diff --git a/strix/config/subscription_store.py b/strix/config/subscription_store.py
index 148e8871..cfc9d745 100644
--- a/strix/config/subscription_store.py
+++ b/strix/config/subscription_store.py
@@ -18,14 +18,15 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import contextlib
 import json
 import os
+import tempfile
 import threading
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Iterator
     from io import TextIOWrapper
-    from pathlib import Path
 
 
 class StoreLockError(RuntimeError):
@@ -46,18 +47,23 @@ def read(path: Path) -> dict[str, Any]:
 
 
 def write(path: Path, data: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
-    """Atomically replace the store, owner-only from creation."""
+    """Atomically replace the store, owner-only from creation.
+
+    The temp file is created with a random name via ``mkstemp`` (mode 0600, no
+    symlink following), so a local attacker can't pre-plant a symlink at a
+    predictable path to divert the token write.
+    """
     path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    tmp = path.with_suffix(".json.tmp")
-    fd = os.open(str(tmp), os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREAT | os.O_TRUNC, 0o600)
+    fd, tmp_name = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=path.parent, prefix=path.name, suffix=".tmp")
+    tmp = Path(tmp_name)
     try:
         with os.fdopen(fd, "w", encoding="utf-8") as handle:
             json.dump(data, handle, indent=2)
+        tmp.replace(path)
     except BaseException:
         with contextlib.suppress(OSError):
             tmp.unlink()
         raise
-    tmp.replace(path)
     with contextlib.suppress(OSError):
         path.chmod(0o600)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_subscription_store.py b/tests/test_subscription_store.py
index b6b83b1f..6f8a8be7 100644
--- a/tests/test_subscription_store.py
+++ b/tests/test_subscription_store.py
@@ -23,6 +23,22 @@ def test_write_creates_owner_only_file(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     assert not path.with_suffix(".json.tmp").exists()
 
 
+def test_write_does_not_follow_a_symlink_at_target(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    store_dir = tmp_path / ".strix"
+    store_dir.mkdir()
+    outside = tmp_path / "attacker-target.json"
+    path = store_dir / "subscription-auth.json"
+    path.symlink_to(outside)  # attacker pre-plants a symlink at the store path
+
+    subscription_store.write(path, {"grok": {"type": "oauth", "access": "a", "refresh": "r"}})
+
+    # The atomic rename replaced the symlink with a real file; nothing was
+    # written through it to the attacker-chosen location.
+    assert not path.is_symlink()
+    assert not outside.exists()
+    assert subscription_store.read(path)["grok"]["access"] == "a"
+
+
 def test_providers_share_store_without_clobbering(
     tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
 ) -> None: