diff --git a/cgroup1/hugetlb.go b/cgroup1/hugetlb.go
index 75519d9d..8d9be500 100644
--- a/cgroup1/hugetlb.go
+++ b/cgroup1/hugetlb.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package cgroup1
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
@@ -56,8 +57,12 @@ func (h *hugetlbController) Create(path string, resources *specs.LinuxResources)
 		return err
 	}
 	for _, limit := range resources.HugepageLimits {
+		filename := strings.Join([]string{"hugetlb", limit.Pagesize, "limit_in_bytes"}, ".")
+		if filepath.Base(filename) != filename {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid hugepage size %q", limit.Pagesize)
+		}
 		if err := os.WriteFile(
-			filepath.Join(h.Path(path), strings.Join([]string{"hugetlb", limit.Pagesize, "limit_in_bytes"}, ".")),
+			filepath.Join(h.Path(path), filename),
 			[]byte(strconv.FormatUint(limit.Limit, 10)),
 			defaultFilePerm,
 		); err != nil {
diff --git a/cgroup1/hugetlb_test.go b/cgroup1/hugetlb_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6c42358b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cgroup1/hugetlb_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+   Copyright The containerd Authors.
+
+   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package cgroup1
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
+)
+
+func TestHugetlbInvalidPageSize(t *testing.T) {
+	mock, err := newMock(t)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		if err := mock.delete(); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("failed delete: %v", err)
+		}
+	}()
+	h, err := NewHugetlb(mock.root)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	resources := specs.LinuxResources{
+		HugepageLimits: []specs.LinuxHugepageLimit{
+			// resolves to <parent of mock.root>/escaped.limit_in_bytes
+			{Pagesize: "/../../../../escaped", Limit: 1337},
+		},
+	}
+	if err := h.Create("/a", &resources); err == nil {
+		t.Error("expected error for pagesize containing path separators")
+	}
+	escaped := filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(mock.root), "escaped.limit_in_bytes")
+	if _, err := os.Stat(escaped); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		t.Errorf("file written outside of cgroup root: %s", escaped)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cgroup2/hugetlbv2_test.go b/cgroup2/hugetlbv2_test.go
index d0252db5..88cd0242 100644
--- a/cgroup2/hugetlbv2_test.go
+++ b/cgroup2/hugetlbv2_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package cgroup2
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -53,3 +54,17 @@ func TestCgroupv2HugetlbStats(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestCgroupv2HugetlbInvalidPageSize(t *testing.T) {
+	path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "hugetlb-test-cg")
+	require.NoError(t, os.Mkdir(path, defaultDirPerm))
+	res := Resources{
+		// resolves to <parent of path>/escaped.max
+		HugeTlb: &HugeTlb{HugeTlbEntry{HugePageSize: "/../../escaped", Limit: 1337}},
+	}
+	err := setResources(path, &res)
+	require.Error(t, err)
+
+	_, err = os.Stat(filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(path), "escaped.max"))
+	assert.True(t, os.IsNotExist(err), "file written outside of cgroup path")
+}
diff --git a/cgroup2/manager.go b/cgroup2/manager.go
index 8638ab92..351ee321 100644
--- a/cgroup2/manager.go
+++ b/cgroup2/manager.go
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ type Value struct {
 
 // write the value to the full, absolute path, of a unified hierarchy
 func (c *Value) write(path string, perm os.FileMode) error {
+	if filepath.Base(c.filename) != c.filename {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid cgroup filename: %q", c.filename)
+	}
 	var data []byte
 	switch t := c.value.(type) {
 	case uint64: