diff --git a/Service/Sources/EDOHostService+Private.h b/Service/Sources/EDOHostService+Private.h
index 08d98eb..33d3e23 100644
--- a/Service/Sources/EDOHostService+Private.h
+++ b/Service/Sources/EDOHostService+Private.h
@@ -64,6 +64,18 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
  */
 - (BOOL)isObjectAliveWithPort:(EDOServicePort *)port remoteAddress:(EDOPointerType)remoteAddress;
 
+/**
+ * Resolves the local object that this service has previously vended for the given address.
+ *
+ * The address is treated purely as an opaque lookup key into the service's tracked-object table; it
+ * is never dereferenced. This is the safe replacement for casting a wire-supplied @c EDOPointerType
+ * back to @c id.
+ *
+ * @param remoteAddress The address that was previously returned to the client in an @c EDOObject.
+ * @return The tracked local object, or @c nil if @c remoteAddress is not known to this service.
+ */
+- (nullable id)localObjectForAddress:(EDOPointerType)remoteAddress;
+
 /**
  * Removes an EDOObject with the specified address in the host cache.
  *
diff --git a/Service/Sources/EDOHostService.m b/Service/Sources/EDOHostService.m
index 0a8c33a..3ffe774 100644
--- a/Service/Sources/EDOHostService.m
+++ b/Service/Sources/EDOHostService.m
@@ -389,6 +389,18 @@ - (EDOObject *)distantObjectForLocalObject:(id)object hostPort:(EDOHostPort *)ho
     return [EDOObject edo_remoteProxyFromUnderlyingObject:object withPort:port];
   }
 }
+- (id)localObjectForAddress:(EDOPointerType)remoteAddress {
+  // ivar is used directly here to avoid the service lazily creating the listen port.
+  if (_rootLocalObject && (EDOPointerType)_rootLocalObject == remoteAddress) {
+    return _rootLocalObject;
+  }
+  NSNumber *edoKey = [NSNumber numberWithLongLong:remoteAddress];
+  __block id object;
+  dispatch_sync(_localObjectsSyncQueue, ^{
+    object = self.localObjects[edoKey];
+  });
+  return object;
+}
 
 - (BOOL)isObjectAliveWithPort:(EDOServicePort *)port remoteAddress:(EDOPointerType)remoteAddress {
   if (![_port match:port]) {
diff --git a/Service/Sources/EDOInvocationMessage.m b/Service/Sources/EDOInvocationMessage.m
index d273f0e..483abe4 100644
--- a/Service/Sources/EDOInvocationMessage.m
+++ b/Service/Sources/EDOInvocationMessage.m
@@ -341,7 +341,24 @@ + (EDORequestHandler)requestHandler {
     NSAssert([request isKindOfClass:[EDOInvocationRequest class]],
              @"EDOInvocationRequest is expected.");
     EDOHostPort *hostPort = request.hostPort;
-    id target = (__bridge id)(void *)request.target;
+    // The target address arrives off the wire as a raw 64-bit integer. It must NOT be cast to id
+    // until the service has confirmed it is an object it previously vended; otherwise an attacker
+    // can supply an arbitrary pointer and obtain a wild dereference / objc_msgSend on a fake isa.
+    id target = [service localObjectForAddress:request.target];
+    if (!target) {
+      NSString *reason =
+          [NSString stringWithFormat:@"The target address (%llx) is not tracked by this service.",
+                                     request.target];
+      EDORemoteException *remoteException =
+          [[EDORemoteException alloc] initWithName:EDOServiceGenericException
+                                            reason:reason
+                                  callStackSymbols:@[]];
+      return [EDOInvocationResponse responseWithReturnValue:nil
+                                                  exception:remoteException
+                                                  outValues:nil
+                                                 forRequest:request
+                                                targetClass:Nil];
+    }
     SEL sel = NSSelectorFromString(request.selectorName);
 
     EDOBoxedValueType *returnValue;
diff --git a/Service/Sources/EDOMethodSignatureMessage.m b/Service/Sources/EDOMethodSignatureMessage.m
index 2e39c6d..a0f16a4 100644
--- a/Service/Sources/EDOMethodSignatureMessage.m
+++ b/Service/Sources/EDOMethodSignatureMessage.m
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #import "Service/Sources/EDOMethodSignatureMessage.h"
 
+#import "Service/Sources/EDOHostService+Private.h"
 #import "Service/Sources/EDOHostService.h"
 #import "Service/Sources/EDOMessage.h"
 #import "Service/Sources/EDOObject+Private.h"
@@ -97,7 +98,12 @@ + (EDORequestHandler)requestHandler {
     }
 
     EDOMethodSignatureRequest *methodRequest = (EDOMethodSignatureRequest *)request;
-    id object = (__bridge Class)(void *)methodRequest.object;
+    id object = [service localObjectForAddress:methodRequest.object];
+    if (!object) {
+      // If the object is not found, we can't get method signature.
+      // Returning nil signature will eventually result in an exception at the client.
+      return [[EDOMethodSignatureResponse alloc] initWithSignature:nil forRequest:request];
+    }
     SEL sel = NSSelectorFromString(methodRequest.selectorName);
 
     NSMethodSignature *signature = EDOGetMethodSignature(object, sel);
diff --git a/Service/Tests/UnitTests/EDOMessageTest.m b/Service/Tests/UnitTests/EDOMessageTest.m
index a454d33..a0e3cef 100644
--- a/Service/Tests/UnitTests/EDOMessageTest.m
+++ b/Service/Tests/UnitTests/EDOMessageTest.m
@@ -435,6 +435,13 @@ - (void)testClassMethodInvocationHandler {
   EDOTestDummy *dummyLocal = [[EDOTestDummy alloc] init];
   [self edo_createQueueAndServiceWithRootObject:dummyLocal
                                           block:^(EDOHostService *service) {
+                                            // Simulate the client asking for the class first to
+                                            // register it securely.
+                                            EDOServiceRequest *classRequest = [EDOClassRequest
+                                                requestWithClassName:@"EDOTestDummy"
+                                                            hostPort:service.port.hostPort];
+                                            EDOClassRequest.requestHandler(classRequest, service);
+
                                             EDOInvocationResponse *response = [self
                                                 edo_runInvocationWithService:service
                                                                       target:[dummyLocal class]
@@ -507,7 +514,7 @@ - (void)testMethodSignatureRequestHandler {
   void *remoteAddress = (__bridge void *)dummyLocal;
 
   EDOHostService *service = [EDOHostService serviceWithPort:0
-                                                 rootObject:self
+                                                 rootObject:dummyLocal
                                                       queue:dispatch_get_main_queue()];
 
   [EDOTestDummy enumerateSelector:^(SEL selector) {