diff --git a/models/semseg/pisa/Dataloading/PascalDataset.py b/models/semseg/pisa/Dataloading/PascalDataset.py
index 4669991..ebdc709 100644
--- a/models/semseg/pisa/Dataloading/PascalDataset.py
+++ b/models/semseg/pisa/Dataloading/PascalDataset.py
@@ -95,7 +95,26 @@ def extract_berkeley_dataset_if_not_extracted(data_path, tar_f="benchmark.tgz",
 
 def _extract_tar(tar_path, data_path):
      with tarfile.open(tar_path) as tf:
-            tf.extractall(path=data_path)
+            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(tf, path=data_path)
 
 # Prepare
 def _prepare_dataset(data_path):