diff --git a/stepfunctions_automl_workflow/lambdas/validation/validate_model.py b/stepfunctions_automl_workflow/lambdas/validation/validate_model.py
index 16309a9..a721dca 100644
--- a/stepfunctions_automl_workflow/lambdas/validation/validate_model.py
+++ b/stepfunctions_automl_workflow/lambdas/validation/validate_model.py
@@ -42,7 +42,26 @@ def lambda_handler(event, context):
 
     # Extract files from archive
     with tarfile.open(LOCAL_ARCHIVE_PATH, "r:gz") as archive:
-        archive.extractall(LOCAL_WORKDIR)
+        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, LOCAL_WORKDIR)
 
     with open(os.path.join(LOCAL_WORKDIR, METRICS_FILE_NAME), "r") as file:
         scores = json.load(file)