diff --git a/studio/frontend/package.json b/studio/frontend/package.json
index 58bc2d8f09..b07be9a589 100644
--- a/studio/frontend/package.json
+++ b/studio/frontend/package.json
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
     "clsx": "^2.1.1",
     "cmdk": "^1.1.1",
     "dexie": "^4.3.0",
+    "docx-preview": "^0.3.6",
+    "dompurify": "^3.2.7",
     "event-source-polyfill": "1.0.31",
     "fflate": "0.8.3",
     "js-yaml": "^4.1.1",
diff --git a/studio/frontend/src/__tests__/preview-panel.test.tsx b/studio/frontend/src/__tests__/preview-panel.test.tsx
index 18d34454ae..ab9dd9e7fc 100644
--- a/studio/frontend/src/__tests__/preview-panel.test.tsx
+++ b/studio/frontend/src/__tests__/preview-panel.test.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
  * Acceptance criteria (contracts §5.4, PLAN.md T5, decisions Q7):
  * - mediaKind === "pdf" → react-pdf view is mounted (or loading indicator shown).
  * - mediaKind === "html" → text-view fallback shown, NO object/embed/iframe with blob URL.
- * - mediaKind === "docx" → text-view fallback shown, NO inline rendering.
+ * - mediaKind === "docx" → DOMPurify-sanitized docx-preview render when a
+ *   blob is present; falls back to text-view when it isn't. Never uses
+ *   object/embed/iframe and never creates a raw object URL.
  * - mediaKind === "unknown" → unavailable/download state, NOT inline.
  * - mediaKind === "text" → text/snippet view shown.
  * - Panel without a target renders nothing or unavailable state.
diff --git a/studio/frontend/src/__tests__/preview-store.test.ts b/studio/frontend/src/__tests__/preview-store.test.ts
index fa68ba8bf9..6d8ee50b58 100644
--- a/studio/frontend/src/__tests__/preview-store.test.ts
+++ b/studio/frontend/src/__tests__/preview-store.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
  * - Opening doc B while doc A is loaded revokes doc A's URL.
  * - PDFs use a signed range URL instead of a full blob download.
  * - Inline object URLs are created ONLY for safe non-PDF mediaKind (text/image).
- * - For unsafe mediaKind (html/docx/unknown) blob fetch is skipped; previewBlobUrl = null.
+ * - For html/unknown blob fetch is skipped; previewBlobUrl = null.
+ * - docx fetches bytes (for the sanitized inline render) but still never
+ *   creates an object URL (previewBlobUrl = null).
  * - isInlineBlobAllowed pure predicate matches contracts §5.4 allowlist.
  * - __previewStoreInternals() verifies module-scoped cleanup.
  */
@@ -225,18 +227,28 @@ describe("preview-store open/close lifecycle (contracts §5)", () => {
     expect(status).toBe("ready");
   });
 
-  it("docx mediaKind skips blob fetch and sets previewBlobUrl = null (Risk #3)", async () => {
+  it("docx mediaKind fetches bytes for sanitized render but never creates an object URL (Risk #3)", async () => {
     mockFetchPreviewTarget.mockResolvedValue(
       makeTarget({ mediaKind: "docx", filename: "report.docx" }),
     );
+    mockFetchPreviewFileBlob.mockResolvedValue(
+      new Blob(["PK"], {
+        type: "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document",
+      }),
+    );
 
     await usePreviewStore.getState().open({ documentId: "doc-docx" });
 
-    expect(mockFetchPreviewFileBlob).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    // Bytes ARE fetched (the DOMPurify-sanitized docx-preview renderer
+    // needs them) but no object URL is created — the raw file is never
+    // exposed as an inline blob: URL.
+    expect(mockFetchPreviewFileBlob).toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(mockFetchPreviewFileUrl).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(URL.createObjectURL).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-    expect(usePreviewStore.getState().previewBlob).toBeNull();
-    expect(usePreviewStore.getState().previewBlobUrl).toBeNull();
+    const { previewBlob, previewBlobUrl, status } = usePreviewStore.getState();
+    expect(previewBlob).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(previewBlobUrl).toBeNull();
+    expect(status).toBe("ready");
   });
 
   it("unknown mediaKind skips blob fetch and sets previewBlobUrl = null", async () => {
diff --git a/studio/frontend/src/features/rag/components/preview-docx-view.tsx b/studio/frontend/src/features/rag/components/preview-docx-view.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e039c90cf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/studio/frontend/src/features/rag/components/preview-docx-view.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+// Copyright 2026-present the Unsloth AI Inc. team. All rights reserved. See /studio/LICENSE.AGPL-3.0
+
+import DOMPurify from "dompurify";
+import { renderAsync } from "docx-preview";
+import { type FC, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import type { PreviewTarget } from "../api/rag-api";
+
+/** Inline DOCX preview. docx-preview renders the .docx bytes to HTML; the
+ *  source document is user-supplied, so we sanitize that HTML with
+ *  DOMPurify before injecting it (Risk #3 — a malicious .docx must not
+ *  execute script in the app origin). The raw bytes are never exposed as
+ *  an object URL — only the sanitized render and the Download action. */
+export const PreviewDocxView: FC<{ target: PreviewTarget; blob: Blob }> = ({
+  blob,
+}) => {
+  const ref = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let cancelled = false;
+    setError(null);
+    // Render off-screen first so we can sanitize before the markup ever
+    // touches the live DOM.
+    const offscreen = document.createElement("div");
+    void renderAsync(blob, offscreen, undefined, {
+      inWrapper: true,
+      ignoreLastRenderedPageBreak: true,
+    })
+      .then(() => {
+        if (cancelled || !ref.current) return;
+        // Keep <style> so docx-preview's scoped layout CSS survives the
+        // sanitize pass; everything else uses DOMPurify defaults (drops
+        // <script>, event handlers, javascript: URLs, etc.).
+        const clean = DOMPurify.sanitize(offscreen.innerHTML, {
+          ADD_TAGS: ["style"],
+        });
+        ref.current.innerHTML = clean;
+      })
+      .catch((err: unknown) => {
+        if (!cancelled) {
+          setError(err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err));
+        }
+      });
+    return () => {
+      cancelled = true;
+    };
+  }, [blob]);
+
+  if (error) {
+    return (
+      <div className="p-4 text-xs text-destructive">
+        Could not render this document. Use Download to open the original.
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div className="h-full overflow-auto bg-muted/30 p-4">
+      <div ref={ref} className="docx-preview mx-auto" />
+    </div>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/studio/frontend/src/features/rag/components/preview-panel.tsx b/studio/frontend/src/features/rag/components/preview-panel.tsx
index 2577149e09..31ec2c6537 100644
--- a/studio/frontend/src/features/rag/components/preview-panel.tsx
+++ b/studio/frontend/src/features/rag/components/preview-panel.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
   isInlineBlobAllowed,
   usePreviewStore,
 } from "../stores/preview-store";
+import { PreviewDocxView } from "./preview-docx-view";
 import { PreviewPdfView } from "./preview-pdf-view";
 import { PreviewTextView } from "./preview-text-view";
 import { PreviewUnavailable } from "./preview-unavailable";
@@ -111,9 +112,16 @@ function renderPreviewBody({
       return <PreviewPdfView target={target} file={pdfFile} />;
     }
 
-    // text / image / docx / html / unknown — all routed through
-    // text-view. text gets the snippet rendered inline; docx/html
-    // /unknown skip inline-render entirely (contracts §5.4 + Risk #3).
+    // DOCX renders inline through a DOMPurify-sanitized docx-preview
+    // pass (Risk #3 stays satisfied — the markup is sanitized and no raw
+    // object URL is created).
+    if (target.mediaKind === "docx" && previewBlob) {
+      return <PreviewDocxView target={target} blob={previewBlob} />;
+    }
+
+    // text / html / unknown — routed through text-view. text gets the
+    // snippet rendered inline; html / unknown skip inline-render entirely
+    // (contracts §5.4 + Risk #3).
     return <PreviewTextView target={target} />;
   }
 
diff --git a/studio/frontend/src/features/rag/stores/preview-store.ts b/studio/frontend/src/features/rag/stores/preview-store.ts
index 70c85cbbab..ac42f07eef 100644
--- a/studio/frontend/src/features/rag/stores/preview-store.ts
+++ b/studio/frontend/src/features/rag/stores/preview-store.ts
@@ -147,9 +147,49 @@ export const usePreviewStore = create<PreviewState>((set) => ({
       return;
     }
 
-    // For mediaKinds outside the allowlist (docx / html / unknown),
-    // skip the blob fetch entirely — the panel mounts the
-    // extracted-text fallback (contracts §5.4 + Risk #3).
+    // DOCX: fetch the raw bytes so the panel can render a DOMPurify-
+    // sanitized inline preview (docx-preview). We deliberately keep
+    // previewBlobUrl = null — the bytes flow through `previewBlob` to the
+    // renderer only; no object URL is created, so the "open original
+    // inline" path stays disabled (Risk #3) and Download remains the only
+    // way to get the raw file.
+    if (target.mediaKind === "docx") {
+      let docxBlob: Blob;
+      try {
+        docxBlob = await fetchPreviewFileBlob(req.documentId, controller.signal);
+      } catch (err) {
+        if (controller.signal.aborted || myKey !== activeOpenKey) return;
+        if (activeAbortController === controller) activeAbortController = null;
+        set({
+          target,
+          previewBlobUrl: null,
+          previewBlob: null,
+          previewFileUrl: null,
+          previewFileUrlExpiresAt: null,
+          status: "error",
+          error: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err),
+          openKey: myKey,
+        });
+        return;
+      }
+      if (myKey !== activeOpenKey) return;
+      if (activeAbortController === controller) activeAbortController = null;
+      set({
+        target,
+        previewBlobUrl: null,
+        previewBlob: docxBlob,
+        previewFileUrl: null,
+        previewFileUrlExpiresAt: null,
+        status: "ready",
+        error: null,
+        openKey: myKey,
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // For mediaKinds outside the allowlist (html / unknown), skip the
+    // blob fetch entirely — the panel mounts the extracted-text fallback
+    // (contracts §5.4 + Risk #3).
     if (!isInlineBlobAllowed(target.mediaKind)) {
       if (activeAbortController === controller) activeAbortController = null;
       set({