diff --git a/http.go b/http.go
index b4d3cbdf79..8aa92a91a9 100644
--- a/http.go
+++ b/http.go
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ type Request struct {
 	// Group bool members in order to reduce Request object size.
 	parsedURI      bool
 	parsedPostArgs bool
+	uriParseErr    error
 
 	keepBodyBuffer bool
 
@@ -146,12 +147,14 @@ func (req *Request) Host() []byte {
 func (req *Request) SetRequestURI(requestURI string) {
 	req.Header.SetRequestURI(requestURI)
 	req.parsedURI = false
+	req.uriParseErr = nil
 }
 
 // SetRequestURIBytes sets RequestURI.
 func (req *Request) SetRequestURIBytes(requestURI []byte) {
 	req.Header.SetRequestURIBytes(requestURI)
 	req.parsedURI = false
+	req.uriParseErr = nil
 }
 
 // RequestURI returns request's URI.
@@ -891,6 +894,7 @@ func (req *Request) copyToSkipBody(dst *Request) {
 
 	req.uri.CopyTo(&dst.uri)
 	dst.parsedURI = req.parsedURI
+	dst.uriParseErr = req.uriParseErr
 
 	req.postArgs.CopyTo(&dst.postArgs)
 	dst.parsedPostArgs = req.parsedPostArgs
@@ -960,19 +964,22 @@ func (req *Request) SetURI(newURI *URI) {
 	if newURI != nil {
 		newURI.CopyTo(&req.uri)
 		req.parsedURI = true
+		req.uriParseErr = nil
 		return
 	}
 	req.uri.Reset()
 	req.parsedURI = false
+	req.uriParseErr = nil
 }
 
 func (req *Request) parseURI() error {
 	if req.parsedURI {
-		return nil
+		return req.uriParseErr
 	}
-	req.parsedURI = true
 
-	return req.uri.parse(req.Header.Host(), req.Header.RequestURI(), req.isTLS)
+	req.parsedURI = true
+	req.uriParseErr = req.uri.parse(req.Header.Host(), req.Header.RequestURI(), req.isTLS)
+	return req.uriParseErr
 }
 
 // PostArgs returns POST arguments.
@@ -1146,6 +1153,7 @@ func (req *Request) resetSkipHeader() {
 	req.ResetBody()
 	req.uri.Reset()
 	req.parsedURI = false
+	req.uriParseErr = nil
 	req.postArgs.Reset()
 	req.parsedPostArgs = false
 	req.isTLS = false
diff --git a/http_test.go b/http_test.go
index c8e01ea60f..3fa84261d9 100644
--- a/http_test.go
+++ b/http_test.go
@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ func testRequestCopyTo(t *testing.T, src *Request) {
 	var dst Request
 	src.CopyTo(&dst)
 
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(src, &dst) {
+	// Compare serialized representations.
+	if src.String() != dst.String() || !bytes.Equal(src.Body(), dst.Body()) {
 		t.Fatalf("RequestCopyTo fail, src: \n%+v\ndst: \n%+v\n", src, &dst)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index f27d8de5da..0598e825ad 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -2349,11 +2349,21 @@ func (s *Server) serveConn(c net.Conn) error {
 						writeTimeout = s.WriteTimeout
 					}
 				}
-				// read body
-				if s.StreamRequestBody {
-					err = ctx.Request.readBodyStream(br, maxRequestBodySize, s.GetOnly, !s.DisablePreParseMultipartForm)
-				} else {
-					err = ctx.Request.readLimitBody(br, maxRequestBodySize, s.GetOnly, !s.DisablePreParseMultipartForm)
+
+				if err == nil {
+					if err = ctx.Request.parseURI(); err != nil {
+						bw = s.writeErrorResponse(bw, ctx, serverName, err)
+						break
+					}
+				}
+
+				if err == nil {
+					// read body
+					if s.StreamRequestBody {
+						err = ctx.Request.readBodyStream(br, maxRequestBodySize, s.GetOnly, !s.DisablePreParseMultipartForm)
+					} else {
+						err = ctx.Request.readLimitBody(br, maxRequestBodySize, s.GetOnly, !s.DisablePreParseMultipartForm)
+					}
 				}
 			}
 			// When StreamRequestBody is set to true, we cannot safely release br.
diff --git a/server_test.go b/server_test.go
index 03ce609d36..254e7f857c 100644
--- a/server_test.go
+++ b/server_test.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -1882,6 +1883,38 @@ func TestServerHeadRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestServerRejectsBackslashInAbsoluteURI(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	var handlerCalled atomic.Bool
+	s := &Server{
+		Handler: func(ctx *RequestCtx) {
+			handlerCalled.Store(true)
+			ctx.Success("text/plain", []byte("ok"))
+		},
+	}
+
+	rw := &readWriter{}
+	rw.r.WriteString("GET http://vulndetector.com\\\\admin\\\\api HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: example.com\r\n\r\n")
+
+	_ = s.ServeConn(rw)
+
+	br := bufio.NewReader(&rw.w)
+	verifyResponse(t, br, StatusBadRequest, string(defaultContentType), "Error when parsing request")
+
+	if handlerCalled.Load() {
+		t.Fatal("handler should not run for invalid absolute URI")
+	}
+
+	data, err := io.ReadAll(br)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error when reading remaining data: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(data) > 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected remaining data %q", data)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestServerExpect100Continue(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()