diff --git a/.github/scripts/risk_tier.py b/.github/scripts/risk_tier.py
index 6857d3ff6ca..fa448eec704 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/risk_tier.py
+++ b/.github/scripts/risk_tier.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import sys
 from collections.abc import Sequence
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
+from types import MappingProxyType
 from typing import Final, Literal
 
 import yaml
@@ -19,7 +20,11 @@ TEST_DEF_RE: Final = re.compile(r"^\s*(?:async\s+)?def\s+test_|^\s*(?:it|test)\(
 SKIP_RE: Final = re.compile(r"pytest\.(?:mark\.)?(?:skip|xfail)|unittest\.skip|\b(?:it|test|describe)\.skip\(|\bxit\(")
 ASSERT_RE: Final = re.compile(r"^\s*assert\b|\bexpect\(")
 GLOB_TOKEN_RE: Final = re.compile(r"(\*\*/|\*\*|\*|\?)")
-DIFF_BLOCK_SEPARATOR: Final = "\ndiff --git a/"
+DIFF_BLOCK_SEPARATOR: Final = "\ndiff --git "
+QUOTED_PATH_ESCAPE_RE: Final = re.compile(r'\\(?:([abfnrtv"\\])|([0-7]{3}))')
+QUOTED_PATH_ESCAPES: Final = MappingProxyType(
+    {"a": "\a", "b": "\b", "f": "\f", "n": "\n", "r": "\r", "t": "\t", "v": "\v", '"': '"', "\\": "\\"}
+)
 MAX_LISTED_PATHS: Final = 5
 
 
@@ -171,9 +176,22 @@ def parse_diff(diff_text: str) -> tuple[FileChange, ...]:
     return tuple(_parse_block(block) for block in blocks)
 
 
+def _unquote_git_path(quoted: str) -> str:
+    def decode(match: re.Match[str]) -> str:
+        return QUOTED_PATH_ESCAPES[match[1]] if match[1] else chr(int(match[2], 8))
+
+    return QUOTED_PATH_ESCAPE_RE.sub(decode, quoted[1:-1])
+
+
+def _header_path(header: str) -> str:
+    one_side = header[: (len(header) - 1) // 2]
+    unquoted = _unquote_git_path(one_side) if one_side.startswith('"') else one_side
+    return unquoted.removeprefix("a/")
+
+
 def _parse_block(block: str) -> FileChange:
     header, _, body = block.partition("\n")
-    path = header[: (len(header) - 3) // 2]
+    path = _header_path(header)
     lines = body.split("\n")
     first_hunk = next((index for index, line in enumerate(lines) if line.startswith("@@")), len(lines))
     hunk_lines = lines[first_hunk:]
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/test_github_risk_tier.py b/tests/test_litellm/test_github_risk_tier.py
index 803bf83518a..c09432df621 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/test_github_risk_tier.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/test_github_risk_tier.py
@@ -283,6 +283,26 @@ def test_parse_diff_of_an_empty_diff_is_empty(risk_tier):
     assert risk_tier.parse_diff("") == ()
 
 
+def test_parse_diff_decodes_git_quoted_paths_instead_of_dropping_them(risk_tier):
+    diff = (
+        "diff --git a/docs/plain.md b/docs/plain.md\n"
+        "--- a/docs/plain.md\n"
+        "+++ b/docs/plain.md\n"
+        "@@ -0,0 +1 @@\n"
+        "+hello\n"
+        'diff --git "a/litellm/proxy/auth/we\\"ird\\ttab\\\\slash\\001.py" "b/litellm/proxy/auth/we\\"ird\\ttab\\\\slash\\001.py"\n'
+        "new file mode 100644\n"
+        '--- "a/litellm/proxy/auth/we\\"ird\\ttab\\\\slash\\001.py"\n'
+        '+++ "b/litellm/proxy/auth/we\\"ird\\ttab\\\\slash\\001.py"\n'
+        "@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@\n"
+        "+def f():\n"
+        "+    return 1\n"
+    )
+    changes = risk_tier.parse_diff(diff)
+    assert [change.path for change in changes] == ["docs/plain.md", 'litellm/proxy/auth/we"ird\ttab\\slash\x01.py']
+    assert [change.line_count for change in changes] == [1, 2]
+
+
 def test_config_rejects_unknown_keys(risk_tier, tmp_path):
     bad = tmp_path / "risk-tiers.yml"
     bad.write_text(CONFIG_PATH.read_text() + "\nprompt: judge.md\n")
@@ -349,3 +369,25 @@ def test_main_end_to_end_against_a_git_repo(risk_tier, tmp_path, capsys):
     printed = capsys.readouterr().out
     assert printed.startswith("risk: high (shadow mode, nothing is blocked)")
     assert payload["summary"] == printed
+
+
+def test_git_quoted_filename_still_reaches_the_paths_factor(risk_tier, rules, tmp_path):
+    repo = tmp_path / "repo"
+    (repo / "litellm" / "proxy" / "auth").mkdir(parents=True)
+    _git(tmp_path, "init", "-q", "-b", "main", "repo")
+    (repo / "README.md").write_text("base\n")
+    _git(repo, "add", ".")
+    _git(repo, "commit", "-q", "-m", "base")
+    base = _git(repo, "rev-parse", "HEAD")
+    quoted_name = 'we"ird\ttab\\slash.py'
+    (repo / "litellm" / "proxy" / "auth" / quoted_name).write_text("def f():\n    return 1\n")
+    _git(repo, "add", ".")
+    _git(repo, "commit", "-q", "-m", "head")
+    head = _git(repo, "rev-parse", "HEAD")
+
+    changes = risk_tier.parse_diff(risk_tier.git_diff(repo, base, head))
+
+    assert [change.path for change in changes] == [f"litellm/proxy/auth/{quoted_name}"]
+    assert changes[0].added_lines == ("def f():", "    return 1")
+    verdict = risk_tier.classify(changes, DEVIN, False, rules)
+    assert _factor(verdict, "paths").tier == "high"