diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 7b740bc7e9..461566e1f8 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ Compute
 Storage
 ~~~~~~~
 
+- [Storage] Prevent path traversal when downloading objects to a directory by
+  using only the object name's basename as the local filename.
+  (#2206)
+  [Miguel Caballer - @micafer]
+
 - [Azure Blobs] Fix SAS signatures for percent-encoded object paths by using
   the decoded path in the canonicalized resource while preserving the encoded
   path in the returned URL.
diff --git a/libcloud/storage/base.py b/libcloud/storage/base.py
index 42b80f6fcf..0c872bb830 100644
--- a/libcloud/storage/base.py
+++ b/libcloud/storage/base.py
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ def _save_object(
             raise LibcloudError(value="Path %s does not exist" % (destination_path), driver=self)
 
         if not base_name:
-            file_path = pjoin(destination_path, obj.name)
+            file_path = pjoin(destination_path, os.path.basename(obj.name))
         else:
             file_path = destination_path
 
diff --git a/libcloud/test/storage/test_base.py b/libcloud/test/storage/test_base.py
index ced1f9de74..17ff2c2a53 100644
--- a/libcloud/test/storage/test_base.py
+++ b/libcloud/test/storage/test_base.py
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+import os
 import sys
 import errno
 import hashlib
+import tempfile
 from io import BytesIO
 from unittest import mock
 from unittest.mock import Mock
@@ -53,6 +55,22 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.driver1.strict_mode = False
         self.driver1.strict_mode = False
 
+    def test_save_object_confines_provider_name_to_destination_directory(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temp_dir:
+            destination_path = os.path.join(temp_dir, "downloads") + os.sep
+            os.mkdir(destination_path)
+            outside_path = os.path.join(temp_dir, "evil")
+            response = Mock()
+            response._response.iter_content.return_value = [b"PWNED"]
+            obj = Mock(size=5)
+            obj.name = "../../evil"
+
+            self.driver1._save_object(response, obj, destination_path)
+
+            self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(outside_path))
+            with open(os.path.join(destination_path, "evil"), "rb") as file_handle:
+                self.assertEqual(file_handle.read(), b"PWNED")
+
     def test__upload_object_iterator_must_have_next_method(self):
         valid_iterators = [BytesIO(b("134")), StringIO("bar")]
         invalid_iterators = ["foobar", "", False, True, 1, object()]