diff --git a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/androidMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/helpers/Utils.android.kt b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/androidMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/helpers/Utils.android.kt
index 141d2d2665..de6834ba41 100644
--- a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/androidMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/helpers/Utils.android.kt
+++ b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/androidMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/helpers/Utils.android.kt
@@ -233,7 +233,8 @@ actual fun getFileName(uri: URI): String? {
       val nameIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(OpenableColumns.DISPLAY_NAME)
       cursor.moveToFirst()
       // Can make an exception
-      cursor.getString(nameIndex)
+      // the provider controls this value, and callers use it as a bare file name
+      cursor.getString(nameIndex)?.let { File(it).name }
     }
   } catch (e: Exception) {
     null
diff --git a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/database/DatabaseView.kt b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/database/DatabaseView.kt
index 80f97d1caf..241826ac41 100644
--- a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/database/DatabaseView.kt
+++ b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/database/DatabaseView.kt
@@ -753,6 +753,11 @@ private fun saveArchiveFromURI(importedArchiveURI: URI): String? {
     if (inputStream != null && archiveName != null) {
       val archivePath = "$databaseExportDir${File.separator}$archiveName"
       val destFile = File(archivePath)
+      // resolves symlinks, so it also catches a final component linking outside the folder
+      if (destFile.canonicalFile.parentFile != databaseExportDir.canonicalFile) {
+        Log.e(TAG, "saveArchiveFromURI path outside of export folder")
+        return null
+      }
       Files.copy(inputStream, destFile.toPath(), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING)
       archivePath
     } else {
diff --git a/apps/multiplatform/spec/database.md b/apps/multiplatform/spec/database.md
index f6ecedb721..8981fe7055 100644
--- a/apps/multiplatform/spec/database.md
+++ b/apps/multiplatform/spec/database.md
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ class ArchiveConfig(
 ### Import Flow
 
 1. User selects an archive file.
-2. UI copies it to a temp location and constructs an `ArchiveConfig`.
+2. UI copies it into `databaseExportDir` and constructs an `ArchiveConfig`. The destination is confined to that folder: `getFileName` returns a bare file name on every platform, and `saveArchiveFromURI` checks the canonical destination before copying.
 3. Calls `apiImportArchive(config)` which sends `CC.ApiImportArchive` to the Haskell core.
 4. The core extracts and replaces both databases.
 5. Returns `CR.ArchiveImported` with a list of `ArchiveError` (non-fatal issues during import).