diff --git a/iirc/utils/download_cifar.py b/iirc/utils/download_cifar.py
index 7bc1ccc..d9deb95 100644
--- a/iirc/utils/download_cifar.py
+++ b/iirc/utils/download_cifar.py
@@ -33,7 +33,26 @@ def download_extract_cifar100(root="data"):
     logging.info("extracting dataset")
     if tar_file_path is not None:
         with tarfile.open(tar_file_path, 'r') as tar:
-            tar.extractall(root)
+            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, root)
     print("dataset extracted")
     logging.info("dataset extracted")