diff --git a/Duplicati/CommandLine/RecoveryTool/Restore.cs b/Duplicati/CommandLine/RecoveryTool/Restore.cs
index 0c6f95844..0bdf5d9df 100644
--- a/Duplicati/CommandLine/RecoveryTool/Restore.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/CommandLine/RecoveryTool/Restore.cs
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.CommandLine.RecoveryTool
 
             var useIndexMap = !Library.Utility.Utility.ParseBoolOption(options, "reduce-memory-use");
             var disableFileVerify = Library.Utility.Utility.ParseBoolOption(options, "disable-file-verify");
+            var allowPathTraversal = Library.Utility.Utility.ParseBoolOption(options, "allow-restore-outside-target-directory");
 
             var startedCount = 0L;
             var restoredCount = 0L;
@@ -153,6 +154,10 @@ namespace Duplicati.CommandLine.RecoveryTool
                         try
                         {
                             var targetfile = MapToRestorePath(f.Path, largestprefix, targetpath, sourceDirsep);
+
+                            if (!allowPathTraversal && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(targetpath) && !Util.IsPathInsideTarget(targetfile, targetpath))
+                                throw new UserInformationException($"Path traversal detected: {targetfile} resolves outside {targetpath}", "RestorePathTraversal");
+
                             if (!systemIO.DirectoryExists(systemIO.PathGetDirectoryName(targetfile)))
                                 systemIO.DirectoryCreate(systemIO.PathGetDirectoryName(targetfile));
 
diff --git a/Duplicati/UnitTest/RecoveryToolPathTraversalTests.cs b/Duplicati/UnitTest/RecoveryToolPathTraversalTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd492ee89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Duplicati/UnitTest/RecoveryToolPathTraversalTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2026, The Duplicati Team
+// https://duplicati.com, hello@duplicati.com
+// 
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a 
+// copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), 
+// to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation 
+// the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, 
+// and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the 
+// Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+// 
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in 
+// all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+// 
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS 
+// OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 
+// AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER 
+// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING 
+// FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER 
+// DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.IO.Compression;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Duplicati.Library.Interface;
+using Duplicati.Library.Main;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using Assert = NUnit.Framework.Legacy.ClassicAssert;
+
+namespace Duplicati.UnitTest
+{
+    public class RecoveryToolPathTraversalTests : BasicSetupHelper
+    {
+        private string originalCurrentDirectory;
+
+        [SetUp]
+        public void SetUp()
+        {
+            this.originalCurrentDirectory = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
+            if (File.Exists("/tmp/evil.txt"))
+                File.Delete("/tmp/evil.txt");
+        }
+
+        [TearDown]
+        public void TearDown()
+        {
+            if (this.originalCurrentDirectory != null)
+            {
+                Directory.SetCurrentDirectory(this.originalCurrentDirectory);
+            }
+            if (File.Exists("/tmp/evil.txt"))
+                File.Delete("/tmp/evil.txt");
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        [Category("RecoveryTool")]
+        public async Task RecoveryToolRestoreRelativePathInDlistAsync()
+        {
+            // 1. Setup source data
+            var sourceFolder = Path.Combine(this.DATAFOLDER, "source");
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(sourceFolder);
+            var subDir = Path.Combine(sourceFolder, "subdir");
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(subDir);
+            File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(subDir, "file1.txt"), "data1");
+            File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(subDir, "file2.txt"), "data2");
+
+            var options = new Dictionary<string, string>(this.TestOptions);
+            options["no-encryption"] = "true";
+            options.Remove("passphrase");
+
+            // 2. Backup
+            using (var c = new Controller("file://" + this.TARGETFOLDER, options, null))
+            {
+                IBackupResults backupResults = await c.BackupAsync(new[] { sourceFolder });
+                Assert.AreEqual(0, backupResults.Errors.Count());
+            }
+
+            // 3. Manipulate dlist
+            var dlistFiles = Directory.GetFiles(this.TARGETFOLDER, "*dlist*");
+            var dlistPath = dlistFiles[0];
+
+            var tempDir = Path.Combine(this.DATAFOLDER, "temp_dlist");
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(tempDir);
+            ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(dlistPath, tempDir);
+            File.Delete(dlistPath);
+
+            var filelistPath = Directory.GetFiles(tempDir, "*filelist*").FirstOrDefault();
+            var json = File.ReadAllText(filelistPath);
+            // Replace ONLY ONE file with traversal, keep the other
+            json = json.Replace("subdir/file2.txt", "subdir/../../../../../../../../../../../tmp/evil.txt");
+            File.WriteAllText(filelistPath, json);
+
+            ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory(tempDir, dlistPath);
+
+            // 4. Download and Index
+            var downloadFolder = Path.Combine(this.RESTOREFOLDER, "downloadedFiles");
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(downloadFolder);
+            CommandLine.RecoveryTool.Program.Main(new[] { "download", "file://" + this.TARGETFOLDER, downloadFolder });
+            CommandLine.RecoveryTool.Program.Main(new[] { "index", downloadFolder });
+
+            // 5. Restore with RecoveryTool
+            var restoreFolder = Path.Combine(this.RESTOREFOLDER, "restoredFiles");
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(restoreFolder);
+
+            Console.WriteLine("====== BEGIN RESTORE ======");
+            var status = CommandLine.RecoveryTool.Program.Main(new[] { "restore", downloadFolder, $"--targetpath={restoreFolder}" });
+            Console.WriteLine("====== END RESTORE ======");
+
+            var evilPath = "/tmp/evil.txt";
+            var exists = File.Exists(evilPath);
+            Console.WriteLine("Evil path exists: " + exists);
+
+            Assert.AreNotEqual(0, status, "Expected restore to fail due to path traversal");
+        }
+    }
+}