diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/JarTestCase.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/JarTestCase.java
index b19e2b4913b..f0f55cce095 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/JarTestCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/JarTestCase.java
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ public void testJarUnarchive() throws Exception {
 
         ZipArchiveEntry entry = (ZipArchiveEntry)in.getNextEntry();
         File o = new File(dir, entry.getName());
+        if (!o.toPath().normalize().startsWith(dir.toPath())) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Bad zip entry");
+        }
         o.getParentFile().mkdirs();
         OutputStream out = Files.newOutputStream(o.toPath());
         IOUtils.copy(in, out);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/ZipTestCase.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/ZipTestCase.java
index e4f3ead3e1d..6bec99fd4f8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/ZipTestCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/ZipTestCase.java
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@ public void testZipArchiveCreation() throws Exception {
                 fileInputStream)) {
                 ZipArchiveEntry entry = null;
                 while ((entry = (ZipArchiveEntry) archiveInputStream.getNextEntry()) != null) {
-                    final File outfile = new File(resultDir.getCanonicalPath() + "/result/" + entry.getName());
+                    final File outfile = new File(resultDir.getCanonicalPath() + "/result/", entry.getName());
+                    if (!outfile.toPath().normalize().startsWith(resultDir.getCanonicalPath() + "/result/")) {
+                        throw new RuntimeException("Bad zip entry");
+                    }
                     outfile.getParentFile().mkdirs();
                     try (OutputStream o = Files.newOutputStream(outfile.toPath())) {
                         IOUtils.copy(archiveInputStream, o);
@@ -168,7 +171,11 @@ public void testZipUnarchive() throws Exception {
         try (final InputStream is = Files.newInputStream(input.toPath());
                 final ArchiveInputStream in = ArchiveStreamFactory.DEFAULT.createArchiveInputStream("zip", is)) {
             final ZipArchiveEntry entry = (ZipArchiveEntry) in.getNextEntry();
-            try (final OutputStream out = Files.newOutputStream(new File(dir, entry.getName()).toPath())) {
+            final File zipEntryFile = new File(dir, entry.getName());
+            if (!zipEntryFile.toPath().normalize().startsWith(dir.toPath())) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("Bad zip entry");
+            }
+            try (final OutputStream out = Files.newOutputStream(zipEntryFile.toPath())) {
                 IOUtils.copy(in, out);
             }
         }
@@ -828,7 +835,11 @@ private File getFilesToZip() throws IOException {
                 if (!outputFile.getParentFile().exists()) {
                     outputFile.getParentFile().mkdirs();
                 }
-                outputFile = new File(dir, zipEntry.getName());
+                final File zipEntryFile = new File(dir, zipEntry.getName());
+                if (!zipEntryFile.toPath().normalize().startsWith(dir.toPath())) {
+                    throw new RuntimeException("Bad zip entry");
+                }
+                outputFile =zipEntryFile;
 
                 try (InputStream inputStream = zipFile.getInputStream(zipEntry);
                     OutputStream outputStream = Files.newOutputStream(outputFile.toPath())) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/Lister.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/Lister.java
index 6fd2901268b..3f29cd09fd4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/Lister.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/Lister.java
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ private static void list(final ZipArchiveEntry entry) {
     private static void extract(final String dir, final ZipArchiveEntry entry,
                                 final InputStream is) throws IOException {
         final File f = new File(dir, entry.getName());
+        if (!f.toPath().normalize().startsWith(dir)) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Bad zip entry");
+        }
         if (!f.getParentFile().exists()) {
             f.getParentFile().mkdirs();
         }
@@ -142,4 +145,4 @@ private static void usage() {
                            + " [+storeddd] [-extract dir] archive");
         System.exit(1);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/ZipFileIgnoringLocalFileHeaderTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/ZipFileIgnoringLocalFileHeaderTest.java
index 91056d6134a..b646124a9b7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/ZipFileIgnoringLocalFileHeaderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/compress/archivers/zip/ZipFileIgnoringLocalFileHeaderTest.java
@@ -55,7 +55,11 @@ public void testZipUnarchive() throws Exception {
         try (final ZipFile zf = openZipWithoutLFH("bla.zip")) {
             for (final Enumeration<ZipArchiveEntry> e = zf.getEntries(); e.hasMoreElements(); ) {
                 final ZipArchiveEntry entry = e.nextElement();
-                try (final OutputStream out = Files.newOutputStream(new File(dir, entry.getName()).toPath())) {
+                final File zipEntryFile = new File(dir, entry.getName());
+                if (!zipEntryFile.toPath().normalize().startsWith(dir.toPath())) {
+                    throw new RuntimeException("Bad zip entry");
+                }
+                try (final OutputStream out = Files.newOutputStream(zipEntryFile.toPath())) {
                     IOUtils.copy(zf.getInputStream(entry), out);
                 }
             }