diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Routing/UrlHelper.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Routing/UrlHelper.cs
index 418eea5360..31a8b4a9fd 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Routing/UrlHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Routing/UrlHelper.cs
@@ -102,14 +102,48 @@ public virtual string Action(UrlActionContext actionContext)
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public virtual bool IsLocalUrl(string url)
         {
-            return
-                !string.IsNullOrEmpty(url) &&
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(url))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            // Allows "/" or "/foo" but not "//" or "/\".
+            if (url[0] == '/')
+            {
+                // url is exactly "/"
+                if (url.Length == 1)
+                {
+                    return true;
+                }
+
+                // url doesn't start with "//" or "/\"
+                if (url[1] != '/' && url[1] != '\\')
+                {
+                    return true;
+                }
+
+                return false;                    
+            }
+
+            // Allows "~/" or "~/foo" but not "~//" or "~/\".
+            if (url[0] == '~' && url.Length > 1 && url[1] == '/')
+            {
+                // url is exactly "~/"
+                if (url.Length == 2)
+                {
+                    return true;
+                }
 
-                // Allows "/" or "/foo" but not "//" or "/\".
-                ((url[0] == '/' && (url.Length == 1 || (url[1] != '/' && url[1] != '\\'))) ||
+                // url doesn't start with "~//" or "~/\"
+                if (url[2] != '/' && url[2] != '\\')
+                {
+                    return true;
+                }
 
-                // Allows "~/" or "~/foo".
-                (url.Length > 1 && url[0] == '~' && url[1] == '/'));
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            return false;
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/LocalRedirectResultTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/LocalRedirectResultTest.cs
index f12ae0e51d..ebbbac82a7 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/LocalRedirectResultTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/LocalRedirectResultTest.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Internal;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Routing;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
@@ -87,6 +86,10 @@ public async Task Execute_ReturnsExpectedValues()
         }
 
         [Theory]
+        [InlineData("", "//", "/test")]
+        [InlineData("", "/\\", "/test")]
+        [InlineData("", "//foo", "/test")]
+        [InlineData("", "/\\foo", "/test")]
         [InlineData("", "Home/About", "/Home/About")]
         [InlineData("/myapproot", "http://www.example.com", "/test")]
         public async Task Execute_Throws_ForNonLocalUrl(
@@ -111,6 +114,33 @@ public async Task Execute_Throws_ForNonLocalUrl(
                 exception.Message);
         }
 
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("", "~//", "//")]
+        [InlineData("", "~/\\", "/\\")]
+        [InlineData("", "~//foo", "//foo")]
+        [InlineData("", "~/\\foo", "/\\foo")]
+        public async Task Execute_Throws_ForNonLocalUrlTilde(
+            string appRoot,
+            string contentPath,
+            string expectedPath)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var httpResponse = new Mock<HttpResponse>();
+            httpResponse.Setup(o => o.Redirect(expectedPath, false))
+                        .Verifiable();
+
+            var httpContext = GetHttpContext(appRoot, contentPath, expectedPath, httpResponse.Object);
+            var actionContext = GetActionContext(httpContext);
+            var result = new LocalRedirectResult(contentPath);
+
+            // Act & Assert
+            var exception = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<InvalidOperationException>(() => result.ExecuteResultAsync(actionContext));
+            Assert.Equal(
+                "The supplied URL is not local. A URL with an absolute path is considered local if it does not " +
+                "have a host/authority part. URLs using virtual paths ('~/') are also local.",
+                exception.Message);
+        }
+
         private static ActionContext GetActionContext(HttpContext httpContext)
         {
             var routeData = new RouteData();
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Routing/UrlHelperTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Routing/UrlHelperTest.cs
index 80bda3ff04..2dd726042c 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Routing/UrlHelperTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Routing/UrlHelperTest.cs
@@ -261,6 +261,40 @@ public void IsLocalUrl_RejectsInvalidUrls(string url)
             Assert.False(result);
         }
 
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("~//www.example.com")]
+        [InlineData("~//www.example.com?")]
+        [InlineData("~//www.example.com:80")]
+        [InlineData("~//www.example.com/foobar.html")]
+        [InlineData("~///www.example.com")]
+        [InlineData("~//////www.example.com")]
+        public void IsLocalUrl_RejectsTokenUrlsWithMissingSchemeName(string url)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var helper = CreateUrlHelper("www.mysite.com");
+
+            // Act
+            var result = helper.IsLocalUrl(url);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.False(result);
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("~/\\")]
+        [InlineData("~/\\foo")]
+        public void IsLocalUrl_RejectsInvalidTokenUrls(string url)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var helper = CreateUrlHelper("www.mysite.com");
+
+            // Act
+            var result = helper.IsLocalUrl(url);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.False(result);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void RouteUrlWithDictionary()
         {