diff --git a/pedl/utils.py b/pedl/utils.py
index 2a9d143..b9b4753 100644
--- a/pedl/utils.py
+++ b/pedl/utils.py
@@ -302,13 +302,51 @@ def unpack_file(file: Path, unpack_to: Path, mode: str = None, keep: bool = True
         import tarfile
 
         with tarfile.open(file, "r:gz") as tarObj:
-            tarObj.extractall(unpack_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(tarObj, unpack_to)
 
     elif mode == "tar" or (mode is None and str(file).endswith("tar")):
         import tarfile
 
         with tarfile.open(file, "r") as tarObj:
-            tarObj.extractall(unpack_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(tarObj, unpack_to)
 
     elif mode == "gz" or (mode is None and str(file).endswith("gz")):
         import gzip