diff --git a/harvester/harvester.py b/harvester/harvester.py
index 6e5bfb12..ffeafef4 100644
--- a/harvester/harvester.py
+++ b/harvester/harvester.py
@@ -116,7 +116,26 @@
                 tarlist = []
                 for member in tar.getmembers():
                     tarlist.append(member)
-                tar.extractall(temp_path, tarlist)
+                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, temp_path, tarlist)
                 tar.close()
 
             os.remove(full_filename.split(".gz")[0])