diff --git a/src/core/AssetUrls.ts b/src/core/AssetUrls.ts
index 951cf325e..9a641391e 100644
--- a/src/core/AssetUrls.ts
+++ b/src/core/AssetUrls.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,19 @@ function safeDecodeAssetSegment(segment: string): string {
   }
 }
 
+function assertSafeAssetSegment(segment: string): string {
+  const decodedSegment = safeDecodeAssetSegment(segment);
+  if (
+    segment === "." ||
+    segment === ".." ||
+    decodedSegment === "." ||
+    decodedSegment === ".."
+  ) {
+    throw new Error(`Invalid asset path segment: ${segment}`);
+  }
+  return decodedSegment;
+}
+
 export function encodeAssetPath(path: string): string {
   return normalizeAssetPath(path)
     .split("/")
@@ -21,7 +34,7 @@ export function normalizeAssetPath(path: string): string {
     .replace(/^\/+/, "")
     .split("/")
     .filter((segment) => segment.length > 0)
-    .map((segment) => safeDecodeAssetSegment(segment))
+    .map((segment) => assertSafeAssetSegment(segment))
     .join("/");
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/AssetUrls.test.ts b/tests/AssetUrls.test.ts
index 70f5bc581..934e629e2 100644
--- a/tests/AssetUrls.test.ts
+++ b/tests/AssetUrls.test.ts
@@ -27,4 +27,13 @@ describe("AssetUrls", () => {
   test("falls back to the unversioned path when manifest has no match", () => {
     expect(buildAssetUrl("images/unknown.svg", {})).toBe("/images/unknown.svg");
   });
+
+  test("rejects dot segments in asset paths", () => {
+    expect(() => buildAssetUrl("../api/instance", {})).toThrow(
+      "Invalid asset path segment: ..",
+    );
+    expect(() => buildAssetUrl("images/%2e%2e/secret.svg", {})).toThrow(
+      "Invalid asset path segment: %2e%2e",
+    );
+  });
 });