diff --git a/backend/windmill-api/src/apps.rs b/backend/windmill-api/src/apps.rs
index edd2040143..54886e2568 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-api/src/apps.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-api/src/apps.rs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ use windmill_common::{
     user_drafts::{overlay_or_draft_only, DraftUserRef, UserDraftItemKind, WithDraftOverlay},
     users::username_to_permissioned_as,
     utils::{
-        http_get_from_hub, not_found_if_none, paginate, paginate_optional,
+        check_proper_path, http_get_from_hub, not_found_if_none, paginate, paginate_optional,
         query_elems_from_hub, require_admin, strip_json_nul, Pagination, RunnableKind, StripPath,
     },
     variables::{build_crypt, build_crypt_with_key_suffix, encrypt},
@@ -2506,6 +2506,7 @@ async fn create_app_internal<'a>(
     // inside process_app_multipart!, so checking after this call would leave a
     // denied app committed in the DB.
     check_scopes(&authed, || format!("apps:write:{}", &app.path))?;
+    check_proper_path(&app.path)?;
     validate_frontend_sdk_scopes(&app.policy)?;
     if raw_app {
         validate_raw_app_path_keys(&app.value.0)?;
@@ -3252,6 +3253,7 @@ async fn create_app_raw_source(
     // Before the compile, which costs a job on a worker: it must not run for a
     // path already taken, nor for one the caller can't write. `create_app_internal`
     // rejects both, but only after the sources have been built.
+    check_proper_path(&path)?;
     if app_exists(&db, &w_id, &path).await? {
         return Err(Error::BadRequest(format!("App {path} already exists")));
     }
@@ -3462,6 +3464,9 @@ async fn update_app_internal<'a>(
     // the token's write scope, not just the source path.
     if let Some(npath) = ns.path.as_deref() {
         check_scopes(&authed, || format!("apps:write:{}", npath))?;
+        if npath != path {
+            check_proper_path(npath)?;
+        }
     }
 
     if raw_app {
diff --git a/backend/windmill-api/src/workspaces_export.rs b/backend/windmill-api/src/workspaces_export.rs
index e29113ecd2..ea79aaa572 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-api/src/workspaces_export.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-api/src/workspaces_export.rs
@@ -281,8 +281,29 @@ enum ArchiveImpl {
     Tar(tokio_tar::Builder<File>),
 }
 
+/// Entry paths come from item paths stored in the workspace; an absolute or
+/// drive-prefixed path, or a parent segment, would make extraction write outside
+/// the target directory. Win32 strips trailing dots and spaces from a segment,
+/// so `.. ` resolves to `..` there: any segment made only of those is refused.
+/// A colon matters only in the first segment (a drive prefix); later segments,
+/// such as a data table name, may carry one.
+fn check_archive_entry_path(path: &str) -> Result<()> {
+    let is_dot_segment = |seg: &str| !seg.is_empty() && seg.chars().all(|c| c == '.' || c == ' ');
+    let first = path.split(['/', '\\']).next().unwrap_or_default();
+    if path.starts_with(['/', '\\'])
+        || first.contains(':')
+        || path.split(['/', '\\']).any(is_dot_segment)
+    {
+        return Err(Error::internal_err(format!(
+            "refusing to write archive entry with path traversal: {path}"
+        )));
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 impl ArchiveImpl {
     async fn write_to_archive(&mut self, content: &str, path: &str) -> Result<()> {
+        check_archive_entry_path(path)?;
         match self {
             ArchiveImpl::Tar(t) => {
                 let bytes = content.as_bytes();
@@ -1647,7 +1668,9 @@ pub(crate) async fn tarball_workspace(
                 mute_critical_alerts: row.mute_critical_alerts,
                 color: row.color.clone(),
                 operator_settings: row.operator_settings.clone(),
-                datatable: windmill_common::workspaces::strip_datatable_permissions(row.datatable.clone()),
+                datatable: windmill_common::workspaces::strip_datatable_permissions(
+                    row.datatable.clone(),
+                ),
                 slack_team_id: row.slack_team_id.clone(),
                 slack_name: row.slack_name.clone(),
                 slack_command_script: row.slack_command_script.clone(),
@@ -1792,6 +1815,41 @@ pub(crate) async fn tarball_workspace(
     Ok((headers, body))
 }
 
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod archive_entry_path_tests {
+    use super::check_archive_entry_path;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn rejects_traversal_and_absolute_paths() {
+        for ok in [
+            "u/admin/app.app.json",
+            "f/x/a..b.script.json",
+            "settings.yaml",
+            "migrations/datatable/foo:bar/20260617120000_name.up.sql",
+        ] {
+            assert!(
+                check_archive_entry_path(ok).is_ok(),
+                "{ok} should be accepted"
+            );
+        }
+        for bad in [
+            "f/x/../../evil.app.json",
+            "../evil",
+            "/etc/evil",
+            "f\\..\\evil",
+            "f/x/.. /.. /evil.app.json",
+            "f/x/.../evil",
+            "C:/evil",
+            "\\evil",
+        ] {
+            assert!(
+                check_archive_entry_path(bad).is_err(),
+                "{bad} should be rejected"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod fork_export_tests {
     use super::*;
diff --git a/backend/windmill-common/src/utils.rs b/backend/windmill-common/src/utils.rs
index 29fc9e99f3..b247c66532 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-common/src/utils.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-common/src/utils.rs
@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ lazy_static::lazy_static! {
 /// Reject a path the `proper_id` constraint would reject anyway, so the caller
 /// gets a plain 400 instead of the raw Postgres constraint-violation string,
 /// which names the table and constraint and echoes the input back.
+///
+/// `app` and the trigger tables have no such constraint: for them this check is
+/// the only authority, so loosening it lets malformed paths be stored.
 pub fn check_proper_path(path: &str) -> Result<()> {
     // The column is varchar(255); without this an over-long but well-formed path
     // still reaches Postgres and leaks the same kind of message back.
diff --git a/backend/windmill-trigger-http/src/handler.rs b/backend/windmill-trigger-http/src/handler.rs
index 01ddfd4a81..539c8e43d2 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-trigger-http/src/handler.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-trigger-http/src/handler.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use windmill_common::global_settings::{validate_allowed_origins, HTTP_ROUTE_WORK
 use windmill_common::{
     db::UserDB,
     error::{Error, Result},
+    utils::check_proper_path,
     worker::CLOUD_HOSTED,
     DB,
 };
@@ -269,6 +270,7 @@ pub async fn create_many_http_triggers(
         check_scopes(&authed, || {
             format!("http_triggers:write:{}", &new_http_trigger.base.path)
         })?;
+        check_proper_path(&new_http_trigger.base.path)?;
 
         // This route inserts directly, bypassing the shared create handler.
         // `error_wrapper` would turn the rejection into a 500.
diff --git a/backend/windmill-trigger/src/handler.rs b/backend/windmill-trigger/src/handler.rs
index 66d6770354..ba40ed2c48 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-trigger/src/handler.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-trigger/src/handler.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use windmill_common::{
         fetch_draft_only_list_rows, overlay_or_draft_only, UserDraftItemKind, WithDraftOverlay,
         WithDraftQuery,
     },
-    utils::{paginate, Pagination, StripPath},
+    utils::{check_proper_path, paginate, Pagination, StripPath},
     worker::CLOUD_HOSTED,
     DB,
 };
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@ async fn create_trigger<T: TriggerCrud>(
             &new_trigger.base.path
         )
     })?;
+    check_proper_path(&new_trigger.base.path)?;
 
     if *CLOUD_HOSTED && !T::IS_ALLOWED_ON_CLOUD {
         return Err(Error::BadRequest(format!(
@@ -817,6 +818,9 @@ async fn update_trigger<T: TriggerCrud>(
             &edit_trigger.base.path
         )
     })?;
+    if edit_trigger.base.path != path {
+        check_proper_path(&edit_trigger.base.path)?;
+    }
 
     edit_trigger.error_handling.validate()?;