diff --git a/src/image_classification/cub/cub_dataset.py b/src/image_classification/cub/cub_dataset.py
index 49f94f5..f9e2464 100644
--- a/src/image_classification/cub/cub_dataset.py
+++ b/src/image_classification/cub/cub_dataset.py
@@ -69,7 +69,26 @@ def _download(self):
         download_url(self.url, self.root, self.filename, self.tgz_md5)
 
         with tarfile.open(os.path.join(self.root, self.filename), "r:gz") as tar:
-            tar.extractall(path=self.root)
+            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=self.root)
 
     def __len__(self):
         return len(self.data)