diff --git a/packages/core/src/transfer_state.ts b/packages/core/src/transfer_state.ts
index f6c98f85ad3..5d7376ad88a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/transfer_state.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/transfer_state.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ export function makeStateKey<T = void>(key: string): StateKey<T> {
   return key as StateKey<T>;
 }
 
+function createDictionary<T>(): Record<string, T> {
+  // StateKey can be any string, including names of special Object prototype properties.
+  return Object.create(null);
+}
+
 /**
  * A key value store that is transferred from the application on the server side to the application
  * on the client side.
@@ -79,15 +84,20 @@ export class TransferState {
   });
 
   /** @internal */
-  store: Record<string, unknown | undefined> = {};
+  store: Record<string, unknown | undefined> = createDictionary();
 
-  private onSerializeCallbacks: {[k: string]: () => unknown | undefined} = {};
+  private onSerializeCallbacks: {[k: string]: () => unknown | undefined} = createDictionary();
 
   /**
    * Get the value corresponding to a key. Return `defaultValue` if key is not found.
    */
   get<T>(key: StateKey<T>, defaultValue: T): T {
-    return this.store[key] !== undefined ? (this.store[key] as T) : defaultValue;
+    if (!Object.hasOwn(this.store, key)) {
+      return defaultValue;
+    }
+
+    const value = this.store[key];
+    return value !== undefined ? (value as T) : defaultValue;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -159,11 +169,14 @@ export function retrieveTransferredState(
       // Avoid using any here as it triggers lint errors in google3 (any is not allowed).
       // Decoding of `<` is done of the box by browsers and node.js, same behaviour as G3
       // script_builders.
-      return JSON.parse(script.textContent) as {};
+      return Object.assign(
+        createDictionary<unknown | undefined>(),
+        JSON.parse(script.textContent) as {},
+      );
     } catch (e) {
       console.warn('Exception while restoring TransferState for app ' + appId, e);
     }
   }
 
-  return {};
+  return createDictionary();
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/hydration/bundle.golden_symbols.json b/packages/core/test/bundling/hydration/bundle.golden_symbols.json
index d0b6ed54c0d..e011ee34966 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/hydration/bundle.golden_symbols.json
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/hydration/bundle.golden_symbols.json
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@
       "createContainerAnchorImpl",
       "createDeferBlockInjector",
       "createDehydratedBlockRegistry",
+      "createDictionary",
       "createDirectivesInstances",
       "createElementNode",
       "createElementRef",
diff --git a/packages/core/test/transfer_state_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/transfer_state_spec.ts
index adb0184834b..e5c78d8fe79 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/transfer_state_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/transfer_state_spec.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,31 @@ describe('TransferState', () => {
     expect(transferState.hasKey(TEST_KEY)).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it('does not read inherited properties', () => {
+    const transferState = TestBed.inject(TransferState);
+    const constructorKey = makeStateKey<unknown>('constructor');
+    const store = (transferState as unknown as {store: Record<string, unknown>}).store;
+    Object.setPrototypeOf(store, {constructor: 'inherited'});
+
+    expect(transferState.get(constructorKey, 'default')).toBe('default');
+    expect(transferState.hasKey(constructorKey)).toBeFalse();
+  });
+
+  it('supports keys that name object prototype properties', () => {
+    const transferState = TestBed.inject(TransferState);
+    const prototypeKey = makeStateKey<{cached: boolean}>('__proto__');
+    const value = {cached: true};
+
+    transferState.set(prototypeKey, value);
+
+    expect(transferState.get(prototypeKey, {cached: false})).toBe(value);
+    expect(transferState.hasKey(prototypeKey)).toBeTrue();
+
+    transferState.remove(prototypeKey);
+
+    expect(transferState.get(prototypeKey, null!)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
   it("supports setting and accessing value '0' via get", () => {
     const transferState: TransferState = TestBed.inject(TransferState);
     transferState.set(TEST_KEY, 0);
@@ -137,6 +162,16 @@ describe('TransferState', () => {
     expect(transferState.toJson()).toBe('{"test":20,"delayed":"changed"}');
   });
 
+  it('calls onSerialize callbacks whose keys name object prototype properties', () => {
+    const transferState = TestBed.inject(TransferState);
+    const prototypeKey = makeStateKey<string>('__proto__');
+
+    transferState.onSerialize(prototypeKey, () => 'serialized');
+
+    expect(transferState.toJson()).toBe('{"__proto__":"serialized"}');
+    expect(transferState.get(prototypeKey, null!)).toBe('serialized');
+  });
+
   it('should provide an ability to detect whether the state is empty', () => {
     const transferState = TestBed.inject(TransferState);
 
@@ -190,4 +225,14 @@ describe('TransferState', () => {
     expect(transferState.get(DELAYED_KEY, null)).toBe(relativeLink);
     expect(transferState.toJson()).toBe(encodedState);
   });
+
+  it('restores keys that name object prototype properties into a dictionary', () => {
+    addScriptTag(doc, APP_ID, '{"__proto__":{"cached":true},"constructor":"state"}');
+    const transferState = TestBed.inject(TransferState);
+
+    expect(transferState.get(makeStateKey<{cached: boolean}>('__proto__'), null)).toEqual({
+      cached: true,
+    });
+    expect(transferState.get(makeStateKey<string>('constructor'), null)).toBe('state');
+  });
 });