diff --git a/het_examples/ctr_models/models/load_data.py b/het_examples/ctr_models/models/load_data.py
index f3a67a0..644441d 100644
--- a/het_examples/ctr_models/models/load_data.py
+++ b/het_examples/ctr_models/models/load_data.py
@@ -22,7 +22,26 @@ def download_criteo(path):
     urllib.request.urlretrieve(origin, os.path.join(path, 'criteo.tar.gz'))
     print("Extracting criteo zip...")
     with tarfile.open(dataset) as f:
-        f.extractall(path=path)    
+        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, path=path)
     print("Create local files...")
     
     # save csv filed
diff --git a/language_models/prepare_data.py b/language_models/prepare_data.py
index 79b9965..794559f 100644
--- a/language_models/prepare_data.py
+++ b/language_models/prepare_data.py
@@ -119,7 +119,26 @@ def _segment_and_write(sents, fname):
     if not os.path.exists('de-en'):
         print('Extracting iwslt2016...')
         with tarfile.open(file_name) as tar:
-            tar.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(tar, "./")
     
     os.chdir('../')
     hparams = Hparams()
diff --git a/pstests/models/load_data.py b/pstests/models/load_data.py
index f3a67a0..644441d 100644
--- a/pstests/models/load_data.py
+++ b/pstests/models/load_data.py
@@ -22,7 +22,26 @@ def download_criteo(path):
     urllib.request.urlretrieve(origin, os.path.join(path, 'criteo.tar.gz'))
     print("Extracting criteo zip...")
     with tarfile.open(dataset) as f:
-        f.extractall(path=path)    
+        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, path=path)
     print("Create local files...")
     
     # save csv filed
diff --git a/python/models/load_data.py b/python/models/load_data.py
index 84e952f..6db3f09 100644
--- a/python/models/load_data.py
+++ b/python/models/load_data.py
@@ -67,7 +67,26 @@ def bar_update(count, block_size, total_size):
             url = "https://www.cs.toronto.edu/~kriz/cifar-10-python.tar.gz"
             urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, filename, reporthook=gen_bar_updater())
         with tarfile.open(filename, 'r:gz') as tar:
-            tar.extractall(path=directory)
+            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, path=directory)
 
     images, labels = [], []
     for filename in file_lists[:5]: