diff --git a/reproducible_builds/repacker.py b/reproducible_builds/repacker.py
index efb2ff0..ae21a3f 100644
--- a/reproducible_builds/repacker.py
+++ b/reproducible_builds/repacker.py
@@ -106,7 +106,29 @@ def as_source(self):
             if self.path.name.endswith(".tar.gz"):
                 with tarfile.open(self.path, "r:*") as archive:
                     logger.info(f"Extracting `{self.path.name}` to `{tmpdir}`")
-                    archive.extractall(tmpdir)
+                    
+                    import os
+                    
+                    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, tmpdir)
 
                     for x in tmp_path.glob("*/PKG-INFO"):
                         yield x.parent