diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/FileUtil.cpp b/Source/Core/Common/FileUtil.cpp
index e761f3ade1..acf154f81a 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/FileUtil.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/FileUtil.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <cstdio>
+#include <cstdlib>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <limits.h>
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <libgen.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -712,6 +712,19 @@ std::string GetBundleDirectory()
 }
 #endif
 
+std::string GetAbsolutePath(const std::string& path)
+{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  wchar_t absolute_path[_MAX_PATH];
+  wchar_t* result = _wfullpath(absolute_path, UTF8ToTStr(path).c_str(), _MAX_PATH);
+  return result ? TStrToUTF8(result) : "";
+#else
+  char absolute_path[MAX_PATH + 1];
+  char* result = realpath(path.c_str(), absolute_path);
+  return result ? result : "";
+#endif
+}
+
 std::string& GetExeDirectory()
 {
   static std::string DolphinPath;
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/FileUtil.h b/Source/Core/Common/FileUtil.h
index f4a20f623d..cc0ec5a651 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/FileUtil.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/FileUtil.h
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ std::string CreateTempDir();
 // Get a filename that can hopefully be atomically renamed to the given path.
 std::string GetTempFilenameForAtomicWrite(const std::string& path);
 
+// Converts the given path into an absolute path.
+// An empty string is returned if an error occurs.
+std::string GetAbsolutePath(const std::string& path);
+
 // Gets a set user directory path
 // Don't call prior to setting the base user directory
 const std::string& GetUserPath(unsigned int dir_index);
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/IPC_HLE/WII_IPC_HLE_Device_FileIO.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/IPC_HLE/WII_IPC_HLE_Device_FileIO.cpp
index 5b57b8eb97..b49c286efa 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/IPC_HLE/WII_IPC_HLE_Device_FileIO.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/IPC_HLE/WII_IPC_HLE_Device_FileIO.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #include "Common/CommonPaths.h"
 #include "Common/CommonTypes.h"
 #include "Common/FileUtil.h"
+#include "Common/Logging/Log.h"
+#include "Common/MsgHandler.h"
 #include "Common/NandPaths.h"
 #include "Common/StringUtil.h"
 
@@ -23,8 +25,6 @@ static std::map<std::string, std::weak_ptr<File::IOFile>> openFiles;
 // This is used by several of the FileIO and /dev/fs functions
 std::string HLE_IPC_BuildFilename(std::string path_wii)
 {
-  std::string path_full = File::GetUserPath(D_SESSION_WIIROOT_IDX);
-
   // Replaces chars that FAT32 can't support with strings defined in /sys/replace
   for (auto& replacement : replacements)
   {
@@ -32,9 +32,30 @@ std::string HLE_IPC_BuildFilename(std::string path_wii)
       path_wii.replace(j, 1, replacement.second);
   }
 
-  path_full += path_wii;
+  const std::string root_path = File::GetUserPath(D_SESSION_WIIROOT_IDX);
+  const std::string full_path = root_path + path_wii;
 
-  return path_full;
+  const std::string absolute_root_path = File::GetAbsolutePath(root_path);
+  const std::string absolute_full_path = File::GetAbsolutePath(full_path);
+  if (absolute_root_path.empty() || absolute_full_path.empty())
+  {
+    PanicAlert("IOS HLE: Couldn't get an absolute path; the root directory will be returned. "
+               "This will most likely lead to failures.");
+    return root_path;
+  }
+
+  if (path_wii.empty() || path_wii[0] != '/' ||
+      absolute_full_path.compare(0, absolute_root_path.size(), absolute_root_path) != 0)
+  {
+    // Prevent the emulated system from accessing files that aren't in the NAND directory.
+    // (Emulated software that tries to exploit Dolphin might access a path like "/../..".)
+    WARN_LOG(WII_IPC_FILEIO,
+             "The emulated software tried to access a file outside of the NAND directory: %s",
+             absolute_full_path.c_str());
+    return root_path;
+  }
+
+  return full_path;
 }
 
 void HLE_IPC_CreateVirtualFATFilesystem()