diff --git a/docs/source/changelog.md b/docs/source/changelog.md
index d669a1f0..3a37ce9f 100644
--- a/docs/source/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/source/changelog.md
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 ## 4.2
 
-### v4.2.0 - 2024-06-DD
+### v4.2.0 - 2024-06-11
+
+This release includes an important security patch for
+[CVE-2024-35225 ](https://github.com/jupyterhub/jupyter-server-proxy/security/advisories/GHSA-fvcq-4x64-hqxr).
 
 ([full changelog](https://github.com/jupyterhub/jupyter-server-proxy/compare/v4.1.2...v4.2.0))
 
diff --git a/jupyter_server_proxy/handlers.py b/jupyter_server_proxy/handlers.py
index 272e7c9c..2d65150d 100644
--- a/jupyter_server_proxy/handlers.py
+++ b/jupyter_server_proxy/handlers.py
@@ -323,14 +323,11 @@ async def proxy(self, host, port, proxied_path):
         """
 
         if not self._check_host_allowlist(host):
-            self.set_status(403)
-            self.write(
-                "Host '{host}' is not allowed. "
-                "See https://jupyter-server-proxy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/arbitrary-ports-hosts.html for info.".format(
-                    host=host
-                )
+            raise web.HTTPError(
+                403,
+                f"Host '{host}' is not allowed. "
+                "See https://jupyter-server-proxy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/arbitrary-ports-hosts.html for info.",
             )
-            return
 
         # Remove hop-by-hop headers that don't necessarily apply to the request we are making
         # to the backend. See https://github.com/jupyterhub/jupyter-server-proxy/pull/328
@@ -391,9 +388,7 @@ async def proxy(self, host, port, proxied_path):
             # Ref: https://www.tornadoweb.org/en/stable/httpclient.html#tornado.httpclient.AsyncHTTPClient.fetch
             if err.code == 599:
                 self._record_activity()
-                self.set_status(599)
-                self.write(str(err))
-                return
+                raise web.HTTPError(599, str(err))
             else:
                 raise
 
@@ -402,8 +397,7 @@ async def proxy(self, host, port, proxied_path):
 
         # For all non http errors...
         if response.error and type(response.error) is not httpclient.HTTPError:
-            self.set_status(500)
-            self.write(str(response.error))
+            raise web.HTTPError(500, str(response.error))
         else:
             # Represent the original response as a RewritableResponse object.
             original_response = RewritableResponse(orig_response=response)
diff --git a/tests/test_proxies.py b/tests/test_proxies.py
index ef320e28..8c2de5a0 100644
--- a/tests/test_proxies.py
+++ b/tests/test_proxies.py
@@ -255,6 +255,17 @@ def test_server_proxy_host_absolute(a_server_port_and_token: Tuple[int, str]) ->
     assert "X-Proxycontextpath" not in s
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("absolute", ["", "/absolute"])
+def test_server_proxy_host_invalid(
+    a_server_port_and_token: Tuple[int, str], absolute: str
+) -> None:
+    PORT, TOKEN = a_server_port_and_token
+    r = request_get(PORT, f"/proxy{absolute}/<invalid>:54321/", TOKEN)
+    assert r.code == 403
+    s = r.read().decode("ascii")
+    assert "Host &#39;&lt;invalid&gt;&#39; is not allowed." in s
+
+
 def test_server_proxy_port_non_service_rewrite_response(
     a_server_port_and_token: Tuple[int, str]
 ) -> None: