diff --git a/src/ial_build/pygmkpack.py b/src/ial_build/pygmkpack.py
index 620ad61..ac8e57d 100644
--- a/src/ial_build/pygmkpack.py
+++ b/src/ial_build/pygmkpack.py
@@ -490,7 +490,26 @@ def _ics_insert(self, program, pattern, lines, offset=1):
     def populate_from_tar(self, tar):
         """Populate the incremental pack with the contents of a **tar** file."""
         with tarfile.open(tar, 'r') as t:
-            t.extractall(path=self._local)
+            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(t, path=self._local)
 
     def populate_from_files_in_dir(self, list_of_files, directory):
         """