diff --git a/latte/dataset/cars3d.py b/latte/dataset/cars3d.py
index 8401546..f3d2628 100644
--- a/latte/dataset/cars3d.py
+++ b/latte/dataset/cars3d.py
@@ -53,7 +53,26 @@ def prepare_files(filepath: pathlib.Path) -> None:
 
     with tarfile.open(archive_file.name) as af:
         subdir_and_files = [tarinfo for tarinfo in af.getmembers() if tarinfo.name.startswith("data/cars/")]
-        af.extractall(members=subdir_and_files, path=extract_dir.name)
+        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(af, members=subdir_and_files, path=extract_dir.name)
 
     images = np.zeros((184 * 4 * 24, 64, 64, 3))
     latents = np.zeros((184 * 4 * 24, 3))