diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/text/markdown.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/text/markdown.test.ts
index 7784169b2ad..d596212baea 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/text/markdown.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/text/markdown.test.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,22 @@ describe('Markdown wrapper', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it('should allow markdown todo checkbox inputs', () => {
+    const str = renderTextPanelMarkdown(`- [ ] unchecked
+- [x] checked`);
+    expect(str).toMatch(/<input disabled(="")? type="checkbox">/);
+    expect(str).toMatch(/<input checked(="")? disabled(="")? type="checkbox">/);
+  });
+
+  it('should sanitize arbitrary input elements', () => {
+    const str = renderTextPanelMarkdown(`<input>
+      <input type="text">
+      <input disabled="" type="radio">
+      <input disabled="" type="checkbox" class="some-class">
+      <input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox" class="some-class">`);
+    expect(str).not.toMatch(/<input/);
+  });
+
   it('should sanitize content in text panel by default', () => {
     const str = renderTextPanelMarkdown('<script>alert()</script>');
     expect(str).toBe('&lt;script&gt;alert()&lt;/script&gt;');
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/text/sanitize.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/text/sanitize.test.ts
index 6aafd2e6afc..37d616055a7 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/text/sanitize.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/text/sanitize.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { sanitizeTextPanelContent, sanitizeUrl, sanitize } from './sanitize';
 
-describe('Sanitize wrapper', () => {
+describe('sanitizeTextPanelContent', () => {
   it('should allow whitelisted styles in text panel', () => {
     const html =
       '<div style="display:flex; flex-direction: column; flex-wrap: wrap; justify-content: start; gap: 2px;"><div style="flex-basis: 50%"></div></div>';
@@ -9,6 +9,28 @@ describe('Sanitize wrapper', () => {
       '<div style="display:flex; flex-direction:column; flex-wrap:wrap; justify-content:start; gap:2px;"><div style="flex-basis:50%;"></div></div>'
     );
   });
+
+  it('should escape xss payload', () => {
+    const html = '<script>alert(1)</script>';
+    const str = sanitizeTextPanelContent(html);
+    expect(str).toBe('&lt;script&gt;alert(1)&lt;/script&gt;');
+  });
+
+  it('should allow markdown generated unstyled disabled checkbox inputs', () => {
+    const str = sanitizeTextPanelContent(`<input disabled="" type="checkbox">
+<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox">`);
+    expect(str).toMatch(/<input disabled(="")? type="checkbox">/);
+    expect(str).toMatch(/<input checked(="")? disabled(="")? type="checkbox">/);
+  });
+
+  it('should sanitize arbitrary input elements', () => {
+    const str = sanitizeTextPanelContent(`<input>
+        <input type="text">
+        <input disabled="" type="radio">
+        <input disabled="" type="checkbox" class="some-class">
+        <input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox" class="some-class">`);
+    expect(str).not.toMatch(/<input/);
+  });
 });
 
 describe('sanitizeUrl', () => {
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/text/sanitize.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/text/sanitize.ts
index eb8c3804e6e..c2be3a917ee 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/text/sanitize.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/text/sanitize.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ XSSWL.iframe = ['src', 'width', 'height'];
 
 const sanitizeTextPanelWhitelist = new xss.FilterXSS({
   // Add sandbox attribute to iframe tags if an attribute is allowed.
-  onTagAttr: function (tag, name, value, isWhiteAttr) {
+  onTagAttr(tag, name, value, isWhiteAttr) {
     if (tag === 'iframe') {
       return isWhiteAttr
         ? ` ${name}="${xss.escapeAttrValue(sanitizeUrl(value))}" sandbox credentialless referrerpolicy=no-referrer`
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ const sanitizeTextPanelWhitelist = new xss.FilterXSS({
     }
     return;
   },
+  onTag(tag, html, options) {
+    if (html === '<input disabled="" type="checkbox">' || html === '<input checked="" disabled="" type="checkbox">') {
+      return html;
+    }
+    return;
+  },
   whiteList: XSSWL,
   css: {
     whiteList: {