diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/server/PathResourceLookupFunction.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/server/PathResourceLookupFunction.java
index aa314b623565..20c841538ef1 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/server/PathResourceLookupFunction.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/server/PathResourceLookupFunction.java
@@ -18,20 +18,14 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
-import java.net.URLDecoder;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 
-import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
-import org.springframework.core.io.UrlResource;
 import org.springframework.http.server.PathContainer;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
-import org.springframework.util.ResourceUtils;
-import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
-import org.springframework.web.util.UriUtils;
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.resource.ResourceHandlerUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.util.pattern.PathPattern;
 import org.springframework.web.util.pattern.PathPatternParser;
 
@@ -64,21 +58,14 @@ public Mono<Resource> apply(ServerRequest request) {
 		}
 
 		pathContainer = this.pattern.extractPathWithinPattern(pathContainer);
-		String path = processPath(pathContainer.value());
-		if (!StringUtils.hasText(path) || isInvalidPath(path)) {
+		String path = ResourceHandlerUtils.normalizeInputPath(pathContainer.value());
+		if (ResourceHandlerUtils.shouldIgnoreInputPath(path)) {
 			return Mono.empty();
 		}
-		if (isInvalidEncodedInputPath(path)) {
-			return Mono.empty();
-		}
-
-		if (!(this.location instanceof UrlResource)) {
-			path = UriUtils.decode(path, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-		}
 
 		try {
-			Resource resource = this.location.createRelative(path);
-			if (resource.isReadable() && isResourceUnderLocation(resource)) {
+			Resource resource = ResourceHandlerUtils.createRelativeResource(this.location, path);
+			if (resource.isReadable() && ResourceHandlerUtils.isResourceUnderLocation(this.location, resource)) {
 				return Mono.just(resource);
 			}
 			else {
@@ -90,147 +77,6 @@ public Mono<Resource> apply(ServerRequest request) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Process the given resource path.
-	 * <p>The default implementation replaces:
-	 * <ul>
-	 * <li>Backslash with forward slash.
-	 * <li>Duplicate occurrences of slash with a single slash.
-	 * <li>Any combination of leading slash and control characters (00-1F and 7F)
-	 * with a single "/" or "". For example {@code "  / // foo/bar"}
-	 * becomes {@code "/foo/bar"}.
-	 * </ul>
-	 */
-	protected String processPath(String path) {
-		path = StringUtils.replace(path, "\\", "/");
-		path = cleanDuplicateSlashes(path);
-		return cleanLeadingSlash(path);
-	}
-
-	private String cleanDuplicateSlashes(String path) {
-		StringBuilder sb = null;
-		char prev = 0;
-		for (int i = 0; i < path.length(); i++) {
-			char curr = path.charAt(i);
-			try {
-				if (curr == '/' && prev == '/') {
-					if (sb == null) {
-						sb = new StringBuilder(path.substring(0, i));
-					}
-					continue;
-				}
-				if (sb != null) {
-					sb.append(path.charAt(i));
-				}
-			}
-			finally {
-				prev = curr;
-			}
-		}
-		return (sb != null ? sb.toString() : path);
-	}
-
-	private String cleanLeadingSlash(String path) {
-		boolean slash = false;
-		for (int i = 0; i < path.length(); i++) {
-			if (path.charAt(i) == '/') {
-				slash = true;
-			}
-			else if (path.charAt(i) > ' ' && path.charAt(i) != 127) {
-				if (i == 0 || (i == 1 && slash)) {
-					return path;
-				}
-				return (slash ? "/" + path.substring(i) : path.substring(i));
-			}
-		}
-		return (slash ? "/" : "");
-	}
-
-	private boolean isInvalidPath(String path) {
-		if (path.contains("WEB-INF") || path.contains("META-INF")) {
-			return true;
-		}
-		if (path.contains(":/")) {
-			String relativePath = (path.charAt(0) == '/' ? path.substring(1) : path);
-			if (ResourceUtils.isUrl(relativePath) || relativePath.startsWith("url:")) {
-				return true;
-			}
-		}
-		if (path.contains("..") && StringUtils.cleanPath(path).contains("../")) {
-			return true;
-		}
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Check whether the given path contains invalid escape sequences.
-	 * @param path the path to validate
-	 * @return {@code true} if the path is invalid, {@code false} otherwise
-	 */
-	private boolean isInvalidEncodedInputPath(String path) {
-		if (path.contains("%")) {
-			try {
-				// Use URLDecoder (vs UriUtils) to preserve potentially decoded UTF-8 chars
-				String decodedPath = URLDecoder.decode(path, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-				if (isInvalidPath(decodedPath)) {
-					return true;
-				}
-				decodedPath = processPath(decodedPath);
-				if (isInvalidPath(decodedPath)) {
-					return true;
-				}
-			}
-			catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
-				// May not be possible to decode...
-			}
-		}
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	private boolean isResourceUnderLocation(Resource resource) throws IOException {
-		if (resource.getClass() != this.location.getClass()) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		String resourcePath;
-		String locationPath;
-
-		if (resource instanceof UrlResource) {
-			resourcePath = resource.getURL().toExternalForm();
-			locationPath = StringUtils.cleanPath(this.location.getURL().toString());
-		}
-		else if (resource instanceof ClassPathResource classPathResource) {
-			resourcePath = classPathResource.getPath();
-			locationPath = StringUtils.cleanPath(((ClassPathResource) this.location).getPath());
-		}
-		else {
-			resourcePath = resource.getURL().getPath();
-			locationPath = StringUtils.cleanPath(this.location.getURL().getPath());
-		}
-
-		if (locationPath.equals(resourcePath)) {
-			return true;
-		}
-		locationPath = (locationPath.endsWith("/") || locationPath.isEmpty() ? locationPath : locationPath + "/");
-		return (resourcePath.startsWith(locationPath) && !isInvalidEncodedResourcePath(resourcePath));
-	}
-
-	private boolean isInvalidEncodedResourcePath(String resourcePath) {
-		if (resourcePath.contains("%")) {
-			// Use URLDecoder (vs UriUtils) to preserve potentially decoded UTF-8 chars...
-			try {
-				String decodedPath = URLDecoder.decode(resourcePath, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-				if (decodedPath.contains("../") || decodedPath.contains("..\\")) {
-					return true;
-				}
-			}
-			catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
-				// May not be possible to decode...
-			}
-		}
-		return false;
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
 		return this.pattern + " -> " + this.location;
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/PathResourceResolver.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/PathResourceResolver.java
index 87044b1fe148..c9b7c56fcf1f 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/PathResourceResolver.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/PathResourceResolver.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,22 +17,17 @@
 package org.springframework.web.reactive.resource;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URLDecoder;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 
-import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
-import org.springframework.core.io.UrlResource;
 import org.springframework.core.log.LogFormatUtils;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.server.ServerWebExchange;
-import org.springframework.web.util.UriUtils;
 
 /**
  * A simple {@code ResourceResolver} that tries to find a resource under the given
@@ -111,10 +106,7 @@ private Mono<Resource> getResource(String resourcePath, List<? extends Resource>
 	 */
 	protected Mono<Resource> getResource(String resourcePath, Resource location) {
 		try {
-			if (!(location instanceof UrlResource)) {
-				resourcePath = UriUtils.decode(resourcePath, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-			}
-			Resource resource = location.createRelative(resourcePath);
+			Resource resource = ResourceHandlerUtils.createRelativeResource(location, resourcePath);
 			if (resource.isReadable()) {
 				if (checkResource(resource, location)) {
 					return Mono.just(resource);
@@ -154,61 +146,15 @@ else if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
 	 * @return "true" if resource is in a valid location, "false" otherwise
 	 */
 	protected boolean checkResource(Resource resource, Resource location) throws IOException {
-		if (isResourceUnderLocation(resource, location)) {
+		if (ResourceHandlerUtils.isResourceUnderLocation(location, resource)) {
 			return true;
 		}
 		if (getAllowedLocations() != null) {
 			for (Resource current : getAllowedLocations()) {
-				if (isResourceUnderLocation(resource, current)) {
-					return true;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	private boolean isResourceUnderLocation(Resource resource, Resource location) throws IOException {
-		if (resource.getClass() != location.getClass()) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		String resourcePath;
-		String locationPath;
-
-		if (resource instanceof UrlResource) {
-			resourcePath = resource.getURL().toExternalForm();
-			locationPath = StringUtils.cleanPath(location.getURL().toString());
-		}
-		else if (resource instanceof ClassPathResource classPathResource) {
-			resourcePath = classPathResource.getPath();
-			locationPath = StringUtils.cleanPath(((ClassPathResource) location).getPath());
-		}
-		else {
-			resourcePath = resource.getURL().getPath();
-			locationPath = StringUtils.cleanPath(location.getURL().getPath());
-		}
-
-		if (locationPath.equals(resourcePath)) {
-			return true;
-		}
-		locationPath = (locationPath.endsWith("/") || locationPath.isEmpty() ? locationPath : locationPath + "/");
-		return (resourcePath.startsWith(locationPath) && !isInvalidEncodedPath(resourcePath));
-	}
-
-	private boolean isInvalidEncodedPath(String resourcePath) {
-		if (resourcePath.contains("%")) {
-			// Use URLDecoder (vs UriUtils) to preserve potentially decoded UTF-8 chars...
-			try {
-				String decodedPath = URLDecoder.decode(resourcePath, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-				if (decodedPath.contains("../") || decodedPath.contains("..\\")) {
-					logger.warn(LogFormatUtils.formatValue(
-							"Resolved resource path contains encoded \"../\" or \"..\\\": " + resourcePath, -1, true));
+				if (ResourceHandlerUtils.isResourceUnderLocation(current, resource)) {
 					return true;
 				}
 			}
-			catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
-				// May not be possible to decode...
-			}
 		}
 		return false;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceHandlerUtils.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceHandlerUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0c8e148f43af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceHandlerUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,231 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.web.reactive.resource;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URLDecoder;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
+import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.UrlResource;
+import org.springframework.core.log.LogFormatUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.ResourceUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
+import org.springframework.web.util.UriUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Resource handling utility methods to share common logic between
+ * {@link ResourceWebHandler} and {@link org.springframework.web.reactive.function.server}.
+ *
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @since 6.2
+ */
+public abstract class ResourceHandlerUtils {
+
+	private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(ResourceHandlerUtils.class);
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Normalize the given resource path replacing the following:
+	 * <ul>
+	 * <li>Backslash with forward slash.
+	 * <li>Duplicate occurrences of slash with a single slash.
+	 * <li>Any combination of leading slash and control characters (00-1F and 7F)
+	 * with a single "/" or "". For example {@code "  / // foo/bar"}
+	 * becomes {@code "/foo/bar"}.
+	 * </ul>
+	 */
+	public static String normalizeInputPath(String path) {
+		path = StringUtils.replace(path, "\\", "/");
+		path = cleanDuplicateSlashes(path);
+		return cleanLeadingSlash(path);
+	}
+
+	private static String cleanDuplicateSlashes(String path) {
+		StringBuilder sb = null;
+		char prev = 0;
+		for (int i = 0; i < path.length(); i++) {
+			char curr = path.charAt(i);
+			try {
+				if (curr == '/' && prev == '/') {
+					if (sb == null) {
+						sb = new StringBuilder(path.substring(0, i));
+					}
+					continue;
+				}
+				if (sb != null) {
+					sb.append(path.charAt(i));
+				}
+			}
+			finally {
+				prev = curr;
+			}
+		}
+		return (sb != null ? sb.toString() : path);
+	}
+
+	private static String cleanLeadingSlash(String path) {
+		boolean slash = false;
+		for (int i = 0; i < path.length(); i++) {
+			if (path.charAt(i) == '/') {
+				slash = true;
+			}
+			else if (path.charAt(i) > ' ' && path.charAt(i) != 127) {
+				if (i == 0 || (i == 1 && slash)) {
+					return path;
+				}
+				return (slash ? "/" + path.substring(i) : path.substring(i));
+			}
+		}
+		return (slash ? "/" : "");
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Whether the given input path is invalid as determined by
+	 * {@link #isInvalidPath(String)}. The path is also decoded and the same
+	 * checks are performed again.
+	 */
+	public static boolean shouldIgnoreInputPath(String path) {
+		return (!StringUtils.hasText(path) || isInvalidPath(path) || isInvalidEncodedPath(path));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks for invalid resource input paths rejecting the following:
+	 * <ul>
+	 * <li>Paths that contain "WEB-INF" or "META-INF"
+	 * <li>Paths that contain "../" after a call to
+	 * {@link StringUtils#cleanPath}.
+	 * <li>Paths that represent a {@link ResourceUtils#isUrl
+	 * valid URL} or would represent one after the leading slash is removed.
+	 * </ul>
+	 * <p><strong>Note:</strong> this method assumes that leading, duplicate '/'
+	 * or control characters (e.g. white space) have been trimmed so that the
+	 * path starts predictably with a single '/' or does not have one.
+	 * @param path the path to validate
+	 * @return {@code true} if the path is invalid, {@code false} otherwise
+	 */
+	public static boolean isInvalidPath(String path) {
+		if (path.contains("WEB-INF") || path.contains("META-INF")) {
+			if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
+				logger.warn(LogFormatUtils.formatValue(
+						"Path with \"WEB-INF\" or \"META-INF\": [" + path + "]", -1, true));
+			}
+			return true;
+		}
+		if (path.contains(":/")) {
+			String relativePath = (path.charAt(0) == '/' ? path.substring(1) : path);
+			if (ResourceUtils.isUrl(relativePath) || relativePath.startsWith("url:")) {
+				if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
+					logger.warn(LogFormatUtils.formatValue(
+							"Path represents URL or has \"url:\" prefix: [" + path + "]", -1, true));
+				}
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		if (path.contains("..") && StringUtils.cleanPath(path).contains("../")) {
+			if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
+				logger.warn(LogFormatUtils.formatValue(
+						"Path contains \"../\" after call to StringUtils#cleanPath: [" + path + "]", -1, true));
+			}
+			return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	private static boolean isInvalidEncodedPath(String path) {
+		if (path.contains("%")) {
+			try {
+				// Use URLDecoder (vs UriUtils) to preserve potentially decoded UTF-8 chars
+				String decodedPath = URLDecoder.decode(path, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+				if (isInvalidPath(decodedPath)) {
+					return true;
+				}
+				decodedPath = normalizeInputPath(decodedPath);
+				if (isInvalidPath(decodedPath)) {
+					return true;
+				}
+			}
+			catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
+				// May not be possible to decode...
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a resource relative to the given {@link Resource}, also decoding
+	 * the resource path for a {@link UrlResource}.
+	 */
+	public static Resource createRelativeResource(Resource location, String resourcePath) throws IOException {
+		if (!(location instanceof UrlResource)) {
+			resourcePath = UriUtils.decode(resourcePath, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+		}
+		return location.createRelative(resourcePath);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Check whether the resource is under the given location.
+	 */
+	public static boolean isResourceUnderLocation(Resource location, Resource resource) throws IOException {
+		if (resource.getClass() != location.getClass()) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		String resourcePath;
+		String locationPath;
+
+		if (resource instanceof UrlResource) {
+			resourcePath = resource.getURL().toExternalForm();
+			locationPath = StringUtils.cleanPath(location.getURL().toString());
+		}
+		else if (resource instanceof ClassPathResource classPathResource) {
+			resourcePath = classPathResource.getPath();
+			locationPath = StringUtils.cleanPath(((ClassPathResource) location).getPath());
+		}
+		else {
+			resourcePath = resource.getURL().getPath();
+			locationPath = StringUtils.cleanPath(location.getURL().getPath());
+		}
+
+		if (locationPath.equals(resourcePath)) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		locationPath = (locationPath.endsWith("/") || locationPath.isEmpty() ? locationPath : locationPath + "/");
+		return (resourcePath.startsWith(locationPath) && !isInvalidEncodedResourcePath(resourcePath));
+	}
+
+	private static boolean isInvalidEncodedResourcePath(String resourcePath) {
+		if (resourcePath.contains("%")) {
+			// Use URLDecoder (vs UriUtils) to preserve potentially decoded UTF-8 chars...
+			try {
+				String decodedPath = URLDecoder.decode(resourcePath, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+				if (decodedPath.contains("../") || decodedPath.contains("..\\")) {
+					return true;
+				}
+			}
+			catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
+				// May not be possible to decode...
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandler.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandler.java
index 3f4721a5b02d..a2f611cd4f59 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandler.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandler.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 package org.springframework.web.reactive.resource;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URLDecoder;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -38,7 +36,6 @@
 import org.springframework.core.codec.Hints;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;
-import org.springframework.core.log.LogFormatUtils;
 import org.springframework.http.CacheControl;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
@@ -50,7 +47,6 @@
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
-import org.springframework.util.ResourceUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.HandlerMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.server.MethodNotAllowedException;
@@ -488,10 +484,7 @@ public Mono<Void> handle(ServerWebExchange exchange) {
 	protected Mono<Resource> getResource(ServerWebExchange exchange) {
 		String rawPath = getResourcePath(exchange);
 		String path = processPath(rawPath);
-		if (!StringUtils.hasText(path) || isInvalidPath(path)) {
-			return Mono.empty();
-		}
-		if (isInvalidEncodedPath(path)) {
+		if (ResourceHandlerUtils.shouldIgnoreInputPath(path) || isInvalidPath(path)) {
 			return Mono.empty();
 		}
 
@@ -513,125 +506,18 @@ private String getResourcePath(ServerWebExchange exchange) {
 
 	/**
 	 * Process the given resource path.
-	 * <p>The default implementation replaces:
-	 * <ul>
-	 * <li>Backslash with forward slash.
-	 * <li>Duplicate occurrences of slash with a single slash.
-	 * <li>Any combination of leading slash and control characters (00-1F and 7F)
-	 * with a single "/" or "". For example {@code "  / // foo/bar"}
-	 * becomes {@code "/foo/bar"}.
-	 * </ul>
+	 * <p>By default, this method delegates to {@link ResourceHandlerUtils#normalizeInputPath}.
 	 */
 	protected String processPath(String path) {
-		path = StringUtils.replace(path, "\\", "/");
-		path = cleanDuplicateSlashes(path);
-		return cleanLeadingSlash(path);
-	}
-
-	private String cleanDuplicateSlashes(String path) {
-		StringBuilder sb = null;
-		char prev = 0;
-		for (int i = 0; i < path.length(); i++) {
-			char curr = path.charAt(i);
-			try {
-				if (curr == '/' && prev == '/') {
-					if (sb == null) {
-						sb = new StringBuilder(path.substring(0, i));
-					}
-					continue;
-				}
-				if (sb != null) {
-					sb.append(path.charAt(i));
-				}
-			}
-			finally {
-				prev = curr;
-			}
-		}
-		return (sb != null ? sb.toString() : path);
-	}
-
-	private String cleanLeadingSlash(String path) {
-		boolean slash = false;
-		for (int i = 0; i < path.length(); i++) {
-			if (path.charAt(i) == '/') {
-				slash = true;
-			}
-			else if (path.charAt(i) > ' ' && path.charAt(i) != 127) {
-				if (i == 0 || (i == 1 && slash)) {
-					return path;
-				}
-				return (slash ? "/" + path.substring(i) : path.substring(i));
-			}
-		}
-		return (slash ? "/" : "");
+		return ResourceHandlerUtils.normalizeInputPath(path);
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Check whether the given path contains invalid escape sequences.
-	 * @param path the path to validate
-	 * @return {@code true} if the path is invalid, {@code false} otherwise
-	 */
-	private boolean isInvalidEncodedPath(String path) {
-		if (path.contains("%")) {
-			try {
-				// Use URLDecoder (vs UriUtils) to preserve potentially decoded UTF-8 chars
-				String decodedPath = URLDecoder.decode(path, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-				if (isInvalidPath(decodedPath)) {
-					return true;
-				}
-				decodedPath = processPath(decodedPath);
-				if (isInvalidPath(decodedPath)) {
-					return true;
-				}
-			}
-			catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
-				// May not be possible to decode...
-			}
-		}
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Identifies invalid resource paths. By default rejects:
-	 * <ul>
-	 * <li>Paths that contain "WEB-INF" or "META-INF"
-	 * <li>Paths that contain "../" after a call to
-	 * {@link StringUtils#cleanPath}.
-	 * <li>Paths that represent a {@link ResourceUtils#isUrl
-	 * valid URL} or would represent one after the leading slash is removed.
-	 * </ul>
-	 * <p><strong>Note:</strong> this method assumes that leading, duplicate '/'
-	 * or control characters (e.g. white space) have been trimmed so that the
-	 * path starts predictably with a single '/' or does not have one.
-	 * @param path the path to validate
-	 * @return {@code true} if the path is invalid, {@code false} otherwise
+	 * Invoked after {@link ResourceHandlerUtils#isInvalidPath(String)}
+	 * to allow subclasses to perform further validation.
+	 * <p>By default, this method does not perform any validations.
 	 */
 	protected boolean isInvalidPath(String path) {
-		if (path.contains("WEB-INF") || path.contains("META-INF")) {
-			if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
-				logger.warn(LogFormatUtils.formatValue(
-						"Path with \"WEB-INF\" or \"META-INF\": [" + path + "]", -1, true));
-			}
-			return true;
-		}
-		if (path.contains(":/")) {
-			String relativePath = (path.charAt(0) == '/' ? path.substring(1) : path);
-			if (ResourceUtils.isUrl(relativePath) || relativePath.startsWith("url:")) {
-				if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
-					logger.warn(LogFormatUtils.formatValue(
-							"Path represents URL or has \"url:\" prefix: [" + path + "]", -1, true));
-				}
-				return true;
-			}
-		}
-		if (path.contains("..") && StringUtils.cleanPath(path).contains("../")) {
-			if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
-				logger.warn(LogFormatUtils.formatValue(
-						"Path contains \"../\" after call to StringUtils#cleanPath: [" + path + "]", -1, true));
-			}
-			return true;
-		}
 		return false;
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/function/PathResourceLookupFunction.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/function/PathResourceLookupFunction.java
index e9c700f10f75..80dd62127508 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/function/PathResourceLookupFunction.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/function/PathResourceLookupFunction.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -18,19 +18,15 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
-import java.net.URLDecoder;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
-import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.UrlResource;
 import org.springframework.http.server.PathContainer;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
-import org.springframework.util.ResourceUtils;
-import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
-import org.springframework.web.context.support.ServletContextResource;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.ResourceHandlerUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UriUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.util.pattern.PathPattern;
 import org.springframework.web.util.pattern.PathPatternParser;
@@ -66,10 +62,7 @@ public Optional<Resource> apply(ServerRequest request) {
 
 		pathContainer = this.pattern.extractPathWithinPattern(pathContainer);
 		String path = processPath(pathContainer.value());
-		if (!StringUtils.hasText(path) || isInvalidPath(path)) {
-			return Optional.empty();
-		}
-		if (isInvalidEncodedInputPath(path)) {
+		if (ResourceHandlerUtils.shouldIgnoreInputPath(path)) {
 			return Optional.empty();
 		}
 
@@ -79,7 +72,7 @@ public Optional<Resource> apply(ServerRequest request) {
 
 		try {
 			Resource resource = this.location.createRelative(path);
-			if (resource.isReadable() && isResourceUnderLocation(resource)) {
+			if (resource.isReadable() && ResourceHandlerUtils.isResourceUnderLocation(this.location, resource)) {
 				return Optional.of(resource);
 			}
 			else {
@@ -93,139 +86,10 @@ public Optional<Resource> apply(ServerRequest request) {
 
 	/**
 	 * Process the given resource path.
-	 * <p>The default implementation replaces:
-	 * <ul>
-	 * <li>Backslash with forward slash.
-	 * <li>Duplicate occurrences of slash with a single slash.
-	 * <li>Any combination of leading slash and control characters (00-1F and 7F)
-	 * with a single "/" or "". For example {@code "  / // foo/bar"}
-	 * becomes {@code "/foo/bar"}.
-	 * </ul>
+	 * <p>By default, this method delegates to {@link ResourceHandlerUtils#normalizeInputPath}.
 	 */
 	protected String processPath(String path) {
-		path = StringUtils.replace(path, "\\", "/");
-		path = cleanDuplicateSlashes(path);
-		return cleanLeadingSlash(path);
-	}
-
-	private String cleanDuplicateSlashes(String path) {
-		StringBuilder sb = null;
-		char prev = 0;
-		for (int i = 0; i < path.length(); i++) {
-			char curr = path.charAt(i);
-			try {
-				if ((curr == '/') && (prev == '/')) {
-					if (sb == null) {
-						sb = new StringBuilder(path.substring(0, i));
-					}
-					continue;
-				}
-				if (sb != null) {
-					sb.append(path.charAt(i));
-				}
-			}
-			finally {
-				prev = curr;
-			}
-		}
-		return sb != null ? sb.toString() : path;
-	}
-
-	private String cleanLeadingSlash(String path) {
-		boolean slash = false;
-		for (int i = 0; i < path.length(); i++) {
-			if (path.charAt(i) == '/') {
-				slash = true;
-			}
-			else if (path.charAt(i) > ' ' && path.charAt(i) != 127) {
-				if (i == 0 || (i == 1 && slash)) {
-					return path;
-				}
-				return (slash ? "/" + path.substring(i) : path.substring(i));
-			}
-		}
-		return (slash ? "/" : "");
-	}
-
-	private boolean isInvalidPath(String path) {
-		if (path.contains("WEB-INF") || path.contains("META-INF")) {
-			return true;
-		}
-		if (path.contains(":/")) {
-			String relativePath = (path.charAt(0) == '/' ? path.substring(1) : path);
-			if (ResourceUtils.isUrl(relativePath) || relativePath.startsWith("url:")) {
-				return true;
-			}
-		}
-		return path.contains("..") && StringUtils.cleanPath(path).contains("../");
-	}
-
-	private boolean isInvalidEncodedInputPath(String path) {
-		if (path.contains("%")) {
-			try {
-				// Use URLDecoder (vs UriUtils) to preserve potentially decoded UTF-8 chars
-				String decodedPath = URLDecoder.decode(path, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-				if (isInvalidPath(decodedPath)) {
-					return true;
-				}
-				decodedPath = processPath(decodedPath);
-				if (isInvalidPath(decodedPath)) {
-					return true;
-				}
-			}
-			catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
-				// May not be possible to decode...
-			}
-		}
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	private boolean isResourceUnderLocation(Resource resource) throws IOException {
-		if (resource.getClass() != this.location.getClass()) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		String resourcePath;
-		String locationPath;
-
-		if (resource instanceof UrlResource) {
-			resourcePath = resource.getURL().toExternalForm();
-			locationPath = StringUtils.cleanPath(this.location.getURL().toString());
-		}
-		else if (resource instanceof ClassPathResource classPathResource) {
-			resourcePath = classPathResource.getPath();
-			locationPath = StringUtils.cleanPath(((ClassPathResource) this.location).getPath());
-		}
-		else if (resource instanceof ServletContextResource servletContextResource) {
-			resourcePath = servletContextResource.getPath();
-			locationPath = StringUtils.cleanPath(((ServletContextResource) this.location).getPath());
-		}
-		else {
-			resourcePath = resource.getURL().getPath();
-			locationPath = StringUtils.cleanPath(this.location.getURL().getPath());
-		}
-
-		if (locationPath.equals(resourcePath)) {
-			return true;
-		}
-		locationPath = (locationPath.endsWith("/") || locationPath.isEmpty() ? locationPath : locationPath + "/");
-		return (resourcePath.startsWith(locationPath) && !isInvalidEncodedResourcePath(resourcePath));
-	}
-
-	private boolean isInvalidEncodedResourcePath(String resourcePath) {
-		if (resourcePath.contains("%")) {
-			// Use URLDecoder (vs UriUtils) to preserve potentially decoded UTF-8 chars...
-			try {
-				String decodedPath = URLDecoder.decode(resourcePath, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-				if (decodedPath.contains("../") || decodedPath.contains("..\\")) {
-					return true;
-				}
-			}
-			catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
-				// May not be possible to decode...
-			}
-		}
-		return false;
+		return ResourceHandlerUtils.normalizeInputPath(path);
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/PathResourceResolver.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/PathResourceResolver.java
index 23d0c9186d5b..0e67ad132b0a 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/PathResourceResolver.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/PathResourceResolver.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package org.springframework.web.servlet.resource;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URLDecoder;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -29,14 +28,12 @@
 
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 
-import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.UrlResource;
 import org.springframework.core.log.LogFormatUtils;
 import org.springframework.http.server.PathContainer;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
-import org.springframework.web.context.support.ServletContextResource;
 import org.springframework.web.util.ServletRequestPathUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UriUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UrlPathHelper;
@@ -214,13 +211,13 @@ else if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
 	 * @since 4.1.2
 	 */
 	protected boolean checkResource(Resource resource, Resource location) throws IOException {
-		if (isResourceUnderLocation(resource, location)) {
+		if (ResourceHandlerUtils.isResourceUnderLocation(location, resource)) {
 			return true;
 		}
 		Resource[] allowedLocations = getAllowedLocations();
 		if (allowedLocations != null) {
 			for (Resource current : allowedLocations) {
-				if (isResourceUnderLocation(resource, current)) {
+				if (ResourceHandlerUtils.isResourceUnderLocation(current, resource)) {
 					return true;
 				}
 			}
@@ -228,38 +225,6 @@ protected boolean checkResource(Resource resource, Resource location) throws IOE
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	private boolean isResourceUnderLocation(Resource resource, Resource location) throws IOException {
-		if (resource.getClass() != location.getClass()) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		String resourcePath;
-		String locationPath;
-
-		if (resource instanceof UrlResource) {
-			resourcePath = resource.getURL().toExternalForm();
-			locationPath = StringUtils.cleanPath(location.getURL().toString());
-		}
-		else if (resource instanceof ClassPathResource classPathResource) {
-			resourcePath = classPathResource.getPath();
-			locationPath = StringUtils.cleanPath(((ClassPathResource) location).getPath());
-		}
-		else if (resource instanceof ServletContextResource servletContextResource) {
-			resourcePath = servletContextResource.getPath();
-			locationPath = StringUtils.cleanPath(((ServletContextResource) location).getPath());
-		}
-		else {
-			resourcePath = resource.getURL().getPath();
-			locationPath = StringUtils.cleanPath(location.getURL().getPath());
-		}
-
-		if (locationPath.equals(resourcePath)) {
-			return true;
-		}
-		locationPath = (locationPath.endsWith("/") || locationPath.isEmpty() ? locationPath : locationPath + "/");
-		return (resourcePath.startsWith(locationPath) && !isInvalidEncodedPath(resourcePath));
-	}
-
 	private String encodeOrDecodeIfNecessary(String path, @Nullable HttpServletRequest request, Resource location) {
 		if (request != null) {
 			boolean usesPathPattern = (
@@ -305,22 +270,4 @@ private boolean shouldEncodeRelativePath(Resource location, boolean usesPathPatt
 				this.urlPathHelper != null && this.urlPathHelper.isUrlDecode());
 	}
 
-	private boolean isInvalidEncodedPath(String resourcePath) {
-		if (resourcePath.contains("%")) {
-			// Use URLDecoder (vs UriUtils) to preserve potentially decoded UTF-8 chars...
-			try {
-				String decodedPath = URLDecoder.decode(resourcePath, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-				if (decodedPath.contains("../") || decodedPath.contains("..\\")) {
-					logger.warn(LogFormatUtils.formatValue(
-							"Resolved resource path contains encoded \"../\" or \"..\\\": " + resourcePath, -1, true));
-					return true;
-				}
-			}
-			catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
-				// May not be possible to decode...
-			}
-		}
-		return false;
-	}
-
 }
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHandlerUtils.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHandlerUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c88071e9e012
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHandlerUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,231 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.web.servlet.resource;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URLDecoder;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
+import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.UrlResource;
+import org.springframework.core.log.LogFormatUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.ResourceUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
+import org.springframework.web.context.support.ServletContextResource;
+
+/**
+ * Resource handling utility methods to share common logic between
+ * {@link ResourceHttpRequestHandler} and {@link org.springframework.web.servlet.function}.
+ *
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @since 6.2
+ */
+public abstract class ResourceHandlerUtils {
+
+	private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(ResourceHandlerUtils.class);
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Normalize the given resource path replacing the following:
+	 * <ul>
+	 * <li>Backslash with forward slash.
+	 * <li>Duplicate occurrences of slash with a single slash.
+	 * <li>Any combination of leading slash and control characters (00-1F and 7F)
+	 * with a single "/" or "". For example {@code "  / // foo/bar"}
+	 * becomes {@code "/foo/bar"}.
+	 * </ul>
+	 */
+	public static String normalizeInputPath(String path) {
+		path = StringUtils.replace(path, "\\", "/");
+		path = cleanDuplicateSlashes(path);
+		return cleanLeadingSlash(path);
+	}
+
+	private static String cleanDuplicateSlashes(String path) {
+		StringBuilder sb = null;
+		char prev = 0;
+		for (int i = 0; i < path.length(); i++) {
+			char curr = path.charAt(i);
+			try {
+				if ((curr == '/') && (prev == '/')) {
+					if (sb == null) {
+						sb = new StringBuilder(path.substring(0, i));
+					}
+					continue;
+				}
+				if (sb != null) {
+					sb.append(path.charAt(i));
+				}
+			}
+			finally {
+				prev = curr;
+			}
+		}
+		return (sb != null ? sb.toString() : path);
+	}
+
+	private static String cleanLeadingSlash(String path) {
+		boolean slash = false;
+		for (int i = 0; i < path.length(); i++) {
+			if (path.charAt(i) == '/') {
+				slash = true;
+			}
+			else if (path.charAt(i) > ' ' && path.charAt(i) != 127) {
+				if (i == 0 || (i == 1 && slash)) {
+					return path;
+				}
+				return (slash ? "/" + path.substring(i) : path.substring(i));
+			}
+		}
+		return (slash ? "/" : "");
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Whether the given input path is invalid as determined by
+	 * {@link #isInvalidPath(String)}. The path is also decoded and the same
+	 * checks are performed again.
+	 */
+	public static boolean shouldIgnoreInputPath(String path) {
+		return (!StringUtils.hasText(path) || isInvalidPath(path) || isInvalidEncodedPath(path));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks for invalid resource input paths rejecting the following:
+	 * <ul>
+	 * <li>Paths that contain "WEB-INF" or "META-INF"
+	 * <li>Paths that contain "../" after a call to
+	 * {@link org.springframework.util.StringUtils#cleanPath}.
+	 * <li>Paths that represent a {@link org.springframework.util.ResourceUtils#isUrl
+	 * valid URL} or would represent one after the leading slash is removed.
+	 * </ul>
+	 * <p><strong>Note:</strong> this method assumes that leading, duplicate '/'
+	 * or control characters (e.g. white space) have been trimmed so that the
+	 * path starts predictably with a single '/' or does not have one.
+	 * @param path the path to validate
+	 * @return {@code true} if the path is invalid, {@code false} otherwise
+	 */
+	public static boolean isInvalidPath(String path) {
+		if (path.contains("WEB-INF") || path.contains("META-INF")) {
+			if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
+				logger.warn(LogFormatUtils.formatValue(
+						"Path with \"WEB-INF\" or \"META-INF\": [" + path + "]", -1, true));
+			}
+			return true;
+		}
+		if (path.contains(":/")) {
+			String relativePath = (path.charAt(0) == '/' ? path.substring(1) : path);
+			if (ResourceUtils.isUrl(relativePath) || relativePath.startsWith("url:")) {
+				if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
+					logger.warn(LogFormatUtils.formatValue(
+							"Path represents URL or has \"url:\" prefix: [" + path + "]", -1, true));
+				}
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		if (path.contains("..") && StringUtils.cleanPath(path).contains("../")) {
+			if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
+				logger.warn(LogFormatUtils.formatValue(
+						"Path contains \"../\" after call to StringUtils#cleanPath: [" + path + "]", -1, true));
+			}
+			return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Check whether the given path contains invalid escape sequences.
+	 * @param path the path to validate
+	 * @return {@code true} if the path is invalid, {@code false} otherwise
+	 */
+	private static boolean isInvalidEncodedPath(String path) {
+		if (path.contains("%")) {
+			try {
+				// Use URLDecoder (vs UriUtils) to preserve potentially decoded UTF-8 chars
+				String decodedPath = URLDecoder.decode(path, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+				if (isInvalidPath(decodedPath)) {
+					return true;
+				}
+				decodedPath = normalizeInputPath(decodedPath);
+				if (isInvalidPath(decodedPath)) {
+					return true;
+				}
+			}
+			catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
+				// May not be possible to decode...
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Check whether the resource is under the given location.
+	 */
+	public static boolean isResourceUnderLocation(Resource location, Resource resource) throws IOException {
+		if (resource.getClass() != location.getClass()) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		String resourcePath;
+		String locationPath;
+
+		if (resource instanceof UrlResource) {
+			resourcePath = resource.getURL().toExternalForm();
+			locationPath = StringUtils.cleanPath(location.getURL().toString());
+		}
+		else if (resource instanceof ClassPathResource classPathResource) {
+			resourcePath = classPathResource.getPath();
+			locationPath = StringUtils.cleanPath(((ClassPathResource) location).getPath());
+		}
+		else if (resource instanceof ServletContextResource servletContextResource) {
+			resourcePath = servletContextResource.getPath();
+			locationPath = StringUtils.cleanPath(((ServletContextResource) location).getPath());
+		}
+		else {
+			resourcePath = resource.getURL().getPath();
+			locationPath = StringUtils.cleanPath(location.getURL().getPath());
+		}
+
+		if (locationPath.equals(resourcePath)) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		locationPath = (locationPath.endsWith("/") || locationPath.isEmpty() ? locationPath : locationPath + "/");
+		return (resourcePath.startsWith(locationPath) && !isInvalidEncodedResourcePath(resourcePath));
+	}
+
+	private static boolean isInvalidEncodedResourcePath(String resourcePath) {
+		if (resourcePath.contains("%")) {
+			// Use URLDecoder (vs UriUtils) to preserve potentially decoded UTF-8 chars...
+			try {
+				String decodedPath = URLDecoder.decode(resourcePath, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+				if (decodedPath.contains("../") || decodedPath.contains("..\\")) {
+					logger.warn(LogFormatUtils.formatValue(
+							"Resolved resource path contains encoded \"../\" or \"..\\\": " + resourcePath, -1, true));
+					return true;
+				}
+			}
+			catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
+				// May not be possible to decode...
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandler.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandler.java
index d64a3529ce3c..ab4d8de1894d 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandler.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandler.java
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.web.servlet.resource;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URLDecoder;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -38,7 +36,6 @@
 import org.springframework.context.EmbeddedValueResolverAware;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.UrlResource;
-import org.springframework.core.log.LogFormatUtils;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpRange;
@@ -52,7 +49,6 @@
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
-import org.springframework.util.ResourceUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringValueResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.HttpRequestHandler;
@@ -641,10 +637,7 @@ public void handleRequest(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse respon
 	protected Resource getResource(HttpServletRequest request) throws IOException {
 		String path = getPath(request);
 		path = processPath(path);
-		if (!StringUtils.hasText(path) || isInvalidPath(path)) {
-			return null;
-		}
-		if (isInvalidEncodedPath(path)) {
+		if (ResourceHandlerUtils.shouldIgnoreInputPath(path) || isInvalidPath(path)) {
 			return null;
 		}
 
@@ -669,127 +662,19 @@ private static String getPath(HttpServletRequest request) {
 
 	/**
 	 * Process the given resource path.
-	 * <p>The default implementation replaces:
-	 * <ul>
-	 * <li>Backslash with forward slash.
-	 * <li>Duplicate occurrences of slash with a single slash.
-	 * <li>Any combination of leading slash and control characters (00-1F and 7F)
-	 * with a single "/" or "". For example {@code "  / // foo/bar"}
-	 * becomes {@code "/foo/bar"}.
-	 * </ul>
+	 * <p>By default, this method delegates to {@link ResourceHandlerUtils#normalizeInputPath}.
 	 * @since 3.2.12
 	 */
 	protected String processPath(String path) {
-		path = StringUtils.replace(path, "\\", "/");
-		path = cleanDuplicateSlashes(path);
-		return cleanLeadingSlash(path);
-	}
-
-	private String cleanDuplicateSlashes(String path) {
-		StringBuilder sb = null;
-		char prev = 0;
-		for (int i = 0; i < path.length(); i++) {
-			char curr = path.charAt(i);
-			try {
-				if ((curr == '/') && (prev == '/')) {
-					if (sb == null) {
-						sb = new StringBuilder(path.substring(0, i));
-					}
-					continue;
-				}
-				if (sb != null) {
-					sb.append(path.charAt(i));
-				}
-			}
-			finally {
-				prev = curr;
-			}
-		}
-		return (sb != null ? sb.toString() : path);
-	}
-
-	private String cleanLeadingSlash(String path) {
-		boolean slash = false;
-		for (int i = 0; i < path.length(); i++) {
-			if (path.charAt(i) == '/') {
-				slash = true;
-			}
-			else if (path.charAt(i) > ' ' && path.charAt(i) != 127) {
-				if (i == 0 || (i == 1 && slash)) {
-					return path;
-				}
-				return (slash ? "/" + path.substring(i) : path.substring(i));
-			}
-		}
-		return (slash ? "/" : "");
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Check whether the given path contains invalid escape sequences.
-	 * @param path the path to validate
-	 * @return {@code true} if the path is invalid, {@code false} otherwise
-	 */
-	private boolean isInvalidEncodedPath(String path) {
-		if (path.contains("%")) {
-			try {
-				// Use URLDecoder (vs UriUtils) to preserve potentially decoded UTF-8 chars
-				String decodedPath = URLDecoder.decode(path, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-				if (isInvalidPath(decodedPath)) {
-					return true;
-				}
-				decodedPath = processPath(decodedPath);
-				if (isInvalidPath(decodedPath)) {
-					return true;
-				}
-			}
-			catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
-				// May not be possible to decode...
-			}
-		}
-		return false;
+		return ResourceHandlerUtils.normalizeInputPath(path);
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Identifies invalid resource paths. By default, rejects:
-	 * <ul>
-	 * <li>Paths that contain "WEB-INF" or "META-INF"
-	 * <li>Paths that contain "../" after a call to
-	 * {@link org.springframework.util.StringUtils#cleanPath}.
-	 * <li>Paths that represent a {@link org.springframework.util.ResourceUtils#isUrl
-	 * valid URL} or would represent one after the leading slash is removed.
-	 * </ul>
-	 * <p><strong>Note:</strong> this method assumes that leading, duplicate '/'
-	 * or control characters (e.g. white space) have been trimmed so that the
-	 * path starts predictably with a single '/' or does not have one.
-	 * @param path the path to validate
-	 * @return {@code true} if the path is invalid, {@code false} otherwise
-	 * @since 3.0.6
+	 * Invoked after {@link ResourceHandlerUtils#isInvalidPath(String)}
+	 * to allow subclasses to perform further validation.
+	 * <p>By default, this method does not perform any validations.
 	 */
 	protected boolean isInvalidPath(String path) {
-		if (path.contains("WEB-INF") || path.contains("META-INF")) {
-			if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
-				logger.warn(LogFormatUtils.formatValue(
-						"Path with \"WEB-INF\" or \"META-INF\": [" + path + "]", -1, true));
-			}
-			return true;
-		}
-		if (path.contains(":/")) {
-			String relativePath = (path.charAt(0) == '/' ? path.substring(1) : path);
-			if (ResourceUtils.isUrl(relativePath) || relativePath.startsWith("url:")) {
-				if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
-					logger.warn(LogFormatUtils.formatValue(
-							"Path represents URL or has \"url:\" prefix: [" + path + "]", -1, true));
-				}
-				return true;
-			}
-		}
-		if (path.contains("..") && StringUtils.cleanPath(path).contains("../")) {
-			if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
-				logger.warn(LogFormatUtils.formatValue(
-						"Path contains \"../\" after call to StringUtils#cleanPath: [" + path + "]", -1, true));
-			}
-			return true;
-		}
 		return false;
 	}