diff --git a/docs/python/uncompress_ls.py b/docs/python/uncompress_ls.py
index ba5fecc..8d331d7 100755
--- a/docs/python/uncompress_ls.py
+++ b/docs/python/uncompress_ls.py
@@ -35,7 +35,26 @@ def uncompress_ls(dirname,temp_dir='temp'):
     temp_dir = temp_dir or tempfile.mkdtemp()
     with tarfile.open(tar_path, 'r') as tar_file:
         thisDict = {}
-        tar_file.extractall(temp_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_file, temp_dir)
         # Move the extracted xml directory to its final location
         try:
             shutil.move(glob(temp_dir+'/*xml')[0], extraction_dir)