diff --git a/src/server/varlink_api/walld.rs b/src/server/varlink_api/walld.rs
index 31c5a77..6bc9bd8 100644
--- a/src/server/varlink_api/walld.rs
+++ b/src/server/varlink_api/walld.rs
@@ -148,6 +148,22 @@ fn hostname() -> String {
         .unwrap_or_else(|| "unknown".to_string())
 }
 
+/// Verifies that `source_tty` (if given) belongs to `source_uid`.
+fn verify_source_tty(
+    source_tty: Option<&str>,
+    source_uid: u32,
+) -> Result<(), VarlinkWalldClientError> {
+    let Some(tty) = source_tty else {
+        return Ok(());
+    };
+
+    tty_utils::verify_tty_owner(tty, source_uid).map_err(|err| {
+        VarlinkWalldClientError::InvalidRequest {
+            message: format!("source_tty {tty:?}: {err}"),
+        }
+    })
+}
+
 fn tty_error_to_walld_error(user: &str, tty: &str, err: TtyError) -> VarlinkWalldClientError {
     match err {
         TtyError::NotFound(_) | TtyError::InvalidName(_) | TtyError::NotCharacterDevice(_) => {
@@ -239,6 +255,8 @@ pub async fn handle_wall_request(
         });
     }
 
+    verify_source_tty(source_tty.as_deref(), source_uid)?;
+
     authorize(polkit, |authority| {
         check_wall(authority, source_pid, group.as_deref())
     })
@@ -284,6 +302,8 @@ pub async fn handle_write_request(
     tty: Option<String>,
     message: String,
 ) -> Result<VarlinkWriteResponse, VarlinkWalldClientError> {
+    verify_source_tty(source_tty.as_deref(), source_uid)?;
+
     authorize(polkit, |authority| {
         check_write(authority, source_pid, &user, tty.as_deref())
     })
diff --git a/src/server/walld/tty_utils.rs b/src/server/walld/tty_utils.rs
index 0a5780f..a1b5b6a 100644
--- a/src/server/walld/tty_utils.rs
+++ b/src/server/walld/tty_utils.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ pub enum TtyError {
     Unavailable(String),
     #[error("timed out writing to {0}")]
     Timeout(String),
+    #[error("{0}: not owned by the caller")]
+    NotOwnedByCaller(String),
     #[error("{path}: {source}")]
     Io {
         path: String,
@@ -89,6 +91,32 @@ pub fn stat_tty(name: &str) -> Result<TtyInfo, TtyError> {
     })
 }
 
+/// Verifies that `path` is a character device in `/dev/` owned by `uid`.
+pub fn verify_tty_owner(path: &str, uid: u32) -> Result<(), TtyError> {
+    if !path.starts_with("/dev/") || path.split('/').any(|part| part == "..") {
+        return Err(TtyError::InvalidName(path.to_string()));
+    }
+
+    let st = stat(Path::new(path)).map_err(|e| match e {
+        Errno::ENOENT => TtyError::NotFound(path.to_string()),
+        other => TtyError::Io {
+            path: path.to_string(),
+            source: other.into(),
+        },
+    })?;
+
+    let file_type = SFlag::from_bits_truncate(st.st_mode) & SFlag::S_IFMT;
+    if file_type != SFlag::S_IFCHR {
+        return Err(TtyError::NotCharacterDevice(path.to_string()));
+    }
+
+    if st.st_uid != uid {
+        return Err(TtyError::NotOwnedByCaller(path.to_string()));
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 /// A single logged-in session, as reported by utmpx (systemd-logind)
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct Session {