diff --git a/tgan/model.py b/tgan/model.py
index 1da098e..e262365 100755
--- a/tgan/model.py
+++ b/tgan/model.py
@@ -778,7 +778,26 @@ def load(cls, path):
         """Load a pretrained model from a given path."""
         with tarfile.open(path, 'r:gz') as tar_handle:
             destination_dir = os.path.dirname(tar_handle.getmembers()[0].name)
-            tar_handle.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_handle)
 
         with open('{}/TGANModel'.format(destination_dir), 'rb') as f:
             instance = pickle.load(f)