diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/component_ref.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/component_ref.ts
index 0e664e9a1b9..71c5056cc0d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/component_ref.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/component_ref.ts
@@ -183,6 +183,15 @@ function createHostElement(componentDef: ComponentDef<unknown>, renderer: Render
   return createElementNode(renderer, tagName, namespace);
 }
 
+function assertNotScriptHostElement(tagName: string | null | undefined): void {
+  if (tagName?.toLowerCase() === 'script') {
+    throw new RuntimeError(
+      RuntimeErrorCode.UNSAFE_VALUE_IN_SCRIPT,
+      ngDevMode && `"<script>" tag is not allowed as a component host element.`,
+    );
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Infers the tag name that should be used for a component based on its definition.
  * @param componentDef Definition for which to resolve the tag name.
@@ -303,6 +312,7 @@ export class ComponentFactory<T> {
     const hostElement = rootSelectorOrNode
       ? locateHostElement(hostRenderer, rootSelectorOrNode, cmpDef.encapsulation, rootViewInjector)
       : createHostElement(cmpDef, hostRenderer);
+    assertNotScriptHostElement(hostElement?.tagName);
 
     const sharedStylesHost = rootViewInjector.get(SHARED_STYLES_HOST, null);
     const styleHost = getStyleHost(
diff --git a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts
index 8538f287088..3ae9b3cd732 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/render3/instructions/shared.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import {ViewEncapsulation} from '../../metadata/view';
 import {validateAgainstEventProperties} from '../../sanitization/sanitization';
 
 import {ProfilerEvent} from '../../../primitives/devtools';
-import {RuntimeError, RuntimeErrorCode} from '../../errors';
 import {normalizeDebugBindingName, normalizeDebugBindingValue} from '../../ng_reflect';
 import {assertIndexInRange, assertNotSame} from '../../util/assert';
 import {escapeCommentText} from '../../util/dom';
@@ -181,12 +180,6 @@ export function locateHostElement(
     encapsulation === ViewEncapsulation.ShadowDom ||
     encapsulation === ViewEncapsulation.ExperimentalIsolatedShadowDom;
   const rootElement = renderer.selectRootElement(elementOrSelector, preserveContent);
-  if (rootElement.tagName.toLowerCase() === 'script') {
-    throw new RuntimeError(
-      RuntimeErrorCode.UNSAFE_VALUE_IN_SCRIPT,
-      ngDevMode && `"<script>" tag is not allowed as a component host element.`,
-    );
-  }
   applyRootElementTransform(rootElement as HTMLElement);
   return rootElement;
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/test/acceptance/security_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/acceptance/security_spec.ts
index cc803a14f9a..a317064ac1b 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/acceptance/security_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/acceptance/security_spec.ts
@@ -873,6 +873,19 @@ describe('innerHTML processing', () => {
 });
 
 describe('Component host element validation', () => {
+  it('should throw an error when dynamically creating a component with a script selector', () => {
+    @Component({
+      selector: 'script',
+      template: '',
+    })
+    class ScriptHost {}
+
+    const environmentInjector = TestBed.inject(EnvironmentInjector);
+    expect(() => {
+      createComponent(ScriptHost, {environmentInjector});
+    }).toThrowError(/"<script>" tag is not allowed as a component host element/);
+  });
+
   it('should throw an error when dynamically mounting a component onto a script tag', () => {
     @Component({
       selector: 'my-sink',
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/animations-standalone/bundle.golden_symbols.json b/packages/core/test/bundling/animations-standalone/bundle.golden_symbols.json
index 8b890c06e80..b2a7da2856a 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/animations-standalone/bundle.golden_symbols.json
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/animations-standalone/bundle.golden_symbols.json
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@
       "areAnimationSupported",
       "arrRemove",
       "assertNotDestroyed",
+      "assertNotScriptHostElement",
       "assertTypeDefined",
       "attachPatchData",
       "balancePreviousStylesIntoKeyframes",
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/create_component/bundle.golden_symbols.json b/packages/core/test/bundling/create_component/bundle.golden_symbols.json
index 8fa1b3e48f9..1df8f3b7138 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/create_component/bundle.golden_symbols.json
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/create_component/bundle.golden_symbols.json
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@
       "areAnimationSupported",
       "arrRemove",
       "assertNotDestroyed",
+      "assertNotScriptHostElement",
       "assertTypeDefined",
       "attachPatchData",
       "baseElement",
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/defer/bundle.golden_symbols.json b/packages/core/test/bundling/defer/bundle.golden_symbols.json
index 2d80dde6664..08da59bce48 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/defer/bundle.golden_symbols.json
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/defer/bundle.golden_symbols.json
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@
       "areAnimationSupported",
       "arrRemove",
       "assertNotDestroyed",
+      "assertNotScriptHostElement",
       "assertTypeDefined",
       "attachPatchData",
       "bind",
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/forms_reactive/bundle.golden_symbols.json b/packages/core/test/bundling/forms_reactive/bundle.golden_symbols.json
index 2a0959fa6d1..82c368294e5 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/forms_reactive/bundle.golden_symbols.json
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/forms_reactive/bundle.golden_symbols.json
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@
       "assertAllValuesPresent",
       "assertControlPresent",
       "assertNotDestroyed",
+      "assertNotScriptHostElement",
       "assertPlatform",
       "assertTypeDefined",
       "attachPatchData",
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/forms_template_driven/bundle.golden_symbols.json b/packages/core/test/bundling/forms_template_driven/bundle.golden_symbols.json
index 03d015997a4..600e48744a8 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/forms_template_driven/bundle.golden_symbols.json
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/forms_template_driven/bundle.golden_symbols.json
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@
       "assertAllValuesPresent",
       "assertControlPresent",
       "assertNotDestroyed",
+      "assertNotScriptHostElement",
       "assertPlatform",
       "assertTypeDefined",
       "attachPatchData",
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/hydration/bundle.golden_symbols.json b/packages/core/test/bundling/hydration/bundle.golden_symbols.json
index 351b0162f29..bc01eefdee0 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/hydration/bundle.golden_symbols.json
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/hydration/bundle.golden_symbols.json
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@
       "areAnimationSupported",
       "arrRemove",
       "assertNotDestroyed",
+      "assertNotScriptHostElement",
       "assertTypeDefined",
       "attachPatchData",
       "baseElement",
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/router/bundle.golden_symbols.json b/packages/core/test/bundling/router/bundle.golden_symbols.json
index a8e39cc0b77..4bfb687efc3 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/router/bundle.golden_symbols.json
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/router/bundle.golden_symbols.json
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@
       "arrRemove",
       "arrayEquals",
       "assertNotDestroyed",
+      "assertNotScriptHostElement",
       "assertTypeDefined",
       "attachPatchData",
       "baseElement",
diff --git a/packages/core/test/bundling/standalone_bootstrap/bundle.golden_symbols.json b/packages/core/test/bundling/standalone_bootstrap/bundle.golden_symbols.json
index f50662bcafd..f39040273e1 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/bundling/standalone_bootstrap/bundle.golden_symbols.json
+++ b/packages/core/test/bundling/standalone_bootstrap/bundle.golden_symbols.json
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@
       "areAnimationSupported",
       "arrRemove",
       "assertNotDestroyed",
+      "assertNotScriptHostElement",
       "assertTypeDefined",
       "attachPatchData",
       "baseElement",