diff --git a/dnppy/convert/extract_archive.py b/dnppy/convert/extract_archive.py
index 418d77c..badf611 100644
--- a/dnppy/convert/extract_archive.py
+++ b/dnppy/convert/extract_archive.py
@@ -29,7 +29,26 @@ def extract_archive(filepaths, delete_originals = False):
         if filepath.endswith(".tar.gz"):
             with tarfile.open(filepath, 'r:gz') as tfile:
                 outdir = os.path.join(head, tail.replace(".tar.gz",""))
-                tfile.extractall(outdir)
+                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(tfile, outdir)
 
         # gzip only compresses single files
         elif filepath.endswith(".gz"):
@@ -42,7 +61,26 @@ def extract_archive(filepaths, delete_originals = False):
         elif filepath.endswith(".tar"):
             with tarfile.open(filepath, 'r') as tfile:
                 outdir = os.path.join(head, tail.replace(".tar",""))
-                tfile.extractall(outdir)
+                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(tfile, outdir)
 
         elif filepath.endswith(".zip"):
             with zipfile.ZipFile(filepath, "r") as zipf: