diff --git a/stacs/scan/loader/archive.py b/stacs/scan/loader/archive.py
index a2937c9..cdd2331 100644
--- a/stacs/scan/loader/archive.py
+++ b/stacs/scan/loader/archive.py
@@ -77,7 +77,26 @@ def tar_handler(filepath: str, directory: str) -> None:
     # Attempt to unpack the tarball to the new unpack directory.
     try:
         with tarfile.open(filepath, "r") as reader:
-            reader.extractall(directory)
+            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) 
+                
+            
+            safe_extract(reader, directory)
     except (PermissionError, tarfile.TarError) as err:
         raise InvalidFileException(
             f"Unable to extract archive {filepath} to {directory}: {err}"