diff --git a/src/intake/mod.rs b/src/intake/mod.rs
index cb1e0ca..279c013 100644
--- a/src/intake/mod.rs
+++ b/src/intake/mod.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pub use tinydocs_bus::intake::{
 
 const MAX_INPUT: usize = 64 * 1024 * 1024;
 const MAX_EXPANDED: u64 = 32 * 1024 * 1024;
-const MAX_PART: u64 = 8 * 1024 * 1024;
+pub(crate) const MAX_PART: u64 = 8 * 1024 * 1024;
 const MAX_ENTRIES: usize = 2048;
 const MAX_SHARED_STRINGS: usize = 65_536;
 const MAX_SHARED_TEXT_BYTES: usize = 4 * 1024 * 1024;
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ pub fn extract(bytes: &[u8], spec: &ExtractDocumentSpec) -> Result<ExtractedDocu
     }
     extract_office(bytes, spec)
 }
+/// Opens an Office archive through the same bounded central-directory
+/// admission as [`extract`], so other readers of untrusted archives cannot
+/// fall back to an unadmitted directory either.
+#[cfg(feature = "markdown")]
+pub(crate) fn admitted_archive(
+    bytes: &[u8],
+) -> Result<zip::ZipArchive<impl std::io::Read + std::io::Seek + '_>> {
+    zip_admission::zip_preflight(bytes)?;
+    zip_admission::open_admitted_zip(bytes)
+}
 fn extract_office(bytes: &[u8], spec: &ExtractDocumentSpec) -> Result<ExtractedDocument> {
     zip_admission::zip_preflight(bytes)?;
     let mut archive = zip_admission::open_admitted_zip(bytes)?;
diff --git a/src/markdown/README.md b/src/markdown/README.md
index a306e5a..2e5dc30 100644
--- a/src/markdown/README.md
+++ b/src/markdown/README.md
@@ -6,8 +6,12 @@ retains TinyMemory OfficeConverter semantics, including form-feed PDF page
 boundaries, numeric slide order, and `sheet | cell | cell` spreadsheet rows.
 The implementation is adapted from TinyMemory under GPL-3.0-only.
 
-Input is limited to 32 MiB. Office archives are admitted only when their
-aggregate declared expansion is at most 64 MiB; spreadsheet ranges are checked
+Input is limited to 32 MiB. Office archives first pass the same bounded ZIP
+admission as [intake](../intake/README.md) (member count, central-directory
+size, names, no fallback to embedded footers), then are admitted only when no
+member declares more than 8 MiB and their aggregate declared expansion is at
+most 64 MiB. Encrypted members are skipped rather than refused, so a deck with
+encrypted notes still yields its slides. Spreadsheet ranges are checked
 with a sparse scan before allocating a dense grid of at most one million
 cells. An entirely empty or scanned document returns `ExtractionFailed`.
 
diff --git a/src/markdown/mod_tests.rs b/src/markdown/mod_tests.rs
index ae53538..87d2c30 100644
--- a/src/markdown/mod_tests.rs
+++ b/src/markdown/mod_tests.rs
@@ -407,3 +407,56 @@ fn a_readable_archive_without_a_workbook_is_an_extraction_error() {
     let bytes = package(&[("unrelated.xml", "<document/>")]);
     assert!(refusal("not-a-workbook.xlsx", &bytes).contains("could not be read"));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn a_part_over_intakes_member_cap_is_refused() {
+    // Compresses to a few KiB but declares 12 MiB, past intake's 8 MiB member
+    // cap though under the 64 MiB aggregate one.
+    let text = format!("<w:t>{}</w:t>", "a".repeat(12 * 1024 * 1024));
+    let bytes = package(&[("word/document.xml", &text)]);
+    let reason = refusal("big-part.docx", &bytes);
+    assert!(reason.contains("expands"), "{reason}");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn an_archive_over_intakes_member_count_is_refused() {
+    let names: Vec<String> = (0..3000).map(|i| format!("pad/{i}.xml")).collect();
+    let mut parts: Vec<(&str, &str)> = names.iter().map(|name| (name.as_str(), "<p/>")).collect();
+    parts.push(("word/document.xml", "<w:p><w:r><w:t>many</w:t></w:r></w:p>"));
+    let reason = refusal("many.docx", &package(&parts));
+    assert!(reason.contains("admission count limit"), "{reason}");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_nested_archive_never_yields_its_text_when_the_primary_directory_is_invalid() {
+    let inner = package(&[(
+        "word/document.xml",
+        "<w:p><w:r><w:t>nested secret</w:t></w:r></w:p>",
+    )]);
+    let mut buffer = std::io::Cursor::new(Vec::new());
+    let mut writer = zip::ZipWriter::new(&mut buffer);
+    writer
+        .start_file("nested.zip", zip::write::SimpleFileOptions::default())
+        .unwrap();
+    std::io::Write::write_all(&mut writer, &inner).unwrap();
+    writer
+        .start_file(
+            "word/document.xml",
+            zip::write::SimpleFileOptions::default(),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+    std::io::Write::write_all(&mut writer, b"<w:p><w:r><w:t>outer</w:t></w:r></w:p>").unwrap();
+    writer.finish().unwrap();
+    let mut bytes = buffer.into_inner();
+    // Give the primary directory's first record an unknown method (99), so a
+    // lenient reader is tempted to fall back to the nested archive's footer.
+    let end = bytes.len() - 22;
+    let size = u32::from_le_bytes(bytes[end + 12..end + 16].try_into().unwrap()) as usize;
+    let central = end - size;
+    bytes[central + 10..central + 12].copy_from_slice(&99u16.to_le_bytes());
+    // The record belongs to a member DOCX never reads, so the outer document
+    // converts; the nested archive must never be read in its place.
+    let markdown = convert("nested.docx", &bytes).unwrap();
+    assert!(markdown.contains("outer"), "{markdown}");
+    assert!(!markdown.contains("nested secret"), "{markdown}");
+}
diff --git a/src/markdown/ooxml.rs b/src/markdown/ooxml.rs
index 041920f..c4c7a2e 100644
--- a/src/markdown/ooxml.rs
+++ b/src/markdown/ooxml.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Word documents and `PowerPoint` decks: zip archives of XML, walked directly.
 
 use std::fmt::Display;
-use std::io::{Cursor, Read, Seek};
+use std::io::{Read, Seek};
 use std::str;
 
 use quick_xml::events::Event;
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use zip::ZipArchive;
 
 use super::{MAX_DECOMPRESSED_BYTES, unreadable};
 use crate::Result;
+use crate::intake::{MAX_PART, admitted_archive};
 
 // ZIP general-purpose bit 11 marks UTF-8 names. Inspect it through zip's
 // stable flags value instead of naming its unstable flag enum.
@@ -59,14 +60,17 @@ pub(super) fn pptx(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<String> {
     Ok(read_parts(&mut archive, &names, "a:p", "a:t"))
 }
 
-/// Opens an Office archive, refusing one whose declared expansion exceeds
+/// Opens an Office archive through intake's ZIP admission, refusing one with
+/// a part declared over [`MAX_PART`] or a declared expansion over
 /// [`MAX_DECOMPRESSED_BYTES`] before any entry data is read.
 ///
 /// `noun` names the document in the refusal ("the spreadsheet expands…").
-pub(super) fn open<'a>(bytes: &'a [u8], noun: &str) -> Result<ZipArchive<Cursor<&'a [u8]>>> {
-    let mut archive = ZipArchive::new(Cursor::new(bytes))
+pub(super) fn open<'a>(bytes: &'a [u8], noun: &str) -> Result<ZipArchive<impl Read + Seek + 'a>> {
+    let mut archive = admitted_archive(bytes)
         .map_err(|error| unreadable(&format!("the {noun} is not a readable archive: {error}")))?;
-    if declared_uncompressed(&mut archive).is_none_or(|total| total > MAX_DECOMPRESSED_BYTES) {
+    if declared_sizes(&mut archive)
+        .is_none_or(|(largest, total)| largest > MAX_PART || total > MAX_DECOMPRESSED_BYTES)
+    {
         return Err(unreadable(&format!(
             "the {noun} expands beyond the size this build can read safely"
         )));
@@ -74,15 +78,16 @@ pub(super) fn open<'a>(bytes: &'a [u8], noun: &str) -> Result<ZipArchive<Cursor<
     Ok(archive)
 }
 
-/// Sums the uncompressed sizes every entry declares, touching only the
-/// central directory — so this stays cheap however far the archive expands.
-/// `None` means an entry could not be inspected, which callers refuse.
-fn declared_uncompressed<R: Read + Seek>(archive: &mut ZipArchive<R>) -> Option<u64> {
-    (0..archive.len()).try_fold(0u64, |total, index| {
+/// The largest and the summed uncompressed sizes the entries declare,
+/// touching only the central directory — so this stays cheap however far the
+/// archive expands. `None` means an entry could not be inspected, which
+/// callers refuse.
+fn declared_sizes<R: Read + Seek>(archive: &mut ZipArchive<R>) -> Option<(u64, u64)> {
+    (0..archive.len()).try_fold((0u64, 0u64), |(largest, total), index| {
         archive
             .by_index_data(index)
             .ok()
-            .map(|file| total.saturating_add(file.size()))
+            .map(|file| (largest.max(file.size()), total.saturating_add(file.size())))
     })
 }
 
@@ -109,11 +114,7 @@ fn read_parts<R: Read + Seek>(
         // Capped as well as pre-checked: an archive that declares small sizes
         // but streams more cannot force an unbounded allocation either.
         let mut xml = String::new();
-        if file
-            .take(MAX_DECOMPRESSED_BYTES)
-            .read_to_string(&mut xml)
-            .is_err()
-        {
+        if file.take(MAX_PART).read_to_string(&mut xml).is_err() {
             continue;
         }
         out.push_str(&xml_text(&xml, paragraph_tag, text_tag));