diff --git a/pystall/core.py b/pystall/core.py
index 7f7e808..efb0519 100644
--- a/pystall/core.py
+++ b/pystall/core.py
@@ -851,7 +851,26 @@ def extract(self):
         extract_path = self.location[:-7:]
         logging.info(f"Extracting Zip archive {self.location} to {extract_path}")
         with tarfile.open(name = self.location, mode = "r") as archive:
-                archive.extractall(extract_path) # Strip extension and extract to folder
+                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(archive, extract_path)
 
     def install(self):
         """Extracts the .zip file and runs necessary installation steps. NOTE: Not yet implemented"""