diff --git a/ingestion/Dockerfile b/ingestion/Dockerfile
index 5018b4f4a318..8c91c51cf2d9 100644
--- a/ingestion/Dockerfile
+++ b/ingestion/Dockerfile
@@ -107,36 +107,12 @@ RUN pip install --no-build-isolation "cx_Oracle>=8.3.0,<9"
 RUN pip install "openmetadata-managed-apis~=${RI_VERSION}" --constraint "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/airflow/constraints-3.2.2/constraints-3.10.txt"
 RUN pip install "openmetadata-ingestion[${INGESTION_DEPENDENCY}]~=${RI_VERSION}"
 
-# Patch vulnerable Hive-metastore jars bundled inside PySpark 3.5.6 (the Deltalake
-# connector calls .enableHiveSupport()). SHA256-pinned to Maven Central.
-#   zookeeper 3.6.3 -> 3.7.2        CVE-2023-44981 (SASL quorum auth bypass); ZK 3.7 runs on Java 8+
-#   jackson-mapper/core-asl 1.9.13  CVE-2019-10202 (deserialization RCE) -- removed, no fix upstream
-# Derby (CVE-2022-46337) is deliberately left at the bundled 10.14.2.0. The only fixed
-# release on Maven Central is 10.17.1.0, which requires Java 21 — this image ships Java 17
-# (default-jre-headless), and the Java-8/11/17 backport jars (10.14.3.0 / 10.15.2.1 /
-# 10.16.1.2) were never published upstream, so no drop-in Java-17 fix exists. The CVE is
-# an LDAP-authenticator injection; OM's embedded Derby metastore uses no LDAP auth, so the
-# vulnerable path is unreachable. Revisit if PySpark bumps Derby or the image moves to Java 21.
-# Skips cleanly when pyspark is absent (e.g. an INGESTION_DEPENDENCY build without
-# the deltalake/pyspark deps); only patches jars when the pyspark jars dir exists.
-RUN JARS_DIR="$(python -c 'import os,pyspark;print(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(pyspark.__file__),"jars"))' 2>/dev/null || true)" \
-  && if [ -z "${JARS_DIR}" ] || [ ! -d "${JARS_DIR}" ]; then \
-       echo "pyspark not installed; skipping Hive-metastore jar patch"; \
-     else \
-       fetch_jar() { \
-         wget -q "https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/$2" -O "$1" \
-         && echo "$3  $1" | sha256sum -c - || exit 1; \
-       }; \
-       cd "${JARS_DIR}" \
-       && rm -f zookeeper-*.jar zookeeper-jute-*.jar \
-                jackson-mapper-asl-*.jar jackson-core-asl-*.jar \
-       && fetch_jar zookeeper-3.7.2.jar \
-            org/apache/zookeeper/zookeeper/3.7.2/zookeeper-3.7.2.jar \
-            b12d6fb4afd7b3849d3a9a5a38b9260c23a12e1ea58ca8c8d775880249cb8eac \
-       && fetch_jar zookeeper-jute-3.7.2.jar \
-            org/apache/zookeeper/zookeeper-jute/3.7.2/zookeeper-jute-3.7.2.jar \
-            ad15d812b1f01f373638443adcda0e23fda549d65ced2be8c4f64bef33b5d774; \
-     fi
+# Patch CVE-vulnerable jars bundled inside PySpark and strip the spaCy scanner fixture.
+# See ingestion/scripts/patch_pyspark_jars.sh for the per-CVE rationale. Runs after the
+# final pip install; fails the build on a broken pyspark install rather than shipping
+# unpatched jars.
+COPY --chown=airflow:0 ingestion/scripts/patch_pyspark_jars.sh /tmp/patch_pyspark_jars.sh
+RUN bash /tmp/patch_pyspark_jars.sh && rm -f /tmp/patch_pyspark_jars.sh
 
 # Temporary workaround for https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/issues/9593
 RUN [ $(uname -m) = "x86_64" ] \
diff --git a/ingestion/Dockerfile.ci b/ingestion/Dockerfile.ci
index 42f79c106d86..6092cbd1e835 100644
--- a/ingestion/Dockerfile.ci
+++ b/ingestion/Dockerfile.ci
@@ -144,36 +144,12 @@ RUN [ $(uname -m) = "x86_64" ] \
   && pip install ".[db2]" \
   || echo "DB2 not supported on ARM architectures."
 
-# Patch vulnerable Hive-metastore jars bundled inside PySpark 3.5.6 (the Deltalake
-# connector calls .enableHiveSupport()). SHA256-pinned to Maven Central.
-#   zookeeper 3.6.3 -> 3.7.2        CVE-2023-44981 (SASL quorum auth bypass); ZK 3.7 runs on Java 8+
-#   jackson-mapper/core-asl 1.9.13  CVE-2019-10202 (deserialization RCE) -- removed, no fix upstream
-# Derby (CVE-2022-46337) is deliberately left at the bundled 10.14.2.0. The only fixed
-# release on Maven Central is 10.17.1.0, which requires Java 21 — this image ships Java 17
-# (default-jre-headless), and the Java-8/11/17 backport jars (10.14.3.0 / 10.15.2.1 /
-# 10.16.1.2) were never published upstream, so no drop-in Java-17 fix exists. The CVE is
-# an LDAP-authenticator injection; OM's embedded Derby metastore uses no LDAP auth, so the
-# vulnerable path is unreachable. Revisit if PySpark bumps Derby or the image moves to Java 21.
-# Skips cleanly when pyspark is absent (e.g. an INGESTION_DEPENDENCY build without
-# the deltalake/pyspark deps); only patches jars when the pyspark jars dir exists.
-RUN JARS_DIR="$(python -c 'import os,pyspark;print(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(pyspark.__file__),"jars"))' 2>/dev/null || true)" \
-  && if [ -z "${JARS_DIR}" ] || [ ! -d "${JARS_DIR}" ]; then \
-       echo "pyspark not installed; skipping Hive-metastore jar patch"; \
-     else \
-       fetch_jar() { \
-         wget -q "https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/$2" -O "$1" \
-         && echo "$3  $1" | sha256sum -c - || exit 1; \
-       }; \
-       cd "${JARS_DIR}" \
-       && rm -f zookeeper-*.jar zookeeper-jute-*.jar \
-                jackson-mapper-asl-*.jar jackson-core-asl-*.jar \
-       && fetch_jar zookeeper-3.7.2.jar \
-            org/apache/zookeeper/zookeeper/3.7.2/zookeeper-3.7.2.jar \
-            b12d6fb4afd7b3849d3a9a5a38b9260c23a12e1ea58ca8c8d775880249cb8eac \
-       && fetch_jar zookeeper-jute-3.7.2.jar \
-            org/apache/zookeeper/zookeeper-jute/3.7.2/zookeeper-jute-3.7.2.jar \
-            ad15d812b1f01f373638443adcda0e23fda549d65ced2be8c4f64bef33b5d774; \
-     fi
+# Patch CVE-vulnerable jars bundled inside PySpark and strip the spaCy scanner fixture.
+# See ingestion/scripts/patch_pyspark_jars.sh for the per-CVE rationale. Runs after the
+# final pip install; fails the build on a broken pyspark install rather than shipping
+# unpatched jars.
+COPY --chown=airflow:0 ingestion/scripts/patch_pyspark_jars.sh /tmp/patch_pyspark_jars.sh
+RUN bash /tmp/patch_pyspark_jars.sh && rm -f /tmp/patch_pyspark_jars.sh
 
 # bump python-daemon for https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/29916
 RUN pip install "python-daemon>=3.0.0"
diff --git a/ingestion/operators/docker/Dockerfile b/ingestion/operators/docker/Dockerfile
index c79a5b8a0963..e447dad3bd53 100644
--- a/ingestion/operators/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/ingestion/operators/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -137,6 +137,13 @@ RUN [ $(uname -m) = "x86_64" ] \
   && pip install "openmetadata-ingestion[db2]~=${RI_VERSION}" \
   || echo "DB2 not supported on ARM architectures."
 
+# Patch CVE-vulnerable jars bundled inside PySpark and strip the spaCy scanner fixture.
+# See ingestion/scripts/patch_pyspark_jars.sh for the per-CVE rationale. Runs after all
+# pip installs so the pyspark/spacy trees exist; the script fails the build on a broken
+# pyspark install rather than silently shipping unpatched jars.
+COPY --chown=openmetadata:openmetadata ingestion/scripts/patch_pyspark_jars.sh /tmp/patch_pyspark_jars.sh
+RUN bash /tmp/patch_pyspark_jars.sh && rm -f /tmp/patch_pyspark_jars.sh
+
 # Uninstalling psycopg2-binary and installing psycopg2 instead
 # because the psycopg2-binary generates a architecture specific error
 # while authenticating connection with the airflow, psycopg2 solves this error
diff --git a/ingestion/operators/docker/Dockerfile.ci b/ingestion/operators/docker/Dockerfile.ci
index 01e0f02695a1..76c81bf903e4 100644
--- a/ingestion/operators/docker/Dockerfile.ci
+++ b/ingestion/operators/docker/Dockerfile.ci
@@ -142,6 +142,13 @@ RUN [ $(uname -m) = "x86_64" ] \
   && pip install ".[db2]" \
   || echo "DB2 not supported on ARM architectures."
 
+# Patch CVE-vulnerable jars bundled inside PySpark and strip the spaCy scanner fixture.
+# See ingestion/scripts/patch_pyspark_jars.sh for the per-CVE rationale. Runs after all
+# pip installs so the pyspark/spacy trees exist; the script fails the build on a broken
+# pyspark install rather than silently shipping unpatched jars.
+COPY --chown=openmetadata:openmetadata ingestion/scripts/patch_pyspark_jars.sh /tmp/patch_pyspark_jars.sh
+RUN bash /tmp/patch_pyspark_jars.sh && rm -f /tmp/patch_pyspark_jars.sh
+
 # Required for Airflow DockerOperator, as we need to run the workflows from a `python main.py` command in the container.
 COPY ingestion/operators/docker/*.py .
 
diff --git a/ingestion/scripts/patch_pyspark_jars.sh b/ingestion/scripts/patch_pyspark_jars.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..4f7e8dec5c98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ingestion/scripts/patch_pyspark_jars.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#  Copyright 2021 Collate
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+
+# Patch vulnerable jars bundled inside PySpark 3.5.6 (the Deltalake connector calls
+# .enableHiveSupport()). All replacement jars are SHA256-pinned to Maven Central.
+#
+#   zookeeper 3.6.3 -> 3.7.2         CVE-2023-44981 (SASL quorum auth bypass); ZK 3.7 runs on Java 8+
+#   jackson-mapper/core-asl 1.9.13   CVE-2019-10202 (deserialization RCE) -- removed, no fix upstream
+#   netty-codec-http 4.1.96 -> 4.1.135  CVE-2026-42581 / CVE-2026-42584 (HTTP request smuggling);
+#                                    both fixed in 4.1.133.Final, so staying on the 4.1.x line keeps
+#                                    binary compatibility with PySpark's sibling netty 4.1.96 jars.
+#
+# Derby (CVE-2022-46337) is deliberately left at the bundled 10.14.2.0. The only fixed
+# release on Maven Central is 10.17.1.0, which requires Java 21 — these images ship Java 17
+# (default-jre-headless), and the Java-8/11/17 backport jars (10.14.3.0 / 10.15.2.1 /
+# 10.16.1.2) were never published upstream, so no drop-in Java-17 fix exists. The CVE is an
+# LDAP-authenticator injection; OM's embedded Derby metastore uses no LDAP auth, so the
+# vulnerable path is unreachable. Revisit if PySpark bumps Derby or the images move to Java 21.
+#
+# jetty-http (CVE-2026-2332) is shaded inside PySpark's hadoop-client-runtime / spark-core
+# uber-jars, so it cannot be swapped as a standalone jar without repackaging Spark. Left as a
+# documented residual.
+#
+# Skips cleanly when pyspark is genuinely absent (e.g. an INGESTION_DEPENDENCY build
+# without the deltalake/pyspark deps). A pyspark that is installed but fails to import is
+# treated as an error and fails the build, so a broken install can never ship unpatched
+# jars silently.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Locate PySpark's bundled jars directory, distinguishing three cases via exit code:
+#   0 -> installed and importable (prints the jars dir on stdout)
+#   2 -> genuinely not installed (top-level pyspark module missing) -> skip
+#   3 -> installed but import failed for any other reason -> fail the build
+locate_pyspark_jars() {
+  python - <<'PY'
+import importlib.util, os, sys
+
+# Distinguish "pyspark genuinely not installed" from "pyspark present but broken".
+# find_spec only inspects the top-level pyspark package without importing it, so a
+# missing pyspark.* submodule during a real import is never mistaken for absence.
+try:
+    spec = importlib.util.find_spec("pyspark")
+except Exception as exc:
+    sys.stderr.write(f"pyspark is installed but failed to import: {exc!r}\n")
+    sys.exit(3)
+
+if spec is None:
+    sys.exit(2)
+
+try:
+    import pyspark
+except Exception as exc:
+    sys.stderr.write(f"pyspark is installed but failed to import: {exc!r}\n")
+    sys.exit(3)
+
+print(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(pyspark.__file__), "jars"))
+PY
+}
+
+# Strip spacy's bundled CI test fixture. spacy/tests/package/requirements.txt pins an old
+# black, which image scanners misreport as an installed package (CVE-2026-31900). The file
+# is test-only and never imported at runtime. spaCy (from the pii-processor / sample-data
+# extras) installs independently of pyspark (from deltalake), so this must run on every
+# path — including builds that ship spaCy but not pyspark.
+#
+# Deterministic, not best-effort: locate spacy via find_spec (without importing it, so an
+# installed-but-broken spacy is still found), delete the fixture, then assert it is gone.
+# The image scanner reads the file on disk regardless of whether spacy imports, so a broken
+# spacy must not let the fixture survive while the build succeeds.
+strip_spacy_scanner_fixture() {
+  local spacy_dir
+  spacy_dir="$(python - <<'PY'
+import importlib.util, os, sys
+spec = importlib.util.find_spec("spacy")
+if spec is None or not spec.submodule_search_locations:
+    sys.exit(0)
+print(spec.submodule_search_locations[0])
+PY
+)"
+  if [ -z "${spacy_dir}" ] || [ ! -d "${spacy_dir}/tests" ]; then
+    return 0
+  fi
+  find "${spacy_dir}/tests" -name 'requirements.txt' -delete
+  local leftover
+  leftover="$(find "${spacy_dir}/tests" -name 'requirements.txt')"
+  if [ -n "${leftover}" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: spaCy scanner fixture still present after delete:" >&2
+    echo "${leftover}" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+strip_spacy_scanner_fixture
+
+JARS_DIR="$(locate_pyspark_jars)" && rc=0 || rc=$?
+
+if [ "${rc}" -eq 2 ]; then
+  echo "pyspark not installed; skipping PySpark jar patch"
+  exit 0
+elif [ "${rc}" -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "ERROR: pyspark is installed but not importable; refusing to ship unpatched jars" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${JARS_DIR}" ] || [ ! -d "${JARS_DIR}" ]; then
+  echo "ERROR: pyspark imported but its jars dir '${JARS_DIR}' is missing" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+fetch_jar() {
+  wget -q "https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/$2" -O "$1"
+  echo "$3  $1" | sha256sum -c -
+}
+
+cd "${JARS_DIR}"
+
+rm -f zookeeper-*.jar zookeeper-jute-*.jar \
+      jackson-mapper-asl-*.jar jackson-core-asl-*.jar \
+      netty-codec-http-*.jar
+
+fetch_jar zookeeper-3.7.2.jar \
+  org/apache/zookeeper/zookeeper/3.7.2/zookeeper-3.7.2.jar \
+  b12d6fb4afd7b3849d3a9a5a38b9260c23a12e1ea58ca8c8d775880249cb8eac
+
+fetch_jar zookeeper-jute-3.7.2.jar \
+  org/apache/zookeeper/zookeeper-jute/3.7.2/zookeeper-jute-3.7.2.jar \
+  ad15d812b1f01f373638443adcda0e23fda549d65ced2be8c4f64bef33b5d774
+
+fetch_jar netty-codec-http-4.1.135.Final.jar \
+  io/netty/netty-codec-http/4.1.135.Final/netty-codec-http-4.1.135.Final.jar \
+  4018529d3d6aecf4044b98c75d9a90c91839ddf49c7aa484c5ac81c90a15da02