diff --git a/cmd/serve/docker/docker_test.go b/cmd/serve/docker/docker_test.go
index f57382711..c695ae21e 100644
--- a/cmd/serve/docker/docker_test.go
+++ b/cmd/serve/docker/docker_test.go
@@ -204,6 +204,49 @@ func TestDockerPluginLogic(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 }
 
+// TestDockerPluginVolumeNameConfined checks that a crafted volume name
+// containing ".." components cannot escape the base directory to create a
+// mountpoint at an arbitrary host path.
+func TestDockerPluginVolumeNameConfined(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	oldCacheDir := config.GetCacheDir()
+	testDir, testFs := initialise(ctx, t)
+	err := config.SetCacheDir(testDir)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer func() {
+		_ = config.SetCacheDir(oldCacheDir)
+		if !t.Failed() {
+			fstest.Purge(testFs)
+			_ = os.RemoveAll(testDir)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	drv, err := docker.NewDriver(ctx, testDir, nil, nil, true, true)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, drv)
+
+	// A volume name with ".." components resolves outside testDir, to a
+	// sibling path that does not exist so the test never touches a real
+	// system directory.
+	escape := filepath.Join("..", "docker-escape-target")
+	outside := filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(testDir), "docker-escape-target")
+	require.NoDirExists(t, outside)
+	volReq := &docker.CreateRequest{
+		Name:    escape,
+		Options: docker.VolOpts{"remote": testDir},
+	}
+	err = drv.Create(volReq)
+	assertErrorContains(t, err, "resolves outside the base directory")
+
+	// The escaping directory must not have been created.
+	_, statErr := os.Stat(outside)
+	assert.True(t, os.IsNotExist(statErr), "escaping mountpoint %q should not exist", outside)
+
+	// The volume must not have been registered.
+	_, err = drv.Get(&docker.GetRequest{Name: escape})
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+}
+
 const (
 	httpTimeout = 2 * time.Second
 	tempDelay   = 10 * time.Millisecond
diff --git a/cmd/serve/docker/volume.go b/cmd/serve/docker/volume.go
index 4f69cb627..813ab6320 100644
--- a/cmd/serve/docker/volume.go
+++ b/cmd/serve/docker/volume.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"sort"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/cmd/mountlib"
@@ -54,8 +55,24 @@ type VolInfo struct {
 	Status     map[string]any `json:",omitempty"`
 }
 
+// volumeMountPath returns the mountpoint for a volume called name below
+// root, together with whether that path stays confined within root.
+//
+// filepath.Join cleans its result, collapsing any ".." components in the
+// volume name, so a crafted name could otherwise resolve to an arbitrary
+// host path outside root. Callers must reject names for which confined is
+// false rather than creating a directory and mounting there.
+func volumeMountPath(root, name string) (path string, confined bool) {
+	path = filepath.Join(root, name)
+	root = filepath.Clean(root)
+	return path, path == root || strings.HasPrefix(path, root+string(filepath.Separator))
+}
+
 func newVolume(ctx context.Context, name string, volOpt VolOpts, drv *Driver) (*Volume, error) {
-	path := filepath.Join(drv.root, name)
+	path, confined := volumeMountPath(drv.root, name)
+	if !confined {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid volume name %q: resolves outside the base directory", name)
+	}
 	mnt := &mountlib.MountPoint{
 		MountPoint: path,
 	}