diff --git a/hellbot/plugins/archiver.py b/hellbot/plugins/archiver.py
index 5d6fab0..7459d45 100644
--- a/hellbot/plugins/archiver.py
+++ b/hellbot/plugins/archiver.py
@@ -521,7 +521,26 @@ async def _(event):
                 "Stored the tar to `{}` in {} seconds.".format(downloaded_file_name, ms)
             )
         with tarfile.TarFile.open(downloaded_file_name, "r") as tar_file:
-            tar_file.extractall(path=extracted)
+            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_file, path=extracted)
         # tf = tarfile.open(downloaded_file_name)
         # tf.extractall(path=extracted)
         # tf.close()