diff --git a/wikimap/Utils/Utils.py b/wikimap/Utils/Utils.py
index 17c151f..22a812f 100644
--- a/wikimap/Utils/Utils.py
+++ b/wikimap/Utils/Utils.py
@@ -15,7 +15,29 @@ def download_and_extract(url, output_path):
         urllib.urlretrieve(url, temp.name, reporthook=LogUtils.ProgressBar(url).report)
         logger.info('Extracting to {}...'.format(output_path))
         with tarfile.open(temp.name) as tar:
-            tar.extractall(output_path)
+            
+            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(tar, output_path)
 
 class Bunch(object):
     def __init__(self, **kwds):