diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d830457256..6bcacf21da 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4311,6 +4311,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "jsonrpc-http-server",
  "jsonrpc-pubsub",
  "jsonrpc-ws-server",
+ "libc",
  "log 0.4.11",
  "lru",
  "matches",
@@ -4359,6 +4360,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "solana-version",
  "solana-vote-program",
  "spl-token",
+ "symlink",
  "systemstat",
  "tempfile",
  "thiserror",
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index 313597edb7..0299899afa 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ jsonrpc-derive = "17.0.0"
 jsonrpc-http-server = "17.0.0"
 jsonrpc-pubsub = "17.0.0"
 jsonrpc-ws-server = "17.0.0"
+libc = "0.2.81"
 log = "0.4.11"
 lru = "0.6.1"
 miow = "0.2.2"
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ matches = "0.1.6"
 num_cpus = "1.13.0"
 reqwest = { version = "0.10.8", default-features = false, features = ["blocking", "rustls-tls", "json"] }
 serial_test = "0.4.0"
+symlink = "0.1.0"
 systemstat = "0.1.5"
 
 [build-dependencies]
diff --git a/core/src/rpc_service.rs b/core/src/rpc_service.rs
index 898f713825..40d388e229 100644
--- a/core/src/rpc_service.rs
+++ b/core/src/rpc_service.rs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ impl RpcRequestMiddleware {
         Self {
             ledger_path,
             snapshot_archive_path_regex: Regex::new(
-                r"/snapshot-\d+-[[:alnum:]]+\.(tar|tar\.bz2|tar\.zst|tar\.gz)$",
+                r"^/snapshot-\d+-[[:alnum:]]+\.(tar|tar\.bz2|tar\.zst|tar\.gz)$",
             )
             .unwrap(),
             snapshot_config,
@@ -110,6 +110,26 @@ impl RpcRequestMiddleware {
         }
     }
 
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    async fn open_no_follow(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> std::io::Result<tokio_02::fs::File> {
+        // Stuck on tokio 0.2 until the jsonrpc crates upgrade
+        use tokio_02::fs::os::unix::OpenOptionsExt;
+        tokio_02::fs::OpenOptions::new()
+            .read(true)
+            .write(false)
+            .create(false)
+            .custom_flags(libc::O_NOFOLLOW)
+            .open(path)
+            .await
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(not(unix))]
+    async fn open_no_follow(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> std::io::Result<tokio_02::fs::File> {
+        // TODO: Is there any way to achieve the same on Windows?
+        // Stuck on tokio 0.2 until the jsonrpc crates upgrade
+        tokio_02::fs::File::open(path).await
+    }
+
     fn process_file_get(&self, path: &str) -> RequestMiddlewareAction {
         let stem = path.split_at(1).1; // Drop leading '/' from path
         let filename = {
@@ -137,8 +157,7 @@ impl RpcRequestMiddleware {
         RequestMiddlewareAction::Respond {
             should_validate_hosts: true,
             response: Box::pin(async {
-                // Stuck on tokio 0.2 until the jsonrpc crates upgrade
-                match tokio_02::fs::File::open(filename).await {
+                match Self::open_no_follow(filename).await {
                     Err(_) => Ok(Self::internal_server_error()),
                     Ok(file) => {
                         let stream =
@@ -449,6 +468,7 @@ mod tests {
     };
     use solana_runtime::{bank::Bank, bank_forks::ArchiveFormat, snapshot_utils::SnapshotVersion};
     use solana_sdk::{genesis_config::ClusterType, signature::Signer};
+    use std::io::Write;
     use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr};
 
     #[test]
@@ -566,15 +586,78 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(rrm_with_snapshot_config
             .is_file_get_path("/snapshot-100-AvFf9oS8A8U78HdjT9YG2sTTThLHJZmhaMn2g8vkWYnr.tar"));
 
-        assert!(!rrm.is_file_get_path(
+        assert!(!rrm_with_snapshot_config.is_file_get_path(
             "/snapshot-notaslotnumber-AvFf9oS8A8U78HdjT9YG2sTTThLHJZmhaMn2g8vkWYnr.tar.bz2"
         ));
 
+        assert!(!rrm_with_snapshot_config.is_file_get_path("../../../test/snapshot-123-xxx.tar"));
+
         assert!(!rrm.is_file_get_path("/"));
         assert!(!rrm.is_file_get_path(".."));
         assert!(!rrm.is_file_get_path("🎣"));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_process_file_get() {
+        let mut runtime = tokio_02::runtime::Runtime::new().unwrap();
+
+        let ledger_path = get_tmp_ledger_path!();
+        std::fs::create_dir(&ledger_path).unwrap();
+
+        let genesis_path = ledger_path.join("genesis.tar.bz2");
+        let rrm = RpcRequestMiddleware::new(
+            ledger_path.clone(),
+            None,
+            create_bank_forks(),
+            RpcHealth::stub(),
+        );
+
+        // File does not exist => request should fail.
+        let action = rrm.process_file_get("/genesis.tar.bz2");
+        if let RequestMiddlewareAction::Respond { response, .. } = action {
+            let response = runtime.block_on(response);
+            let response = response.unwrap();
+            assert_ne!(response.status(), 200);
+        } else {
+            panic!("Unexpected RequestMiddlewareAction variant");
+        }
+
+        {
+            let mut file = std::fs::File::create(&genesis_path).unwrap();
+            file.write_all(b"should be ok").unwrap();
+        }
+
+        // Normal file exist => request should succeed.
+        let action = rrm.process_file_get("/genesis.tar.bz2");
+        if let RequestMiddlewareAction::Respond { response, .. } = action {
+            let response = runtime.block_on(response);
+            let response = response.unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(response.status(), 200);
+        } else {
+            panic!("Unexpected RequestMiddlewareAction variant");
+        }
+
+        #[cfg(unix)]
+        {
+            std::fs::remove_file(&genesis_path).unwrap();
+            {
+                let mut file = std::fs::File::create(ledger_path.join("wrong")).unwrap();
+                file.write_all(b"wrong file").unwrap();
+            }
+            symlink::symlink_file("wrong", &genesis_path).unwrap();
+
+            // File is a symbolic link => request should fail.
+            let action = rrm.process_file_get("/genesis.tar.bz2");
+            if let RequestMiddlewareAction::Respond { response, .. } = action {
+                let response = runtime.block_on(response);
+                let response = response.unwrap();
+                assert_ne!(response.status(), 200);
+            } else {
+                panic!("Unexpected RequestMiddlewareAction variant");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_health_check_with_no_trusted_validators() {
         let rm = RpcRequestMiddleware::new(