diff --git a/src/agents/sandbox-paths.test.ts b/src/agents/sandbox-paths.test.ts
index 20b5938ff..67408536d 100644
--- a/src/agents/sandbox-paths.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/sandbox-paths.test.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ async function expectSandboxRejection(media: string, sandboxRoot: string, patter
   await expect(resolveSandboxedMediaSource({ media, sandboxRoot })).rejects.toThrow(pattern);
 }
 
+function isPathInside(root: string, target: string): boolean {
+  const relative = path.relative(path.resolve(root), path.resolve(target));
+  return relative === "" || (!relative.startsWith("..") && !path.isAbsolute(relative));
+}
+
 describe("resolveSandboxedMediaSource", () => {
   // Group 1: /tmp paths (the bug fix)
   it.each([
@@ -94,9 +99,15 @@ describe("resolveSandboxedMediaSource", () => {
     if (process.platform === "win32") {
       return;
     }
+    const outsideTmpTarget = path.resolve(process.cwd(), "package.json");
+    if (isPathInside(os.tmpdir(), outsideTmpTarget)) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     await withSandboxRoot(async (sandboxDir) => {
+      await fs.access(outsideTmpTarget);
       const symlinkPath = path.join(sandboxDir, "tmp-link-escape");
-      await fs.symlink("/etc/passwd", symlinkPath);
+      await fs.symlink(outsideTmpTarget, symlinkPath);
       await expectSandboxRejection(symlinkPath, sandboxDir, /symlink|sandbox/i);
     });
   });
diff --git a/src/agents/sandbox-paths.ts b/src/agents/sandbox-paths.ts
index f18b81824..31a9653e6 100644
--- a/src/agents/sandbox-paths.ts
+++ b/src/agents/sandbox-paths.ts
@@ -90,12 +90,12 @@ export async function resolveSandboxedMediaSource(params: {
       throw new Error(`Invalid file:// URL for sandboxed media: ${raw}`);
     }
   }
-  const resolved = path.resolve(resolveSandboxInputPath(candidate, params.sandboxRoot));
-  const tmpDir = path.resolve(os.tmpdir());
-  const candidateIsAbsolute = path.isAbsolute(expandPath(candidate));
-  if (candidateIsAbsolute && isPathInside(tmpDir, resolved)) {
-    await assertNoSymlinkEscape(path.relative(tmpDir, resolved), tmpDir);
-    return resolved;
+  const tmpMediaPath = await resolveAllowedTmpMediaPath({
+    candidate,
+    sandboxRoot: params.sandboxRoot,
+  });
+  if (tmpMediaPath) {
+    return tmpMediaPath;
   }
   const sandboxResult = await assertSandboxPath({
     filePath: candidate,
@@ -105,6 +105,23 @@ export async function resolveSandboxedMediaSource(params: {
   return sandboxResult.resolved;
 }
 
+async function resolveAllowedTmpMediaPath(params: {
+  candidate: string;
+  sandboxRoot: string;
+}): Promise<string | undefined> {
+  const candidateIsAbsolute = path.isAbsolute(expandPath(params.candidate));
+  if (!candidateIsAbsolute) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  const resolved = path.resolve(resolveSandboxInputPath(params.candidate, params.sandboxRoot));
+  const tmpDir = path.resolve(os.tmpdir());
+  if (!isPathInside(tmpDir, resolved)) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  await assertNoSymlinkEscape(path.relative(tmpDir, resolved), tmpDir);
+  return resolved;
+}
+
 async function assertNoSymlinkEscape(
   relative: string,
   root: string,