.com" and the repository
+# name occurred anywhere in the URL, which a host of anyone's choosing satisfies.
+# The URLs below are set on a real clone with `git remote set-url`; git does not
+# contact them to answer `git remote get-url`.
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("url", [
+    "https://github.com/maksimtech/patchradar.git",
+    "https://github.com/maksimtech/patchradar",
+    "https://GitHub.com/maksimtech/patchradar.git",
+    "git@github.com:maksimtech/patchradar.git",
+    "ssh://git@github.com/maksimtech/patchradar.git",
+])
+def test_origin_on_github_is_recognised(repo, url):
+    work, _ = repo
+    _git(work, "remote", "set-url", "origin", url)
+    assert bump._origin_is_github(work)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("url", [
+    "https://evil.example/github.com/maksimtech/patchradar.git",
+    "https://github.com.evil.example/maksimtech/patchradar.git",
+    "https://evil.example/?github.com/maksimtech/patchradar",
+    "git@evil.example:github.com/maksimtech/patchradar.git",
+    "https://github.com/maksimtech/patchradar-fork.git",
+    "https://github.com/someone/maksimtech/patchradar.git",
+    "https://github.com/someone-else/patchradar.git",
+])
+def test_origin_that_only_mentions_github_is_not_trusted(repo, url):
+    work, _ = repo
+    _git(work, "remote", "set-url", "origin", url)
+    assert not bump._origin_is_github(work)
+
+
+def test_a_local_origin_is_not_github(repo):
+    work, remote = repo
+    assert _git(work, "remote", "get-url", "origin") == str(remote)
+    assert not bump._origin_is_github(work)