Improve path traversal security vulnerability (#6138)

Signed-off-by: Glenn Jocher <glenn.jocher@ultralytics.com>
Co-authored-by: pre-commit-ci[bot] <66853113+pre-commit-ci[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

ultralytics/utils/checks.py

@@ -463,6 +463,23 @@ def check_yaml(file, suffix=('.yaml', '.yml'), hard=True):
     return check_file(file, suffix, hard=hard)
 
 
+def check_is_path_safe(basedir, path):
+    """
+    Check if the resolved path is under the intended directory to prevent path traversal.
+
+    Args:
+        basedir (Path | str): The intended directory.
+        path (Path | str): The path to check.
+
+    Returns:
+        (bool): True if the path is safe, False otherwise.
+    """
+    base_dir_resolved = Path(basedir).resolve()
+    path_resolved = Path(path).resolve()
+
+    return path_resolved.is_file() and path_resolved.parts[:len(base_dir_resolved.parts)] == base_dir_resolved.parts
+
+
 def check_imshow(warn=False):
     """Check if environment supports image displays."""
     try: