diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 899415b..f4ab607 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ Downstream agents should note **agent-core** upgrades in their own changelogs.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Security
+
+- **execution**: validate `fluid_log_path` before `os.Stat` / `os.ReadFile` (CodeQL `go/path-injection`); only absolute paths under `/tmp/fluid/`.
+
 ## [0.1.0] - 2026-05-26
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/execution/agent.go b/execution/agent.go
index dc6fd74..dc2a933 100644
--- a/execution/agent.go
+++ b/execution/agent.go
@@ -233,8 +233,9 @@ func (a *Agent) startFileLogForwarder(meta map[string]interface{}, payload map[s
 		return func() {}
 	}
 	logPath, _ := payload["fluid_log_path"].(string)
-	logPath = strings.TrimSpace(logPath)
-	if logPath == "" {
+	safePath, err := safeFluidLogPath(logPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("fluid_log_path rejected: %v", err)
 		return func() {}
 	}
 
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ func (a *Agent) startFileLogForwarder(meta map[string]interface{}, payload map[s
 				return
 			default:
 			}
-			info, err := os.Stat(logPath)
+			info, err := os.Stat(safePath)
 			if err != nil {
 				time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
 				continue
@@ -259,7 +260,7 @@ func (a *Agent) startFileLogForwarder(meta map[string]interface{}, payload map[s
 				lastSize = 0
 			}
 			if size > lastSize {
-				b, err := os.ReadFile(logPath)
+				b, err := os.ReadFile(safePath)
 				if err == nil {
 					chunk := b[int(lastSize):]
 					for _, line := range splitLogLines(string(chunk)) {
diff --git a/execution/logpath.go b/execution/logpath.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0584cff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/execution/logpath.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package execution
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// fluidLogPathRoot is where the control plane places per-run logs (see UseCaseEngine.FluidVars).
+const fluidLogPathRoot = "/tmp/fluid"
+
+// safeFluidLogPath validates fluid_log_path from skill payloads before os.Stat/os.ReadFile.
+// Only absolute paths under /tmp/fluid/ are allowed (no traversal via ..).
+func safeFluidLogPath(raw string) (string, error) {
+	raw = strings.TrimSpace(raw)
+	if raw == "" {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("empty log path")
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(raw, "\x00") {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("invalid log path")
+	}
+	if !filepath.IsAbs(raw) {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("log path must be absolute")
+	}
+
+	cleaned := filepath.Clean(raw)
+	root := filepath.Clean(fluidLogPathRoot)
+	if cleaned != root && !strings.HasPrefix(cleaned, root+string(filepath.Separator)) {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("log path must be under %s", fluidLogPathRoot)
+	}
+
+	rel, err := filepath.Rel(root, cleaned)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("log path: %w", err)
+	}
+	if rel == ".." || strings.HasPrefix(rel, ".."+string(filepath.Separator)) {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("log path escapes allowed directory")
+	}
+
+	return cleaned, nil
+}
diff --git a/execution/logpath_test.go b/execution/logpath_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d31be2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/execution/logpath_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package execution
+
+import (
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestSafeFluidLogPath(t *testing.T) {
+	runID := "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
+	valid := filepath.Join(fluidLogPathRoot, runID, "logs", "use-case.log")
+
+	got, err := safeFluidLogPath(valid)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected valid path: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got != filepath.Clean(valid) {
+		t.Fatalf("got %q want %q", got, filepath.Clean(valid))
+	}
+
+	cases := []string{
+		"",
+		"relative/log",
+		"/etc/passwd",
+		"/tmp/fluid/../etc/passwd",
+		"/tmp/fluid/../../etc/passwd",
+	}
+	for _, p := range cases {
+		if _, err := safeFluidLogPath(p); err == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("expected error for %q", p)
+		}
+	}
+}