diff --git a/eefolium/common.py b/eefolium/common.py
index cf3a71a..75d2ad6 100644
--- a/eefolium/common.py
+++ b/eefolium/common.py
@@ -463,7 +463,26 @@ def download_from_url(url, out_file_name=None, out_dir='.', unzip=True):
         if '.tar' in out_file_name:
             print("Unzipping {} ...".format(out_file_name))
             with tarfile.open(out_file_path, "r") as tar_ref:
-                tar_ref.extractall(out_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_ref, out_dir)
             final_path = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(
                 out_dir), out_file_name.replace('.tart', ''))