diff --git a/utils/utilities.py b/utils/utilities.py
index 90cb6a10..0fc34bdc 100644
--- a/utils/utilities.py
+++ b/utils/utilities.py
@@ -114,7 +114,26 @@ def unzip_file(file_path: str, target_dir: str):
     """Unpack ZIP-archive to specified directory"""
     if file_path.endswith('tgz'):
         with tarfile.open(file_path, 'r') as tar_file:
-            tar_file.extractall(target_dir)
+            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, target_dir)
     elif file_path.endswith('zip'):
         with zipfile.ZipFile(file_path, 'r') as zip_file:
             zip_file.extractall(target_dir)