diff --git a/odin/fuel/audio_data.py b/odin/fuel/audio_data.py
index 2b8e7414..d36e7962 100644
--- a/odin/fuel/audio_data.py
+++ b/odin/fuel/audio_data.py
@@ -351,7 +351,26 @@ def load_command(self):
                           outdir=save_path,
                           verbose=True)
       with tarfile.open(zip_path, 'r:gz') as tar:
-        tar.extractall(audio_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(tar, audio_path)
     # ====== processing the audio file list ====== #
     audio_files = [i for i in audio_files if '_background_noise_' not in i]
     with open(os.path.join(audio_path, 'validation_list.txt'), 'r') as f:
diff --git a/odin/utils/net_utils.py b/odin/utils/net_utils.py
index cbcf162d..d0bf949a 100644
--- a/odin/utils/net_utils.py
+++ b/odin/utils/net_utils.py
@@ -97,7 +97,26 @@ def _progress(count, block_size, total_size):
     if '.tar.gz' in filepath:
       with tarfile.open(filepath, 'r:gz') as f:
         print("Extracting files ...")
-        f.extractall(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(f, path)
     # .zip
     elif '.zip' in filepath:
       # TODO