diff --git a/dist/post_run/index.js b/dist/post_run/index.js
index d463277c87..3d96216da4 100644
--- a/dist/post_run/index.js
+++ b/dist/post_run/index.js
@@ -61304,34 +61304,24 @@ const _c = { fs: fs.constants, os: os.constants };
 /*
  * The working inner variables.
  */
-const
-  // the random characters to choose from
+const // the random characters to choose from
   RANDOM_CHARS = '0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz',
-
   TEMPLATE_PATTERN = /XXXXXX/,
-
   DEFAULT_TRIES = 3,
-
   CREATE_FLAGS = (_c.O_CREAT || _c.fs.O_CREAT) | (_c.O_EXCL || _c.fs.O_EXCL) | (_c.O_RDWR || _c.fs.O_RDWR),
-
   // constants are off on the windows platform and will not match the actual errno codes
   IS_WIN32 = os.platform() === 'win32',
   EBADF = _c.EBADF || _c.os.errno.EBADF,
   ENOENT = _c.ENOENT || _c.os.errno.ENOENT,
-
   DIR_MODE = 0o700 /* 448 */,
   FILE_MODE = 0o600 /* 384 */,
-
   EXIT = 'exit',
-
   // this will hold the objects need to be removed on exit
   _removeObjects = [],
-
   // API change in fs.rmdirSync leads to error when passing in a second parameter, e.g. the callback
   FN_RMDIR_SYNC = fs.rmdirSync.bind(fs);
 
-let
-  _gracefulCleanup = false;
+let _gracefulCleanup = false;
 
 /**
  * Recursively remove a directory and its contents.
@@ -61361,38 +61351,35 @@ function FN_RIMRAF_SYNC(dirPath) {
  * @param {?tmpNameCallback} callback the callback function
  */
 function tmpName(options, callback) {
-  const
-    args = _parseArguments(options, callback),
+  const args = _parseArguments(options, callback),
     opts = args[0],
     cb = args[1];
 
-  try {
-    _assertAndSanitizeOptions(opts);
-  } catch (err) {
-    return cb(err);
-  }
+  _assertAndSanitizeOptions(opts, function (err, sanitizedOptions) {
+    if (err) return cb(err);
 
-  let tries = opts.tries;
-  (function _getUniqueName() {
-    try {
-      const name = _generateTmpName(opts);
+    let tries = sanitizedOptions.tries;
+    (function _getUniqueName() {
+      try {
+        const name = _generateTmpName(sanitizedOptions);
 
-      // check whether the path exists then retry if needed
-      fs.stat(name, function (err) {
-        /* istanbul ignore else */
-        if (!err) {
+        // check whether the path exists then retry if needed
+        fs.stat(name, function (err) {
           /* istanbul ignore else */
-          if (tries-- > 0) return _getUniqueName();
+          if (!err) {
+            /* istanbul ignore else */
+            if (tries-- > 0) return _getUniqueName();
 
-          return cb(new Error('Could not get a unique tmp filename, max tries reached ' + name));
-        }
+            return cb(new Error('Could not get a unique tmp filename, max tries reached ' + name));
+          }
 
-        cb(null, name);
-      });
-    } catch (err) {
-      cb(err);
-    }
-  }());
+          cb(null, name);
+        });
+      } catch (err) {
+        cb(err);
+      }
+    })();
+  });
 }
 
 /**
@@ -61403,15 +61390,14 @@ function tmpName(options, callback) {
  * @throws {Error} if the options are invalid or could not generate a filename
  */
 function tmpNameSync(options) {
-  const
-    args = _parseArguments(options),
+  const args = _parseArguments(options),
     opts = args[0];
 
-  _assertAndSanitizeOptions(opts);
+  const sanitizedOptions = _assertAndSanitizeOptionsSync(opts);
 
-  let tries = opts.tries;
+  let tries = sanitizedOptions.tries;
   do {
-    const name = _generateTmpName(opts);
+    const name = _generateTmpName(sanitizedOptions);
     try {
       fs.statSync(name);
     } catch (e) {
@@ -61429,8 +61415,7 @@ function tmpNameSync(options) {
  * @param {?fileCallback} callback
  */
 function file(options, callback) {
-  const
-    args = _parseArguments(options, callback),
+  const args = _parseArguments(options, callback),
     opts = args[0],
     cb = args[1];
 
@@ -61467,13 +61452,12 @@ function file(options, callback) {
  * @throws {Error} if cannot create a file
  */
 function fileSync(options) {
-  const
-    args = _parseArguments(options),
+  const args = _parseArguments(options),
     opts = args[0];
 
   const discardOrDetachDescriptor = opts.discardDescriptor || opts.detachDescriptor;
   const name = tmpNameSync(opts);
-  var fd = fs.openSync(name, CREATE_FLAGS, opts.mode || FILE_MODE);
+  let fd = fs.openSync(name, CREATE_FLAGS, opts.mode || FILE_MODE);
   /* istanbul ignore else */
   if (opts.discardDescriptor) {
     fs.closeSync(fd);
@@ -61494,8 +61478,7 @@ function fileSync(options) {
  * @param {?dirCallback} callback
  */
 function dir(options, callback) {
-  const
-    args = _parseArguments(options, callback),
+  const args = _parseArguments(options, callback),
     opts = args[0],
     cb = args[1];
 
@@ -61522,8 +61505,7 @@ function dir(options, callback) {
  * @throws {Error} if it cannot create a directory
  */
 function dirSync(options) {
-  const
-    args = _parseArguments(options),
+  const args = _parseArguments(options),
     opts = args[0];
 
   const name = tmpNameSync(opts);
@@ -61574,8 +61556,7 @@ function _removeFileSync(fdPath) {
   } finally {
     try {
       fs.unlinkSync(fdPath[1]);
-    }
-    catch (e) {
+    } catch (e) {
       // reraise any unanticipated error
       if (!_isENOENT(e)) rethrownException = e;
     }
@@ -61647,7 +61628,6 @@ function _prepareRemoveCallback(removeFunction, fileOrDirName, sync, cleanupCall
 
   // if sync is true, the next parameter will be ignored
   return function _cleanupCallback(next) {
-
     /* istanbul ignore else */
     if (!called) {
       // remove cleanupCallback from cache
@@ -61660,7 +61640,7 @@ function _prepareRemoveCallback(removeFunction, fileOrDirName, sync, cleanupCall
       if (sync || removeFunction === FN_RMDIR_SYNC || removeFunction === FN_RIMRAF_SYNC) {
         return removeFunction(fileOrDirName);
       } else {
-        return removeFunction(fileOrDirName, next || function() {});
+        return removeFunction(fileOrDirName, next || function () {});
       }
     }
   };
@@ -61695,8 +61675,7 @@ function _garbageCollector() {
  * @private
  */
 function _randomChars(howMany) {
-  let
-    value = [],
+  let value = [],
     rnd = null;
 
   // make sure that we do not fail because we ran out of entropy
@@ -61706,24 +61685,13 @@ function _randomChars(howMany) {
     rnd = crypto.pseudoRandomBytes(howMany);
   }
 
-  for (var i = 0; i < howMany; i++) {
+  for (let i = 0; i < howMany; i++) {
     value.push(RANDOM_CHARS[rnd[i] % RANDOM_CHARS.length]);
   }
 
   return value.join('');
 }
 
-/**
- * Helper which determines whether a string s is blank, that is undefined, or empty or null.
- *
- * @private
- * @param {string} s
- * @returns {Boolean} true whether the string s is blank, false otherwise
- */
-function _isBlank(s) {
-  return s === null || _isUndefined(s) || !s.trim();
-}
-
 /**
  * Checks whether the `obj` parameter is defined or not.
  *
@@ -61765,6 +61733,51 @@ function _parseArguments(options, callback) {
   return [actualOptions, callback];
 }
 
+/**
+ * Resolve the specified path name in respect to tmpDir.
+ *
+ * The specified name might include relative path components, e.g. ../
+ * so we need to resolve in order to be sure that is is located inside tmpDir
+ *
+ * @private
+ */
+function _resolvePath(name, tmpDir, cb) {
+  const pathToResolve = path.isAbsolute(name) ? name : path.join(tmpDir, name);
+
+  fs.stat(pathToResolve, function (err) {
+    if (err) {
+      fs.realpath(path.dirname(pathToResolve), function (err, parentDir) {
+        if (err) return cb(err);
+
+        cb(null, path.join(parentDir, path.basename(pathToResolve)));
+      });
+    } else {
+      fs.realpath(path, cb);
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the specified path name in respect to tmpDir.
+ *
+ * The specified name might include relative path components, e.g. ../
+ * so we need to resolve in order to be sure that is is located inside tmpDir
+ *
+ * @private
+ */
+function _resolvePathSync(name, tmpDir) {
+  const pathToResolve = path.isAbsolute(name) ? name : path.join(tmpDir, name);
+
+  try {
+    fs.statSync(pathToResolve);
+    return fs.realpathSync(pathToResolve);
+  } catch (_err) {
+    const parentDir = fs.realpathSync(path.dirname(pathToResolve));
+
+    return path.join(parentDir, path.basename(pathToResolve));
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Generates a new temporary name.
  *
@@ -61773,16 +61786,17 @@ function _parseArguments(options, callback) {
  * @private
  */
 function _generateTmpName(opts) {
-
   const tmpDir = opts.tmpdir;
 
   /* istanbul ignore else */
-  if (!_isUndefined(opts.name))
+  if (!_isUndefined(opts.name)) {
     return path.join(tmpDir, opts.dir, opts.name);
+  }
 
   /* istanbul ignore else */
-  if (!_isUndefined(opts.template))
+  if (!_isUndefined(opts.template)) {
     return path.join(tmpDir, opts.dir, opts.template).replace(TEMPLATE_PATTERN, _randomChars(6));
+  }
 
   // prefix and postfix
   const name = [
@@ -61798,33 +61812,32 @@ function _generateTmpName(opts) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Asserts whether the specified options are valid, also sanitizes options and provides sane defaults for missing
- * options.
+ * Asserts and sanitizes the basic options.
  *
- * @param {Options} options
  * @private
  */
-function _assertAndSanitizeOptions(options) {
+function _assertOptionsBase(options) {
+  if (!_isUndefined(options.name)) {
+    const name = options.name;
 
-  options.tmpdir = _getTmpDir(options);
+    // assert that name is not absolute and does not contain a path
+    if (path.isAbsolute(name)) throw new Error(`name option must not contain an absolute path, found "${name}".`);
 
-  const tmpDir = options.tmpdir;
+    // must not fail on valid .<name> or ..<name> or similar such constructs
+    const basename = path.basename(name);
+    if (basename === '..' || basename === '.' || basename !== name)
+      throw new Error(`name option must not contain a path, found "${name}".`);
+  }
 
   /* istanbul ignore else */
-  if (!_isUndefined(options.name))
-    _assertIsRelative(options.name, 'name', tmpDir);
-  /* istanbul ignore else */
-  if (!_isUndefined(options.dir))
-    _assertIsRelative(options.dir, 'dir', tmpDir);
-  /* istanbul ignore else */
-  if (!_isUndefined(options.template)) {
-    _assertIsRelative(options.template, 'template', tmpDir);
-    if (!options.template.match(TEMPLATE_PATTERN))
-      throw new Error(`Invalid template, found "${options.template}".`);
+  if (!_isUndefined(options.template) && !options.template.match(TEMPLATE_PATTERN)) {
+    throw new Error(`Invalid template, found "${options.template}".`);
   }
+
   /* istanbul ignore else */
-  if (!_isUndefined(options.tries) && isNaN(options.tries) || options.tries < 0)
+  if ((!_isUndefined(options.tries) && isNaN(options.tries)) || options.tries < 0) {
     throw new Error(`Invalid tries, found "${options.tries}".`);
+  }
 
   // if a name was specified we will try once
   options.tries = _isUndefined(options.name) ? options.tries || DEFAULT_TRIES : 1;
@@ -61833,65 +61846,103 @@ function _assertAndSanitizeOptions(options) {
   options.discardDescriptor = !!options.discardDescriptor;
   options.unsafeCleanup = !!options.unsafeCleanup;
 
-  // sanitize dir, also keep (multiple) blanks if the user, purportedly sane, requests us to
-  options.dir = _isUndefined(options.dir) ? '' : path.relative(tmpDir, _resolvePath(options.dir, tmpDir));
-  options.template = _isUndefined(options.template) ? undefined : path.relative(tmpDir, _resolvePath(options.template, tmpDir));
-  // sanitize further if template is relative to options.dir
-  options.template = _isBlank(options.template) ? undefined : path.relative(options.dir, options.template);
-
   // for completeness' sake only, also keep (multiple) blanks if the user, purportedly sane, requests us to
-  options.name = _isUndefined(options.name) ? undefined : options.name;
   options.prefix = _isUndefined(options.prefix) ? '' : options.prefix;
   options.postfix = _isUndefined(options.postfix) ? '' : options.postfix;
 }
 
 /**
- * Resolve the specified path name in respect to tmpDir.
+ * Gets the relative directory to tmpDir.
  *
- * The specified name might include relative path components, e.g. ../
- * so we need to resolve in order to be sure that is is located inside tmpDir
+ * @private
+ */
+function _getRelativePath(option, name, tmpDir, cb) {
+  if (_isUndefined(name)) return cb(null);
+
+  _resolvePath(name, tmpDir, function (err, resolvedPath) {
+    if (err) return cb(err);
+
+    const relativePath = path.relative(tmpDir, resolvedPath);
+
+    if (!resolvedPath.startsWith(tmpDir)) {
+      return cb(new Error(`${option} option must be relative to "${tmpDir}", found "${relativePath}".`));
+    }
+
+    cb(null, relativePath);
+  });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Gets the relative path to tmpDir.
  *
- * @param name
- * @param tmpDir
- * @returns {string}
  * @private
  */
-function _resolvePath(name, tmpDir) {
-  if (name.startsWith(tmpDir)) {
-    return path.resolve(name);
-  } else {
-    return path.resolve(path.join(tmpDir, name));
+function _getRelativePathSync(option, name, tmpDir) {
+  if (_isUndefined(name)) return;
+
+  const resolvedPath = _resolvePathSync(name, tmpDir);
+  const relativePath = path.relative(tmpDir, resolvedPath);
+
+  if (!resolvedPath.startsWith(tmpDir)) {
+    throw new Error(`${option} option must be relative to "${tmpDir}", found "${relativePath}".`);
   }
+
+  return relativePath;
 }
 
 /**
- * Asserts whether specified name is relative to the specified tmpDir.
+ * Asserts whether the specified options are valid, also sanitizes options and provides sane defaults for missing
+ * options.
  *
- * @param {string} name
- * @param {string} option
- * @param {string} tmpDir
- * @throws {Error}
  * @private
  */
-function _assertIsRelative(name, option, tmpDir) {
-  if (option === 'name') {
-    // assert that name is not absolute and does not contain a path
-    if (path.isAbsolute(name))
-      throw new Error(`${option} option must not contain an absolute path, found "${name}".`);
-    // must not fail on valid .<name> or ..<name> or similar such constructs
-    let basename = path.basename(name);
-    if (basename === '..' || basename === '.' || basename !== name)
-      throw new Error(`${option} option must not contain a path, found "${name}".`);
-  }
-  else { // if (option === 'dir' || option === 'template') {
-    // assert that dir or template are relative to tmpDir
-    if (path.isAbsolute(name) && !name.startsWith(tmpDir)) {
-      throw new Error(`${option} option must be relative to "${tmpDir}", found "${name}".`);
+function _assertAndSanitizeOptions(options, cb) {
+  _getTmpDir(options, function (err, tmpDir) {
+    if (err) return cb(err);
+
+    options.tmpdir = tmpDir;
+
+    try {
+      _assertOptionsBase(options, tmpDir);
+    } catch (err) {
+      return cb(err);
     }
-    let resolvedPath = _resolvePath(name, tmpDir);
-    if (!resolvedPath.startsWith(tmpDir))
-      throw new Error(`${option} option must be relative to "${tmpDir}", found "${resolvedPath}".`);
-  }
+
+    // sanitize dir, also keep (multiple) blanks if the user, purportedly sane, requests us to
+    _getRelativePath('dir', options.dir, tmpDir, function (err, dir) {
+      if (err) return cb(err);
+
+      options.dir = _isUndefined(dir) ? '' : dir;
+
+      // sanitize further if template is relative to options.dir
+      _getRelativePath('template', options.template, tmpDir, function (err, template) {
+        if (err) return cb(err);
+
+        options.template = template;
+
+        cb(null, options);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Asserts whether the specified options are valid, also sanitizes options and provides sane defaults for missing
+ * options.
+ *
+ * @private
+ */
+function _assertAndSanitizeOptionsSync(options) {
+  const tmpDir = (options.tmpdir = _getTmpDirSync(options));
+
+  _assertOptionsBase(options, tmpDir);
+
+  const dir = _getRelativePathSync('dir', options.dir, tmpDir);
+  options.dir = _isUndefined(dir) ? '' : dir;
+
+  options.template = _getRelativePathSync('template', options.template, tmpDir);
+
+  return options;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -61949,11 +62000,18 @@ function setGracefulCleanup() {
  * Returns the currently configured tmp dir from os.tmpdir().
  *
  * @private
- * @param {?Options} options
- * @returns {string} the currently configured tmp dir
  */
-function _getTmpDir(options) {
-  return path.resolve(options && options.tmpdir || os.tmpdir());
+function _getTmpDir(options, cb) {
+  return fs.realpath((options && options.tmpdir) || os.tmpdir(), cb);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the currently configured tmp dir from os.tmpdir().
+ *
+ * @private
+ */
+function _getTmpDirSync(options) {
+  return fs.realpathSync((options && options.tmpdir) || os.tmpdir());
 }
 
 // Install process exit listener
@@ -62054,7 +62112,7 @@ Object.defineProperty(module.exports, "tmpdir", ({
   enumerable: true,
   configurable: false,
   get: function () {
-    return _getTmpDir();
+    return _getTmpDirSync();
   }
 }));
 
diff --git a/dist/run/index.js b/dist/run/index.js
index 4603bb48d4..7f2545f6e5 100644
--- a/dist/run/index.js
+++ b/dist/run/index.js
@@ -61304,34 +61304,24 @@ const _c = { fs: fs.constants, os: os.constants };
 /*
  * The working inner variables.
  */
-const
-  // the random characters to choose from
+const // the random characters to choose from
   RANDOM_CHARS = '0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz',
-
   TEMPLATE_PATTERN = /XXXXXX/,
-
   DEFAULT_TRIES = 3,
-
   CREATE_FLAGS = (_c.O_CREAT || _c.fs.O_CREAT) | (_c.O_EXCL || _c.fs.O_EXCL) | (_c.O_RDWR || _c.fs.O_RDWR),
-
   // constants are off on the windows platform and will not match the actual errno codes
   IS_WIN32 = os.platform() === 'win32',
   EBADF = _c.EBADF || _c.os.errno.EBADF,
   ENOENT = _c.ENOENT || _c.os.errno.ENOENT,
-
   DIR_MODE = 0o700 /* 448 */,
   FILE_MODE = 0o600 /* 384 */,
-
   EXIT = 'exit',
-
   // this will hold the objects need to be removed on exit
   _removeObjects = [],
-
   // API change in fs.rmdirSync leads to error when passing in a second parameter, e.g. the callback
   FN_RMDIR_SYNC = fs.rmdirSync.bind(fs);
 
-let
-  _gracefulCleanup = false;
+let _gracefulCleanup = false;
 
 /**
  * Recursively remove a directory and its contents.
@@ -61361,38 +61351,35 @@ function FN_RIMRAF_SYNC(dirPath) {
  * @param {?tmpNameCallback} callback the callback function
  */
 function tmpName(options, callback) {
-  const
-    args = _parseArguments(options, callback),
+  const args = _parseArguments(options, callback),
     opts = args[0],
     cb = args[1];
 
-  try {
-    _assertAndSanitizeOptions(opts);
-  } catch (err) {
-    return cb(err);
-  }
+  _assertAndSanitizeOptions(opts, function (err, sanitizedOptions) {
+    if (err) return cb(err);
 
-  let tries = opts.tries;
-  (function _getUniqueName() {
-    try {
-      const name = _generateTmpName(opts);
+    let tries = sanitizedOptions.tries;
+    (function _getUniqueName() {
+      try {
+        const name = _generateTmpName(sanitizedOptions);
 
-      // check whether the path exists then retry if needed
-      fs.stat(name, function (err) {
-        /* istanbul ignore else */
-        if (!err) {
+        // check whether the path exists then retry if needed
+        fs.stat(name, function (err) {
           /* istanbul ignore else */
-          if (tries-- > 0) return _getUniqueName();
+          if (!err) {
+            /* istanbul ignore else */
+            if (tries-- > 0) return _getUniqueName();
 
-          return cb(new Error('Could not get a unique tmp filename, max tries reached ' + name));
-        }
+            return cb(new Error('Could not get a unique tmp filename, max tries reached ' + name));
+          }
 
-        cb(null, name);
-      });
-    } catch (err) {
-      cb(err);
-    }
-  }());
+          cb(null, name);
+        });
+      } catch (err) {
+        cb(err);
+      }
+    })();
+  });
 }
 
 /**
@@ -61403,15 +61390,14 @@ function tmpName(options, callback) {
  * @throws {Error} if the options are invalid or could not generate a filename
  */
 function tmpNameSync(options) {
-  const
-    args = _parseArguments(options),
+  const args = _parseArguments(options),
     opts = args[0];
 
-  _assertAndSanitizeOptions(opts);
+  const sanitizedOptions = _assertAndSanitizeOptionsSync(opts);
 
-  let tries = opts.tries;
+  let tries = sanitizedOptions.tries;
   do {
-    const name = _generateTmpName(opts);
+    const name = _generateTmpName(sanitizedOptions);
     try {
       fs.statSync(name);
     } catch (e) {
@@ -61429,8 +61415,7 @@ function tmpNameSync(options) {
  * @param {?fileCallback} callback
  */
 function file(options, callback) {
-  const
-    args = _parseArguments(options, callback),
+  const args = _parseArguments(options, callback),
     opts = args[0],
     cb = args[1];
 
@@ -61467,13 +61452,12 @@ function file(options, callback) {
  * @throws {Error} if cannot create a file
  */
 function fileSync(options) {
-  const
-    args = _parseArguments(options),
+  const args = _parseArguments(options),
     opts = args[0];
 
   const discardOrDetachDescriptor = opts.discardDescriptor || opts.detachDescriptor;
   const name = tmpNameSync(opts);
-  var fd = fs.openSync(name, CREATE_FLAGS, opts.mode || FILE_MODE);
+  let fd = fs.openSync(name, CREATE_FLAGS, opts.mode || FILE_MODE);
   /* istanbul ignore else */
   if (opts.discardDescriptor) {
     fs.closeSync(fd);
@@ -61494,8 +61478,7 @@ function fileSync(options) {
  * @param {?dirCallback} callback
  */
 function dir(options, callback) {
-  const
-    args = _parseArguments(options, callback),
+  const args = _parseArguments(options, callback),
     opts = args[0],
     cb = args[1];
 
@@ -61522,8 +61505,7 @@ function dir(options, callback) {
  * @throws {Error} if it cannot create a directory
  */
 function dirSync(options) {
-  const
-    args = _parseArguments(options),
+  const args = _parseArguments(options),
     opts = args[0];
 
   const name = tmpNameSync(opts);
@@ -61574,8 +61556,7 @@ function _removeFileSync(fdPath) {
   } finally {
     try {
       fs.unlinkSync(fdPath[1]);
-    }
-    catch (e) {
+    } catch (e) {
       // reraise any unanticipated error
       if (!_isENOENT(e)) rethrownException = e;
     }
@@ -61647,7 +61628,6 @@ function _prepareRemoveCallback(removeFunction, fileOrDirName, sync, cleanupCall
 
   // if sync is true, the next parameter will be ignored
   return function _cleanupCallback(next) {
-
     /* istanbul ignore else */
     if (!called) {
       // remove cleanupCallback from cache
@@ -61660,7 +61640,7 @@ function _prepareRemoveCallback(removeFunction, fileOrDirName, sync, cleanupCall
       if (sync || removeFunction === FN_RMDIR_SYNC || removeFunction === FN_RIMRAF_SYNC) {
         return removeFunction(fileOrDirName);
       } else {
-        return removeFunction(fileOrDirName, next || function() {});
+        return removeFunction(fileOrDirName, next || function () {});
       }
     }
   };
@@ -61695,8 +61675,7 @@ function _garbageCollector() {
  * @private
  */
 function _randomChars(howMany) {
-  let
-    value = [],
+  let value = [],
     rnd = null;
 
   // make sure that we do not fail because we ran out of entropy
@@ -61706,24 +61685,13 @@ function _randomChars(howMany) {
     rnd = crypto.pseudoRandomBytes(howMany);
   }
 
-  for (var i = 0; i < howMany; i++) {
+  for (let i = 0; i < howMany; i++) {
     value.push(RANDOM_CHARS[rnd[i] % RANDOM_CHARS.length]);
   }
 
   return value.join('');
 }
 
-/**
- * Helper which determines whether a string s is blank, that is undefined, or empty or null.
- *
- * @private
- * @param {string} s
- * @returns {Boolean} true whether the string s is blank, false otherwise
- */
-function _isBlank(s) {
-  return s === null || _isUndefined(s) || !s.trim();
-}
-
 /**
  * Checks whether the `obj` parameter is defined or not.
  *
@@ -61765,6 +61733,51 @@ function _parseArguments(options, callback) {
   return [actualOptions, callback];
 }
 
+/**
+ * Resolve the specified path name in respect to tmpDir.
+ *
+ * The specified name might include relative path components, e.g. ../
+ * so we need to resolve in order to be sure that is is located inside tmpDir
+ *
+ * @private
+ */
+function _resolvePath(name, tmpDir, cb) {
+  const pathToResolve = path.isAbsolute(name) ? name : path.join(tmpDir, name);
+
+  fs.stat(pathToResolve, function (err) {
+    if (err) {
+      fs.realpath(path.dirname(pathToResolve), function (err, parentDir) {
+        if (err) return cb(err);
+
+        cb(null, path.join(parentDir, path.basename(pathToResolve)));
+      });
+    } else {
+      fs.realpath(path, cb);
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the specified path name in respect to tmpDir.
+ *
+ * The specified name might include relative path components, e.g. ../
+ * so we need to resolve in order to be sure that is is located inside tmpDir
+ *
+ * @private
+ */
+function _resolvePathSync(name, tmpDir) {
+  const pathToResolve = path.isAbsolute(name) ? name : path.join(tmpDir, name);
+
+  try {
+    fs.statSync(pathToResolve);
+    return fs.realpathSync(pathToResolve);
+  } catch (_err) {
+    const parentDir = fs.realpathSync(path.dirname(pathToResolve));
+
+    return path.join(parentDir, path.basename(pathToResolve));
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Generates a new temporary name.
  *
@@ -61773,16 +61786,17 @@ function _parseArguments(options, callback) {
  * @private
  */
 function _generateTmpName(opts) {
-
   const tmpDir = opts.tmpdir;
 
   /* istanbul ignore else */
-  if (!_isUndefined(opts.name))
+  if (!_isUndefined(opts.name)) {
     return path.join(tmpDir, opts.dir, opts.name);
+  }
 
   /* istanbul ignore else */
-  if (!_isUndefined(opts.template))
+  if (!_isUndefined(opts.template)) {
     return path.join(tmpDir, opts.dir, opts.template).replace(TEMPLATE_PATTERN, _randomChars(6));
+  }
 
   // prefix and postfix
   const name = [
@@ -61798,33 +61812,32 @@ function _generateTmpName(opts) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Asserts whether the specified options are valid, also sanitizes options and provides sane defaults for missing
- * options.
+ * Asserts and sanitizes the basic options.
  *
- * @param {Options} options
  * @private
  */
-function _assertAndSanitizeOptions(options) {
+function _assertOptionsBase(options) {
+  if (!_isUndefined(options.name)) {
+    const name = options.name;
 
-  options.tmpdir = _getTmpDir(options);
+    // assert that name is not absolute and does not contain a path
+    if (path.isAbsolute(name)) throw new Error(`name option must not contain an absolute path, found "${name}".`);
 
-  const tmpDir = options.tmpdir;
+    // must not fail on valid .<name> or ..<name> or similar such constructs
+    const basename = path.basename(name);
+    if (basename === '..' || basename === '.' || basename !== name)
+      throw new Error(`name option must not contain a path, found "${name}".`);
+  }
 
   /* istanbul ignore else */
-  if (!_isUndefined(options.name))
-    _assertIsRelative(options.name, 'name', tmpDir);
-  /* istanbul ignore else */
-  if (!_isUndefined(options.dir))
-    _assertIsRelative(options.dir, 'dir', tmpDir);
-  /* istanbul ignore else */
-  if (!_isUndefined(options.template)) {
-    _assertIsRelative(options.template, 'template', tmpDir);
-    if (!options.template.match(TEMPLATE_PATTERN))
-      throw new Error(`Invalid template, found "${options.template}".`);
+  if (!_isUndefined(options.template) && !options.template.match(TEMPLATE_PATTERN)) {
+    throw new Error(`Invalid template, found "${options.template}".`);
   }
+
   /* istanbul ignore else */
-  if (!_isUndefined(options.tries) && isNaN(options.tries) || options.tries < 0)
+  if ((!_isUndefined(options.tries) && isNaN(options.tries)) || options.tries < 0) {
     throw new Error(`Invalid tries, found "${options.tries}".`);
+  }
 
   // if a name was specified we will try once
   options.tries = _isUndefined(options.name) ? options.tries || DEFAULT_TRIES : 1;
@@ -61833,65 +61846,103 @@ function _assertAndSanitizeOptions(options) {
   options.discardDescriptor = !!options.discardDescriptor;
   options.unsafeCleanup = !!options.unsafeCleanup;
 
-  // sanitize dir, also keep (multiple) blanks if the user, purportedly sane, requests us to
-  options.dir = _isUndefined(options.dir) ? '' : path.relative(tmpDir, _resolvePath(options.dir, tmpDir));
-  options.template = _isUndefined(options.template) ? undefined : path.relative(tmpDir, _resolvePath(options.template, tmpDir));
-  // sanitize further if template is relative to options.dir
-  options.template = _isBlank(options.template) ? undefined : path.relative(options.dir, options.template);
-
   // for completeness' sake only, also keep (multiple) blanks if the user, purportedly sane, requests us to
-  options.name = _isUndefined(options.name) ? undefined : options.name;
   options.prefix = _isUndefined(options.prefix) ? '' : options.prefix;
   options.postfix = _isUndefined(options.postfix) ? '' : options.postfix;
 }
 
 /**
- * Resolve the specified path name in respect to tmpDir.
+ * Gets the relative directory to tmpDir.
  *
- * The specified name might include relative path components, e.g. ../
- * so we need to resolve in order to be sure that is is located inside tmpDir
+ * @private
+ */
+function _getRelativePath(option, name, tmpDir, cb) {
+  if (_isUndefined(name)) return cb(null);
+
+  _resolvePath(name, tmpDir, function (err, resolvedPath) {
+    if (err) return cb(err);
+
+    const relativePath = path.relative(tmpDir, resolvedPath);
+
+    if (!resolvedPath.startsWith(tmpDir)) {
+      return cb(new Error(`${option} option must be relative to "${tmpDir}", found "${relativePath}".`));
+    }
+
+    cb(null, relativePath);
+  });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Gets the relative path to tmpDir.
  *
- * @param name
- * @param tmpDir
- * @returns {string}
  * @private
  */
-function _resolvePath(name, tmpDir) {
-  if (name.startsWith(tmpDir)) {
-    return path.resolve(name);
-  } else {
-    return path.resolve(path.join(tmpDir, name));
+function _getRelativePathSync(option, name, tmpDir) {
+  if (_isUndefined(name)) return;
+
+  const resolvedPath = _resolvePathSync(name, tmpDir);
+  const relativePath = path.relative(tmpDir, resolvedPath);
+
+  if (!resolvedPath.startsWith(tmpDir)) {
+    throw new Error(`${option} option must be relative to "${tmpDir}", found "${relativePath}".`);
   }
+
+  return relativePath;
 }
 
 /**
- * Asserts whether specified name is relative to the specified tmpDir.
+ * Asserts whether the specified options are valid, also sanitizes options and provides sane defaults for missing
+ * options.
  *
- * @param {string} name
- * @param {string} option
- * @param {string} tmpDir
- * @throws {Error}
  * @private
  */
-function _assertIsRelative(name, option, tmpDir) {
-  if (option === 'name') {
-    // assert that name is not absolute and does not contain a path
-    if (path.isAbsolute(name))
-      throw new Error(`${option} option must not contain an absolute path, found "${name}".`);
-    // must not fail on valid .<name> or ..<name> or similar such constructs
-    let basename = path.basename(name);
-    if (basename === '..' || basename === '.' || basename !== name)
-      throw new Error(`${option} option must not contain a path, found "${name}".`);
-  }
-  else { // if (option === 'dir' || option === 'template') {
-    // assert that dir or template are relative to tmpDir
-    if (path.isAbsolute(name) && !name.startsWith(tmpDir)) {
-      throw new Error(`${option} option must be relative to "${tmpDir}", found "${name}".`);
+function _assertAndSanitizeOptions(options, cb) {
+  _getTmpDir(options, function (err, tmpDir) {
+    if (err) return cb(err);
+
+    options.tmpdir = tmpDir;
+
+    try {
+      _assertOptionsBase(options, tmpDir);
+    } catch (err) {
+      return cb(err);
     }
-    let resolvedPath = _resolvePath(name, tmpDir);
-    if (!resolvedPath.startsWith(tmpDir))
-      throw new Error(`${option} option must be relative to "${tmpDir}", found "${resolvedPath}".`);
-  }
+
+    // sanitize dir, also keep (multiple) blanks if the user, purportedly sane, requests us to
+    _getRelativePath('dir', options.dir, tmpDir, function (err, dir) {
+      if (err) return cb(err);
+
+      options.dir = _isUndefined(dir) ? '' : dir;
+
+      // sanitize further if template is relative to options.dir
+      _getRelativePath('template', options.template, tmpDir, function (err, template) {
+        if (err) return cb(err);
+
+        options.template = template;
+
+        cb(null, options);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Asserts whether the specified options are valid, also sanitizes options and provides sane defaults for missing
+ * options.
+ *
+ * @private
+ */
+function _assertAndSanitizeOptionsSync(options) {
+  const tmpDir = (options.tmpdir = _getTmpDirSync(options));
+
+  _assertOptionsBase(options, tmpDir);
+
+  const dir = _getRelativePathSync('dir', options.dir, tmpDir);
+  options.dir = _isUndefined(dir) ? '' : dir;
+
+  options.template = _getRelativePathSync('template', options.template, tmpDir);
+
+  return options;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -61949,11 +62000,18 @@ function setGracefulCleanup() {
  * Returns the currently configured tmp dir from os.tmpdir().
  *
  * @private
- * @param {?Options} options
- * @returns {string} the currently configured tmp dir
  */
-function _getTmpDir(options) {
-  return path.resolve(options && options.tmpdir || os.tmpdir());
+function _getTmpDir(options, cb) {
+  return fs.realpath((options && options.tmpdir) || os.tmpdir(), cb);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the currently configured tmp dir from os.tmpdir().
+ *
+ * @private
+ */
+function _getTmpDirSync(options) {
+  return fs.realpathSync((options && options.tmpdir) || os.tmpdir());
 }
 
 // Install process exit listener
@@ -62054,7 +62112,7 @@ Object.defineProperty(module.exports, "tmpdir", ({
   enumerable: true,
   configurable: false,
   get: function () {
-    return _getTmpDir();
+    return _getTmpDirSync();
   }
 }));
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f65c439212..73ce01bb75 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         "@types/semver": "^7.7.0",
         "@types/tmp": "^0.2.6",
         "@types/which": "^3.0.4",
-        "tmp": "^0.2.3",
+        "tmp": "^0.2.4",
         "which": "^5.0.0"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
@@ -4024,9 +4024,10 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "node_modules/tmp": {
-      "version": "0.2.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tmp/-/tmp-0.2.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-nZD7m9iCPC5g0pYmcaxogYKggSfLsdxl8of3Q/oIbqCqLLIO9IAF0GWjX1z9NZRHPiXv8Wex4yDCaZsgEw0Y8w==",
+      "version": "0.2.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tmp/-/tmp-0.2.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-UdiSoX6ypifLmrfQ/XfiawN6hkjSBpCjhKxxZcWlUUmoXLaCKQU0bx4HF/tdDK2uzRuchf1txGvrWBzYREssoQ==",
+      "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=14.14"
       }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 30d1bcaa20..97c7d4e071 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "@types/semver": "^7.7.0",
     "@types/tmp": "^0.2.6",
     "@types/which": "^3.0.4",
-    "tmp": "^0.2.3",
+    "tmp": "^0.2.4",
     "which": "^5.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {