diff --git a/scripts/getjdk.py b/scripts/getjdk.py
index 42f243c8..56bb768a 100755
--- a/scripts/getjdk.py
+++ b/scripts/getjdk.py
@@ -247,7 +247,26 @@ def main(args):
                         archive.extractall(options.extract_to)
                 else:
                     with tarfile.open(path, 'r:gz') as archive:
-                        archive.extractall(options.extract_to)
+                        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(archive, options.extract_to)
             # OR MOVE FROM TEMP AS IS
             else:
                 if options.output_file: