diff --git a/docs/guides/variables.md b/docs/guides/variables.md
index dbb8f199d..295c34303 100644
--- a/docs/guides/variables.md
+++ b/docs/guides/variables.md
@@ -497,6 +497,8 @@ functions:
       - schedule: ${file(./scheduleConfig.js):rate} # Reference a specific module
 ```
 
+Address resolution follows the value's own properties. If a JS file exports (or its resolver function returns) a `Proxy`-backed object, address segments are resolved through the proxy's `get` handler instead. The keys `__proto__`, `prototype` and `constructor` are only followed when they are own properties of the value, so an address can never traverse into prototype internals.
+
 ### Exporting a function
 
 _Note: the method described below works by default in Serverless v3, but it requires the `variablesResolutionMode: 20210326` option in v2. In v3, `variablesResolutionMode` is obsolete; the old `20210219` mode is scheduled to be rejected in osls v4.0.0, and the property itself is scheduled for removal in osls v5.0.0._
diff --git a/lib/configuration/variables/sources/file.js b/lib/configuration/variables/sources/file.js
index a7e0459e0..f9ecc6fe1 100644
--- a/lib/configuration/variables/sources/file.js
+++ b/lib/configuration/variables/sources/file.js
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ const ensureString = require('type/string/ensure');
 const isPlainFunction = require('type/plain-function/is');
 const path = require('path');
 const fsp = require('fs').promises;
+const { isProxy } = require('util').types;
 const yaml = require('js-yaml');
 const cloudformationSchema = require('../../../utils/serverless-utils/cloudformation-schema');
 const ServerlessError = require('../../../serverless-error');
 const { hasOwn } = require('../../../utils/safe-object');
+const { isUnsafePropertyKey } = require('../../../utils/object-path');
 
 const readFile = async (filePath, serviceDir) => {
   try {
@@ -150,7 +152,13 @@ module.exports = {
     let result = content;
     for (const propertyKey of propertyKeys) {
       if (typeof result === 'string') result = await resolveVariablesInString(result);
-      if (result == null || !hasOwn(result, propertyKey)) return { value: null };
+      if (result == null) return { value: null };
+      if (!hasOwn(result, propertyKey)) {
+        // `hasOwnProperty` does not consult Proxy "has"/"get" traps, so virtual
+        // properties of Proxy-backed JS file results must be resolved through
+        // property access. Prototype internals stay blocked unless claimed as own.
+        if (!isProxy(result) || isUnsafePropertyKey(propertyKey)) return { value: null };
+      }
       result = result[propertyKey];
       if (result == null) return { value: null };
       if (!isResolvedByFunction) {
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/configuration/variables/sources/file.test.js b/test/unit/lib/configuration/variables/sources/file.test.js
index 439f9a3d3..f2837ecdf 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/configuration/variables/sources/file.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/lib/configuration/variables/sources/file.test.js
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ describe('test/unit/lib/configuration/variables/sources/file.test.js', () => {
       arrayLengthAddress: '${file(file-array.json):items.length}',
       unsafeOwnProtoAddress: '${file(file-unsafe-keys.json):__proto__.value}',
       inheritedConstructorAddress: '${file(file-unsafe-keys.json):constructor.name, null}',
+      proxyVirtualAddress: '${file(file-proxy.js):proxy.virtual.nested}',
+      proxyOwnAddress: '${file(file-proxy.js):proxy.own}',
+      proxyMissingAddress: '${file(file-proxy.js):proxy.missing, null}',
+      proxyInheritedConstructorAddress: '${file(file-proxy.js):proxy.constructor.name, null}',
       nonExistingYaml: '${file(not-existing.yaml), null}',
       nonExistingJson: '${file(not-existing.json), null}',
       nonExistingJs: '${file(not-existing.js), null}',
@@ -130,6 +134,16 @@ describe('test/unit/lib/configuration/variables/sources/file.test.js', () => {
     expect(configuration.inheritedConstructorAddress).to.equal(null);
   });
 
+  it('should resolve Proxy-backed virtual properties across file address resolution', () => {
+    expect(configuration.proxyVirtualAddress).to.equal('proxy-virtual');
+    expect(configuration.proxyOwnAddress).to.equal('own-value');
+    expect(configuration.proxyMissingAddress).to.equal(null);
+  });
+
+  it('should not traverse unsafe keys on Proxy-backed file results', () => {
+    expect(configuration.proxyInheritedConstructorAddress).to.equal(null);
+  });
+
   it('should unconditionally split "address" property keys by "."', () =>
     expect(configuration.ambiguousAddress).to.equal('object'));
 
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/configuration/variables/sources/fixture/file-proxy.js b/test/unit/lib/configuration/variables/sources/fixture/file-proxy.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a11c60d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/lib/configuration/variables/sources/fixture/file-proxy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const virtualProperties = { virtual: { nested: 'proxy-virtual' } };
+
+module.exports = {
+  proxy: new Proxy(
+    { own: 'own-value' },
+    {
+      get(target, key) {
+        if (key in virtualProperties) return virtualProperties[key];
+        return target[key];
+      },
+    }
+  ),
+};