diff --git a/app/helpers/in_product_marketing_helper.rb b/app/helpers/in_product_marketing_helper.rb
index 09546f251f98f6dab113c91f0829bfccd9f159f9..62612cb2a2229629bfe1641f54791a9eb7371748 100644
--- a/app/helpers/in_product_marketing_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/in_product_marketing_helper.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 module InProductMarketingHelper
   def inline_image_link(image, options)
-    attachments.inline[image] = File.read(Rails.root.join("app/assets/images", image))
+    asset_path = Rails.root.join("app/assets/images").to_s
+    image_path = File.join(asset_path, image)
+    Gitlab::PathTraversal.check_allowed_absolute_path_and_path_traversal!(image_path, [asset_path])
+    attachments.inline[image] = File.read(image_path)
     image_tag attachments[image].url, **options
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/helpers/in_product_marketing_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/in_product_marketing_helper_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ab11135191978f15bcef5da4f1d803e6dfda463a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/helpers/in_product_marketing_helper_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe InProductMarketingHelper, feature_category: :activation do
+  describe '#inline_image_link' do
+    let(:image) { 'gitlab_logo.png' }
+
+    before do
+      attachments = instance_double(Mail::AttachmentsList).as_null_object
+
+      allow(helper).to receive(:attachments).and_return(attachments)
+      allow(attachments).to receive(:[]).with(image).and_return(Mail::Part.new)
+    end
+
+    it 'checks for path traversal' do
+      asset_path = Rails.root.join("app/assets/images").to_s
+      image_path = File.join(asset_path, image)
+
+      expect(Gitlab::PathTraversal).to receive(:check_allowed_absolute_path_and_path_traversal!)
+        .with(image_path, [asset_path])
+
+      helper.inline_image_link(image, {})
+    end
+  end
+end