diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/server/__tests__/sourcemap.spec.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/server/__tests__/sourcemap.spec.ts
index d71118e32790b2..a79d5ef8995ce9 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/server/__tests__/sourcemap.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/server/__tests__/sourcemap.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest'
+import { describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { isWindows } from '../../../shared/utils'
-import { getNodeModulesPackageRoot } from '../sourcemap'
+import { createLogger } from '../../logger'
+import {
+  getNodeModulesPackageRoot,
+  injectSourcesContent,
+  type SourceMapLike,
+} from '../sourcemap'
 
 describe('getNodeModulesPackageRoot', () => {
   const cases = [
@@ -69,3 +74,62 @@ describe('getNodeModulesPackageRoot', () => {
     })
   }
 })
+
+describe('injectSourcesContent', () => {
+  function createMockLogger() {
+    const logger = createLogger()
+    logger.warnOnce = vi.fn()
+    return logger
+  }
+
+  test('leaves maps with a remote sourceRoot alone', async () => {
+    const map: SourceMapLike = {
+      sources: ['index.ts'],
+      sourceRoot: 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fb55/domutils/abc123/src/',
+    }
+    const logger = createMockLogger()
+
+    await injectSourcesContent(
+      map,
+      '/project/node_modules/domutils/lib/esm/index.js',
+      logger,
+    )
+
+    expect(logger.warnOnce).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(map.sourcesContent).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  test('does not inject content for remote sources', async () => {
+    const map: SourceMapLike = {
+      sources: [
+        'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fb55/domutils/abc123/src/index.ts',
+      ],
+    }
+    const logger = createMockLogger()
+
+    await injectSourcesContent(
+      map,
+      '/project/node_modules/domutils/lib/esm/index.js',
+      logger,
+    )
+
+    expect(logger.warnOnce).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(map.sourcesContent).toStrictEqual([])
+  })
+
+  test('warns for sources that resolve outside the package', async () => {
+    const map: SourceMapLike = {
+      sources: ['/outside/project/index.ts'],
+    }
+    const logger = createMockLogger()
+
+    await injectSourcesContent(
+      map,
+      '/project/node_modules/foo/dist/index.js',
+      logger,
+    )
+
+    expect(logger.warnOnce).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+    expect(map.sourcesContent).toStrictEqual([null])
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/server/sourcemap.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/server/sourcemap.ts
index 41943dab731a3e..5ee14c663153be 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/server/sourcemap.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/server/sourcemap.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import type { Logger } from '../logger'
 import {
   blankReplacer,
   createDebugger,
+  isExternalUrl,
   isParentDirectory,
   normalizePath,
 } from '../utils'
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ export function getNodeModulesPackageRoot(
 // prefixes used for special handling in esbuildDepPlugin.
 const virtualSourceRE = /^(?:dep:|browser-external:|virtual:)|\0/
 
-interface SourceMapLike {
+export interface SourceMapLike {
   sources: string[]
   sourcesContent?: (string | null)[]
   sourceRoot?: string
@@ -71,6 +72,10 @@ export async function injectSourcesContent(
   file: string,
   logger: Logger,
 ): Promise<void> {
+  if (map.sourceRoot && isExternalUrl(map.sourceRoot)) {
+    return
+  }
+
   let sourceRootPromise: Promise<string | undefined>
 
   const packageRoot = getNodeModulesPackageRoot(file)
@@ -82,6 +87,7 @@ export async function injectSourcesContent(
     if (
       sourcesContent[index] == null &&
       sourcePath &&
+      !isExternalUrl(sourcePath) &&
       !virtualSourceRE.test(sourcePath)
     ) {
       sourcesContentPromises.push(