diff --git a/web/components/Notifications/Item.vue b/web/components/Notifications/Item.vue
index 143b1dc00..f4293a470 100644
--- a/web/components/Notifications/Item.vue
+++ b/web/components/Notifications/Item.vue
@@ -1,39 +1,47 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import {
   ArchiveBoxIcon,
-  ShieldExclamationIcon,
   CheckBadgeIcon,
   ExclamationTriangleIcon,
   LinkIcon,
+  ShieldExclamationIcon,
   TrashIcon,
-} from "@heroicons/vue/24/solid";
-import { useMutation } from "@vue/apollo-composable";
-import type { NotificationFragmentFragment } from "~/composables/gql/graphql";
-
-import { NotificationType } from "~/composables/gql/graphql";
+} from '@heroicons/vue/24/solid';
+import { useMutation } from '@vue/apollo-composable';
+import type { NotificationFragmentFragment } from '~/composables/gql/graphql';
+import { NotificationType } from '~/composables/gql/graphql';
+import { safeParseMarkdown } from '~/helpers/markdown';
 import {
   archiveNotification as archiveMutation,
   deleteNotification as deleteMutation,
-} from "./graphql/notification.query";
+} from './graphql/notification.query';
 
 const props = defineProps<NotificationFragmentFragment>();
 
+const descriptionMarkup = computedAsync(async () => {
+  try {
+    return await safeParseMarkdown(props.description);
+  } catch (e) {
+    return props.description;
+  }
+}, '');
+
 const icon = computed<{ component: Component; color: string } | null>(() => {
   switch (props.importance) {
-    case "INFO":
+    case 'INFO':
       return {
         component: CheckBadgeIcon,
-        color: "text-green-500",
+        color: 'text-green-500',
       };
-    case "WARNING":
+    case 'WARNING':
       return {
         component: ExclamationTriangleIcon,
-        color: "text-yellow-500",
+        color: 'text-yellow-500',
       };
-    case "ALERT":
+    case 'ALERT':
       return {
         component: ShieldExclamationIcon,
-        color: "text-red-500",
+        color: 'text-red-500',
       };
   }
   return null;
@@ -86,7 +94,7 @@ const mutationError = computed(() => {
     <div
       class="w-full flex flex-row items-center justify-between gap-2 opacity-75 group-hover/item:opacity-100 group-focus/item:opacity-100"
     >
-      <p class="text-secondary-foreground">{{ description }}</p>
+      <div class="text-secondary-foreground" v-html="descriptionMarkup" />
     </div>
 
     <p v-if="mutationError" class="text-red-600">Error: {{ mutationError }}</p>
diff --git a/web/helpers/markdown.ts b/web/helpers/markdown.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be804b226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/helpers/markdown.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import DOMPurify from 'dompurify';
+import { marked } from 'marked';
+
+/**
+ * Parses arbitrary markdown content as sanitized html. May throw if parsing fails.
+ *
+ * @param markdownContent string of markdown content
+ * @returns safe, sanitized html content
+ */
+export async function safeParseMarkdown(markdownContent: string) {
+  const parsed = await marked.parse(markdownContent);
+  return DOMPurify.sanitize(parsed);
+}
diff --git a/web/package-lock.json b/web/package-lock.json
index da6c093de..59cbe52f4 100644
--- a/web/package-lock.json
+++ b/web/package-lock.json
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
         "clsx": "^2.1.1",
         "crypto-js": "^4.2.0",
         "dayjs": "^1.11.11",
+        "dompurify": "^3.2.0",
         "focus-trap": "^7.5.4",
         "graphql": "^16.8.1",
         "graphql-tag": "^2.12.6",
@@ -8329,6 +8330,12 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/fb55/domhandler?sponsor=1"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/dompurify": {
+      "version": "3.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dompurify/-/dompurify-3.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-AMdOzK44oFWqHEi0wpOqix/fUNY707OmoeFDnbi3Q5I8uOpy21ufUA5cDJPr0bosxrflOVD/H2DMSvuGKJGfmQ==",
+      "license": "(MPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0)"
+    },
     "node_modules/domutils": {
       "version": "2.8.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/domutils/-/domutils-2.8.0.tgz",
diff --git a/web/package.json b/web/package.json
index f0a533c56..9fe7012f5 100644
--- a/web/package.json
+++ b/web/package.json
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
     "clsx": "^2.1.1",
     "crypto-js": "^4.2.0",
     "dayjs": "^1.11.11",
+    "dompurify": "^3.2.0",
     "focus-trap": "^7.5.4",
     "graphql": "^16.8.1",
     "graphql-tag": "^2.12.6",