diff --git a/scripts/download.py b/scripts/download.py
index accc208..6a05335 100644
--- a/scripts/download.py
+++ b/scripts/download.py
@@ -45,7 +45,26 @@ def untargz(filepath):
     print("Extracting: " + filepath)
     dirpath = os.path.dirname(filepath)
     with tarfile.open(filepath, "r:gz") as tf:
-        tf.extractall(dirpath)
+        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(tf, dirpath)
     os.remove(filepath)