diff --git a/src/bentoml/_internal/cloud/deployment.py b/src/bentoml/_internal/cloud/deployment.py
index c96aa86cbed..499578f5cc3 100644
--- a/src/bentoml/_internal/cloud/deployment.py
+++ b/src/bentoml/_internal/cloud/deployment.py
@@ -1627,9 +1627,17 @@ def _build_requirements_txt(bento_dir: str, image: Image | None) -> bytes:
     config = BentoBuildConfig.from_bento_dir(bento_dir)
     filename = config.python.requirements_txt
     content = b""
-    if filename and os.path.exists(fullpath := os.path.join(bento_dir, filename)):
-        with open(fullpath, "rb") as f:
-            content = f.read().rstrip(b"\n") + b"\n"
+    if filename:
+        fullpath = os.path.join(bento_dir, filename)
+        if os.path.commonpath(
+            [os.path.realpath(fullpath), os.path.realpath(bento_dir)]
+        ) != os.path.realpath(bento_dir):
+            raise BentoMLException(
+                f"Path traversal detected: requirements.txt path '{filename}' is outside of bento directory '{bento_dir}'"
+            )
+        if os.path.exists(fullpath):
+            with open(fullpath, "rb") as f:
+                content = f.read().rstrip(b"\n") + b"\n"
     elif config.python.packages:
         for package in config.python.packages:
             content += f"{package}\n".encode()
@@ -1658,9 +1666,15 @@ def _build_post_setup_script(bento_dir: str, image: Image | None) -> bytes:
     config = BentoBuildConfig.from_bento_dir(bento_dir)
     if image and image.post_commands:
         content += "\n".join(image.post_commands).encode() + b"\n"
-    if config.docker.setup_script and os.path.exists(
-        fullpath := os.path.join(bento_dir, config.docker.setup_script)
-    ):
-        with open(fullpath, "rb") as f:
-            content += f.read()
+    if config.docker.setup_script:
+        fullpath = os.path.join(bento_dir, config.docker.setup_script)
+        if os.path.commonpath(
+            [os.path.realpath(fullpath), os.path.realpath(bento_dir)]
+        ) != os.path.realpath(bento_dir):
+            raise BentoMLException(
+                f"Path traversal detected: setup_script path '{config.docker.setup_script}' is outside of bento directory '{bento_dir}'"
+            )
+        if os.path.exists(fullpath):
+            with open(fullpath, "rb") as f:
+                content += f.read()
     return content
diff --git a/tests/unit/_internal/cloud/test_deployment.py b/tests/unit/_internal/cloud/test_deployment.py
index 1e73c3b6fd9..3a2b2360772 100644
--- a/tests/unit/_internal/cloud/test_deployment.py
+++ b/tests/unit/_internal/cloud/test_deployment.py
@@ -537,3 +537,35 @@ def test_update_deployment_distributed(deployment_api: DeploymentAPI):
             deployment_strategy="RollingUpdate",
         ),
     }
+
+
+def test_build_requirements_txt_path_traversal(tmp_path: t.Any):
+    from pathlib import Path
+
+    from bentoml._internal.cloud.deployment import _build_requirements_txt
+    from bentoml.exceptions import BentoMLException
+
+    bento_dir = Path(tmp_path) / "bento"
+    bento_dir.mkdir()
+    (bento_dir / "bentofile.yaml").write_text(
+        "service: service.py\npython:\n  requirements_txt: ../../secret.txt\n"
+    )
+
+    with pytest.raises(BentoMLException, match="Path traversal detected"):
+        _build_requirements_txt(str(bento_dir), None)
+
+
+def test_build_post_setup_script_path_traversal(tmp_path: t.Any):
+    from pathlib import Path
+
+    from bentoml._internal.cloud.deployment import _build_post_setup_script
+    from bentoml.exceptions import BentoMLException
+
+    bento_dir = Path(tmp_path) / "bento"
+    bento_dir.mkdir()
+    (bento_dir / "bentofile.yaml").write_text(
+        "service: service.py\ndocker:\n  setup_script: ../../evil_setup.sh\n"
+    )
+
+    with pytest.raises(BentoMLException, match="Path traversal detected"):
+        _build_post_setup_script(str(bento_dir), None)