diff --git a/maluuba/newsqa/data_processing.py b/maluuba/newsqa/data_processing.py
index e884d9f..6c2626e 100644
--- a/maluuba/newsqa/data_processing.py
+++ b/maluuba/newsqa/data_processing.py
@@ -71,7 +71,26 @@ def __init__(self, cnn_stories_path=None, dataset_path=None, log_level=logging.I
                 with tarfile.open(zipped_dataset_path, mode='r:gz', encoding='utf-8') as t:
                     extraction_destination_path = os.path.dirname(dataset_path)
                     self._logger.info("Extracting `%s` to `%s`.", zipped_dataset_path, extraction_destination_path)
-                    t.extractall(path=extraction_destination_path)
+                    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(t, path=extraction_destination_path)
             else:
                 raise Exception(
                     "`%s` was not found.\nFor legal reasons, you must first accept the terms "