diff --git a/include/tscore/ink_inet.h b/include/tscore/ink_inet.h
index 18319b13535..8f463d0c8bb 100644
--- a/include/tscore/ink_inet.h
+++ b/include/tscore/ink_inet.h
@@ -1610,9 +1610,23 @@ struct UnAddr {
 
   UnAddr() { _path[0] = 0; }
 
-  UnAddr(self const &addr) { strncpy(_path, addr._path, TS_UNIX_SIZE); }
-  explicit UnAddr(const char *path) { strncpy(_path, path, TS_UNIX_SIZE - 1); }
-  explicit UnAddr(const std::string &path) { strncpy(_path, path.c_str(), TS_UNIX_SIZE); }
+  // strncpy writes no terminator when it truncates, so every path that fills _path
+  // terminates it explicitly.
+  UnAddr(self const &addr)
+  {
+    strncpy(_path, addr._path, TS_UNIX_SIZE - 1);
+    _path[TS_UNIX_SIZE - 1] = '\0';
+  }
+  explicit UnAddr(const char *path)
+  {
+    strncpy(_path, path, TS_UNIX_SIZE - 1);
+    _path[TS_UNIX_SIZE - 1] = '\0';
+  }
+  explicit UnAddr(const std::string &path)
+  {
+    strncpy(_path, path.c_str(), TS_UNIX_SIZE - 1);
+    _path[TS_UNIX_SIZE - 1] = '\0';
+  }
 
   explicit UnAddr(sockaddr const *addr) { this->assign(addr); }
   explicit UnAddr(sockaddr_un const *addr) { this->assign(ats_ip_sa_cast(addr)); }
@@ -1639,7 +1653,8 @@ struct UnAddr {
   operator=(self const &addr)
   {
     if (this != &addr) {
-      strncpy(_path, addr._path, TS_UNIX_SIZE);
+      strncpy(_path, addr._path, TS_UNIX_SIZE - 1);
+      _path[TS_UNIX_SIZE - 1] = '\0';
     }
     return *this;
   }
@@ -1651,7 +1666,9 @@ inline UnAddr &
 UnAddr::assign(sockaddr const *addr)
 {
   if (addr) {
-    strncpy(_path, ats_unix_cast(addr)->sun_path, TS_UNIX_SIZE);
+    // A kernel sockaddr_un may carry a full, unterminated sun_path.
+    strncpy(_path, ats_unix_cast(addr)->sun_path, TS_UNIX_SIZE - 1);
+    _path[TS_UNIX_SIZE - 1] = '\0';
   }
   return *this;
 }
diff --git a/src/records/RecHttp.cc b/src/records/RecHttp.cc
index 57cb822c994..7bc522ba60d 100644
--- a/src/records/RecHttp.cc
+++ b/src/records/RecHttp.cc
@@ -368,10 +368,16 @@ HttpProxyPort::processOptions(const char *opts)
 
   for (auto item : values) {
     if (item[0] == '/') {
-      m_family    = AF_UNIX;
-      m_unix_path = UnAddr(item);
-      af_set_p    = true;
-      zret        = true;
+      if (size_t len = strlen(item); len >= TS_UNIX_SIZE) {
+        // A longer path would be silently truncated and the listener bound to the wrong
+        // filesystem path.
+        Warning("Unix path '%s' in port configuration '%s' is too long (%zu bytes, max %zu)", item, opts, len, TS_UNIX_SIZE - 1);
+      } else {
+        m_family    = AF_UNIX;
+        m_unix_path = UnAddr(item);
+        af_set_p    = true;
+        zret        = true;
+      }
     } else if (isdigit(item[0])) { // leading digit -> port value
       char *ptr;
       int   port = strtoul(item, &ptr, 10);
diff --git a/src/records/unit_tests/test_RecHttp.cc b/src/records/unit_tests/test_RecHttp.cc
index 9f0190d51f7..9f9f97523c1 100644
--- a/src/records/unit_tests/test_RecHttp.cc
+++ b/src/records/unit_tests/test_RecHttp.cc
@@ -97,6 +97,35 @@ TEST_CASE("RecHttp", "[librecords][RecHttp]")
     REQUIRE(view.find(":ssl") != TextView::npos);
     REQUIRE(view.find(":proto") == TextView::npos); // it's default, should not have this.
   }
+
+  SECTION("unix-path")
+  {
+    HttpProxyPort::loadValue(ports, "/run/ats/uds.socket");
+    REQUIRE(ports.size() == 1);
+    REQUIRE(ports[0].m_family == AF_UNIX);
+    REQUIRE(std::string_view(ports[0].m_unix_path._path) == "/run/ats/uds.socket");
+  }
+
+  SECTION("unix-path-max")
+  {
+    // Exactly TS_UNIX_SIZE - 1 bytes: the longest path that fits sun_path with its terminator.
+    std::string path = "/" + std::string(TS_UNIX_SIZE - 2, 'x');
+    HttpProxyPort::loadValue(ports, path.c_str());
+    REQUIRE(ports.size() == 1);
+    REQUIRE(ports[0].m_family == AF_UNIX);
+    REQUIRE(std::string_view(ports[0].m_unix_path._path) == path);
+  }
+
+  SECTION("unix-path-too-long")
+  {
+    // One byte past what sun_path can hold.
+    std::string path = "/" + std::string(TS_UNIX_SIZE - 1, 'x');
+    HttpProxyPort::loadValue(ports, path.c_str());
+    REQUIRE(ports.size() == 0);
+    // The reject itself, then loadValue's "No valid definition" for the dropped descriptor.
+    REQUIRE(cdiag->messages.size() == 2);
+    REQUIRE(cdiag->messages[0].find("too long") != std::string::npos);
+  }
 }
 
 struct ConvertAlpnToWireFormatTestCase {
diff --git a/src/tscore/unit_tests/test_ink_inet.cc b/src/tscore/unit_tests/test_ink_inet.cc
index b16234041aa..034012e9467 100644
--- a/src/tscore/unit_tests/test_ink_inet.cc
+++ b/src/tscore/unit_tests/test_ink_inet.cc
@@ -280,4 +280,27 @@ TEST_CASE("ink_inet_unix", "[libts][inet][unix]")
 #if HAVE_STRUCT_SOCKADDR_UN_SUN_LEN
   REQUIRE(ep.sun.sun_len == SUN_LEN(&ep.sun));
 #endif
+
+  // An over-long path must still yield a null terminated _path.
+  std::string long_path(TS_UNIX_SIZE + 10, 'y');
+  UnAddr      from_cstr(long_path.c_str());
+  REQUIRE(from_cstr._path[TS_UNIX_SIZE - 1] == '\0');
+  REQUIRE(strlen(from_cstr._path) == TS_UNIX_SIZE - 1);
+  UnAddr from_string(long_path);
+  REQUIRE(from_string._path[TS_UNIX_SIZE - 1] == '\0');
+  REQUIRE(strlen(from_string._path) == TS_UNIX_SIZE - 1);
+
+  // A kernel sockaddr_un may carry a full, unterminated sun_path; assign() and the copy
+  // paths must still yield a terminated _path.
+  IpEndpoint raw;
+  raw.sa.sa_family = AF_UNIX;
+  memset(raw.sun.sun_path, 'z', TS_UNIX_SIZE); // deliberately no terminator
+  UnAddr from_sockaddr(&raw.sa);
+  REQUIRE(from_sockaddr._path[TS_UNIX_SIZE - 1] == '\0');
+  REQUIRE(strlen(from_sockaddr._path) == TS_UNIX_SIZE - 1);
+  UnAddr copied(from_sockaddr);
+  REQUIRE(copied._path[TS_UNIX_SIZE - 1] == '\0');
+  UnAddr assigned;
+  assigned = from_sockaddr;
+  REQUIRE(assigned._path[TS_UNIX_SIZE - 1] == '\0');
 }