diff --git a/internal/handler/download_test.go b/internal/handler/download_test.go
index c53585e2..d0582366 100644
--- a/internal/handler/download_test.go
+++ b/internal/handler/download_test.go
@@ -960,6 +960,10 @@ func TestMavenHandler_NonArtifactPathsProxied(t *testing.T) {
 		"/com/google/protobuf/protoc/3.21.0/",
 		"/com/google/protobuf/protoc/",
 		"/archetype-catalog.xml",
+		// Checksums of files that aren't artifacts, too short to parse.
+		"/archetype-catalog.xml.sha1",
+		"/archetype-catalog.xml.md5",
+		"/.index/nexus-maven-repository-index.gz.sha1",
 	}
 	for _, path := range paths {
 		w := httptest.NewRecorder()
diff --git a/internal/handler/maven.go b/internal/handler/maven.go
index 50d30467..39af4407 100644
--- a/internal/handler/maven.go
+++ b/internal/handler/maven.go
@@ -241,10 +241,12 @@ func (h *MavenHandler) handleDownload(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, so
 	// e.g., com/google/guava/guava/32.1.3-jre/guava-32.1.3-jre.jar
 	group, artifact, version, filename := h.parsePath(urlPath)
 	if artifact == "" {
-		if strings.Count(urlPath, "/") >= minMavenParts-1 {
-			// A dot or colon in a group directory, or a colon in the
-			// artifact, which the Maven layout never has. Proxied, the
-			// file would skip the denylist, scan and cooldown.
+		// Too few segments to hold a coordinate, or a dot or colon in a
+		// group directory, or a colon in the artifact, which the Maven
+		// layout never has. Proxied, an artifact would skip the denylist,
+		// scan and cooldown. A checksum of another file, such as
+		// archetype-catalog.xml.sha1, is proxied like that file.
+		if h.isArtifactFile(h.checksummedFile(path.Base(urlPath))) || h.isCoordinateFile(urlPath) {
 			http.NotFound(w, r)
 			return
 		}
@@ -384,12 +386,26 @@ func (h *MavenHandler) isVersionListingFile(filename string) bool {
 // an artifact. They are as immutable as the artifact, so they are cached
 // with it rather than refetched on every request.
 func (h *MavenHandler) isChecksumFile(filename string) bool {
-	for _, ext := range []string{".sha1", ".sha256", ".sha512", ".md5", ".asc"} {
-		if strings.HasSuffix(filename, ext) {
-			return true
+	return h.checksummedFile(filename) != filename
+}
+
+// checksummedFile is the file a checksum or signature file is for
+// (bar-1.0.jar for bar-1.0.jar.sha1 and bar-1.0.jar.asc.sha1), or filename
+// itself if it is neither.
+func (h *MavenHandler) checksummedFile(filename string) string {
+	for {
+		trimmed := filename
+		for _, ext := range []string{".sha1", ".sha256", ".sha512", ".md5", ".asc"} {
+			if name, ok := strings.CutSuffix(trimmed, ext); ok {
+				trimmed = name
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if trimmed == filename {
+			return filename
 		}
+		filename = trimmed
 	}
-	return false
 }
 
 // mavenForwardHeaders lets clients resume artifacts proxied without caching.
diff --git a/internal/handler/maven_repositories_test.go b/internal/handler/maven_repositories_test.go
index e9b2fcf4..4249847d 100644
--- a/internal/handler/maven_repositories_test.go
+++ b/internal/handler/maven_repositories_test.go
@@ -139,15 +139,18 @@ func TestMavenRepositoryRepointedServesTheNewUpstream(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// TestMavenDottedGroupDirectoryNotCachedAsGroup checks that a file whose
-// group directories contain dots or colons, which the Maven layout never
-// has, is not served: it would either share the cache entry of the group
-// the dots spell or be proxied past the denylist, scan and cooldown.
+// TestMavenDottedGroupDirectoryNotCachedAsGroup checks that a file outside
+// the Maven layout is not served: a group directory with a dot or a colon,
+// which the layout never has and which would share the cache entry of the
+// group the dots spell, and a path too short to hold a coordinate. Proxied,
+// they would skip the denylist, scan and cooldown.
 func TestMavenDottedGroupDirectoryNotCachedAsGroup(t *testing.T) {
 	const standard = "/org/foo/bar/1.0/bar-1.0.jar"
 	odd := []string{
 		"/org.foo/bar/1.0/bar-1.0.jar", "/org.foo/bar/1.0/bar-1.0-linux.exe",
 		"/org/foo:x/bar/1.0/bar-1.0.jar", "/org/foo/b:ar/1.0/b:ar-1.0.jar",
+		"/bar/1.0/bar-1.0.jar", "/bar-1.0.jar", "/bar/1.0/bar-1.0.jar.sha1", "/bar-1.0.pom.asc",
+		"/bar/1.0/bar-1.0.jar.asc.sha1",
 	}
 	central, requests := mavenRepoUpstream(t, "central", append([]string{standard}, odd...)...)
 	portal, _ := mavenRepoUpstream(t, "portal")