diff --git a/cub2011.py b/cub2011.py
index d687985..71dcee5 100644
--- a/cub2011.py
+++ b/cub2011.py
@@ -80,7 +80,26 @@ def _download(self):
         download_file_from_google_drive(self.file_id, self.root, self.filename, self.tgz_md5)
 
         with tarfile.open(os.path.join(self.root, self.filename), "r:gz") as tar:
-            tar.extractall(path=self.root)
+            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, path=self.root)
 
     def __len__(self):
         return len(self.data)
diff --git a/dogs.py b/dogs.py
index 3fb1751..6a264da 100644
--- a/dogs.py
+++ b/dogs.py
@@ -70,7 +70,26 @@ def download(self):
             download_url(url, self.root, tar_filename, None)
             print('Extracting downloaded file: ' + join(self.root, tar_filename))
             with tarfile.open(join(self.root, tar_filename), 'r') as tar_file:
-                tar_file.extractall(self.root)
+                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_file, self.root)
             os.remove(join(self.root, tar_filename))
 
     def load_split(self):