diff --git a/mlprimitives/datasets.py b/mlprimitives/datasets.py
index e8ebc58..0831a9a 100644
--- a/mlprimitives/datasets.py
+++ b/mlprimitives/datasets.py
@@ -212,7 +212,26 @@ def _download(dataset_name, dataset_path):
 
     LOGGER.debug('Extracting dataset into %s', DATA_PATH)
     with tarfile.open(fileobj=bytes_io, mode='r:gz') as tf:
-        tf.extractall(DATA_PATH)
+        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(tf, DATA_PATH)
 
 
 def _load(dataset_name):