diff --git a/process_snapshot_toolkit/snapshot/utils.py b/process_snapshot_toolkit/snapshot/utils.py
index 0e42132..d4c6d3e 100755
--- a/process_snapshot_toolkit/snapshot/utils.py
+++ b/process_snapshot_toolkit/snapshot/utils.py
@@ -29,7 +29,29 @@ def extract_tar_archive(archive_path, output_dir):
     :return: output directory
     """
     with tarfile.open(archive_path) as tar:
-        tar.extractall(output_dir)
+        
+        import os
+        
+        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, output_dir)
     return output_dir