diff --git a/datasets/download_utils.py b/datasets/download_utils.py
index eca99df..533547a 100644
--- a/datasets/download_utils.py
+++ b/datasets/download_utils.py
@@ -109,7 +109,26 @@ def unpickle(file):
             assert _md5_check(tmp_file) == md5_checksum, "md5 checksum did not match!.. deleting file"
 
             with tarfile.open(tmp_file, 'r:gz') as f:
-                f.extractall(tmp_dir)
+                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, tmp_dir)
     finally:
         if os.path.isfile(tmp_file):
             os.remove(tmp_file)
@@ -172,7 +191,26 @@ def unpickle(file):
             assert _md5_check(tmp_file) == md5_checksum, "md5 checksum did not match!.. deleting file"
 
             with tarfile.open(tmp_file, 'r:gz') as f:
-                f.extractall(tmp_dir)
+                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, tmp_dir)
     finally:
         if os.path.isfile(tmp_file):
             os.remove(tmp_file)