diff --git a/sdk/typescript/src/targets.ts b/sdk/typescript/src/targets.ts
index 5c8ab088..c13227d2 100644
--- a/sdk/typescript/src/targets.ts
+++ b/sdk/typescript/src/targets.ts
@@ -276,6 +276,20 @@ export async function normalizeTarget(
         `Path target is outside the repository: ${value}`,
       );
     }
+    let metadata;
+    try {
+      metadata = await abortable(() => stat(canonical), signal);
+    } catch (error) {
+      throwIfAborted(signal);
+      throw new InvalidTargetError(`Path target does not exist: ${value}`, {
+        cause: error,
+      });
+    }
+    if (!metadata.isFile() && !metadata.isDirectory()) {
+      throw new InvalidTargetError(
+        `Path target must be a regular file or directory: ${value}`,
+      );
+    }
     const normalized = relativePath.split(sep).join("/") || ".";
     if (!paths.includes(normalized)) {
       paths.push(normalized);
diff --git a/sdk/typescript/tests-ts/path-target-special-files.test.ts b/sdk/typescript/tests-ts/path-target-special-files.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2cab162
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/typescript/tests-ts/path-target-special-files.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { createServer } from "node:net";
+import { mkdir, mkdtemp, rm, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { normalizeTarget } from "../src/targets.js";
+
+test.skipIf(process.platform === "win32")(
+  "rejects special filesystem nodes during path-target preflight",
+  async () => {
+    const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "codex-security-special-target-"));
+    const repository = join(root, "repository");
+    const socketPath = join(repository, "target.sock");
+    await mkdir(repository);
+    const server = createServer();
+
+    try {
+      await new Promise<void>((resolvePromise, reject) => {
+        server.once("error", reject);
+        server.listen(socketPath, () => resolvePromise());
+      });
+
+      await expect(normalizeTarget(repository, [socketPath])).rejects.toThrow(
+        "Path target must be a regular file or directory",
+      );
+    } finally {
+      await new Promise<void>((resolvePromise) => server.close(() => resolvePromise()));
+      await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  },
+);
+
+test("keeps ordinary file and directory path targets valid", async () => {
+  const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "codex-security-regular-target-"));
+  const repository = join(root, "repository");
+  try {
+    await mkdir(join(repository, "src"), { recursive: true });
+    await writeFile(join(repository, "src", "app.ts"), "export {};\n");
+
+    await expect(
+      normalizeTarget(repository, ["src/app.ts", "src"]),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ kind: "paths", paths: ["src/app.ts", "src"] });
+  } finally {
+    await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});