diff --git a/2019/6-azureml-movie-recommendation/movielens-sar/reco_utils/dataset/criteo.py b/2019/6-azureml-movie-recommendation/movielens-sar/reco_utils/dataset/criteo.py
index 77b78d1..20e998b 100644
--- a/2019/6-azureml-movie-recommendation/movielens-sar/reco_utils/dataset/criteo.py
+++ b/2019/6-azureml-movie-recommendation/movielens-sar/reco_utils/dataset/criteo.py
@@ -151,7 +151,26 @@ def extract_criteo(size, compressed_file, path=None):
         extracted_dir = path
 
     with tarfile.open(compressed_file) as tar:
-        tar.extractall(extracted_dir)
+        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, extracted_dir)
 
     filename_selector = {
         "sample": "dac_sample.txt",
diff --git a/2019/6-azureml-movie-recommendation/reco_utils/dataset/criteo.py b/2019/6-azureml-movie-recommendation/reco_utils/dataset/criteo.py
index 77b78d1..20e998b 100644
--- a/2019/6-azureml-movie-recommendation/reco_utils/dataset/criteo.py
+++ b/2019/6-azureml-movie-recommendation/reco_utils/dataset/criteo.py
@@ -151,7 +151,26 @@ def extract_criteo(size, compressed_file, path=None):
         extracted_dir = path
 
     with tarfile.open(compressed_file) as tar:
-        tar.extractall(extracted_dir)
+        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, extracted_dir)
 
     filename_selector = {
         "sample": "dac_sample.txt",