diff --git a/ecs/main.py b/ecs/main.py
index 171e5ed..2a522a7 100644
--- a/ecs/main.py
+++ b/ecs/main.py
@@ -32,7 +32,26 @@ def create_model():
     boto3.client('s3').download_file(bucket, key, fname)
     if fname.endswith('.tar.gz'):
         with tarfile.open(fname, 'r:gz') as f:
-            f.extractall()
+            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(f)
     return load_model('model.pt')
 
 
diff --git a/src/am/sage_maker.py b/src/am/sage_maker.py
index e5fa330..82aff67 100644
--- a/src/am/sage_maker.py
+++ b/src/am/sage_maker.py
@@ -12,7 +12,29 @@ def download_training_artifacts(sagemaker_session, prefix, local_dir):
     for archive_path in Path(local_dir).iterdir():
         if archive_path.name.endswith('tar.gz'):
             with tarfile.open(archive_path, 'r:gz') as f:
-                f.extractall(local_dir)
+                
+                import os
+                
+                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(f, local_dir)
             archive_path.unlink()