diff --git a/packages/angular/build/src/builders/unit-test/runners/vitest/build-options.ts b/packages/angular/build/src/builders/unit-test/runners/vitest/build-options.ts
index 3936f44b09fd..cff3040a0276 100644
--- a/packages/angular/build/src/builders/unit-test/runners/vitest/build-options.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/build/src/builders/unit-test/runners/vitest/build-options.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import { RunnerOptions } from '../api';
  * @param zoneTestingStrategy How zone.js should be loaded during initialization.
  * @returns The string content of the virtual initialization file.
  */
-function createTestBedInitVirtualFile(
+export function createTestBedInitVirtualFile(
   providersFile: string | undefined,
   projectSourceRoot: string,
   teardown: boolean,
@@ -41,7 +41,12 @@ function createTestBedInitVirtualFile(
     const relativePath = path.relative(projectSourceRoot, providersFile);
     const { dir, name } = path.parse(relativePath);
     const importPath = toPosixPath(path.join(dir, name));
-    providersImport = `import providers from './${importPath}';`;
+    // The import path is derived from the `providersFile` value in the project's
+    // configuration and must be embedded as a single JavaScript string literal.
+    // Building the specifier with `JSON.stringify` escapes any quotes, backslashes,
+    // or newlines it contains, so a crafted value cannot terminate the string early
+    // and inject executable code into this generated file.
+    providersImport = `import providers from ${JSON.stringify('./' + importPath)};`;
   }
 
   let zoneTestingSnippet = '';
diff --git a/packages/angular/build/src/builders/unit-test/runners/vitest/build-options_spec.ts b/packages/angular/build/src/builders/unit-test/runners/vitest/build-options_spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6a42beee2a2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/angular/build/src/builders/unit-test/runners/vitest/build-options_spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.dev/license
+ */
+
+import { createTestBedInitVirtualFile } from './build-options';
+
+describe('createTestBedInitVirtualFile', () => {
+  const projectSourceRoot = '/project/src';
+
+  it('generates a providers import for a normal providersFile', () => {
+    const content = createTestBedInitVirtualFile(
+      '/project/src/my.providers.ts',
+      projectSourceRoot,
+      true,
+      'none',
+      false,
+    );
+
+    expect(content).toContain('import providers from "./my.providers";');
+  });
+
+  it('embeds the providersFile specifier as a single escaped string literal', () => {
+    // A providersFile whose value carries a quote followed by extra source. With raw
+    // string interpolation this would terminate the import specifier early and inject
+    // the trailing text as executable code into the generated file.
+    const malicious = `/project/src/x';globalThis['__pwned']=true;'`;
+
+    const content = createTestBedInitVirtualFile(
+      malicious,
+      projectSourceRoot,
+      true,
+      'none',
+      false,
+    );
+
+    // The entire value stays inside one string literal, so no statement escapes.
+    expect(content).toContain(`import providers from "./x';globalThis['__pwned']=true;'";`);
+    // The payload must never appear as standalone code.
+    expect(content).not.toContain(`import providers from './x';globalThis`);
+  });
+
+  it('escapes newlines in the providersFile specifier', () => {
+    const withNewline = '/project/src/x\';\nglobalThis["__pwned"]=true;//';
+
+    const content = createTestBedInitVirtualFile(
+      withNewline,
+      projectSourceRoot,
+      true,
+      'none',
+      false,
+    );
+
+    // A raw newline cannot appear inside the generated string literal; it is escaped.
+    expect(content).toContain('\\n');
+    expect(content).not.toMatch(/import providers from '\.\/x';\n/);
+  });
+});