diff --git a/contrib/adminpack/adminpack.c b/contrib/adminpack/adminpack.c
index 381554d..991affd 100644
*** a/contrib/adminpack/adminpack.c
--- b/contrib/adminpack/adminpack.c
*************** convert_and_check_filename(text *arg, bo
*** 73,84 ****
  
  	canonicalize_path(filename);	/* filename can change length here */
  
- 	/* Disallow ".." in the path */
- 	if (path_contains_parent_reference(filename))
- 		ereport(ERROR,
- 				(errcode(ERRCODE_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGE),
- 			(errmsg("reference to parent directory (\"..\") not allowed"))));
- 
  	if (is_absolute_path(filename))
  	{
  		/* Allow absolute references within DataDir */
--- 73,78 ----
*************** convert_and_check_filename(text *arg, bo
*** 97,102 ****
--- 91,100 ----
  	}
  	else
  	{
+ 		if (!path_is_relative_and_below_cwd(filename))
+ 			ereport(ERROR,
+ 					(errcode(ERRCODE_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGE),
+ 					 (errmsg("path must be in or below the current directory"))));
  		return filename;
  	}
  }
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/genfile.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/genfile.c
index 93bc401..9774b39 100644
*** a/src/backend/utils/adt/genfile.c
--- b/src/backend/utils/adt/genfile.c
*************** convert_and_check_filename(text *arg)
*** 51,62 ****
  	filename = text_to_cstring(arg);
  	canonicalize_path(filename);	/* filename can change length here */
  
- 	/* Disallow ".." in the path */
- 	if (path_contains_parent_reference(filename))
- 		ereport(ERROR,
- 				(errcode(ERRCODE_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGE),
- 			(errmsg("reference to parent directory (\"..\") not allowed"))));
- 
  	if (is_absolute_path(filename))
  	{
  		/* Allow absolute references within DataDir */
--- 51,56 ----
*************** convert_and_check_filename(text *arg)
*** 74,79 ****
--- 68,77 ----
  	}
  	else
  	{
+ 		if (!path_is_relative_and_below_cwd(filename))
+ 			ereport(ERROR,
+ 					(errcode(ERRCODE_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGE),
+ 					 (errmsg("path must be in or below the current directory"))));
  		return filename;
  	}
  }
diff --git a/src/include/port.h b/src/include/port.h
index 2020a26..9a14488 100644
*** a/src/include/port.h
--- b/src/include/port.h
*************** extern void join_path_components(char *r
*** 41,47 ****
  					 const char *head, const char *tail);
  extern void canonicalize_path(char *path);
  extern void make_native_path(char *path);
! extern bool path_contains_parent_reference(const char *path);
  extern bool path_is_prefix_of_path(const char *path1, const char *path2);
  extern const char *get_progname(const char *argv0);
  extern void get_share_path(const char *my_exec_path, char *ret_path);
--- 41,47 ----
  					 const char *head, const char *tail);
  extern void canonicalize_path(char *path);
  extern void make_native_path(char *path);
! extern bool path_is_relative_and_below_cwd(const char *path);
  extern bool path_is_prefix_of_path(const char *path1, const char *path2);
  extern const char *get_progname(const char *argv0);
  extern void get_share_path(const char *my_exec_path, char *ret_path);
*************** extern void pgfnames_cleanup(char **file
*** 77,89 ****
  #else
  #define IS_DIR_SEP(ch)	((ch) == '/' || (ch) == '\\')
  
! /*
!  * On Win32, a drive letter _not_ followed by a slash, e.g. 'E:abc', is
!  * relative to the cwd on that drive, or the drive's root directory
!  * if that drive has no cwd.  Because the path itself cannot tell us
!  * which is the case, we have to assume the worst, i.e. that it is not
!  * absolute;  this check is done by IS_DIR_SEP(filename[2]).
!  */
  #define is_absolute_path(filename) \
  ( \
  	IS_DIR_SEP((filename)[0]) || \
--- 77,83 ----
  #else
  #define IS_DIR_SEP(ch)	((ch) == '/' || (ch) == '\\')
  
! /* See path_is_relative_and_below_cwd() for how we handle 'E:abc'. */
  #define is_absolute_path(filename) \
  ( \
  	IS_DIR_SEP((filename)[0]) || \
diff --git a/src/port/path.c b/src/port/path.c
index 5b0056d..d3d1249 100644
*** a/src/port/path.c
--- b/src/port/path.c
***************
*** 40,45 ****
--- 40,46 ----
  #define IS_PATH_VAR_SEP(ch) ((ch) == ';')
  #endif
  
+ static bool path_contains_parent_reference(const char *path);
  static void make_relative_path(char *ret_path, const char *target_path,
  				   const char *bin_path, const char *my_exec_path);
  static void trim_directory(char *path);
*************** canonicalize_path(char *path)
*** 336,342 ****
   * This is a bit tricky because we mustn't be fooled by "..a.." (legal)
   * nor "C:.." (legal on Unix but not Windows).
   */
! bool
  path_contains_parent_reference(const char *path)
  {
  	int			path_len;
--- 337,343 ----
   * This is a bit tricky because we mustn't be fooled by "..a.." (legal)
   * nor "C:.." (legal on Unix but not Windows).
   */
! static bool
  path_contains_parent_reference(const char *path)
  {
  	int			path_len;
*************** path_contains_parent_reference(const cha
*** 359,364 ****
--- 360,396 ----
  }
  
  /*
+  * Detect whether a path is only in or below the current working directory.
+  * An absolute path that matches the current working directory should
+  * return false (we only want relative to the cwd).  We don't allow
+  * "/../" even if that would keep us under the cwd (it is too hard to
+  * track that).
+  */
+ bool
+ path_is_relative_and_below_cwd(const char *path)
+ {
+ 	if (!is_absolute_path(path))
+ 		return false;
+ 	/* don't allow anything above the cwd */
+ 	else if (path_contains_parent_reference(path))
+ 		return false;
+ #ifdef WIN32
+ 	/*
+ 	 *	On Win32, a drive letter _not_ followed by a slash, e.g. 'E:abc', is
+ 	 *	relative to the cwd on that drive, or the drive's root directory
+ 	 *	if that drive has no cwd.  Because the path itself cannot tell us
+ 	 *	which is the case, we have to assume the worst, i.e. that it is not
+ 	 *	below the cwd.
+ 	 */
+ 	else if (isalpha((unsigned char) path[0]) && path[1] == ':' &&
+ 			!IS_DIR_SEP(path[2]))
+ 		return false;
+ #endif
+ 	else
+ 		return true;	
+ }
+ 
+ /*
   * Detect whether path1 is a prefix of path2 (including equality).
   *
   * This is pretty trivial, but it seems better to export a function than