diff --git a/app/vmauth/main.go b/app/vmauth/main.go
index e1d110be4..4a444e3b2 100644
--- a/app/vmauth/main.go
+++ b/app/vmauth/main.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func requestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 	}
 	info.requests.Inc()
 
-	targetURL := info.URLPrefix + r.RequestURI
+	targetURL := createTargetURL(info.URLPrefix, r.URL)
 	if _, err := url.Parse(targetURL); err != nil {
 		httpserver.Errorf(w, "Invalid targetURL=%q: %s", targetURL, err)
 		return true
diff --git a/app/vmauth/target_url.go b/app/vmauth/target_url.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e570c2a9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/vmauth/target_url.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"net/url"
+	"path"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func createTargetURL(prefix string, u *url.URL) string {
+	// Prevent from attacks with using `..` in r.URL.Path
+	u.Path = path.Clean(u.Path)
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(u.Path, "/") {
+		u.Path = "/" + u.Path
+	}
+	return prefix + u.RequestURI()
+}
diff --git a/app/vmauth/target_url_test.go b/app/vmauth/target_url_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fbe51043d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/vmauth/target_url_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"net/url"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestCreateTargetURL(t *testing.T) {
+	f := func(prefix, requestURI, expectedTarget string) {
+		t.Helper()
+		u, err := url.Parse(requestURI)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("cannot parse %q: %s", requestURI, err)
+		}
+		target := createTargetURL(prefix, u)
+		if target != expectedTarget {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected target; got %q; want %q", target, expectedTarget)
+		}
+	}
+	f("http://foo.bar", "", "http://foo.bar/.")
+	f("http://foo.bar", "/", "http://foo.bar/")
+	f("http://foo.bar", "a/b?c=d", "http://foo.bar/a/b?c=d")
+	f("https://sss:3894/x/y", "/z", "https://sss:3894/x/y/z")
+	f("https://sss:3894/x/y", "/../../aaa", "https://sss:3894/x/y/aaa")
+	f("https://sss:3894/x/y", "/./asd/../../aaa?a=d&s=s/../d", "https://sss:3894/x/y/aaa?a=d&s=s/../d")
+}