diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index 0b795317b..87ed90028 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -3968,7 +3968,8 @@ def check_bad_path(path: str):
     path_lower = path.lower()
 
     bad_strings = ('..', '/.', '%2e%2e', '%252e%252e',
-                   '/sftp.', '/sftp-', '/statistics')
+                   '/sftp.', '/sftp-', '/statistics',
+                   '/config/', 'settings.')
 
     # allow /.well-known/...
     if '/.' in path_lower: