diff --git a/observations/util.py b/observations/util.py
index 9f088b1..c6d1b20 100644
--- a/observations/util.py
+++ b/observations/util.py
@@ -603,7 +603,26 @@ def maybe_download_and_extract(path, url, extract=True,
   if extract:
     if tarfile.is_tarfile(filepath):
       with tarfile.open(filepath) as f:
-        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)
     elif filename.endswith('.gz'):
       with gzip.open(filepath, 'rb') as f:
         s = f.read()