diff --git a/oxiad/dataserver/database/kvstore/kv_pebble.go b/oxiad/dataserver/database/kvstore/kv_pebble.go
index 2e3849c7a..54e36351f 100644
--- a/oxiad/dataserver/database/kvstore/kv_pebble.go
+++ b/oxiad/dataserver/database/kvstore/kv_pebble.go
@@ -819,6 +819,13 @@ func (sl *pebbleSnapshotLoader) AddChunk(fileName string, chunkIndex int32, chun
 		if sl.file != nil {
 			return errors.Errorf("Inconsistent snapshot: previous file not finished")
 		}
+		// fileName arrives from the snapshot sender over the network. The sender
+		// only ever emits the base names of the regular files sitting directly in
+		// the checkpoint dir, so require exactly that: no traversal, no absolute
+		// path, no nested path, and not the loader dir itself.
+		if fileName != filepath.Base(fileName) || fileName == "." || !filepath.IsLocal(fileName) {
+			return errors.Errorf("invalid snapshot chunk file name: %q", fileName)
+		}
 		sl.file, err = os.OpenFile(filepath.Join(sl.dbPath, fileName), os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/oxiad/dataserver/database/kvstore/kv_pebble_test.go b/oxiad/dataserver/database/kvstore/kv_pebble_test.go
index 5ad44f965..c86a07e9c 100644
--- a/oxiad/dataserver/database/kvstore/kv_pebble_test.go
+++ b/oxiad/dataserver/database/kvstore/kv_pebble_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/oxia-db/oxia/common/compare"
 	"github.com/oxia-db/oxia/common/constant"
@@ -685,6 +686,43 @@ func TestPebbleSnapshot_Loader(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, factory2.Close())
 }
 
+func TestPebbleSnapshotLoader_RejectsPathTraversal(t *testing.T) {
+	dataDir := t.TempDir()
+	factory, err := NewPebbleKVFactory(&FactoryOptions{
+		DataDir:     dataDir,
+		CacheSizeMB: 1,
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	loader, err := factory.NewSnapshotLoader(constant.DefaultNamespace, 1)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	dbPath := filepath.Join(dataDir, constant.DefaultNamespace, "shard-1")
+	// Point the chunk name above the data dir; the sender only ever emits plain
+	// file names, so a name carrying ".." can only come from a hostile peer.
+	outside := filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(dataDir), "escape-marker.txt")
+	rel, err := filepath.Rel(dbPath, outside)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	err = loader.AddChunk(rel, 0, 1, []byte("payload"))
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+
+	_, statErr := os.Stat(outside)
+	assert.True(t, os.IsNotExist(statErr))
+
+	// Anything else that isn't a plain file name is rejected too, so a peer can't
+	// reach into a nested path or name the loader dir itself.
+	for _, fileName := range []string{"", ".", "..", "sub/dir/file", "./MANIFEST-000001", outside} {
+		assert.Error(t, loader.AddChunk(fileName, 0, 1, []byte("payload")), "expected %q to be rejected", fileName)
+	}
+
+	// A name the sender actually emits still goes through.
+	assert.NoError(t, loader.AddChunk(markerFileName, 0, 1, []byte("payload")))
+
+	assert.NoError(t, loader.Close())
+	assert.NoError(t, factory.Close())
+}
+
 func TestPebbleRangeScanNoLimits(t *testing.T) {
 	factory, err := NewPebbleKVFactory(NewFactoryOptionsForTest(t))
 	assert.NoError(t, err)