diff --git a/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/gcs.py b/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/gcs.py
index c649962b217fd..737c3a9b06045 100644
--- a/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/gcs.py
+++ b/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/gcs.py
@@ -897,6 +897,16 @@ def _download(blob_name: str):
                 bucket = client.bucket(bucket_name=self.source_bucket)
                 blob = bucket.blob(blob_name=blob_name, chunk_size=self.chunk_size)
 
+                # GCS blob names are arbitrary Unicode strings produced by
+                # whoever can write to the source bucket; in many data-pipeline
+                # deployments that is an external producer rather than the DAG
+                # author. A blob name containing ``..`` segments or an
+                # absolute-path prefix would otherwise canonicalise outside the
+                # temp input directory and be written to wherever the worker's
+                # filesystem permissions allowed (``~/.bashrc``, ``cron.d``,
+                # ``.ssh/authorized_keys``). Validate the resolved form, but
+                # pass the un-resolved path downstream so callers that read
+                # ``temp_input_dir_path`` back out keep their existing shape.
                 destination_file = temp_input_dir_path / blob_name
                 # Containment check: ``blob_name`` originates outside the worker, and GCS
                 # allows object names containing ``..``. Resolve the target and assert it
diff --git a/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/gcs_to_sftp.py b/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/gcs_to_sftp.py
index 664c6aea3190a..f66395fbfa2ad 100644
--- a/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/gcs_to_sftp.py
+++ b/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/gcs_to_sftp.py
@@ -176,7 +176,33 @@ def _resolve_destination_path(self, source_object: str, prefix: str | None = Non
                 source_object = os.path.relpath(source_object, start=prefix)
             else:
                 source_object = os.path.basename(source_object)
-        return os.path.join(self.destination_path, source_object)
+        destination = os.path.join(self.destination_path, source_object)
+        # GCS object names are arbitrary UTF-8 strings and originate from
+        # whoever can write to the source bucket (frequently a lower-trust
+        # external producer). A name containing ``..`` segments or an
+        # absolute-path prefix would otherwise canonicalise outside the
+        # configured ``destination_path`` on the SFTP server: ``os.path.join``
+        # preserves ``..`` and an absolute ``source_object`` silently absorbs
+        # the destination prefix. Three escape patterns to refuse, while
+        # still allowing relative roots like ``"."`` or ``""`` (SFTP user's
+        # current/login directory) that depend on the configured base
+        # remaining the prefix of the resolved path.
+        resolved = os.path.normpath(destination)
+        escapes = resolved == ".." or resolved.startswith(".." + os.sep)
+        if not escapes and os.path.isabs(resolved) and not os.path.isabs(self.destination_path):
+            # ``source_object`` was itself absolute and absorbed the relative base.
+            escapes = True
+        if not escapes and os.path.isabs(self.destination_path):
+            base = os.path.normpath(self.destination_path)
+            if resolved != base and not resolved.startswith(base.rstrip(os.sep) + os.sep):
+                escapes = True
+        if escapes:
+            raise AirflowException(
+                f"Refusing to copy GCS object {source_object!r}: resolved destination "
+                f"{resolved!r} escapes configured destination_path "
+                f"{self.destination_path!r}."
+            )
+        return resolved
 
     def _copy_single_object(
         self,
diff --git a/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/operators/test_gcs.py b/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/operators/test_gcs.py
index f48aaddba7566..c8c317ae87050 100644
--- a/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/operators/test_gcs.py
+++ b/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/operators/test_gcs.py
@@ -676,6 +676,64 @@ def test_get_openlineage_facets_on_complete(
         assert all(element in lineage.outputs for element in outputs)
         assert all(element in outputs for element in lineage.outputs)
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "blob_name",
+        [
+            pytest.param("inbound/../../../../etc/passwd", id="dotdot-segments"),
+            pytest.param("/etc/passwd", id="absolute-path"),
+        ],
+    )
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.google.cloud.operators.gcs.subprocess")
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.google.cloud.operators.gcs.TemporaryDirectory")
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.google.cloud.operators.gcs.GCSHook")
+    def test_execute_rejects_traversal_blob_name(
+        self, mock_hook, mock_tempdir, mock_subprocess, tmp_path, blob_name
+    ):
+        # GCS blob names are arbitrary Unicode strings written by whoever can
+        # produce to the source bucket. A name containing ``..`` segments or an
+        # absolute-path prefix would otherwise resolve outside the operator's
+        # temp input directory; ``_download`` must refuse such names rather
+        # than write the blob to the worker filesystem.
+        source_dir = tmp_path / "source"
+        source_dir.mkdir()
+        dest_dir = tmp_path / "destination"
+        dest_dir.mkdir()
+        mock_tempdir.return_value.__enter__.side_effect = [str(source_dir), str(dest_dir)]
+        mock_hook.return_value.list_by_timespan.return_value = [blob_name]
+        self._setup_gcs_client_chain(mock_hook)
+
+        mock_proc = mock.MagicMock()
+        mock_proc.returncode = 0
+        mock_proc.stdout.readline = lambda: b""
+        mock_proc.wait.return_value = None
+        mock_subprocess.Popen.return_value.__enter__.return_value = mock_proc
+        mock_subprocess.PIPE = "pipe"
+        mock_subprocess.STDOUT = "stdout"
+
+        timespan_start = datetime(2015, 2, 1, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+        timespan_end = timespan_start + timedelta(hours=1)
+        context = dict(
+            logical_date=timespan_start,
+            data_interval_start=timespan_start,
+            data_interval_end=timespan_end,
+            ti=mock.Mock(),
+            task=mock.MagicMock(),
+        )
+
+        op = GCSTimeSpanFileTransformOperator(
+            task_id=TASK_ID,
+            source_bucket=TEST_BUCKET,
+            source_prefix="inbound",
+            source_gcp_conn_id="",
+            destination_bucket=TEST_BUCKET + "_dest",
+            destination_prefix="dest",
+            destination_gcp_conn_id="",
+            transform_script="script.py",
+        )
+
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="escapes the temp directory"):
+            op.execute(context=context)
+
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         ("workers", "should_raise"),
         [
diff --git a/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/transfers/test_gcs_to_sftp.py b/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/transfers/test_gcs_to_sftp.py
index 28ca53acdb55f..f82030a74661a 100644
--- a/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/transfers/test_gcs_to_sftp.py
+++ b/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/transfers/test_gcs_to_sftp.py
@@ -466,3 +466,94 @@ def test_create_intermediate_dirs_false(self, sftp_hook_mock, gcp_hook_mock):
         task.execute(None)
 
         sftp_hook_mock.return_value.create_directory.assert_not_called()
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "source_object",
+        [
+            pytest.param("incoming/../../../../etc/passwd", id="dotdot-segments"),
+            pytest.param("/etc/passwd", id="absolute-path"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_resolve_destination_path_rejects_escape(self, source_object):
+        # ``_resolve_destination_path`` is the GCSToSFTPOperator method that
+        # joins a GCS object name with the configured ``destination_path``.
+        # When the joined path canonicalises outside the destination — either
+        # via ``..`` segments or an absolute ``source_object`` that absorbs
+        # the prefix — the method must refuse rather than hand the path to
+        # the SFTP server, where the server would resolve it on its own host.
+        task = GCSToSFTPOperator(
+            task_id=TASK_ID,
+            source_bucket=TEST_BUCKET,
+            source_object="incoming/*",
+            destination_path="/srv/sftp/incoming",
+            keep_directory_structure=True,
+            gcp_conn_id=GCP_CONN_ID,
+            sftp_conn_id=SFTP_CONN_ID,
+        )
+        with pytest.raises(AirflowException, match="escapes configured destination_path"):
+            task._resolve_destination_path(source_object)
+
+    def test_resolve_destination_path_allows_benign_nested(self):
+        # The new validation is post-join normalisation; benign nested paths
+        # under the destination must still resolve cleanly.
+        task = GCSToSFTPOperator(
+            task_id=TASK_ID,
+            source_bucket=TEST_BUCKET,
+            source_object="incoming/*",
+            destination_path="/srv/sftp/incoming",
+            keep_directory_structure=True,
+            gcp_conn_id=GCP_CONN_ID,
+            sftp_conn_id=SFTP_CONN_ID,
+        )
+        assert (
+            task._resolve_destination_path("incoming/sub/dir/file.csv")
+            == "/srv/sftp/incoming/incoming/sub/dir/file.csv"
+        )
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        ("destination_path", "source_object", "expected"),
+        [
+            pytest.param(".", "file.txt", "file.txt", id="dot-base-benign"),
+            pytest.param("", "file.txt", "file.txt", id="empty-base-benign"),
+            pytest.param(".", "sub/dir/file.txt", "sub/dir/file.txt", id="dot-base-nested"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_resolve_destination_path_allows_relative_base(self, destination_path, source_object, expected):
+        # ``destination_path="."`` and ``destination_path=""`` are valid SFTP
+        # destinations — they refer to the SFTP user's login / current
+        # directory. The validation must allow these benign uploads while
+        # still rejecting ``..`` escapes and absolute-path absorption (covered
+        # by the next test).
+        task = GCSToSFTPOperator(
+            task_id=TASK_ID,
+            source_bucket=TEST_BUCKET,
+            source_object="*",
+            destination_path=destination_path,
+            keep_directory_structure=True,
+            gcp_conn_id=GCP_CONN_ID,
+            sftp_conn_id=SFTP_CONN_ID,
+        )
+        assert task._resolve_destination_path(source_object) == expected
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "source_object",
+        [
+            pytest.param("../etc/passwd", id="dotdot-escape-from-relative-base"),
+            pytest.param("/etc/passwd", id="absolute-absorbs-relative-base"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_resolve_destination_path_rejects_escape_from_relative_base(self, source_object):
+        # With a relative ``destination_path`` such as ``"."``, ``..`` segments
+        # escape the configured root and absolute ``source_object`` values
+        # absorb it entirely — both must still be refused.
+        task = GCSToSFTPOperator(
+            task_id=TASK_ID,
+            source_bucket=TEST_BUCKET,
+            source_object="*",
+            destination_path=".",
+            keep_directory_structure=True,
+            gcp_conn_id=GCP_CONN_ID,
+            sftp_conn_id=SFTP_CONN_ID,
+        )
+        with pytest.raises(AirflowException, match="escapes configured destination_path"):
+            task._resolve_destination_path(source_object)
diff --git a/scripts/ci/prek/known_airflow_exceptions.txt b/scripts/ci/prek/known_airflow_exceptions.txt
index bd4570fc55f25..a5621aa95e624 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/prek/known_airflow_exceptions.txt
+++ b/scripts/ci/prek/known_airflow_exceptions.txt
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/facebook_ads_to_gc
 providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/gcs_to_bigquery.py::7
 providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/gcs_to_gcs.py::6
 providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/gcs_to_local.py::1
-providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/gcs_to_sftp.py::1
+providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/gcs_to_sftp.py::2
 providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/s3_to_gcs.py::2
 providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/sftp_to_gcs.py::1
 providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/triggers/bigquery.py::2