diff --git a/scripts/FirewallLoggingRecovery.ps1 b/scripts/FirewallLoggingRecovery.ps1
index 9db87b1e..b4b224bd 100644
--- a/scripts/FirewallLoggingRecovery.ps1
+++ b/scripts/FirewallLoggingRecovery.ps1
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ function Resolve-WelaFirewallRecoveryLogPath {
     # Only native Windows directory variables have reviewed meaning in old paths.
     $expanded=[regex]::Replace($Path,'(?i)%(systemroot|windir)%',[Text.RegularExpressions.MatchEvaluator]{param($m) [Environment]::GetFolderPath([Environment+SpecialFolder]::Windows)})
     if($expanded -notmatch '^[A-Za-z]:\\' -or $expanded -match '%' -or $expanded.Substring(2).Contains(':') -or $expanded.EndsWith('\') -or $expanded.Contains('/')){throw 'UNC/device/relative paths, unknown variables and alternate streams are unsupported.'}
+    foreach($segment in $expanded.Substring(3).Split([char]'\')){
+        if(-not $segment -or $segment -match '[ .]$' -or $segment -match '^(?i:CON|PRN|AUX|NUL|COM[1-9]|LPT[1-9])(?:\.|$)'){throw 'Ambiguous path segments and Windows device aliases are unsupported.'}
+    }
     if([Environment]::OSVersion.Platform -eq [PlatformID]::Win32NT){$null=Resolve-WelaArrivalPath $expanded}
     $expanded
 }
diff --git a/tests/FirewallLoggingRecovery.Tests.ps1 b/tests/FirewallLoggingRecovery.Tests.ps1
index 0d1ef01a..f63a160d 100644
--- a/tests/FirewallLoggingRecovery.Tests.ps1
+++ b/tests/FirewallLoggingRecovery.Tests.ps1
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ try {
     }
     foreach($bad in @('NotConfigured','true','1')){$v=Copy-Fixture $e.RecoverTo;$v.LogAllowed=$bad;Throws {ConvertTo-WelaFirewallRecoveryTuple $v} 'True/False'}
     foreach($bad in @('4096',0,32768,$true,1.5)){$v=Copy-Fixture $e.RecoverTo;$v.LogMaxSizeKilobytes=$bad;Throws {ConvertTo-WelaFirewallRecoveryTuple $v} 'integer'}
-    foreach($path in @('\\host\share\log','C:\Logs\..\other.log','C:\Logs\log:stream','C:\Logs\*.log','%TEMP%\log','C:relative.log','C:\Logs\')){Throws {Resolve-WelaFirewallRecoveryLogPath $path} 'path|unsupported|streams'}
+    foreach($path in @('\\host\share\log','C:\Logs\..\other.log','C:\Logs\log:stream','C:\Logs\*.log','%TEMP%\log','C:relative.log','C:\Logs\','C:\Logs\CON.log','C:\Logs\log.','C:\Logs\log ','C:\Logs\\log')){Throws {Resolve-WelaFirewallRecoveryLogPath $path} 'path|unsupported|streams'}
     $v=Copy-Fixture $e.RecoverTo;$v|Add-Member Extra 1;Throws {ConvertTo-WelaFirewallRecoveryTuple $v} 'Unexpected'
     foreach($change in @(
         {$script:row.Status='Failed'},{$script:entry.Target.PolicyStore='ActiveStore';$script:row.Target=Copy-Fixture $entry.Target},