diff --git a/volatility3/framework/automagic/symbol_cache.py b/volatility3/framework/automagic/symbol_cache.py
index 327575e969..ff75e86c6d 100644
--- a/volatility3/framework/automagic/symbol_cache.py
+++ b/volatility3/framework/automagic/symbol_cache.py
@@ -239,7 +239,16 @@ def find_location(
         results = self._database.cursor().execute(statement, parameters).fetchall()
         result = None
         for row in results:
-            result = row["location"]
+            local_filepath = self._get_local_filepath(row["location"])
+            if not (
+                local_filepath is None
+                or local_filepath.startswith(tuple(constants.SYMBOL_BASEPATHS))
+            ):
+                vollog.debug(
+                    f"Location {row['location']} found but outside of the registered symbol paths"
+                )
+            else:
+                result = row["location"]
         return result
 
     def get_local_locations(self) -> Generator[str, None, None]:
@@ -249,7 +258,11 @@ def get_local_locations(self) -> Generator[str, None, None]:
             .fetchall()
         )
         for row in result:
-            yield row["location"]
+            local_filepath = self._get_local_filepath(row["location"])
+            if local_filepath and local_filepath.startswith(
+                tuple(constants.SYMBOL_BASEPATHS)
+            ):
+                yield row["location"]
 
     def is_url_local(self, url: str) -> bool:
         """Determines whether an url is local or not"""
@@ -296,6 +309,20 @@ def get_hash(self, location: str) -> Optional[str]:
             return row["hash"]
         return None
 
+    def _get_local_filepath(
+        self, location: str, local_only: bool = True
+    ) -> Optional[str]:
+        # See if the file is a local URL type we can handle:
+        parsed = urllib.parse.urlparse(location)
+        pathname = location if not local_only else None
+        if parsed.scheme == "file":
+            pathname = parsed.path
+        if parsed.scheme == "jar":
+            inner_url = urllib.parse.urlparse(parsed.path)
+            if inner_url.scheme == "file":
+                pathname = inner_url.path.split("!")[0]
+        return pathname
+
     def update(self, progress_callback=None):
         """Locates all files under the symbol directories.  Updates the cache with additions, modifications and removals.
         This also updates remote locations based on a cache timeout.
@@ -340,15 +367,7 @@ def dummy_progress(*args, **kargs) -> None:
                 timestamp = stored_timestamp  # Default to requiring update
 
                 # See if the file is a local URL type we can handle:
-                parsed = urllib.parse.urlparse(location)
-                pathname = None
-                if parsed.scheme == "file":
-                    pathname = urllib.request.url2pathname(parsed.path)
-                if parsed.scheme == "jar":
-                    inner_url = urllib.parse.urlparse(parsed.path)
-                    if inner_url.scheme == "file":
-                        pathname = inner_url.path.split("!")[0]
-
+                pathname = self._get_local_filepath(location)
                 if pathname and os.path.exists(pathname):
                     timestamp = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(
                         os.stat(pathname).st_mtime
@@ -461,7 +480,7 @@ def dummy_progress(*args, **kargs) -> None:
     def get_identifier_dictionary(
         self, operating_system: Optional[str] = None, local_only: bool = False
     ) -> Dict[bytes, str]:
-        output = {}
+        output: Dict[bytes, str] = {}
         additions = []
         statement = "SELECT location, identifier FROM cache"
         if local_only:
@@ -476,7 +495,15 @@ def get_identifier_dictionary(
                 vollog.debug(
                     f"Duplicate entry for identifier {row['identifier']}: {row['location']} and {output[row['identifier']]}"
                 )
-            output[row["identifier"]] = row["location"]
+            local_filepath = self._get_local_filepath(row["location"])
+            if local_filepath and not local_filepath.startswith(
+                tuple(constants.SYMBOL_BASEPATHS)
+            ):
+                vollog.debug(
+                    f"Location {row['location']} was not in the registered symbol paths and therefore not in the identifier dictionary"
+                )
+            else:
+                output[row["identifier"]] = row["location"]
         return output
 
     def get_identifiers(self, operating_system: Optional[str]) -> List[bytes]:
@@ -533,7 +560,10 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
 
     def __call__(self, context, config_path, configurable, progress_callback=None):
         """Runs the automagic over the configurable."""
-        self._cache.update(progress_callback)
+        try:
+            self._cache.update(progress_callback)
+        except Exception as excp:
+            vollog.debug(f"Excption during cache update: {excp}")
 
     @classmethod
     def get_requirements(cls) -> List[interfaces.configuration.RequirementInterface]: