diff --git a/fasthtml/_modidx.py b/fasthtml/_modidx.py
index 5b69b1de..91e4f45d 100644
--- a/fasthtml/_modidx.py
+++ b/fasthtml/_modidx.py
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@
                                'fasthtml.core._resp': ('api/core.html#_resp', 'fasthtml/core.py'),
                                'fasthtml.core._route_pn': ('api/core.html#_route_pn', 'fasthtml/core.py'),
                                'fasthtml.core._send_ws': ('api/core.html#_send_ws', 'fasthtml/core.py'),
+                               'fasthtml.core._static_fpath': ('api/core.html#_static_fpath', 'fasthtml/core.py'),
                                'fasthtml.core._to_htmx_header': ('api/core.html#_to_htmx_header', 'fasthtml/core.py'),
                                'fasthtml.core._to_xml': ('api/core.html#_to_xml', 'fasthtml/core.py'),
                                'fasthtml.core._url_for': ('api/core.html#_url_for', 'fasthtml/core.py'),
diff --git a/fasthtml/core.py b/fasthtml/core.py
index 18f9884e..5163b7af 100644
--- a/fasthtml/core.py
+++ b/fasthtml/core.py
@@ -1025,18 +1025,25 @@ def reg_re_param(m, s):
 _static_exts = "ico gif jpg jpeg webm css js woff png svg mp4 webp ttf otf eot woff2 txt html map pdf zip tgz gz csv mp3 wav ogg flac aac doc docx xls xlsx ppt pptx epub mobi bmp tiff avi mov wmv mkv xml yaml yml rar 7z tar bz2 htm xhtml apk dmg exe msi swf iso".split()
 reg_re_param("static", '|'.join(_static_exts))
 
+def _static_fpath(static_path, relpath):
+    "Resolved path of `relpath` under `static_path`, or 404 if it escapes it (e.g. `..` traversal)"
+    base = os.path.realpath(static_path)
+    fpath = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(base, relpath))
+    if os.path.commonpath([fpath, base]) != base: raise HTTPException(404)
+    return fpath
+
 @patch
 def static_route_exts(self:FastHTML, prefix='/', static_path='.', exts='static'):
     "Add a static route at URL path `prefix` with files from `static_path` and `exts` defined by `reg_re_param()`"
     @self.get(f"{prefix}{{fname:path}}.{{ext:{exts}}}")
-    async def get(fname:str, ext:str): return FileResponse(f'{static_path}/{fname}.{ext}')
+    async def get(fname:str, ext:str): return FileResponse(_static_fpath(static_path, f'{fname}.{ext}'))
 
 # %% ../nbs/api/00_core.ipynb #b31de65a
 @patch
 def static_route(self:FastHTML, ext='', prefix='/', static_path='.'):
     "Add a static route at URL path `prefix` with files from `static_path` and single `ext` (including the '.')"
     @self.get(f"{prefix}{{fname:path}}{ext}")
-    async def get(fname:str): return FileResponse(f'{static_path}/{fname}{ext}')
+    async def get(fname:str): return FileResponse(_static_fpath(static_path, f'{fname}{ext}'))
 
 # %% ../nbs/api/00_core.ipynb #f63b7a03
 class StaticNoCache(StaticFiles):
diff --git a/nbs/api/00_core.ipynb b/nbs/api/00_core.ipynb
index 94e137bd..56360879 100644
--- a/nbs/api/00_core.ipynb
+++ b/nbs/api/00_core.ipynb
@@ -4406,11 +4406,18 @@
     "_static_exts = \"ico gif jpg jpeg webm css js woff png svg mp4 webp ttf otf eot woff2 txt html map pdf zip tgz gz csv mp3 wav ogg flac aac doc docx xls xlsx ppt pptx epub mobi bmp tiff avi mov wmv mkv xml yaml yml rar 7z tar bz2 htm xhtml apk dmg exe msi swf iso\".split()\n",
     "reg_re_param(\"static\", '|'.join(_static_exts))\n",
     "\n",
+    "def _static_fpath(static_path, relpath):\n",
+    "    \"Resolved path of `relpath` under `static_path`, or 404 if it escapes it (e.g. `..` traversal)\"\n",
+    "    base = os.path.realpath(static_path)\n",
+    "    fpath = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(base, relpath))\n",
+    "    if os.path.commonpath([fpath, base]) != base: raise HTTPException(404)\n",
+    "    return fpath\n",
+    "\n",
     "@patch\n",
     "def static_route_exts(self:FastHTML, prefix='/', static_path='.', exts='static'):\n",
     "    \"Add a static route at URL path `prefix` with files from `static_path` and `exts` defined by `reg_re_param()`\"\n",
     "    @self.get(f\"{prefix}{{fname:path}}.{{ext:{exts}}}\")\n",
-    "    async def get(fname:str, ext:str): return FileResponse(f'{static_path}/{fname}.{ext}')"
+    "    async def get(fname:str, ext:str): return FileResponse(_static_fpath(static_path, f'{fname}.{ext}'))"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -4451,7 +4458,7 @@
     "def static_route(self:FastHTML, ext='', prefix='/', static_path='.'):\n",
     "    \"Add a static route at URL path `prefix` with files from `static_path` and single `ext` (including the '.')\"\n",
     "    @self.get(f\"{prefix}{{fname:path}}{ext}\")\n",
-    "    async def get(fname:str): return FileResponse(f'{static_path}/{fname}{ext}')"
+    "    async def get(fname:str): return FileResponse(_static_fpath(static_path, f'{fname}{ext}'))"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -4465,6 +4472,34 @@
     "assert 'THIS FILE WAS AUTOGENERATED' in cli.get('/README.md').text"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "c1a7f3d2",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "`..` segments are resolved before the file is served, so a request can only reach files under `static_path`; anything that escapes it is a 404, even when the file exists."
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "c2b8e4a1",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "travd = Path(tempfile.mkdtemp())\n",
+    "(travd/'public'/'sub').mkdir(parents=True)\n",
+    "(travd/'public'/'sub'/'ok.md').write_text('ok')\n",
+    "(travd/'public'/'secret.md').write_text('SECRET')\n",
+    "(travd/'secret.md').write_text('SECRET')\n",
+    "trav_app = FastHTML()\n",
+    "trav_app.static_route('.md', static_path=travd/'public'/'sub')\n",
+    "trav_cli = TestClient(trav_app)\n",
+    "test_eq(trav_cli.get('/ok.md').text, 'ok')\n",
+    "test_eq(trav_cli.get('/%2e%2e/secret.md').status_code, 404)\n",
+    "test_eq(trav_cli.get('/%2e%2e/%2e%2e/secret.md').status_code, 404)"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,