diff --git a/app/util/fs.py b/app/util/fs.py
index f0bc4b4..d1fbdd9 100644
--- a/app/util/fs.py
+++ b/app/util/fs.py
@@ -88,7 +88,26 @@ def extract_tar(archive_file, target_dir=None, delete=False):
 
     try:
         with tarfile.open(archive_file, 'r:gz') as f:
-            f.extractall(target_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(f, target_dir)
     finally:
         if delete:
             os.remove(archive_file)