diff --git a/files/file.go b/files/file.go
index 2ba432dc..3b38f314 100644
--- a/files/file.go
+++ b/files/file.go
@@ -133,6 +133,17 @@ func stat(opts *FileOptions) (*FileInfo, error) {
 		return file, nil
 	}
 
+	// The path is a symlink. Refuse to follow it if its on-disk target escapes
+	// the user's scoped root; otherwise a symlink that lives lexically inside
+	// the scope but points outside it would let a restricted user read, write,
+	// or share files beyond their boundary.
+	if file != nil && file.IsSymlink {
+		ok, scopeErr := WithinScope(opts.Fs, opts.Path)
+		if scopeErr != nil || !ok {
+			return nil, os.ErrPermission
+		}
+	}
+
 	// fs doesn't support afero.Lstater interface or the file is a symlink
 	info, err := opts.Fs.Stat(opts.Path)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -165,6 +176,50 @@ func stat(opts *FileOptions) (*FileInfo, error) {
 	return file, nil
 }
 
+// WithinScope reports whether the on-disk target of p — after resolving any
+// symbolic links — stays within the scoped root of fsys. It exists to stop a
+// symlink that lives lexically inside a user's scope but points outside it
+// from being followed for reads, writes, or shares.
+//
+// Paths that do not exist yet (e.g. a brand-new file being created) are
+// validated against their nearest existing ancestor, so legitimate new files
+// are always allowed. For a filesystem that is not scoped with BasePathFs the
+// check is a no-op and returns true.
+//
+// Note: a dangling symlink whose target does not yet exist resolves to its
+// containing directory and is therefore allowed; writing through such a link
+// could still create a file outside the scope. Callers that create files
+// should treat this as best-effort and rely on rejecting existing escaping
+// symlinks, which covers the disclosure and overwrite vectors.
+func WithinScope(fsys afero.Fs, p string) (bool, error) {
+	bfs, ok := fsys.(*afero.BasePathFs)
+	if !ok {
+		// Not a scoped filesystem; nothing to enforce.
+		return true, nil
+	}
+
+	root, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(afero.FullBaseFsPath(bfs, "/"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	target := afero.FullBaseFsPath(bfs, p)
+	resolved, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(target)
+	for errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
+		parent := filepath.Dir(target)
+		if parent == target {
+			break
+		}
+		target = parent
+		resolved, err = filepath.EvalSymlinks(target)
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	return resolved == root || strings.HasPrefix(resolved, root+string(filepath.Separator)), nil
+}
+
 // Checksum checksums a given File for a given User, using a specific
 // algorithm. The checksums data is saved on File object.
 func (i *FileInfo) Checksum(algo string) error {
diff --git a/http/auth.go b/http/auth.go
index 59f15a36..4381e86c 100644
--- a/http/auth.go
+++ b/http/auth.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	DefaultTokenExpirationTime = time.Hour * 2
+
+	maxAuthBodySize = 1 << 20 // 1 MiB
 )
 
 type userInfo struct {
@@ -120,6 +122,10 @@ func withAdmin(fn handleFunc) handleFunc {
 
 func loginHandler(tokenExpireTime time.Duration) handleFunc {
 	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, d *data) (int, error) {
+		if r.Body != nil {
+			r.Body = http.MaxBytesReader(w, r.Body, maxAuthBodySize)
+		}
+
 		auther, err := d.store.Auth.Get(d.settings.AuthMethod)
 		if err != nil {
 			return http.StatusInternalServerError, err
@@ -142,7 +148,7 @@ type signupBody struct {
 	Password string `json:"password"`
 }
 
-var signupHandler = func(_ http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, d *data) (int, error) {
+var signupHandler = func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, d *data) (int, error) {
 	if !d.settings.Signup {
 		return http.StatusMethodNotAllowed, nil
 	}
@@ -151,6 +157,8 @@ var signupHandler = func(_ http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, d *data) (int,
 		return http.StatusBadRequest, nil
 	}
 
+	r.Body = http.MaxBytesReader(w, r.Body, maxAuthBodySize)
+
 	info := &signupBody{}
 	err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(info)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/http/raw.go b/http/raw.go
index b5c86643..35e474ae 100644
--- a/http/raw.go
+++ b/http/raw.go
@@ -125,6 +125,12 @@ func getFiles(d *data, path, commonPath string) ([]archives.FileInfo, error) {
 		nameInArchive := strings.TrimPrefix(path, commonPath)
 		nameInArchive = strings.TrimPrefix(nameInArchive, string(filepath.Separator))
 		nameInArchive = filepath.ToSlash(nameInArchive)
+		// filepath.ToSlash only rewrites the host separator, so on a Linux
+		// host a stored backslash survives and is emitted verbatim into the
+		// archive. Windows extractors then treat "\" as a path separator,
+		// allowing the entry to escape the extraction directory (zip-slip).
+		// Strip Windows separators regardless of host OS.
+		nameInArchive = strings.ReplaceAll(nameInArchive, "\\", "/")
 
 		archiveFiles = append(archiveFiles, archives.FileInfo{
 			FileInfo:      info,
diff --git a/http/resource.go b/http/resource.go
index e5c519ea..9f7bfb01 100644
--- a/http/resource.go
+++ b/http/resource.go
@@ -295,6 +295,13 @@ func addVersionSuffix(source string, afs afero.Fs) string {
 }
 
 func writeFile(afs afero.Fs, dst string, in io.Reader, fileMode, dirMode fs.FileMode) (os.FileInfo, error) {
+	// Refuse to write through a symlink that escapes the user's scope, so an
+	// overwrite of an existing escaping symlink cannot modify a file outside
+	// the boundary.
+	if ok, err := files.WithinScope(afs, dst); err != nil || !ok {
+		return nil, os.ErrPermission
+	}
+
 	dir, _ := path.Split(dst)
 	err := afs.MkdirAll(dir, dirMode)
 	if err != nil {