diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index fe360b18b69..dc12be9765b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ name: "CodeQL"
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ "main", "5.x" ]
+    branches: [ "main", "v7.1.x" ]
   pull_request:
-    branches: [ "main", "5.x" ]
+    branches: [ "main", "v7.1.x" ]
 
 jobs:
   analyze:
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 397850649d5..e96864e162b 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -83,13 +83,27 @@ export function isUint8Array(value: unknown): value is Uint8Array {
  */
 export function hostMatchesWildcards(host: string, wildcards: string[]): boolean {
   for (const wildcard of wildcards) {
-    if (
-      host === wildcard ||
-      (wildcard.startsWith('*.') && host?.endsWith(wildcard.substring(2, wildcard.length))) ||
-      (wildcard.startsWith('*/') && host?.endsWith(wildcard.substring(2, wildcard.length)))
-    ) {
+    // Exact match always wins
+    if (host === wildcard) {
       return true;
     }
+
+    // Wildcard match with leading *.
+    if (wildcard.startsWith('*.')) {
+      const suffix = wildcard.substring(2);
+      // Exact match or strict subdomain match
+      if (host === suffix || host.endsWith(`.${suffix}`)) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+    // Wildcard match with leading */
+    if (wildcard.startsWith('*/')) {
+      const suffix = wildcard.substring(2);
+      // Exact match or strict subpath match
+      if (host === suffix || host.endsWith(`/${suffix}`)) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
   }
   return false;
 }
diff --git a/test/unit/utils.test.ts b/test/unit/utils.test.ts
index dc393fe0990..98b23ec2863 100644
--- a/test/unit/utils.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/utils.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { ObjectId } from 'bson';
 import { expect } from 'chai';
 import * as sinon from 'sinon';
 
+import { DEFAULT_ALLOWED_HOSTS } from '../../src/cmap/auth/mongo_credentials';
 import { LEGACY_HELLO_COMMAND } from '../../src/constants';
 import { MongoInvalidArgumentError, MongoRuntimeError } from '../../src/error';
 import { decorateWithExplain, Explain } from '../../src/explain';
@@ -148,6 +149,26 @@ describe('driver utils', function () {
           });
         });
 
+        context('when the wildcard starts with *.', function () {
+          it('returns false', function () {
+            expect(hostMatchesWildcards('test-mongodb.com', ['*.mongodb.com', 'test2'])).to.be
+              .false;
+          });
+        });
+
+        context('when using default allowed hosts', function () {
+          it('returns false', function () {
+            for (const host of DEFAULT_ALLOWED_HOSTS) {
+              // Only test the wildcard hosts, the non-wildcard hosts are tested in other test cases
+              if (!host.startsWith('*.')) {
+                continue;
+              }
+              const wrongHost = host.replace('*.', 'test-');
+              expect(hostMatchesWildcards(wrongHost, DEFAULT_ALLOWED_HOSTS)).to.be.false;
+            }
+          });
+        });
+
         context('when the host matches a FQDN', function () {
           it('returns true', function () {
             expect(hostMatchesWildcards('mongodb.net', ['*.mongodb.net', 'other'])).to.be.true;
@@ -221,6 +242,14 @@ describe('driver utils', function () {
             .to.be.false;
         });
       });
+
+      context('when the host does not match partial matches', function () {
+        it('returns false', function () {
+          expect(
+            hostMatchesWildcards('/tmp/test-mongodb-27017.sock', ['*/mongodb-27017.sock', 'test2'])
+          ).to.be.false;
+        });
+      });
     });
   });