diff --git a/graphify/serve.py b/graphify/serve.py
index a9ecd3540..69c0b4d11 100644
--- a/graphify/serve.py
+++ b/graphify/serve.py
@@ -1875,7 +1875,10 @@ def _tool_god_nodes(arguments: dict) -> str:
         from graphify.analyze import god_nodes as _god_nodes
         nodes = _god_nodes(G, top_n=int(arguments.get("top_n", 10)))
         lines = ["God nodes (most connected):"]
-        lines += [f"  {i}. {n['label']} - {n['degree']} edges" for i, n in enumerate(nodes, 1)]
+        lines += [
+            f"  {i}. {sanitize_label(n['label'])} - {n['degree']} edges"
+            for i, n in enumerate(nodes, 1)
+        ]
         return "\n".join(lines)
 
     def _tool_graph_stats(_: dict) -> str:
diff --git a/tests/test_serve_http.py b/tests/test_serve_http.py
index a07bbba01..e58ac2a52 100644
--- a/tests/test_serve_http.py
+++ b/tests/test_serve_http.py
@@ -397,6 +397,44 @@ def test_normal_tool_result_is_not_iserror(tmp_path):
         })
         assert resp.status_code == 200
         assert not resp.json()["result"].get("isError")
+
+
+def test_god_nodes_sanitizes_labels_over_mcp(tmp_path):
+    """The MCP tool must not expose control characters or unbounded labels."""
+    malicious_label = "hub\x00\x1f\x7f" + "x" * 300
+    graph = {
+        "directed": True,
+        "nodes": [
+            {"id": "hub", "label": malicious_label, "community": 0, "source_file": "hub.py"},
+            {"id": "ordinary", "label": "ordinary", "community": 0, "source_file": "ordinary.py"},
+            {"id": "leaf-a", "label": "leaf-a", "community": 0, "source_file": "leaf_a.py"},
+            {"id": "leaf-b", "label": "leaf-b", "community": 0, "source_file": "leaf_b.py"},
+            {"id": "leaf-c", "label": "leaf-c", "community": 0, "source_file": "leaf_c.py"},
+        ],
+        "edges": [
+            {"source": "hub", "target": "ordinary", "relation": "calls", "confidence": "EXTRACTED"},
+            {"source": "hub", "target": "leaf-a", "relation": "calls", "confidence": "EXTRACTED"},
+            {"source": "hub", "target": "leaf-b", "relation": "calls", "confidence": "EXTRACTED"},
+            {"source": "hub", "target": "leaf-c", "relation": "calls", "confidence": "EXTRACTED"},
+            {"source": "ordinary", "target": "leaf-a", "relation": "calls", "confidence": "EXTRACTED"},
+        ],
+    }
+    graph_path = tmp_path / "graph.json"
+    graph_path.write_text(json.dumps(graph), encoding="utf-8")
+
+    app = serve_mod._build_http_app(str(graph_path), json_response=True)
+    with _client(app) as client:
+        text = _call_tool(client, _init_session(client), "god_nodes", {"top_n": 2}, rid=2)
+
+    clean_label = "hub" + "x" * 253
+    assert text.splitlines() == [
+        "God nodes (most connected):",
+        f"  1. {clean_label} - 4 edges",
+        "  2. ordinary - 2 edges",
+    ]
+    assert all(control not in text for control in ("\x00", "\x1f", "\x7f"))
+
+
 def _ambiguous_graph_file(tmp_path: Path) -> str:
     """A graph where the label 'extract' matches two nodes in different files."""
     graph = {