diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/notes.js b/app/assets/javascripts/notes.js
index b0b1cfd6c8aa8794921a1b728dd7c7f823dcdfe2..702915c516fb42c03abbcb34e3df16096bd80448 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/notes.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/notes.js
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@ const normalizeNewlines = function(str) {
       const cachedNoteBodyText = $noteBodyText.html();
 
       // Show updated comment content temporarily
-      $noteBodyText.html(formContent);
+      $noteBodyText.html(_.escape(formContent));
       $editingNote.removeClass('is-editing fade-in-full').addClass('being-posted fade-in-half');
       $editingNote.find('.note-headline-meta a').html('<i class="fa fa-spinner fa-spin" aria-label="Comment is being updated" aria-hidden="true"></i>');
 
@@ -1411,7 +1411,7 @@ const normalizeNewlines = function(str) {
         })
         .fail(() => {
           // Submission failed, revert back to original note
-          $noteBodyText.html(cachedNoteBodyText);
+          $noteBodyText.html(_.escape(cachedNoteBodyText));
           $editingNote.removeClass('being-posted fade-in');
           $editingNote.find('.fa.fa-spinner').remove();
 
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/32908-edit-comment.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/32908-edit-comment.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5237dceed119fc2590b5cf1cb149a9bd572b3a76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/32908-edit-comment.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Escapes html content before appending it to the DOM
+merge_request:
+author:
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/notes_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/notes_spec.js
index 025f08ee3323379c1fff484e205ea5e921e304ca..ccd703b5b4b5a22367d4956eb82f43bce5715f70 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/notes_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/notes_spec.js
@@ -443,6 +443,45 @@ import '~/notes';
       });
     });
 
+    describe('update comment with script tags', () => {
+      const sampleComment = '<script></script>';
+      const updatedComment = '<script></script>';
+      const note = {
+        id: 1234,
+        html: `<li class="note note-row-1234 timeline-entry" id="note_1234">
+                <div class="note-text">${sampleComment}</div>
+               </li>`,
+        note: sampleComment,
+        valid: true
+      };
+      let $form;
+      let $notesContainer;
+
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        this.notes = new Notes('', []);
+        window.gon.current_username = 'root';
+        window.gon.current_user_fullname = 'Administrator';
+        $form = $('form.js-main-target-form');
+        $notesContainer = $('ul.main-notes-list');
+        $form.find('textarea.js-note-text').html(sampleComment);
+      });
+
+      it('should not render a script tag', () => {
+        const deferred = $.Deferred();
+        spyOn($, 'ajax').and.returnValue(deferred.promise());
+        $('.js-comment-button').click();
+
+        deferred.resolve(note);
+        const $noteEl = $notesContainer.find(`#note_${note.id}`);
+        $noteEl.find('.js-note-edit').click();
+        $noteEl.find('textarea.js-note-text').html(updatedComment);
+        $noteEl.find('.js-comment-save-button').click();
+
+        const $updatedNoteEl = $notesContainer.find(`#note_${note.id}`).find('.js-task-list-container');
+        expect($updatedNoteEl.find('.note-text').text().trim()).toEqual('');
+      });
+    });
+
     describe('getFormData', () => {
       it('should return form metadata object from form reference', () => {
         this.notes = new Notes('', []);