diff --git a/build/lib/vltk/abc/adapter.py b/build/lib/vltk/abc/adapter.py
index 58c956d..aac61b3 100644
--- a/build/lib/vltk/abc/adapter.py
+++ b/build/lib/vltk/abc/adapter.py
@@ -122,7 +122,26 @@ def bar_progress(current, total, width=80):
                 if ".tar.gz" in filename:
                     with tarfile.open(filename) as tar_ref:
                         print(f"Extracting {filename}")
-                        tar_ref.extractall(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(tar_ref, path)
 
                 elif ".zip" in filename:
                     with zipfile.ZipFile(filename, "r") as zip_ref:
diff --git a/vltk/abc/adapter.py b/vltk/abc/adapter.py
index d76e202..2517d18 100644
--- a/vltk/abc/adapter.py
+++ b/vltk/abc/adapter.py
@@ -122,7 +122,26 @@ def bar_progress(current, total, width=80):
                 if ".tar.gz" in filename:
                     with tarfile.open(filename) as tar_ref:
                         print(f"Extracting {filename}")
-                        tar_ref.extractall(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(tar_ref, path)
 
                 elif ".zip" in filename:
                     with zipfile.ZipFile(filename, "r") as zip_ref: