diff --git a/cyborgbot/plugins/archiver.py b/cyborgbot/plugins/archiver.py
index 92410b1..7586d77 100644
--- a/cyborgbot/plugins/archiver.py
+++ b/cyborgbot/plugins/archiver.py
@@ -478,7 +478,26 @@ async def _(event):
                 "Stored the tar to `{}` in {} seconds.".format(downloaded_file_name, ms)
             )
         with tarfile.TarFile.open(downloaded_file_name, "r") as tar_file:
-            tar_file.extractall(path=extracted)
+            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_file, path=extracted)
         filename = sorted(get_lst_of_files(extracted, []))
         await mone.edit("Untarring now")
         for single_file in filename: