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ABAP Keyword Documentation → ABAP Glossary →directory traversal
Unauthorized access to files or directories. Directory traversals are possible in ABAP when external physical file names or file paths passed to programs are then passed to the ABAP file interface without being checked or escaped. Directory traversals must be prevented by validating file names,