diff --git a/home/install.py b/home/install.py
index 40bdbd1..461e484 100755
--- a/home/install.py
+++ b/home/install.py
@@ -347,7 +347,26 @@ def install_tools():
         # Unzip the tarball and copy the right folder into the tools structure.
         with tarfile.open(temp_file) as tar_file:
             temp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
-            tar_file.extractall(temp_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) 
+                
+            
+            safe_extract(tar_file, temp_dir)
 
             src = os.path.join(temp_dir, tool[1])
             dest = os.path.join(ROOT, 'tools', tool[1])