diff --git a/pkg/agent/loop.go b/pkg/agent/loop.go
index 497c12285..d525dfebc 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/loop.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/loop.go
@@ -1426,6 +1426,11 @@ func (al *AgentLoop) handleCdCommand(content, sessionKey string, agent *AgentIns
 
 	target = filepath.Clean(target)
 
+	// Prevent traversal outside workspace via ../
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(target, workspace) {
+		target = workspace
+	}
+
 	info, err := os.Stat(target)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("cd: %s: No such file or directory", target)
diff --git a/pkg/agent/loop_test.go b/pkg/agent/loop_test.go
index 63c0754f2..6dc1ccc7f 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/loop_test.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/loop_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -632,6 +633,42 @@ func TestAgentLoop_ContextExhaustionRetry(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestHandleCdCommand_TraversalBlocked verifies that cd ../../.. cannot escape workspace.
+func TestHandleCdCommand_TraversalBlocked(t *testing.T) {
+	workspace := t.TempDir()
+	cfg := &config.Config{
+		Agents: config.AgentsConfig{
+			Defaults: config.AgentDefaults{
+				Workspace: workspace,
+				Model:     "test-model",
+				MaxTokens: 4096,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	msgBus := bus.NewMessageBus()
+	provider := &mockProvider{}
+	al := NewAgentLoop(cfg, msgBus, provider)
+	agent := al.registry.GetDefaultAgent()
+
+	// Set working dir to a subdir inside workspace
+	subdir := filepath.Join(workspace, "a", "b")
+	os.MkdirAll(subdir, 0o755)
+	al.setSessionWorkDir("test", subdir)
+
+	// Try to escape via ../../../..
+	result := al.handleCdCommand("cd ../../../..", "test", agent)
+	workDir := al.getSessionWorkDir("test")
+
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(workDir, workspace) {
+		t.Errorf("cd traversal escaped workspace: workDir=%s, workspace=%s", workDir, workspace)
+	}
+	// Should land in workspace, not outside
+	if workDir != workspace {
+		t.Errorf("Expected workDir=%s, got %s", workspace, workDir)
+	}
+	_ = result
+}
+
 // TestHandleExtensionCommand_EmojiPassthrough verifies that emoji-like
 // messages starting with : are not intercepted as commands.
 func TestHandleExtensionCommand_EmojiPassthrough(t *testing.T) {