diff --git a/src/code/fetch_utilities.py b/src/code/fetch_utilities.py
index 23d70d6..d2f8834 100644
--- a/src/code/fetch_utilities.py
+++ b/src/code/fetch_utilities.py
@@ -102,7 +102,26 @@ def download(version_dict):
     while os.path.splitext(filename)[1] in ARCHIVES:
         if tarfile.is_tarfile(filename):
             with tarfile.open(filename) as tar:
-                tar.extractall(path=DIR)
+                def is_within_directory(directory, target):
+                    
+                    abs_directory = os.path.abspath(directory)
+                    abs_target = os.path.abspath(target)
+                
+                    prefix = os.path.commonprefix([abs_directory, abs_target])
+                    
+                    return prefix == abs_directory
+                
+                def safe_extract(tar, path=".", members=None, *, numeric_owner=False):
+                
+                    for member in tar.getmembers():
+                        member_path = os.path.join(path, member.name)
+                        if not is_within_directory(path, member_path):
+                            raise Exception("Attempted Path Traversal in Tar File")
+                
+                    tar.extractall(path, members, numeric_owner=numeric_owner) 
+                    
+                
+                safe_extract(tar, path=DIR)
                 file_list = tar.getnames()
         elif zipfile.is_zipfile(filename):
             with zipfile.ZipFile(filename) as zfile: