diff --git a/alembic/versions/d5e6f7a8b9c0_create_pygeoapi_supporting_views.py b/alembic/versions/d5e6f7a8b9c0_create_pygeoapi_supporting_views.py
index e76c6aa6..afb70171 100644
--- a/alembic/versions/d5e6f7a8b9c0_create_pygeoapi_supporting_views.py
+++ b/alembic/versions/d5e6f7a8b9c0_create_pygeoapi_supporting_views.py
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@
     ("test_wells", "test well"),
 ]
 
+LATEST_LOCATION_CTE = """
+SELECT DISTINCT ON (lta.thing_id)
+    lta.thing_id,
+    lta.location_id,
+    lta.effective_start
+FROM location_thing_association AS lta
+WHERE lta.effective_end IS NULL
+ORDER BY lta.thing_id, lta.effective_start DESC
+""".strip()
+
 
 def _safe_view_id(view_id: str) -> str:
     if not re.fullmatch(r"[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*", view_id):
@@ -58,13 +68,7 @@ def _create_thing_view(view_id: str, thing_type: str) -> str:
     return f"""
         CREATE VIEW ogc_{safe_view_id} AS
         WITH latest_location AS (
-            SELECT DISTINCT ON (lta.thing_id)
-                lta.thing_id,
-                lta.location_id,
-                lta.effective_start
-            FROM location_thing_association AS lta
-            WHERE lta.effective_end IS NULL
-            ORDER BY lta.thing_id, lta.effective_start DESC
+{LATEST_LOCATION_CTE}
         )
         SELECT
             t.id,
@@ -94,16 +98,10 @@ def _create_thing_view(view_id: str, thing_type: str) -> str:
 
 
 def _create_latest_depth_view() -> str:
-    return """
+    return f"""
         CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW ogc_latest_depth_to_water_wells AS
         WITH latest_location AS (
-            SELECT DISTINCT ON (lta.thing_id)
-                lta.thing_id,
-                lta.location_id,
-                lta.effective_start
-            FROM location_thing_association AS lta
-            WHERE lta.effective_end IS NULL
-            ORDER BY lta.thing_id, lta.effective_start DESC
+{LATEST_LOCATION_CTE}
         ),
         ranked_obs AS (
             SELECT
@@ -147,16 +145,10 @@ def _create_latest_depth_view() -> str:
 
 
 def _create_avg_tds_view() -> str:
-    return """
+    return f"""
         CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW ogc_avg_tds_wells AS
         WITH latest_location AS (
-            SELECT DISTINCT ON (lta.thing_id)
-                lta.thing_id,
-                lta.location_id,
-                lta.effective_start
-            FROM location_thing_association AS lta
-            WHERE lta.effective_end IS NULL
-            ORDER BY lta.thing_id, lta.effective_start DESC
+{LATEST_LOCATION_CTE}
         ),
         tds_obs AS (
             SELECT
diff --git a/core/pygeoapi.py b/core/pygeoapi.py
index 223d699e..33fa09d7 100644
--- a/core/pygeoapi.py
+++ b/core/pygeoapi.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import re
 import textwrap
 from importlib.util import find_spec
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -182,6 +183,21 @@ def _mount_path() -> str:
 
     # Remove any trailing slashes so "/ogcapi/" and "ogcapi/" both become "/ogcapi".
     path = path.rstrip("/")
+
+    # Disallow traversal/current-directory segments.
+    segments = [segment for segment in path.split("/") if segment]
+    if any(segment in {".", ".."} for segment in segments):
+        raise ValueError(
+            "Invalid PYGEOAPI_MOUNT_PATH: traversal segments are not allowed."
+        )
+
+    # Allow only slash-delimited segments of alphanumerics, underscore, or hyphen.
+    if not re.fullmatch(r"/[A-Za-z0-9_-]+(?:/[A-Za-z0-9_-]+)*", path):
+        raise ValueError(
+            "Invalid PYGEOAPI_MOUNT_PATH: only letters, numbers, underscores, "
+            "hyphens, and slashes are allowed."
+        )
+
     return path