1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/ci/components/instance_path_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/ci/components/instance_path_spec.rb
index 0bdcfcfd546..4ba963b54b5 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/ci/components/instance_path_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/ci/components/instance_path_spec.rb
@@ -84,6 +84,20 @@ RSpec.describe Gitlab::Ci::Components::InstancePath, feature_category: :pipeline
         end
       end
 
+      shared_examples 'prevents infinite loop' do |prefix|
+        context "when the project path starts with '#{prefix}'" do
+          let(:project_path) { "#{prefix}#{project.full_path}" }
+
+          it 'returns nil' do
+            result = path.fetch_content!(current_user: user)
+            expect(result).to be_nil
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      it_behaves_like 'prevents infinite loop', '/'
+      it_behaves_like 'prevents infinite loop', '//'
+
       context 'when fetching the latest version of a component' do
         let_it_be(:project) do
           create(