diff --git a/litellm/llms/xai/videos/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/xai/videos/transformation.py
index bbb207fcc56..b871f4a6011 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/xai/videos/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/xai/videos/transformation.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from httpx._types import RequestFiles
 import litellm
 from litellm.constants import XAI_API_BASE
 from litellm.exceptions import AuthenticationError
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.url_utils import async_safe_get, encode_url_path_segment, safe_get
 from litellm.llms.base_llm.videos.transformation import BaseVideoConfig
 from litellm.llms.custom_httpx.http_handler import (
     AsyncHTTPHandler,
@@ -248,6 +249,13 @@ class XAIVideoConfig(BaseVideoConfig):
         video_obj._hidden_params["video_url"] = None
         return video_obj
 
+    def _video_resource_url(self, api_base: str, video_id: str) -> str:
+        encoded_video_id: Final = encode_url_path_segment(
+            extract_original_video_id(video_id),
+            field_name="video_id",
+        )
+        return f"{self._v1_root(api_base)}/videos/{encoded_video_id}"
+
     def transform_video_status_retrieve_request(
         self,
         video_id: str,
@@ -255,8 +263,7 @@ class XAIVideoConfig(BaseVideoConfig):
         litellm_params: GenericLiteLLMParams,
         headers: dict,
     ) -> tuple[str, dict]:
-        original_id: Final = extract_original_video_id(video_id)
-        return f"{self._v1_root(api_base)}/videos/{original_id}", {}
+        return self._video_resource_url(api_base, video_id), {}
 
     def transform_video_status_retrieve_response(
         self,
@@ -303,8 +310,7 @@ class XAIVideoConfig(BaseVideoConfig):
         headers: dict,
         variant: str | None = None,
     ) -> tuple[str, dict]:
-        original_id: Final = extract_original_video_id(video_id)
-        return f"{self._v1_root(api_base)}/videos/{original_id}", {}
+        return self._video_resource_url(api_base, video_id), {}
 
     def _video_cdn_url(self, raw_response: httpx.Response) -> str | None:
         content_type: Final = (raw_response.headers.get("content-type") or "").lower()
@@ -328,7 +334,7 @@ class XAIVideoConfig(BaseVideoConfig):
         if url is None:
             return raw_response.content
         httpx_client: Final[HTTPHandler] = _get_httpx_client()
-        video_response: Final = httpx_client.get(url)
+        video_response: Final = safe_get(httpx_client, url)
         video_response.raise_for_status()
         return video_response.content
 
@@ -343,7 +349,7 @@ class XAIVideoConfig(BaseVideoConfig):
         async_httpx_client: Final[AsyncHTTPHandler] = get_async_httpx_client(
             llm_provider=litellm.LlmProviders.XAI,
         )
-        video_response: Final = await async_httpx_client.get(url)
+        video_response: Final = await async_safe_get(async_httpx_client, url)
         video_response.raise_for_status()
         return video_response.content
 
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/video_endpoints/endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/video_endpoints/endpoints.py
index 9cc1f033326..6f13d88341f 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/video_endpoints/endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/video_endpoints/endpoints.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from litellm.proxy.video_endpoints.utils import (
     encode_character_id_in_response,
     extract_model_from_target_model_names,
     get_custom_provider_from_data,
+    infer_video_provider_from_model,
     resolve_video_request_model,
     video_reference_to_id,
 )
@@ -253,15 +254,12 @@ async def video_status(
     provider_from_id: Final = decoded.get("custom_llm_provider")
     model_id_from_decoded: Final = decoded.get("model_id")
 
-    custom_llm_provider: Final = (
+    explicit_provider: Final = (
         get_custom_llm_provider_from_request_headers(request=request)
         or get_custom_llm_provider_from_request_query(request=request)
         or await get_custom_llm_provider_from_request_body(request=request)
         or provider_from_id
-        or "openai"
     )
-    if custom_llm_provider:
-        data["custom_llm_provider"] = custom_llm_provider
 
     resolved_model: Final = resolve_video_request_model(
         model_id_from_decoded=model_id_from_decoded,
@@ -271,6 +269,12 @@ async def video_status(
     if resolved_model:
         data["model"] = resolved_model
 
+    custom_llm_provider: Final = (
+        explicit_provider or infer_video_provider_from_model(resolved_model) or "openai"
+    )
+    if custom_llm_provider:
+        data["custom_llm_provider"] = custom_llm_provider
+
     # Process request using ProxyBaseLLMRequestProcessing
     processor: Final = ProxyBaseLLMRequestProcessing(data=data)
     try:
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/video_endpoints/utils.py b/litellm/proxy/video_endpoints/utils.py
index af0e9548568..7d0357371d8 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/video_endpoints/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/video_endpoints/utils.py
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ class VideoModelIdResolver(Protocol):
     def resolve_model_name_from_model_id(self, model_id: str | None) -> str | None: ...
 
 
+def infer_video_provider_from_model(model: str | None) -> str | None:
+    if not isinstance(model, str) or not model:
+        return None
+    unprefixed: Final = model.split("/", 1)[-1]
+    if unprefixed.startswith("grok-imagine-video"):
+        return "xai"
+    return None
+
+
 def resolve_video_request_model(
     *,
     model_id_from_decoded: str | None,
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/xai/test_xai_video_generation.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/xai/test_xai_video_generation.py
index fee57425264..261ce2e88c0 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/llms/xai/test_xai_video_generation.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/llms/xai/test_xai_video_generation.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
 import httpx
 import pytest
 
+from litellm.litellm_core_utils.url_utils import SSRFError
 from litellm.llms.xai.videos.transformation import XAIVideoConfig
 from litellm.types.router import GenericLiteLLMParams
 from litellm.types.utils import LlmProviders
@@ -141,6 +142,50 @@ def test_content_request_is_get_status():
     assert params == {}
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("video_id", ["..", ""])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "transform_name",
+    ["transform_video_status_retrieve_request", "transform_video_content_request"],
+)
+def test_video_id_rejects_empty_and_dot_path_segments(video_id, transform_name):
+    transform = getattr(XAIVideoConfig(), transform_name)
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="video_id"):
+        transform(
+            video_id=video_id,
+            api_base="https://api.x.ai/v1",
+            litellm_params=GenericLiteLLMParams(),
+            headers={},
+        )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "transform_name",
+    ["transform_video_status_retrieve_request", "transform_video_content_request"],
+)
+def test_video_id_parent_path_is_one_encoded_segment(transform_name):
+    transform = getattr(XAIVideoConfig(), transform_name)
+    url, params = transform(
+        video_id="../models",
+        api_base="https://api.x.ai/v1",
+        litellm_params=GenericLiteLLMParams(),
+        headers={},
+    )
+    assert url == "https://api.x.ai/v1/videos/..%2Fmodels"
+    assert "/videos/../" not in url
+    assert params == {}
+
+
+def test_video_id_is_percent_encoded_as_one_segment():
+    url, params = XAIVideoConfig().transform_video_status_retrieve_request(
+        video_id="req-123?x=1#frag",
+        api_base="https://api.x.ai/v1",
+        litellm_params=GenericLiteLLMParams(),
+        headers={},
+    )
+    assert url == "https://api.x.ai/v1/videos/req-123%3Fx%3D1%23frag"
+    assert params == {}
+
+
 def test_content_response_fetches_cdn_via_shared_client():
     status = httpx.Response(
         200,
@@ -151,14 +196,16 @@ def test_content_response_fetches_cdn_via_shared_client():
     video_resp = MagicMock()
     video_resp.content = b"mp4-bytes"
     video_resp.raise_for_status.return_value = None
-    cdn.get.return_value = video_resp
     with patch(
         "litellm.llms.xai.videos.transformation._get_httpx_client",
         return_value=cdn,
-    ):
+    ), patch(
+        "litellm.llms.xai.videos.transformation.safe_get",
+        return_value=video_resp,
+    ) as safe_get:
         body = XAIVideoConfig().transform_video_content_response(status, logging_obj=MagicMock())
     assert body == b"mp4-bytes"
-    cdn.get.assert_called_once_with("https://vidgen.x.ai/x.mp4")
+    safe_get.assert_called_once_with(cdn, "https://vidgen.x.ai/x.mp4")
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
@@ -172,19 +219,21 @@ async def test_async_content_response_does_not_use_sync_client():
     video_resp = MagicMock()
     video_resp.content = b"async-mp4"
     video_resp.raise_for_status.return_value = None
-    async_client.get = AsyncMock(return_value=video_resp)
     with patch(
         "litellm.llms.xai.videos.transformation.get_async_httpx_client",
         return_value=async_client,
     ), patch(
         "litellm.llms.xai.videos.transformation._get_httpx_client",
-    ) as sync_client:
+    ) as sync_client, patch(
+        "litellm.llms.xai.videos.transformation.async_safe_get",
+        new=AsyncMock(return_value=video_resp),
+    ) as async_safe_get:
         body = await XAIVideoConfig().async_transform_video_content_response(
             status, logging_obj=MagicMock()
         )
     assert body == b"async-mp4"
     sync_client.assert_not_called()
-    async_client.get.assert_awaited_once_with("https://vidgen.x.ai/x.mp4")
+    async_safe_get.assert_awaited_once_with(async_client, "https://vidgen.x.ai/x.mp4")
 
 
 def test_content_response_raises_when_status_has_no_url():
@@ -204,3 +253,85 @@ def test_content_response_returns_raw_bytes_when_not_json():
         content=b"already-mp4",
     )
     assert XAIVideoConfig().transform_video_content_response(raw, logging_obj=MagicMock()) == b"already-mp4"
+
+
+def test_content_response_rejects_internal_cdn_host():
+    status = httpx.Response(
+        200,
+        headers={"content-type": "application/json"},
+        json={"status": "done", "video": {"url": "http://127.0.0.1/secret.mp4"}},
+    )
+
+    def boom(*args, **kwargs):
+        raise AssertionError("unsafe CDN fetch must not run")
+
+    with patch(
+        "litellm.llms.xai.videos.transformation._get_httpx_client",
+        return_value=MagicMock(get=boom),
+    ):
+        with pytest.raises((SSRFError, ValueError)):
+            XAIVideoConfig().transform_video_content_response(status, logging_obj=MagicMock())
+
+
+def test_content_response_fetches_public_cdn_via_safe_get():
+    status = httpx.Response(
+        200,
+        headers={"content-type": "application/json"},
+        json={"status": "done", "video": {"url": "https://vidgen.x.ai/x.mp4"}},
+    )
+    video_resp = MagicMock()
+    video_resp.content = b"safe-mp4"
+    video_resp.raise_for_status.return_value = None
+    with patch(
+        "litellm.llms.xai.videos.transformation.safe_get",
+        return_value=video_resp,
+        create=True,
+    ) as safe_get:
+        body = XAIVideoConfig().transform_video_content_response(status, logging_obj=MagicMock())
+    assert body == b"safe-mp4"
+    assert safe_get.call_count == 1
+    assert safe_get.call_args.args[1] == "https://vidgen.x.ai/x.mp4"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_async_content_response_rejects_internal_cdn_host():
+    status = httpx.Response(
+        200,
+        headers={"content-type": "application/json"},
+        json={"status": "done", "video": {"url": "http://127.0.0.1/secret.mp4"}},
+    )
+
+    async def boom(*args, **kwargs):
+        raise AssertionError("unsafe async CDN fetch must not run")
+
+    with patch(
+        "litellm.llms.xai.videos.transformation.get_async_httpx_client",
+        return_value=MagicMock(get=boom),
+    ):
+        with pytest.raises((SSRFError, ValueError)):
+            await XAIVideoConfig().async_transform_video_content_response(
+                status, logging_obj=MagicMock()
+            )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_async_content_response_fetches_public_cdn_via_async_safe_get():
+    status = httpx.Response(
+        200,
+        headers={"content-type": "application/json"},
+        json={"status": "done", "video": {"url": "https://vidgen.x.ai/x.mp4"}},
+    )
+    video_resp = MagicMock()
+    video_resp.content = b"async-safe-mp4"
+    video_resp.raise_for_status.return_value = None
+    with patch(
+        "litellm.llms.xai.videos.transformation.async_safe_get",
+        new=AsyncMock(return_value=video_resp),
+        create=True,
+    ) as async_safe_get:
+        body = await XAIVideoConfig().async_transform_video_content_response(
+            status, logging_obj=MagicMock()
+        )
+    assert body == b"async-safe-mp4"
+    async_safe_get.assert_awaited()
+    assert async_safe_get.call_args.args[1] == "https://vidgen.x.ai/x.mp4"
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/video_endpoints/test_endpoints.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/video_endpoints/test_endpoints.py
index eeb59e31988..78877b84f6c 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/video_endpoints/test_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/video_endpoints/test_endpoints.py
@@ -338,11 +338,25 @@ async def test_status__query_model_on_plain_id(harness):
     harness.resolve_model.assert_not_called()
     assert harness.processor_data() == {
         "video_id": "9b444cea-aaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddddddddddd",
-        "custom_llm_provider": "openai",
+        "custom_llm_provider": "xai",
         "model": "grok-imagine-video-1.5",
     }
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_status__query_model_grok_imagine_does_not_default_openai_before_inference(
+    harness,
+):
+    await call_status(
+        harness,
+        "video_plain_xai",
+        query={"model": "grok-imagine-video"},
+    )
+
+    assert harness.processor_data()["custom_llm_provider"] == "xai"
+    assert harness.processor_data()["model"] == "grok-imagine-video"
+
+
 # =========================================================================== #
 #   GET /v1/videos/{video_id}/content  -  video_content                        #
 # =========================================================================== #
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/video_endpoints/test_utils.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/video_endpoints/test_utils.py
index 5944fd7a394..af8af6cdcf2 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/video_endpoints/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/video_endpoints/test_utils.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from litellm.proxy.video_endpoints.utils import (
     encode_character_id_in_response,
     extract_model_from_target_model_names,
     get_custom_provider_from_data,
+    infer_video_provider_from_model,
     resolve_video_request_model,
     video_reference_to_id,
 )
@@ -75,6 +76,21 @@ def test_resolve_video_request_model__query_model_on_plain_id():
     )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "model,expected",
+    [
+        ("grok-imagine-video", "xai"),
+        ("grok-imagine-video-1.5", "xai"),
+        ("xai/grok-imagine-video", "xai"),
+        ("sora-2", None),
+        (None, None),
+        ("", None),
+    ],
+)
+def test_infer_video_provider_from_model(model, expected):
+    assert infer_video_provider_from_model(model) == expected
+
+
 # =========================================================================== #
 # extract_model_from_target_model_names
 # =========================================================================== #