diff --git a/GAN/dataset_lib/sbu.py b/GAN/dataset_lib/sbu.py
index 8be27db..a70da59 100644
--- a/GAN/dataset_lib/sbu.py
+++ b/GAN/dataset_lib/sbu.py
@@ -94,7 +94,26 @@ def download(self):
 
         # Extract file
         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)
 
         # Download individual photos
         with open(os.path.join(self.root, 'dataset', 'SBU_captioned_photo_dataset_urls.txt')) as fh:
diff --git a/GAN/dataset_lib/utils.py b/GAN/dataset_lib/utils.py
index 53d1a05..ff1ca3c 100644
--- a/GAN/dataset_lib/utils.py
+++ b/GAN/dataset_lib/utils.py
@@ -219,10 +219,48 @@ def extract_archive(from_path, to_path=None, remove_finished=False):
 
     if _is_tar(from_path):
         with tarfile.open(from_path, 'r') as tar:
-            tar.extractall(path=to_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, path=to_path)
     elif _is_targz(from_path):
         with tarfile.open(from_path, 'r:gz') as tar:
-            tar.extractall(path=to_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, path=to_path)
     elif _is_gzip(from_path):
         to_path = os.path.join(to_path, os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(from_path))[0])
         with open(to_path, "wb") as out_f, gzip.GzipFile(from_path) as zip_f:
diff --git a/GAN/dataset_lib/voc.py b/GAN/dataset_lib/voc.py
index 8a69250..9aa5250 100644
--- a/GAN/dataset_lib/voc.py
+++ b/GAN/dataset_lib/voc.py
@@ -229,4 +229,23 @@ def parse_voc_xml(self, node):
 def download_extract(url, root, filename, md5):
     download_url(url, root, filename, md5)
     with tarfile.open(os.path.join(root, filename), "r") as tar:
-        tar.extractall(path=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=root)