diff --git a/api/exec/compose_stack.go b/api/exec/compose_stack.go
index bd9985cd4..1937a4522 100644
--- a/api/exec/compose_stack.go
+++ b/api/exec/compose_stack.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func (manager *ComposeStackManager) Up(ctx context.Context, stack *portainer.Sta
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to create env file")
 	}
 
-	filePaths := stackutils.GetStackFilePaths(stack, false)
+	filePaths := stackutils.GetStackFilePaths(stack, true)
 	err = manager.deployer.Deploy(ctx, filePaths, libstack.DeployOptions{
 		Options: libstack.Options{
 			WorkingDir:  stack.ProjectPath,
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func (manager *ComposeStackManager) Pull(ctx context.Context, stack *portainer.S
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to create env file")
 	}
 
-	filePaths := stackutils.GetStackFilePaths(stack, false)
+	filePaths := stackutils.GetStackFilePaths(stack, true)
 	err = manager.deployer.Pull(ctx, filePaths, libstack.Options{
 		WorkingDir:  stack.ProjectPath,
 		EnvFilePath: envFilePath,
diff --git a/api/exec/swarm_stack.go b/api/exec/swarm_stack.go
index b16cfe11a..3dcdbec2c 100644
--- a/api/exec/swarm_stack.go
+++ b/api/exec/swarm_stack.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (manager *SwarmStackManager) Logout(endpoint *portainer.Endpoint) error {
 
 // Deploy executes the docker stack deploy command.
 func (manager *SwarmStackManager) Deploy(stack *portainer.Stack, prune bool, pullImage bool, endpoint *portainer.Endpoint) error {
-	filePaths := stackutils.GetStackFilePaths(stack, false)
+	filePaths := stackutils.GetStackFilePaths(stack, true)
 	command, args, err := manager.prepareDockerCommandAndArgs(manager.binaryPath, manager.configPath, endpoint)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/api/stacks/stackutils/util.go b/api/stacks/stackutils/util.go
index b1c8f17ba..a7214546f 100644
--- a/api/stacks/stackutils/util.go
+++ b/api/stacks/stackutils/util.go
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ func UserIsAdminOrEndpointAdmin(user *portainer.User, endpointID portainer.Endpo
 }
 
 // GetStackFilePaths returns a list of file paths based on stack project path
+// If absolute is false, the path sanitization step will be skipped, which makes the returning
+// paths vulnerable to path traversal attacks. Thus, the followed function using the returning
+// paths are responsible to sanitize the raw paths
+// If absolute is true, the raw paths will be sanitized
 func GetStackFilePaths(stack *portainer.Stack, absolute bool) []string {
 	if !absolute {
 		return append([]string{stack.EntryPoint}, stack.AdditionalFiles...)