doc: clarify fileURLToPath security considerations #60887
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Add clarification that fileURLToPath() decodes encoded dot-segments (%2e%2e) which are normalized as path traversal. Applications must perform their own path validation to prevent directory traversal attacks. Also applies to fileURLToPathBuffer().
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Add clarification that fileURLToPath() decodes encoded dot-segments (%2e%2e) which are normalized as path traversal. Applications must perform their own path validation to prevent directory traversal attacks.
Also applies to fileURLToPathBuffer().
cc: @targos @mcollina