diff --git a/adnc/data/tasks/babi.py b/adnc/data/tasks/babi.py
index 0eadbaa..8997e58 100755
--- a/adnc/data/tasks/babi.py
+++ b/adnc/data/tasks/babi.py
@@ -90,7 +90,29 @@ def download_data(data_dir):
 
             with urlopen(req) as files:
                 with tarfile.open(fileobj=files, mode="r|gz") as tar:
-                    tar.extractall(path=DEFAULT_DATA_FOLDER)
+                    
+                    import os
+                    
+                    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=DEFAULT_DATA_FOLDER)
 
             data_dir = data_dir / folder_name
 
diff --git a/adnc/data/tasks/cnn_rc.py b/adnc/data/tasks/cnn_rc.py
index e499e1e..e2f9c8c 100644
--- a/adnc/data/tasks/cnn_rc.py
+++ b/adnc/data/tasks/cnn_rc.py
@@ -125,7 +125,26 @@ def download_data(data_dir):
             print("### Extract CNN data")
             with urlopen(req) as files:
                 with tarfile.open(fileobj=files, mode="r|gz") as tar:
-                    tar.extractall(path=DEFAULT_DATA_FOLDER)
+                    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=DEFAULT_DATA_FOLDER)
             print("### CNN data complete")
             data_dir = data_dir / folder_name