diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+catalog/__tests__/catalog-add-button.test.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+catalog/__tests__/catalog-add-button.test.tsx
index 1f1fa1bfab..499f482f36 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+catalog/__tests__/catalog-add-button.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+catalog/__tests__/catalog-add-button.test.tsx
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
  * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
  */
 import React from "react";
-import { render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { screen } from "@testing-library/react";
 import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
 import type { CatalogCategorySpec } from "../../../../common/catalog";
 import { CatalogCategory } from "../../../../common/catalog";
 import { CatalogAddButton } from "../catalog-add-button";
+import { getDiForUnitTesting } from "../../../getDiForUnitTesting";
+import { type DiRender, renderFor } from "../../test-utils/renderFor";
 
 class TestCatalogCategory extends CatalogCategory {
   public readonly apiVersion = "catalog.k8slens.dev/v1alpha1";
@@ -26,6 +28,14 @@ class TestCatalogCategory extends CatalogCategory {
 }
 
 describe("CatalogAddButton", () => {
+  let render: DiRender;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    const di = getDiForUnitTesting({ doGeneralOverrides: true });
+
+    render = renderFor(di);
+  });
+
   it("opens Add menu", async () => {
     const category = new TestCatalogCategory();
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/avatar/__tests__/avatar.test.tsx b/src/renderer/components/avatar/__tests__/avatar.test.tsx
index 4b7b3e18c0..82f4591ff9 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/avatar/__tests__/avatar.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/avatar/__tests__/avatar.test.tsx
@@ -5,11 +5,20 @@
 
 import React from "react";
 import "@testing-library/jest-dom/extend-expect";
-import { render } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { Avatar } from "../avatar";
 import { Icon } from "../../icon";
+import { getDiForUnitTesting } from "../../../getDiForUnitTesting";
+import { type DiRender, renderFor } from "../../test-utils/renderFor";
 
 describe("<Avatar/>", () => {
+  let render: DiRender;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    const di = getDiForUnitTesting({ doGeneralOverrides: true });
+
+    render = renderFor(di);
+  });
+
   test("renders w/o errors", () => {
     const { container } = render(<Avatar title="John Ferguson"/>);
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/dock/logs/__test__/to-bottom.test.tsx b/src/renderer/components/dock/logs/__test__/to-bottom.test.tsx
index 2040dada89..9e4177c1dd 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/dock/logs/__test__/to-bottom.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/dock/logs/__test__/to-bottom.test.tsx
@@ -4,11 +4,22 @@
  */
 import React from "react";
 import "@testing-library/jest-dom/extend-expect";
-import { fireEvent, render } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { fireEvent } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { ToBottom } from "../to-bottom";
 import { noop } from "../../../../utils";
+import type { DiRender } from "../../../test-utils/renderFor";
+import { renderFor } from "../../../test-utils/renderFor";
+import { getDiForUnitTesting } from "../../../../getDiForUnitTesting";
 
 describe("<ToBottom/>", () => {
+  let render: DiRender;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    const di = getDiForUnitTesting({ doGeneralOverrides: true });
+
+    render = renderFor(di);
+  });
+
   it("renders w/o errors", () => {
     const { container } = render(<ToBottom onClick={noop}/>);
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/drawer/drawer-param-toggler.test.tsx b/src/renderer/components/drawer/drawer-param-toggler.test.tsx
index e9d5104afe..6a319cdd51 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/drawer/drawer-param-toggler.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/drawer/drawer-param-toggler.test.tsx
@@ -4,14 +4,19 @@
  */
 
 import type { RenderResult } from "@testing-library/react";
-import { render } from "@testing-library/react";
 import React from "react";
+import { getDiForUnitTesting } from "../../getDiForUnitTesting";
+import { type DiRender, renderFor } from "../test-utils/renderFor";
 import { DrawerParamToggler } from "./drawer-param-toggler";
 
 describe("<DrawerParamToggler />", () => {
   let result: RenderResult;
+  let render: DiRender;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
+    const di = getDiForUnitTesting({ doGeneralOverrides: true });
+
+    render = renderFor(di);
     result = render((
       <DrawerParamToggler
         label="Foo"
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/icon/icon.test.tsx b/src/renderer/components/icon/icon.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f927caa7da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/components/icon/icon.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+
+import React from "react";
+import type { Logger } from "../../../common/logger";
+import loggerInjectable from "../../../common/logger.injectable";
+import { getDiForUnitTesting } from "../../getDiForUnitTesting";
+import type { DiRender } from "../test-utils/renderFor";
+import { renderFor } from "../test-utils/renderFor";
+import { Icon } from "./icon";
+
+describe("<Icon> href technical tests", () => {
+  let render: DiRender;
+  let logger: jest.MockedObject<Logger>;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    const di = getDiForUnitTesting();
+
+    logger = {
+      debug: jest.fn(),
+      error: jest.fn(),
+      info: jest.fn(),
+      silly: jest.fn(),
+      warn: jest.fn(),
+    };
+
+    di.override(loggerInjectable, () => logger);
+
+    render = renderFor(di);
+  });
+
+  it("should render an <Icon> with http href", () => {
+    const result = render((
+      <Icon
+        data-testid="my-icon"
+        href="http://localhost"
+      />
+    ));
+
+    const icon = result.queryByTestId("my-icon");
+
+    expect(icon).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(icon).toHaveAttribute("href", "http://localhost");
+    expect(logger.warn).not.toBeCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("should render an <Icon> with https href", () => {
+    const result = render((
+      <Icon
+        data-testid="my-icon"
+        href="https://localhost"
+      />
+    ));
+
+    const icon = result.queryByTestId("my-icon");
+
+    expect(icon).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(icon).toHaveAttribute("href", "https://localhost");
+    expect(logger.warn).not.toBeCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("should warn about ws hrefs", () => {
+    const result = render((
+      <Icon
+        data-testid="my-icon"
+        href="ws://localhost"
+      />
+    ));
+
+    const icon = result.queryByTestId("my-icon");
+
+    expect(icon).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(icon).not.toHaveAttribute("href", "ws://localhost");
+    expect(logger.warn).toBeCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("should warn about javascript: hrefs", () => {
+    const result = render((
+      <Icon
+        data-testid="my-icon"
+        href="javascript:void 0"
+      />
+    ));
+
+    const icon = result.queryByTestId("my-icon");
+
+    expect(icon).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(icon).not.toHaveAttribute("href", "javascript:void 0");
+    expect(logger.warn).toBeCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/icon/icon.tsx b/src/renderer/components/icon/icon.tsx
index 7655194886..425b3235b0 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/icon/icon.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/icon/icon.tsx
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ import User from "./user.svg";
 import Users from "./users.svg";
 import Wheel from "./wheel.svg";
 import Workloads from "./workloads.svg";
+import type { Logger } from "../../../common/logger";
+import { withInjectables } from "@ogre-tools/injectable-react";
+import loggerInjectable from "../../../common/logger.injectable";
+
+const hrefValidation = /https?:\/\//;
+
+const hrefIsSafe = (href: string) => Boolean(href.match(hrefValidation));
 
 /**
  * Mapping between the local file names and the svgs
@@ -155,16 +162,21 @@ export function isSvg(content: string): boolean {
   return String(content).includes("<svg");
 }
 
-const RawIcon = withTooltip((props: IconProps) => {
+interface Dependencies {
+  logger: Logger;
+}
+
+const RawIcon = (props: IconProps & Dependencies) => {
   const ref = createRef<HTMLAnchorElement>();
 
   const {
-  // skip passing props to icon's html element
+    // skip passing props to icon's html element
     className, href, link, material, svg, size, smallest, small, big,
     disabled, sticker, active,
     focusable = true,
     children,
     interactive, onClick, onKeyDown,
+    logger,
     ...elemProps
   } = props;
   const isInteractive = interactive ?? !!(onClick || href || link);
@@ -245,16 +257,27 @@ const RawIcon = withTooltip((props: IconProps) => {
   }
 
   if (href) {
-    return (
-      <a
-        {...iconProps}
-        href={href}
-        ref={ref}
-      />
-    );
+    if (hrefIsSafe(href)) {
+      return (
+        <a
+          {...iconProps}
+          href={href}
+          ref={ref}
+        />
+      );
+    }
+
+    logger.warn("[ICON]: href prop is unsafe, blocking", { href });
   }
 
   return <i {...iconProps} ref={ref} />;
+};
+
+const InjectedIcon = withInjectables<Dependencies, IconProps>(RawIcon, {
+  getProps: (di, props) => ({
+    ...props,
+    logger: di.inject(loggerInjectable),
+  }),
 });
 
-export const Icon = Object.assign(RawIcon, { isSvg });
+export const Icon = Object.assign(withTooltip(InjectedIcon), { isSvg });
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/scroll-spy/__tests__/scroll-spy.test.tsx b/src/renderer/components/scroll-spy/__tests__/scroll-spy.test.tsx
index 5fa2576cba..1dc21b6735 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/scroll-spy/__tests__/scroll-spy.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/scroll-spy/__tests__/scroll-spy.test.tsx
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
 
 import React from "react";
 import "@testing-library/jest-dom/extend-expect";
-import { render, screen, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { screen, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { ScrollSpy } from "../scroll-spy";
 import { RecursiveTreeView } from "../../tree-view";
+import { getDiForUnitTesting } from "../../../getDiForUnitTesting";
+import { type DiRender, renderFor } from "../../test-utils/renderFor";
 
 const observe = jest.fn();
 
@@ -20,6 +22,14 @@ Object.defineProperty(window, "IntersectionObserver", {
 });
 
 describe("<ScrollSpy/>", () => {
+  let render: DiRender;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    const di = getDiForUnitTesting({ doGeneralOverrides: true });
+
+    render = renderFor(di);
+  });
+
   it("renders w/o errors", () => {
     const { container } = render((
       <ScrollSpy
@@ -94,6 +104,14 @@ describe("<ScrollSpy/>", () => {
 
 
 describe("<TreeView/> dataTree inside <ScrollSpy/>", () => {
+  let render: DiRender;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    const di = getDiForUnitTesting({ doGeneralOverrides: true });
+
+    render = renderFor(di);
+  });
+
   it("contains links to all sections", async () => {
     render((
       <ScrollSpy