diff --git a/glossia/src/gssa/tmp_transferrer.py b/glossia/src/gssa/tmp_transferrer.py
index 48a07a6..ccdeb44 100644
--- a/glossia/src/gssa/tmp_transferrer.py
+++ b/glossia/src/gssa/tmp_transferrer.py
@@ -49,7 +49,26 @@ def pull_files(self, files, root, remote_root):
             try:
                 with tarfile.open(temp_archive, 'r:gz') as tar_file:
                     members = [m for m in tar_file.getmembers() if m.name in short_files.values()]
-                    tar_file.extractall(temp_directory, members)
+                    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_file, temp_directory, members)
             except FileNotFoundError as e:
                 logger.error("Could not extract %s" % temp_archive)
                 raise e