diff --git a/mongo/pytests/powertest.py b/mongo/pytests/powertest.py
index eec89171..0e995582 100755
--- a/mongo/pytests/powertest.py
+++ b/mongo/pytests/powertest.py
@@ -359,7 +359,26 @@ def install_tarball(tarball, root_dir):
     ext = get_extension(tarball)
     if ext == ".tgz":
         with tarfile.open(tarball, "r:gz") as tar_handle:
-            tar_handle.extractall(path=root_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(tar_handle, path=root_dir)
             output = "Unzipped {} to {}: {}".format(tarball, root_dir, tar_handle.getnames())
         ret = 0
     elif ext == ".zip":