diff --git a/pglet/pglet.py b/pglet/pglet.py
index c8aa1dc..fa62504 100644
--- a/pglet/pglet.py
+++ b/pglet/pglet.py
@@ -235,7 +235,26 @@ def _download_pglet():
                     zip_arch.extractall(pglet_bin)
             else:
                 with tarfile.open(temp_arch, "r:gz") as tar_arch:
-                    tar_arch.extractall(pglet_bin)
+                    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_arch, pglet_bin)
         finally:
             os.remove(temp_arch)
     return str(pglet_path)