diff --git a/mealie/routes/admin/admin_backups.py b/mealie/routes/admin/admin_backups.py
index aa3a567075ae..7b33cbf6f246 100644
--- a/mealie/routes/admin/admin_backups.py
+++ b/mealie/routes/admin/admin_backups.py
@@ -72,13 +72,24 @@ class AdminBackupController(BaseAdminController):
     @router.post("/upload", response_model=SuccessResponse)
     def upload_one(self, archive: UploadFile = File(...)):
         """Upload a .zip File to later be imported into Mealie"""
+        if "." not in archive.filename:
+            raise HTTPException(status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+
+        if archive.filename.split(".")[-1] != "zip":
+            raise HTTPException(status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+
+        name = Path(archive.filename).stem
+
         app_dirs = get_app_dirs()
-        dest = app_dirs.BACKUP_DIR.joinpath(archive.filename)
+        dest = app_dirs.BACKUP_DIR.joinpath(f"{name}.zip")
+
+        if dest.absolute().parent != app_dirs.BACKUP_DIR:
+            raise HTTPException(status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
 
         with dest.open("wb") as buffer:
             shutil.copyfileobj(archive.file, buffer)
 
-        if not dest.is_file:
+        if not dest.is_file():
             raise HTTPException(status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
 
     @router.post("/{file_name}/restore", response_model=SuccessResponse)
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/admin_tests/test_admin_backup.py b/tests/integration_tests/admin_tests/test_admin_backup.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c29afa8c2be5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/admin_tests/test_admin_backup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+
+from mealie.core.config import get_app_dirs
+from tests import data
+from tests.utils.fixture_schemas import TestUser
+
+
+def test_recipe_asset_exploit(api_client: TestClient, admin_user: TestUser):
+    dirs = get_app_dirs()
+
+    file_payload = {
+        "archive": ("../test.txt", data.images_test_image_1.read_bytes()),
+    }
+
+    response = api_client.post(
+        "/api/admin/backups/upload",
+        files=file_payload,
+        headers=admin_user.token,
+    )
+
+    assert response.status_code == 400
+
+    # Ensure File was not created
+    assert not (dirs.BACKUP_DIR / "test.txt").exists()
+    assert not (dirs.BACKUP_DIR.parent / "test.txt").exists()