diff --git a/lib/DataFileUtil/DataFileUtilImpl.py b/lib/DataFileUtil/DataFileUtilImpl.py
index 1be3e93..03b0399 100644
--- a/lib/DataFileUtil/DataFileUtilImpl.py
+++ b/lib/DataFileUtil/DataFileUtilImpl.py
@@ -253,7 +253,26 @@ def _unarchive(self, file_path, unpack, file_type):
             log('unpacking {} ...'.format(file_path))
             with tarfile.open(file_path) as tf:
                 self._check_members(tf.getnames())
-                tf.extractall(file_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(tf, file_dir)
         if file_type in ['application/' + x for x in ('zip', 'x-zip-compressed')]:
             # x-compressed is apparently both .Z and .zip?
             if not unpack: