diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index f4525425..de4156b8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+# ZNC 1.7.3 (2019-03-30)
+
+## Fixes
+This is a security release to fix CVE-2019-9917. Thanks to LunarBNC for the bugreport.
+
+## New
+Docker only: the znc image now supports --user option of docker run.
+
+
+
 # ZNC 1.7.2 (2019-01-19)
 
 ## New
diff --git a/modules/controlpanel.cpp b/modules/controlpanel.cpp
index db22b574..913cdd6f 100644
--- a/modules/controlpanel.cpp
+++ b/modules/controlpanel.cpp
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ class CAdminMod : public CModule {
 #ifdef HAVE_ICU
         else if (sVar == "clientencoding") {
             pUser->SetClientEncoding(sValue);
-            PutModule("ClientEncoding = " + sValue);
+            PutModule("ClientEncoding = " + pUser->GetClientEncoding());
         }
 #endif
         else
diff --git a/src/IRCNetwork.cpp b/src/IRCNetwork.cpp
index b92e7b30..3872ace9 100644
--- a/src/IRCNetwork.cpp
+++ b/src/IRCNetwork.cpp
@@ -1482,9 +1482,9 @@ void CIRCNetwork::SetBindHost(const CString& s) {
 }
 
 void CIRCNetwork::SetEncoding(const CString& s) {
-    m_sEncoding = s;
+    m_sEncoding = CZNC::Get().FixupEncoding(s);
     if (GetIRCSock()) {
-        GetIRCSock()->SetEncoding(s);
+        GetIRCSock()->SetEncoding(m_sEncoding);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/User.cpp b/src/User.cpp
index 0198d9b0..428e0906 100644
--- a/src/User.cpp
+++ b/src/User.cpp
@@ -1264,9 +1264,9 @@ void CUser::SetAdmin(bool b) { m_bAdmin = b; }
 void CUser::SetDenySetBindHost(bool b) { m_bDenySetBindHost = b; }
 void CUser::SetDefaultChanModes(const CString& s) { m_sDefaultChanModes = s; }
 void CUser::SetClientEncoding(const CString& s) {
-    m_sClientEncoding = s;
+    m_sClientEncoding = CZNC::Get().FixupEncoding(s);
     for (CClient* pClient : GetAllClients()) {
-        pClient->SetEncoding(s);
+        pClient->SetEncoding(m_sClientEncoding);
     }
 }
 void CUser::SetQuitMsg(const CString& s) { m_sQuitMsg = s; }
diff --git a/src/znc.cpp b/src/znc.cpp
index 26d1bd08..bd127a41 100644
--- a/src/znc.cpp
+++ b/src/znc.cpp
@@ -2091,18 +2091,36 @@ void CZNC::ForceEncoding() {
     m_uiForceEncoding++;
 #ifdef HAVE_ICU
     for (Csock* pSock : GetManager()) {
-        if (pSock->GetEncoding().empty()) {
-            pSock->SetEncoding("UTF-8");
-        }
+        pSock->SetEncoding(FixupEncoding(pSock->GetEncoding()));
     }
 #endif
 }
 void CZNC::UnforceEncoding() { m_uiForceEncoding--; }
 bool CZNC::IsForcingEncoding() const { return m_uiForceEncoding; }
 CString CZNC::FixupEncoding(const CString& sEncoding) const {
-    if (sEncoding.empty() && m_uiForceEncoding) {
+    if (!m_uiForceEncoding) {
+        return sEncoding;
+    }
+    if (sEncoding.empty()) {
         return "UTF-8";
     }
+    const char* sRealEncoding = sEncoding.c_str();
+    if (sEncoding[0] == '*' || sEncoding[0] == '^') {
+        sRealEncoding++;
+    }
+    if (!*sRealEncoding) {
+        return "UTF-8";
+    }
+#ifdef HAVE_ICU
+    UErrorCode e = U_ZERO_ERROR;
+    UConverter* cnv = ucnv_open(sRealEncoding, &e);
+    if (cnv) {
+        ucnv_close(cnv);
+    }
+    if (U_FAILURE(e)) {
+        return "UTF-8";
+    }
+#endif
     return sEncoding;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/integration/tests/scripting.cpp b/test/integration/tests/scripting.cpp
index 8c9fa6ca..3116f832 100644
--- a/test/integration/tests/scripting.cpp
+++ b/test/integration/tests/scripting.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ TEST_F(ZNCTest, Modpython) {
     ircd.Write(":n!u@h PRIVMSG nick :Hi\xF0, github issue #1229");
     // "replacement character"
     client.ReadUntil("Hi\xEF\xBF\xBD, github issue");
+
+    // Non-existing encoding
+    client.Write("PRIVMSG *controlpanel :Set ClientEncoding $me Western");
+    client.Write("JOIN #a\342");
+    client.ReadUntil(
+        ":*controlpanel!znc@znc.in PRIVMSG nick :ClientEncoding = UTF-8");
+    ircd.ReadUntil("JOIN #a\xEF\xBF\xBD");
 }
 
 TEST_F(ZNCTest, ModpythonSocket) {