diff --git a/.changeset/fair-scissors-march.md b/.changeset/fair-scissors-march.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c1f812a692c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fair-scissors-march.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@sveltejs/kit': patch
+---
+
+fix: better handling of data: and about: protocols
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/utils.js b/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/utils.js
index 6c324d1a769b..d7639bfeb6c3 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/utils.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/utils.js
@@ -312,6 +312,11 @@ export function create_updated_store() {
  * @param {boolean} hash_routing
  */
 export function is_external_url(url, base, hash_routing) {
+	//about: and data: protocols are always internal urls
+	if (url.protocol === 'about:' || url.protocol === 'data:') {
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	if (url.origin !== origin || !url.pathname.startsWith(base)) {
 		return true;
 	}
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/runtime/server/page/render.js b/packages/kit/src/runtime/server/page/render.js
index 59d9229164dc..d08660e2fdf2 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/runtime/server/page/render.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/runtime/server/page/render.js
@@ -104,14 +104,15 @@ export async function render_response({
 			base = segments.map(() => '..').join('/') || '.';
 
 			// resolve e.g. '../..' against current location, then remove trailing slash
-			base_expression = `new URL(${s(base)}, location).pathname.slice(0, -1)`;
+			base_expression = `location.protocol === 'about:' || location.protocol === 'data:' ? new URL('#', location) : new URL(${s(base)}, location).pathname.slice(0, -1)`;
 
 			if (!paths.assets || (paths.assets[0] === '/' && paths.assets !== SVELTE_KIT_ASSETS)) {
 				assets = base;
 			}
 		} else if (options.hash_routing) {
 			// we have to assume that we're in the right place
-			base_expression = "new URL('.', location).pathname.slice(0, -1)";
+			base_expression =
+				"location.protocol === 'about:' || location.protocol === 'data:' ? new URL('#', location) : new URL('.', location).pathname.slice(0, -1)";
 		}
 	}