diff --git a/artifacts/repository.py b/artifacts/repository.py
index 8e8b41c..117a882 100644
--- a/artifacts/repository.py
+++ b/artifacts/repository.py
@@ -52,7 +52,26 @@ def install_package(artifact, arch, here):
                     check_integrity(archive_file, digest_file)
 
                     with tarfile.open(archive_file, "r:gz") as archive_reader:
-                        archive_reader.extractall(path=here)
+                        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(archive_reader, path=here)
 
                     print("installed '{}' here '{}'".format(
                             archive_file,