diff --git a/reposilite-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/reposilite/javadocs/JavadocContainerService.kt b/reposilite-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/reposilite/javadocs/JavadocContainerService.kt
index 94f7f9523..05143bf2e 100644
--- a/reposilite-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/reposilite/javadocs/JavadocContainerService.kt
+++ b/reposilite-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/reposilite/javadocs/JavadocContainerService.kt
@@ -8,21 +8,22 @@ import com.reposilite.shared.badRequest
 import com.reposilite.shared.badRequestError
 import com.reposilite.shared.errorResponse
 import com.reposilite.shared.notFound
+import com.reposilite.status.FailureFacade
 import com.reposilite.storage.api.FileType.FILE
 import com.reposilite.storage.api.Location
+import com.reposilite.storage.api.toLocation
 import com.reposilite.storage.getSimpleName
 import com.reposilite.token.AccessTokenIdentifier
 import io.javalin.http.HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
-import panda.std.Result
-import panda.std.asSuccess
 import java.io.FileOutputStream
 import java.io.InputStream
 import java.io.OutputStream
 import java.nio.file.Files
 import java.nio.file.Path
-import java.nio.file.Paths
 import java.util.jar.JarFile
 import kotlin.io.path.outputStream
+import panda.std.Result
+import panda.std.asSuccess
 
 private const val INDEX_FILE = "index.html"
 
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ internal class JavadocContainer(
 )
 
 internal class JavadocContainerService(
+    private val failureFacade: FailureFacade,
     private val mavenFacade: MavenFacade,
     private val javadocFolder: Path
 ) {
@@ -116,7 +118,6 @@ internal class JavadocContainerService(
             !jarPath.getSimpleName().contains("javadoc.jar") -> badRequestError("Invalid javadoc jar! Name must contain: 'javadoc.jar'")
             Files.isDirectory(jarPath) -> badRequestError("JavaDoc jar path has to be a file!")
             !Files.isDirectory(javadocUnpackPath) -> badRequestError("Destination must be a directory!")
-
             else -> jarPath.toAbsolutePath().toString()
                 .let { JarFile(it) }
                 .use { jarFile ->
@@ -124,16 +125,32 @@ internal class JavadocContainerService(
                         return errorResponse(INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, "Invalid javadoc.jar given for extraction")
                     }
 
-                    jarFile.entries().asSequence().forEach { file ->
-                        if (file.isDirectory) {
-                            return@forEach
+                    jarFile
+                        .entries()
+                        .asSequence()
+                        .forEach { file ->
+                            if (file.isDirectory) {
+                                return@forEach
+                            }
+
+                            // GHSA-frvj-cfq4-3228: treat archive file name as external path that can be malicious
+                            val processedArchiveFileLocation = file.name.toLocation()
+
+                            processedArchiveFileLocation
+                                .toPath()
+                                .map { javadocUnpackPath.resolve(it) }
+                                .peek {
+                                    it.parent?.also { parent -> Files.createDirectories(parent) }
+                                    jarFile.getInputStream(file).copyToAndClose(it.outputStream())
+                                }
+                                .onError {
+                                    failureFacade.throwException(
+                                        "Malicious resource path detected: $processedArchiveFileLocation in $jarPath",
+                                        IllegalArgumentException("Malicious resource path detected: $it")
+                                    )
+                                }
                         }
-
-                        val path = Paths.get(javadocUnpackPath.toString() + "/" + file.name)
-
-                        path.parent?.also { parent -> Files.createDirectories(parent) }
-                        jarFile.getInputStream(file).copyToAndClose(path.outputStream())
-                    }.asSuccess<Unit, ErrorResponse>()
+                        .asSuccess<Unit, ErrorResponse>()
                 }
                 .also { Files.deleteIfExists(jarPath) }
         }