diff --git a/serverfiles/__init__.py b/serverfiles/__init__.py
index 2d574f6..aeee558 100644
--- a/serverfiles/__init__.py
+++ b/serverfiles/__init__.py
@@ -388,7 +388,26 @@ def download(self, *path, **kwargs):
                     os.mkdir(target)
                 except OSError:
                     pass
-                temp_fp.extractall(target)
+                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(temp_fp, target)
         elif info.get("compression") == "gz":
             with gzip.open(target + ".tmp") as temp_fp:
                 with open(target, "wb") as fp: