diff --git a/packages/react-router-dev/.changes/patch.trust-dev-proxy-headers.md b/packages/react-router-dev/.changes/patch.trust-dev-proxy-headers.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0611c08e6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-router-dev/.changes/patch.trust-dev-proxy-headers.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Respect trusted reverse proxy host and protocol headers in the development server
diff --git a/packages/react-router-dev/vite/node-adapter-test.ts b/packages/react-router-dev/vite/node-adapter-test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c215e64d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-router-dev/vite/node-adapter-test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import {
+  type AddressInfo,
+  createServer,
+  request as sendRequest,
+} from "node:http";
+import type * as Vite from "vite";
+import { fromNodeRequest } from "./node-adapter";
+
+describe("fromNodeRequest", () => {
+  it("uses the forwarded protocol without trusting the forwarded host", async () => {
+    let requestUrl = await new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
+      let server = createServer(async (nodeReq, nodeRes) => {
+        let viteRequest = Object.assign(nodeReq, {
+          originalUrl: nodeReq.url,
+        }) as Vite.Connect.IncomingMessage;
+
+        try {
+          let request = await fromNodeRequest(viteRequest, nodeRes);
+          resolve(request.url);
+          nodeRes.end();
+        } catch (error) {
+          reject(error);
+        } finally {
+          server.close();
+        }
+      });
+
+      server.on("error", reject);
+      server.listen(0, "127.0.0.1", () => {
+        let { port } = server.address() as AddressInfo;
+        let request = sendRequest({
+          host: "127.0.0.1",
+          port,
+          headers: {
+            host: "public.example.com",
+            "x-forwarded-host": "evil.example.com",
+            "x-forwarded-proto": "https",
+          },
+        });
+        request.on("error", reject);
+        request.end();
+      });
+    });
+
+    expect(requestUrl).toBe("https://public.example.com/");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/react-router-dev/vite/node-adapter.ts b/packages/react-router-dev/vite/node-adapter.ts
index 625e12d77c..9a2e2b679f 100644
--- a/packages/react-router-dev/vite/node-adapter.ts
+++ b/packages/react-router-dev/vite/node-adapter.ts
@@ -19,5 +19,10 @@ export async function fromNodeRequest(
   );
   nodeReq.url = nodeReq.originalUrl;
 
-  return createRequest(nodeReq, nodeRes);
+  return createRequest(nodeReq, nodeRes, {
+    // Vite validates the Host header against server.allowedHosts. Keep that
+    // validated host instead of trusting a client-controlled forwarded host.
+    host: nodeReq.headers.host ?? "localhost",
+    trustProxy: true,
+  });
 }