diff --git a/platform/eel-provider/src/com/intellij/platform/eel/provider/utils/eelPathUtils.kt b/platform/eel-provider/src/com/intellij/platform/eel/provider/utils/eelPathUtils.kt
index d73a1811c447..bf263c657c6e 100644
--- a/platform/eel-provider/src/com/intellij/platform/eel/provider/utils/eelPathUtils.kt
+++ b/platform/eel-provider/src/com/intellij/platform/eel/provider/utils/eelPathUtils.kt
@@ -91,6 +91,23 @@ object EelPathUtils {
     }
   }
 
+  /** If [path] is `\\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\mnt\c\Program Files`, then actual path is `C:\Program Files` */
+  @JvmStatic
+  fun getActualPath(path: Path): Path = path.run {
+    if (
+      isAbsolute &&
+      nameCount >= 2 &&
+      getName(0).toString() == "mnt" &&
+      getName(1).toString().run { length == 1 && first().isLetter() }
+    )
+      asSequence()
+        .drop(2)
+        .map(Path::toString)
+        .fold(fileSystem.getPath("${getName(1).toString().uppercase()}:\\"), Path::resolve)
+    else
+      this
+  }
+
   /**
    * ```kotlin
    * getUriLocalToEel(Path.of("\\\\wsl.localhost\\Ubuntu\\home\\user\\dir")).toString() = "file:/home/user/dir"
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/ijent/nio/IjentWslNioPath.kt b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/ijent/nio/IjentWslNioPath.kt
index 448285780ddc..9c9dd7024e83 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/ijent/nio/IjentWslNioPath.kt
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/ijent/nio/IjentWslNioPath.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 package com.intellij.execution.wsl.ijent.nio
 
 import com.intellij.platform.core.nio.fs.BasicFileAttributesHolder2
+import com.intellij.platform.eel.provider.utils.EelPathUtils.getActualPath
 import java.net.URI
 import java.nio.file.*
 
@@ -19,21 +20,7 @@ class IjentWslNioPath(
     require(presentablePath !is IjentWslNioPath) { "IjentWslNioPath should be a wrapper over other instances of path, namely WindowsPath or IjentNioPath" }
   }
 
-  /** If [presentablePath] is `\\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\mnt\c\Program Files`, then [actualPath] is `C:\Program Files` */
-  val actualPath: Path = presentablePath.run {
-    if (
-      isAbsolute &&
-      nameCount >= 2 &&
-      getName(0).toString() == "mnt" &&
-      getName(1).toString().run { length == 1 && first().isLetter() }
-    )
-      asSequence()
-        .drop(2)
-        .map(Path::toString)
-        .fold(fileSystem.getPath("${getName(1).toString().uppercase()}:\\"), Path::resolve)
-    else
-      this
-  }
+  val actualPath: Path = getActualPath(presentablePath)
 
   override fun getFileSystem(): IjentWslNioFileSystem = fileSystem
 
diff --git a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/utils/MavenEelUtil.kt b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/utils/MavenEelUtil.kt
index 94de17318788..b73a86af2844 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/utils/MavenEelUtil.kt
+++ b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/utils/MavenEelUtil.kt
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import com.intellij.platform.eel.fs.getPath
 import com.intellij.platform.eel.provider.asNioPath
 import com.intellij.platform.eel.provider.asNioPathOrNull
 import com.intellij.platform.eel.provider.getEelDescriptor
+import com.intellij.platform.eel.provider.utils.EelPathUtils.getActualPath
 import com.intellij.platform.eel.provider.utils.fetchLoginShellEnvVariablesBlocking
 import com.intellij.platform.eel.provider.utils.where
 import com.intellij.platform.ide.progress.runWithModalProgressBlocking
@@ -492,6 +493,10 @@ object MavenEelUtil  {
   }
 
   private fun EelFileSystemApi.tryMavenRoot(path: String): MavenInSpecificPath? {
+    // we want to prevent paths like "\\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\mnt\c\Something\something" from being leaked into the execution
+    if (!path.isActualPathString()) {
+      return null
+    }
     val home = getPath(path).asNioPath()
     if (isValidMavenHome(home)) {
       MavenLog.LOG.debug("Maven home found at $path")
@@ -499,4 +504,9 @@ object MavenEelUtil  {
     }
     return null
   }
+
+  private fun String.isActualPathString(): Boolean {
+    val path = Path.of(this)
+    return path == getActualPath(path)
+  }
 }
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