diff --git a/superset/daos/report.py b/superset/daos/report.py
index ed8527cfa38..823fad80931 100644
--- a/superset/daos/report.py
+++ b/superset/daos/report.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class ReportScheduleDAO(BaseDAO[ReportSchedule]):
     def find_by_extra_metadata(slug: str) -> list[ReportSchedule]:
         return (
             db.session.query(ReportSchedule)
-            .filter(ReportSchedule.extra_json.like(f"%{slug}%"))
+            .filter(ReportSchedule.extra_json.contains(slug, autoescape=True))
             .all()
         )
 
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/daos/test_report_dao.py b/tests/unit_tests/daos/test_report_dao.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..55d089d2226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/daos/test_report_dao.py
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pytest
+from sqlalchemy.orm.session import Session
+
+from superset.daos.report import ReportScheduleDAO
+from superset.reports.models import ReportSchedule, ReportScheduleType
+from superset.utils import json
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def _create_tables(session: Session) -> None:
+    ReportSchedule.metadata.create_all(session.get_bind())  # pylint: disable=no-member
+
+
+def _create_report(
+    session: Session,
+    name: str,
+    extra_json: str = "{}",
+) -> ReportSchedule:
+    report = ReportSchedule(
+        name=name,
+        type=ReportScheduleType.REPORT,
+        crontab="0 9 * * *",
+        extra_json=extra_json,
+    )
+    session.add(report)
+    session.flush()
+    return report
+
+
+def test_find_by_extra_metadata_returns_matching_reports(
+    session: Session,
+) -> None:
+    extra = json.dumps({"dashboard_tab_ids": ["TAB-abc123"]})
+    _create_report(session, "match", extra_json=extra)
+    _create_report(session, "no-match", extra_json="{}")
+
+    results = ReportScheduleDAO.find_by_extra_metadata("TAB-abc123")
+
+    assert len(results) == 1
+    assert results[0].name == "match"
+
+
+def test_find_by_extra_metadata_returns_empty_when_no_match(
+    session: Session,
+) -> None:
+    _create_report(session, "report1", extra_json='{"key": "value"}')
+
+    results = ReportScheduleDAO.find_by_extra_metadata("nonexistent")
+
+    assert results == []
+
+
+def test_find_by_extra_metadata_escapes_percent_wildcard(
+    session: Session,
+) -> None:
+    _create_report(session, "with-percent", extra_json='{"slug": "100%done"}')
+    _create_report(session, "other", extra_json='{"slug": "100xdone"}')
+
+    results = ReportScheduleDAO.find_by_extra_metadata("100%done")
+
+    assert len(results) == 1
+    assert results[0].name == "with-percent"
+
+
+def test_find_by_extra_metadata_escapes_underscore_wildcard(
+    session: Session,
+) -> None:
+    _create_report(session, "with-underscore", extra_json='{"slug": "a_b"}')
+    _create_report(session, "other", extra_json='{"slug": "axb"}')
+
+    results = ReportScheduleDAO.find_by_extra_metadata("a_b")
+
+    assert len(results) == 1
+    assert results[0].name == "with-underscore"