diff --git a/net2net/data/utils.py b/net2net/data/utils.py
index f36fe6d..e3d9d46 100644
--- a/net2net/data/utils.py
+++ b/net2net/data/utils.py
@@ -9,10 +9,48 @@
 def unpack(path):
     if path.endswith("tar.gz"):
         with tarfile.open(path, "r:gz") as tar:
-            tar.extractall(path=os.path.split(path)[0])
+            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, path=os.path.split(path)["0"])
     elif path.endswith("tar"):
         with tarfile.open(path, "r:") as tar:
-            tar.extractall(path=os.path.split(path)[0])
+            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, path=os.path.split(path)["0"])
     elif path.endswith("zip"):
         with zipfile.ZipFile(path, "r") as f:
             f.extractall(path=os.path.split(path)[0])