diff --git a/tests/tools/test_math_animate_safety.py b/tests/tools/test_math_animate_safety.py
index dafc487d..a83ced7f 100644
--- a/tests/tools/test_math_animate_safety.py
+++ b/tests/tools/test_math_animate_safety.py
@@ -54,7 +54,45 @@ def test_blocks_dangerous_calls(call):
         "    def construct(self):\n"
         f"        {call}('x')\n"
     )
-    assert f"call to '{call}()'" in MathAnimate._scan_scene_code(code)
+    assert f"use of '{call}'" in MathAnimate._scan_scene_code(code)
+
+
+def test_blocks_no_import_builtins_secret_read():
+    # Regression for the reported bypass: no dangerous import, secret read via
+    # __builtins__ indexing. The whole expression roots on the bare __builtins__
+    # name (the 'open' inside [] is a string literal), so blocking that name
+    # blocks the payload.
+    code = (
+        "from manim import *\n"
+        "class S(Scene):\n"
+        "    def construct(self):\n"
+        "        __builtins__['open']('.env').read()\n"
+    )
+    assert "use of '__builtins__'" in MathAnimate._scan_scene_code(code)
+
+
+def test_blocks_getattr_reflection_bypass():
+    # getattr-based attribute reflection is a classic denylist evasion; blocking
+    # the getattr name removes the primitive.
+    code = (
+        "from manim import *\n"
+        "class S(Scene):\n"
+        "    def construct(self):\n"
+        "        cls = getattr(object(), '__class__')\n"
+    )
+    assert "use of 'getattr'" in MathAnimate._scan_scene_code(code)
+
+
+def test_blocks_aliased_dangerous_builtin():
+    # Binding a blocked builtin to another name must still trip on the name use.
+    code = (
+        "from manim import *\n"
+        "class S(Scene):\n"
+        "    def construct(self):\n"
+        "        f = open\n"
+        "        f('.env')\n"
+    )
+    assert "use of 'open'" in MathAnimate._scan_scene_code(code)
 
 
 def test_blocks_sandbox_escape_dunders():
diff --git a/tools/graphics/math_animate.py b/tools/graphics/math_animate.py
index 1caf808e..63be79b7 100644
--- a/tools/graphics/math_animate.py
+++ b/tools/graphics/math_animate.py
@@ -45,12 +45,20 @@ _BLOCKED_IMPORTS = frozenset({
     "importlib", "builtins", "multiprocessing", "threading", "pty", "glob",
     "resource", "signal", "tempfile", "webbrowser", "pathlib",
 })
-_BLOCKED_CALLS = frozenset({
+# Dangerous identifiers blocked wherever they appear as a bare name — not just
+# as a direct call. This catches indirection like `__builtins__['open']`,
+# `f = open`, or `getattr(x, '__class__')` that a call-target-only or
+# attribute-only check would miss.
+_BLOCKED_NAMES = frozenset({
     "eval", "exec", "compile", "__import__", "open", "input", "breakpoint",
+    "__builtins__", "__loader__", "globals", "locals", "vars",
+    "getattr", "setattr", "delattr",
 })
+# Sandbox-escape / reflection dunders blocked as attribute access.
 _BLOCKED_ATTRS = frozenset({
-    "__globals__", "__builtins__", "__subclasses__", "__bases__", "__mro__",
-    "__code__",
+    "__globals__", "__builtins__", "__subclasses__", "__bases__", "__base__",
+    "__mro__", "__code__", "__class__", "__dict__", "__getattribute__",
+    "__closure__", "__reduce__", "__reduce_ex__", "__subclasshook__",
 })
 
 
@@ -230,10 +238,11 @@ class MathAnimate(BaseTool):
                 root = (node.module or "").split(".")[0]
                 if root in _BLOCKED_IMPORTS:
                     violations.append(f"from '{node.module}' import ...")
-            elif isinstance(node, ast.Call):
-                fn = node.func
-                if isinstance(fn, ast.Name) and fn.id in _BLOCKED_CALLS:
-                    violations.append(f"call to '{fn.id}()'")
+            elif isinstance(node, ast.Name):
+                # Blocks direct calls (eval(...)) and indirection alike:
+                # `__builtins__['open']`, `f = open`, `getattr(o, '__class__')`.
+                if node.id in _BLOCKED_NAMES:
+                    violations.append(f"use of '{node.id}'")
             elif isinstance(node, ast.Attribute):
                 if node.attr in _BLOCKED_ATTRS:
                     violations.append(f"attribute access '.{node.attr}'")